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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
I have observed splendid plants of this beautiful tree, perfectly hardy, and 
loaded with their splendid cones, at Chatsworth, Elvaston, and some other places, 
where the Araucaria imbricata, Cedrus deodara, and many other fine things 
have been seriously injured, or to a great extent entirely destroyed, by the late 
severe winter. It is a variety that is sure to be planted to a very large extent 
when more thoroughly known. Its good properties are sure to recommend it. 
Bicton. James Barnes. 
AWARDS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
September 9th. 
Dahlta Magpie. —Mr. Keynes [S.C.C.].—A pleasing and rather novel-looking sort, 
the ground colour of which was rosy-purple, distinctly hut not very heavily tipped with 
white. 
Dahlia Messenger. —Mr. Kimberley, Coventry [S.C.C.].—A striped variety, of sym¬ 
metrical outline, the ground colour a light rosy-lilac, from the suffusion of purple through 
the white, and this heavily striped with rosy-purple. This suffusion of the deeper colours 
through what should be the white ground colour is a common defect in striped Dahlias. 
Dahlia Prince of Wales. —Mr. Turner, Slough [S.C.C.].—A pale clear yellow, of con¬ 
siderable promise. 
Dahlia Roundhead. —Mr. Legge [S.C.C.].—A purple maroon, or deep claret, of neat 
form. 
Dahlia Sam Bartlett. —Mr. Keynes [S.C.C.].—A rather flat deep blush, striped with 
crimson. 
Dahlia Sylph. —Mr. C. J. Perry, Castle Bromwich [S.C.C.].—Aflattish variety, white, 
laced with delicate pinkish-lilac. 
Dahlia The Bride.— Mr. Legge [F.C.C.].—A neat variety, in which the florets were 
blush white, faintly tipped at the back with pale purple or lilac. 
Dahlia Useful. —Messrs. Bragg & Co. [S.C.C.].—A useful ruby red. 
Dahlia Watty. —Mr. Wheeler [S.C.C.].—A dull orange red, similar to Garibaldi. 
Dahlia White Perfection. —Mr. Legge, Edmonton [F.C.C.].—A pure ivory white, 
considered to possess qualities which will make it a useful show flower. 
Dahlia (feedding) Tom Thumb. —Mr. G. Rawlings, Bethnal Green [C.].—This was a 
plant of a bedding Dahlia growing in a pot. It was about a foot high, and bore blossoms of 
a dark maroon. 
Gladiolus Charles Davis. —Mr. Standish, Ascot [S.C.C.].—A fine showy sort, with 
well-made smooth flowers, of a bright rosy-scarlet, flushed towards the centre with purple, 
and feathered with purple on the lower segments. 
Gladiolus Etna. —Mr. Standish [C.].—A large showy red scarlet, of an attractive 
character. 
Gladiolus Mrs. Dix. — Mr. Standish [C.] — A handsome light variety, white, faintly 
striped and spotted, the lower segments boldly and distinctly marked with a purple flame. 
Gladiolus Randle Jackson. —Mr. Standish [C.].—A handsomely-marked blush white, 
distinctly and freely striped with pink, the lower segments having a dark purplish feather. 
Phytolacca decandra variegata. —Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son [C.].—A hardy 
herbaceous perennial, with bold foliage, broadly and effectively margined with cream colour, 
the green portions next the midrib irregular in form and varied with grey green. 
Pteris pellucida. —Mr. Bull, Chelsea [F.C.C.].—A fine-looking tropical Fern, with 
pinnate fronds, the few distant pinnae broadish elongate, and wavy at the edge, and in the 
young state strongly tinged with reddish-brown. 
September 22nd. 
Cheiranthus Marshalii variegates. —Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son [C.].—A neat 
plant for the margins of beds, rockwork, and small clumps, and stated to be always true in 
its variegation, which formed a very well-marked cream-coloured margin to the leaves. 
Dahlia Countess ( Fellowes ).—Mr. C. Turner, Slough [S.C.C.].—A large, full creamy- 
white variety. • 
Dahlia Enchantress. —Mr. Legge [F.C.C.].—This variety had already received a 
second-class certificate. It was a full-sized flower, of excellent shape, straw colour, deeper 
at the base of the florets, and tipped with bright rose. It was a very ornamental variety. 
Dahlia Erebus. —Mr. G. Rawlings, Bethnal Green [C.].—A rather small bloom, of an 
inttnsely deep maroon colour, for the distinctness of which it was commended. 
