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tificate as a market variety. A vast quantity of New Plants received first- 
class certificates. W. Marshall, Esq., of Enfield, received this award for 
Miltonia spectabilis rosea, a very fine variety. The same award was made to 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons for Betinospora filifera, a very graceful Conifer, the 
property, it was understood, of Mr. Standish, of Ascot, who holds the entire 
stock; also to J. Gray, Esq., of Ashridge Park, Berkhampstead, for a well- 
marked Deutzia gracilis variegata; to Mr. W. Bull for Pelargonium Silver Gem, 
a very useful-looking silver-edged Ivy-leaved variety; and to Messrs. E. G. 
Henderson & Son for the dwarf golden-tinted Pyrethrum Parthenium, called 
Golden Feather, which appears to be a good bedding plant, as far as it has 
been seen used for this purpose. 
The great Show of the Boyal Horticultural Society was held on the 
4th of June, and “ novelties ” formed a most interesting feature. Of New 
Plants nothing could be more curious than that strange-looking Arad, shown 
by Mr. Bull, named Amorphophallus nobilis, a huge fleshy fungus-like plant, 
of a pale claret colour, which had been shown at the Regent’s Park in the 
form of a vast puff, but had now developed the spathe, something in the 
form of an Elizabethan neck-frill, showing somewhat of the curious spadix 
in the interior of the mass. It was awarded a first-class certificate. Messrs. 
Veitch & Sons produced for the first time the charming Indian Dendrobium 
Bensonice, with white flowers, having a rich orange centre to the lip, and a 
pair of blood-coloured spots near its base. Messrs. Veitch also had Alocasia 
intermedia, a very fine hybrid between A. Veitchii and A. longiloba, and 
combining the good properties of both. A splendid and unique form of 
Cypripedium Stonei, together with an example of the original variety, came 
from Mr. Stone, gardener to J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham. The petals of 
the former were much broader and shorter than those of the older variety, 
and it was awarded a first-class certificate. The magnificent Cattleya 
Dowiana was also shown by the same exhibitor; it has buff sepals and 
petals, and a large lip of a rich violet purple hue veined with gold. A very 
pretty dwarf-growing perennial, suitable for rockwork, named Silene pennsyl- 
vanica, came from Messrs. Backhouse & Son, of York; the flowers are very 
freely produced, and of a bright pink colour, and it was adjudged worthy a 
first-class certificate as a hardy plant. Show Pelargoniums were again in 
force, and first-class certificates were awarded to Joan of Arc (Foster), deep 
rose, suffused with purple, a fine and hold flower, and Hermit (Beck), a very 
fine light flower. A second-class certificate was awarded to Filomena (Beck), 
of a beautiful shade of colour—bright rosy violet, with a dark blotch on 
each segment; and a similar award was made to Mr. Turner for Fancy 
Pelargonium Madame Vilda, a dark rosy crimson self flower with pure white 
throat, very free-blooming. At an early meeting of the Floral Committee 
in the present year, a Zonal Pelargonium, named Mimas, was shown by Mr. 
J. Mann, of Brentwood. It was again produced on this occasion in very 
fine condition, and was awarded a first-class certificate. The colour may 
be termed very bright orange scarlet of a pure and beautiful shade, the 
flowers large, bold, and smooth. A similar award was made to Messrs. 
Downie, Laird, & Laing for Seraph, another Zonal variety; colour orange 
salmon with a light centre, of fine quality and substance. The beauty of 
Aubnetia Campbellii, when flowered in tufts, was demonstrated on this 
occasion by its being shown in a pan, a mass of it being in full bloom. It 
aj>pears to be the deepest coloured of the Aubrietias, and succeeds as well 
out of doors as under glass. A very sliowy-looking rose-coloured forcing 
Pink, named Lord Lyon, was shown by Mr. J. Clarke, of Bury St. Edmunds, 
