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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ May, 
represented tlie fine strain Mr. Turner lias produced within the last two or 
three years, the gay and strikmg colours of which quite place in the shade 
the more sober hues of what are known as the show kinds, while the vdry 
best of the self flowers, bristling with points of quality in such a degree as to 
he near perfection, cannot stand by the side of one of these bright-looking 
Alpine flowers when regarded as decorative plants. First-class certificates 
were given to King of Crimsons , of a glowing ruby-crimson ground colour 
and superb yellow paste, and to Princess, purplish violet ground, edged with 
dark and smooth creamy white paste, a bold and handsome flower. A 
second-class certificate was given to Jessie, dark velvety crimson ground, 
margined with purple, and smooth pale yellow paste. Minnie, Admiration, 
Sovereign, Dazzle, Brilliant, Meteor, and Seraph were also fine new flowers of 
considerable merit. 
Messrs. F. & A. Smith exhibited some new Cinerarias of the second 
year, and also a large number of yearling flowers, most of which were 
very good. Of the former, Pandora, a good-sized flower, having a broad 
margin of rosy purple, and a white ground round a pale disk, received a 
second-class certificate. Circe had a broad edge of violet-rose, white ground, 
and pale disk, the outline of the flower good, but the petals irregularly 
placed round the disk. The others do not call for special notice. 
Messrs. Downie Laird & Laing had a small plant of a very promising 
Gold and Bronze Zonal Pelargonium, named Mrs. Maynard, the leaf ground 
pale gold, with well-defined reddish bronze zone. 
The Show at South Kensington on the 18th ult. yielded in addition to 
some fine new Roses, alluded to elsewhere, a very beautiful temperate 
conservatory plant, the Lasiandra macrantlia, a melastomad, with the usual 
ribbed leaves of moderate size, and flowers of the colour of those of Ple- 
roma elegans, but about three times as large. 
There were also some interesting novelties at the Floral Meeting on 
the 21st. ult. Mr. Parsons, of Welwyn, sent a fine purple Azalea, Magenta 
Queen, a rosy flower, with a distinct purple tinge, and of fine shape and 
substance. Messrs. Rollisson & Sons, of Tooting, sent Rhododendron 
fragrantissimum, apparently a cross between Edgworthii andciliatum, a fine 
rosy-tinged white flower of fine form and deliciously fragrant; with it 
were Saccolabium ampullaceum moulmeinense, a grand variety with deep rosy 
red flowers; and Juniperus excelsa stricta, a handsome pyramidal-growing 
and perfectly hardy Conifer. Messrs. Yeitch & Sons sent the double 
blue Japanese Clematis, called John Goidd Veitch, which is a blue-flowered 
C. Fortunei; and Echeveria agavoides, a neat-growing dwarf distinct form of 
this interesting genus. Mr. Williams showed young plants of Cibotium 
spectabile and- C. regale, two fine tree Ferns from Mexico ; and Mr. Bull had 
a larger plant of the last-named species. Mr. Williams also showed Ence- 
