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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[October, 
May till November, so that it cannot fail to become useful for the summer 
decoration of the conservatory.—T. M. 
NOVELTIES, Etc., AT FLOWER-SHOWS. 
SUPPOSE it will be generally agreed that the new bedding plant of the 
year is the very handsome Amaranthus salicifolius (f.c.c.), that Messrs. 
Veitch and Sons exhibited at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 
Society on the 6th of September. Let anyone imagine a plant of the 
habit and style of growth of Croton angustifolium, well furnished to the base, 
from 3 ft. to 4 ft. in height; the long narrow leaves being of an orange-red and 
bronzy hue, and they will have some idea of the beauty of the plant. It stands 
out-door summer exposure well, and it will be equally valuable in the conservatory. 
Mr. Eekford, of Coleshill, had Verbenas , Lady Edith (f.c.c.), pure white, 
with a pale rosy-purple ring round the eye ; Pluto (f.c.c.), orange-red, shaded 
dark round a large open lemon eye ; and Sandy Gibson , cerise-crimson, very fine 
pip and truss. Other very promising seedlings made up a good collection. Mr. C. 
J. Perry, Castle Bromwich, had a chaste-looking Verbena , Emma Walker (f.c.c.), 
white, with a large spot of rosy-crimson in the centre ; while Pink Queen , glowing 
carmine-pink, was very attractive, though a little rough. New Hollyhocks seldom 
get certificates nowadays, and any award of this character acquires more than 
usual interest. Rose of Sharon (f.c.c.), dull red, tinted with salmon, was cer¬ 
tainly inferior to Chater’s Peri, which it much resembles. Jeannie (f.c.c.), white, 
with sulphur in the centre, was a better flower, full and promising. These were 
shown by Mr. McKellar, gardener to C. Magniac, Esq., Bedford. Mr. J. J. Chater, 
Gonville Nurseries, Cambridge, had Peerless (f.c.c.), pale salmon, tinged with buff 
on the edges; distinct, full, and of fine form. Gladiolus Celestial (f.c.c.), a 
seedling raised by Mr. W. Tillery, Welbeck Gardens, was particularly striking, 
having a white throat regularly margined with glowing carmine-red ; very showy 
and good. Mr. W. Paul’s new nosegay Pelargonium , Marathon , a seedling raised 
from Waltham Seedling and Violet Hill Nosegay, deserves notice for its dwarf stiff 
branching habit and free-blooming qualities, having flowers of a crimson hue on 
the upper, and bright magenta-crimson on the lower petals, a great improvement 
on Lord Palmerston. 
The Dahlia-raisers had quite a field-day, and new flowers were numerously 
shown. Those selected for awards were John Standish (Turner), f.c.c., bright 
red, shaded with black in the centre, very large, full, and of fine form; Souvenir 
de Herbert Turner (Turner), f.c.c., very delicate blush-white, fine in floret and 
shape; Maid of Essex (Rawlings), f.c.c., pale ground, regularly tipped with 
purplish-rose, fine florets and outline ; Lady Herschell (Parker), pale ground, 
deeply edged with fiery crimson, good florets and form, but small in the flower ; 
Old Port (Parker), f.c.c., very dark maroon, lit up with crimson ; William 
Keynes (Keynes), f.c.c., pale orange-red, suffused with pale salmon on the 
