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pink; flowers smooth and of good shape, and free blooming. Another spotted kind was 
Patrician (Hoyle), having bright rosy carmine lower petals, pencilled and slightly spotted 
with dark, and-having a very narrow edge of pale violet; upper petals glossy dark, with very 
narrow edge of deep rosy crimson: a fine and effective flower, but as shown the truss was too 
small. 
Of Salmon-coloured flowers there were:— Archduke (Foster), a large and somewhat 
coarse flower, having bright salmon lower petals, stained with dark, and a conspicuous white 
centre. Autocrat (Foster), in the way of Hermit, but not so good, has a very sportive 
tendency. Marksman (Fraser), rosy salmon, slightly veined with dark; top petals dark, 
with broad fiery margin and edge of pink; flowers small but very free-blooming, and both 
trusses and habit good. It lacks novelty of colour, but will be valuable because so free in 
blooming. Beauty (Beck), something in the same way as the preceding, but having more 
orange in the lower petals the colour is thereby brightened and made more striking, though 
the hue pales with age; free-blooming, with good trusses, but the habit somewhat spare. 
King of Trumps (Foster), and Troubadour (Foster), are beaten by Emperor ; though they have 
more carmine in the colour of the lower petals, and some claim to distinctness, they still run 
in the same way, while inferior in quality. 
Flowers with a delicate ground were:— Plectra (Beck), a very beautiful flower, though 
not of first-rate properties; lower petals delicate pink, slightly blotched with carmine on 
each petal; dark top petals run into and margined with fiery crimson, and broadly edged 
with pale rosy pink; a very promising exhibition kind. Empress (E. Gr. Henderson & Son), 
has medium-sized white flowers, the upper petals marked with rosy crimson, the flowers 
much crumpled or waved, and yet very attractive; it blooms freely, and will apparently 
make a good forcing kind. Woman in White (Hoyle), pure white lower petals, the top petals 
fiery rose shaded with dark ; pure in colour, but the flowers thin. 
Shades of Rosy Yiolet are represented by:— Magician (Foster), having a rich shade of 
rosy violet, but not shown in good condition, the upper petals having a tendency to become 
crumpled, and the white centre was confused and ill-defined. Mignonette (Beck), a small 
flower, but of a striking shade of colour, rosy violet lower petals, dark top petals, broadly 
edged with bright rose, white centre. The Prelate (Foster), is a very striking flower of 
massive build, but somewhat crumpled on the edges as shown, and, though a good-sized and 
bushy plant, no truss had more than three flowers, and some only two—a radical defect; 
lower petals rosy violet crimson, stained with dark; upper petals dark, with narrow edge of 
bright rosy crimson; habit good. Robin Hood (Foster), a very pleasing hue of colour, the 
lower petals violet pink, slightly suffused with carmine; dark top petals with a fiery crimson 
margin, white throat; good habit, and free blooming. 
The production of new Fancy Pelargoniums has been confined almost 
entirely to Mr. Turner, of Slough, and any awards to seedlings that have 
been made, have gone to him. 
The following received first-class certificates:— Belle of the Season (Turner), pale 
ground lower petals with rosy carmine blotches; upper petals rosy crimson ; good form and 
substance, and very free blooming. Brightness (Turner), bright rosy carmine, the lower 
petals having a distinct narrow edging of white, and the centre being pure white ; a flower 
of excellent form, smooth, and stout, and will make a good exhibition variety. Perfection 
(Turner), the top petals claret crimson, with narrow margin of rosy lilac; lower petals 
veined and dashed wiih rosy claret; flowers of fine form, smooth, and stout, and habit 
excellent. East Lynne (Turner), a flower somewhat in the way of Perfection, but rather 
larger, the lower petals rosy crimson, suffused with purple, and slightly edged with pale rose : 
top petals dark rosy crimson, with a pale edge; flowers stout, smooth, and of fine form; 
excellent habit. Pink Perfection (Turner), large, bright, rosy-pink flowers of fine form and 
quality, with white centre; bold and very striking, of good habit, and a fine exhibition 
variety. Marmion (Turner), rosy crimson suffused with violet, and margined with pale rosy 
lilac, conspicuous white throat; flowers large and stout; a variety that may be termed an 
improved Godfrey Turner, though not so dark in colour; it also has a pure white centre, 
instead of the somewhat confused bluish centre of the older flower; of a very pleasing shade 
of colour, but a little crumpled on the edges. 
Second-class certificates were awarded to Maid Marian , upper petals rose dashed with 
violet; lower petals white, spotted and veined with bright rose; a good flower. Madame Vilda , 
dark rosy crimson, with pure white throat, and very narrow edge of white round the flower ; 
flowers small, but well-formed and smooth ; very free blooming, and good habit. 
Two very free-blooming varieties were shown by Mr. Turner—viz., Fanny Gair and 
Excelsior , both light flowers, very prolific of bloom, but wanting form and smoothness; and 
another named Leotard , having large rosy carmine flowers suffused with violet, the flowers 
