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case was vivid cherry crimson, but lacking the finer qualities of the two 
former. Mr. W. Paul got a first-class certificate for a very beautiful dwarf¬ 
growing rosy lilac Nosegay, well named Lilacinum. This has a charming 
shade of colour and a good habit. His Nosegay Crimson Queen has a hue of 
colour that is very striking, and unites to a good habit very free-blooming 
properties. Among the ordinary Zonal Pelargoniums, one named Lord Derby , 
shown by Mr. John Mann, of Brentwood, must be regarded as among the 
very finest yet produced. The colour was intense bright scarlet, the flowers 
large, stout, and very smooth. It was awarded a first-class certificate. 
First-class certificates were awarded to Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son and 
to Mr. W. Paul for Ulmus campestris aurea, a handsome Golden Elm, which 
promises to be a valuable acquisition to the class of hardy and pictorial trees. 
Messrs. Osborn & Son had a first-class certificate for Osmunda regalis 
acutiloba, a new variety of Royal Fern. We have already (p. 128), adverted 
to the Variegated Zonal Pelargoniums brought together on this occasion. 
At the Crystal Palace Show, on the 25th of May, the novelties were 
limited in number. Even Show Pelargoniums, generally well represented 
at the Crystal Palace summer show, were very sparely produced. Queen 
of Roses and L’Empereur, both very fine, large-flowering varieties, shown by 
Mr. Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq., of Isleworth, received first-class 
certificates. The former is of a vivid rosy crimson colour; the latter has 
warm pink lower petals, blotched with rosy dark. Hermit (Beck), a large 
pale blush flower, was only just expanding, and promised to be a very fine 
variety. Some Lobelias of the Erinus section were shown by Mr. W. Bull, 
of Chelsea. One, Rosy Gem, with rosy lilac flowers and white centre, 
received a first-class certificate. It is of much taller growth, and has 
larger flowers than Carter’s Beauty of Ravensbourne, a very dwarf-growing 
variety in the same way, but the habit looked spare and weak. Both 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons and Mr. W. Bull were awarded first-class certificates 
for the handsome Sancliezia nobilis variegata , and a fine plant shown by Mr. 
B. S. Williams got him the same award. Tillandsia argentea , a very 
curious-looking plant, with the surface of the leaves like frosted silver, 
shown by Mr. Bull, was awarded a first-class certificate. Roses in pots and 
Pelargoniums were very fine on this occasion. Mr. W. Paul’s twelve Roses 
contained some splendidly bloomed plants, and Mr. Turner’s twelve were 
famous for their remarkable foliage, though scarcely advanced enough in 
bloom. 
At the first great Show of the Royal Botanic Society, on the 29th of 
May, Show Pelargoniums were largely produced. First-class certificates 
were given to Example (Hoyle), Victor (Hoyle), Man of Mark (Hoyle), 
Hermit (Beck), Lady of Quality Improved (Beck), Emperor (Foster), Grandee 
(Foster), and Rob Roy (Foster), a very fine lot, that will shortly receive a 
more extended notice. Electra (Beck), Calypso (Beck), Aspasia (Beck), 
Magician (Foster), King of Trumps (Foster), Troubadour (Foster), and The 
Peer (Foster), were also very promising flowers. First-class certificates 
were awarded to Mr. 0. Turner for the following Fancy kinds :— Pink Per¬ 
fection, previously described; and East Lynne, rosy pink, of a very lively 
hue, changing to rosy crimson, and edged with pale rose, the upper petals 
dark rosy crimson, stout, smooth, and of good size. A remarkably showy 
variety of the Large-flowered class, called Magnet, was shown by Messrs. 
Dobson & Son, of Isleworth, which will prove a valuable kind for forcing 
or market purposes, or for massing for decorative purposes. The colour is 
of a bright purplish crimson, and the flower was awarded a first-class cer- 
