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slight dark stains; dark top petals; fine form.— Mr. W» Nye: B.B.S., 
June 13. 
Pelaegonium (show) Gipsy [f.o],—A very dark and distinct painted flower; 
white throat, and fine quality.— Mr. W. Nye : B.B.S., June 13. 
Pelargonium (show) Lord Nelson [f.o.].—P ale purple lower petals, 
dashed with orange, dark top petals, and white throat; novel and distinct.— 
Mr. W. Nye: B.B.S.^ June 13. 
Pelargonium (show) Mrs. Andrew Matthews [f.o.].—S oft salmon-pink, 
dark blotch on top petals, and large white throat; fine form.— Rev. H. Matthews : 
R.B.S., June 13. 
Pelargonium (show) Sybil [f.o.]—D elicate salmon-rose, dark blotch on the 
upper petals ; good form.— Mr. W. Nye: R.B.S., June 13. 
Pelargonium (fancy) Atlantic [f.o.].—^R osy-purple lower petals ; reddish- 
maroon upper petals; white throat, and good form.— Mr. G. Turner : R.B.S.^ 
June 13. 
Pelargonium (fancy) Countess of Dudley [f.o.].—P ale lower petals, 
pencilled and blotched with rosy-maroon ; upper petals rosy-maroon ; distinct, 
but a little rough.— Mr. C. Turner: R.B.S.^ June 13. 
PELL.a!A muoronata [f.c.o.].—A beautiful small bipinnate fern, with 
glaucous fronds ; sometimes referred to Platyloma, and thought to be hardy ; 
quite distinct-looking among ferns.— Messrs. Backhouse ^ Son : R.H.S., June 4. 
PHYLLOT.ajNiUM LiNDENi [b.o.].—A Very handsomely variegated aroid, with 
large bold leaves of a green colour, handsomely veined and marked with ivory- 
white.— Mr. W. Bull: R.B.S., June 13. 
Pleoonemia Leuzeana [b.o.]—A bold-growing stove semi-tree fern, with 
handsome, ample spreading triangular much-divided fronds of a bright deep 
green hue.— Mr. W. Bull : R.B.S.^ June 13. 
Rose (h.p.) Rev. J. B. Oamm [f.o.].—P ale rose-pink, a very pleasing hue of 
colour ; full, and of good form.— Mr. G. Turner : R.B.S.^ June 13. 
Sarraoenia Stevensii [f.o.o., b.o.].— A hybrid, raised between S. purpurea 
and S. flava major., by Mr. Stevens, of Trentham, but quite distinct in character. 
— Messrs. Veitch ^ Sons: R.H.S.^ June 4; R.B.S., June 13. 
Sarraoenia Williamsii [b.o.].—A nother hybrid, having the same parentage 
as the preceding, but quite distinct in character.— Mr. B. S. Williams: R.B.S., 
June 13. 
ScoLOPENDEiuM vuLGARE CEiSTATUM viviPARUM [b.c.].—A distinctly crestcd 
form of the Hartstongue fern.—ATr. B. S. Williams : R.B.S.^ June 13. 
Vanda limbata [b.c.].—A pretty species, intermediate in character between 
V. tricolor and the old V. Roxburghii ; the sepals and petals deep chocolate- 
brown, slightly spotted; the lip bright rosy-lilac.— Mr. B. S. Williams : R.B.S.., 
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' this season of the year, when its lovely blossoms are being produced, the 
Gum Oistus will stand little in need of encomiums to draw attention to its 
beauty. In dry, warm soils, in which it thrives best, it is indeed a most 
charming and attractive plant, and it is one of the easiest of hardy shrubs 
to cultivate, requiring practically no attention whatever after planting, except 
