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very free-blooming, dense dwarf habit, one of the useful pumila section ; and 
Purple Prince (f.c.c.), deep purplish rose, with small white centre, came from 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, together with Ivory Pearl , ivory white; 
Charming, bold white centre, and edging of pale blue ; and Sunset , reddish lilac, 
distinct and novel. Some promising seedling Picotees were staged by that veteran 
raiser, Mr. Norman, Woolwich:— Mrs. Brown (f.c.c.), a light red-edged 
flower, of good substance and petal; and Morning Star (f.c.c.), light, pale, 
rose-edged, of fine quality, were among the best. Lady Holmes dale, William 
Ingleton , and Mr. Brown (s.c.c.) were of a promising character, Fuchsia 
Sunray (f.c.c.), from Mr. T. Milner, Bradford, is so distinct in character as to 
represent a variegated zonal Pelargonium type of foliage, and will, no doubt, 
make a good conservatory plant. Two magnificent new Poses were shown by 
Messrs. Paul and Son, namely, Countess of Oxford (f.c.c.), bright carmine red, 
very large, full, and of fine form ; and Louis Van Houtte (f.c.c.), shaded scarlet 
crimson, very fine and full ; these must from their fine properties, and distinct 
colours, be regarded as decided acquisitions.—R. D. 
At the meeting of the Scottish Pansy Society, on June 17, Messrs. Downie, 
Laird, and Laing exhibited, not for prizes, a varied stand of show Pansies, fine in 
colour, good in shape, and of excellent substance. Messrs. Dickson and Co. had a 
stand of their new bedding Violas. Certificates of Merit were awarded to Mr. D. Kerr, 
Glencorse, for white self Pansy Mrs. Shcind , and cream self Pansy Jessie Cunning - 
ham ; to Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Laing, for three fancy Pansies , namely, William 
Paul, Mrs. M* Lachlan, and David Syme , and for heckling Pansy Whistle Binkie ; 
to Messrs. Dicksons and Co., Waterloo Place, for yellow ground Pansy A. Brodie, 
dark self Pansy Bober t Black; bedding Violets, Strict a Alhci, Blue Beard, and 
Butterfly ; bedding Pansy Mauve Queen. They also had a First-Class Certificate 
for white ground Pansy Jane Greive. 
GARDEN GOSSIP. 
S HE weather in North Nottinghamshire has for the last four weeks been very 
cold, wet, and unsettled, and this seems to have been general over most of 
f the kingdom. The promise of a good fruit year was never more apparent 
than in this spring, from the abundance of blossoms on all sorts of fruit 
trees ; but spring frosts and the drenching daily rain in the latter portion of April have sadly 
thinned the crops. This shows that daily heavy falls of rain, with little sunshine to dry the 
pollen, is against the fruit setting, and is a lesson to gardeners to use the syringe with caution 
in hothouses, both for Vines and all other kinds of fruit, when in bloom in dull weather. The 
rainfall here from the beginning of April up to this date (July . 12) has been as follows :—April, 
3*05 in.; May, T73in.; June, 3-71 in.; July, 2 JO in.; total rainfall, 10-59 in.,—a greater 
quantity than fell in the first eight months of last year. Apricots here on a wall covered with 
glass lights when they were in bloom, are crammed with fruit, and Peaches , Nectarines , Plums , 
and Cherries on a permanent glass-cased wall are likewise a full crop (see p. 164). This will come 
to be the great means of extending the culture of the Peach and Nectarine in our uncertain 
climate, and no large garden should be without glass protection for them in February and 
March. Pears and Apples are in general a very partial crop in this district, having had dur¬ 
ing the cold north-east winds in May legions of aphides and grubs to contend with on tho 
