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varieties rendered conspicuous by comparison, as well as easily compassed by the 
eye. Were I permitted to make one more suggestion, it would be that the 
principal August fete should be held at Chiswick, instead of South Kensington, 
which would give the Fellows and the public the opportunity of judging for 
themselves of “ prospective Bedding Pelargoniums,” and also the utility of the 
Chiswick Gardens.— John Denny, Stoke Newington. 
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NE of the finest of several new annuals introduced to our gardens by Mr. 
Thompson, of Ipswich. It was raised from seeds gathered in 1867, by 
Mr. Bolander, in Humboldt county, California, and when exhibited by Mr. 
Thompson last summer, at one of the meetings of the Royal Horticultural 
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Society at South Kensington, it received the unanimous award of a First-Class 
Certificate from the Floral Committee. It is in fact the most showy of the 
Godeticis yet known, and few, if any, cultivated annuals exceed it in beauty. 
The plant is of a dwarf but stout habit, attaining from a foot to a foot and a 
