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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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Horticultural Society by Mr. James Tomkins, a nurseryman of that district. 
The latter variety is in the way of Madame Lemoine. 
At this Leicester Show Mr. C. J. Perry, of Birmingham, received first- 
class certificates for the following fine new Verbenas :— Mrs. Reynolds Hole, 
a most beautiful variety, the flowers pure white, with a bright crimson 
centre ; Mrs. Perry, light blue with large light eye, the flowers when old being 
quite free from that stained appearance that disfigures so many similar 
varieties ; and Spot, a lively bright pink flower, with carmine centre. These 
are of fine quality, and will fully sustain Mr. Perry’s reputation as a Verbena 
raiser. A fine Zonal Pelargonium, called Delicatum, shown by Mr. W. 
Cunningham, Burton-on-Trent, received a first-class certificate. It is a 
fine addition to the salmon-coloured kinds, as the flowers are heavily suf¬ 
fused with that colour, and there is a distinct ring of carmine round a white 
eye; the flowers large, stout, and finely formed. The same award was 
made to two fine Gold and Bronze varieties from Messrs. Dowmie Laird 
and Laing, named Harrison Weir and Crown Prince; both have, large and 
stout well-formed leaves, with lively bronze zone on a golden ground. 
The way the Petunias in pots were grown that were exhibited at this 
meeting really took people by surprise, so well were they done. Though 
they were tied out to wire shapes, something like one sees Zonal Pelargo¬ 
niums and Pompon Chrysanthemums sometimes done, yet they were 
superbly grown and flowered, and formed one of the features of the Exhi¬ 
bition. One of these, named Beauty, shown in the winning collection by 
Mr. Joseph Thorpe, received a first-class certificate; the centre of the 
flower was of a purple hue, and was broadly margined with pale lilac, 
heavily veined with dark lines. 
Mr. W. Cliater, Saffron Walden, had the following new Hollyhocks :— 
Hxulteum, dark glossy maroon, flowers full and of fine shape, and a telling 
exhibition kind ; and Cams Cliater, pale pink, suffused with rich carmine, a 
fine shade of colour, the flowers also large and full. The winning stand of 
cut herbaceous Phloxes contained Mr. William Paul’s fine new kinds, 
Beautiful and Conqueror. The specimen of the latter was wondrously fine, 
the flowers white, with a rosy purple ring round the eye, the pips large, 
stout, and of the finest shape. It should be in every collection. 
At the Meeting of the Floral Committee on August 4tli, the Rev. Edward 
Hawke, who occupies in relation to the Hollyhock a similar position to that 
which Mr. Perry does to the Verbena, received first-class certificates for the 
following varieties :— Ida, a buff ground flower, suffused with fleshy carmine ; 
and Willingham Model, pale primrose, the flowers medium-sized, but very full, 
and of fine shape. Mr. R. Parker, Tooting, received a first-class certificate 
for Primula sinensis filicifolia alba flore-pleno, a good double white variety of 
the Fern-leaved section, the flow T ers having a dash of flesh-colour in them. 
