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Queen Mob (Hally).—Dwarf habit; leaves dark zoned ; flowers orange 
scarlet. 
Really Good (Bull).—Vigorous; dark-zoned leaves ; flowers light scarlet, of 
fine shape. 
Red Jacket (Veitch, Turner).—Vigorous habit; leaves broad with narrow 
dark vandyked zone ; flowers light scarlet. Similar to Emperor of the French, 
but inferior to it. 
Red Riding Hood f (Hally).—Dwarf habit; leaves dark zoned; flowers 
very bright scarlet, of fine form. 
Reidii (Fraser).—Dwarf vigorous habit; leaves dark zoned ; flowers deep 
scarlet with white eye, in small trusses. 
Rev. Joshua Dix f (The Society).—Moderately vigorous compact habit; 
leaves marked with a dull zone ; flowers above medium size, of good shape, in 
compact trusses, and of a very bright scarlet. A seedling raised at Chiswck, 
and both distinct and good. 
Senator (Williams).—Vigorous habit; leaves with very dark centre or 
broad zone ; flowers scarlet. 
Victor Emmanuel * (Clarke).—Vigorous habit; leaves with broad dull zone ; 
flowers large, in bold trusses, and of fine quality, very similar to those of Punch. 
One of the best of the zonate scarlets. 
Vivid * (G. Smith).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with broad dull 
zone; flowers of fine form, in bold trusses, of a bright scarlet. A very fine sort, 
one of the best as to the shape of the flowers, and equally good as a pot plant. 
Volcano * (Wills).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves Avith indistinct 
green zone ; flowers light orange scarlet, large, in bold trusses, and freely 
developed.—( Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society.') 
(2o be continued.) 
THE BIRMINGHAM ROSE SHOW. 
The fourth of these interesting gatherings took place on Thursday and 
Friday the 6th and 7th inst. at the Town Hall; and in every point of view, 
except the financial one, it was a decided success. The entries were numerous 
—much more so than last year—and the quality of the floral display fully 
realised the expectations which we ventured to indulge respecting it. In the 
opinion of the most competent authorities, professional as w r ell as amateur, it 
was quite equal to the best of the metropolitan shows. Every rosarian knows 
how trying has been the present season, more especially the heat of the last few 
weeks, to his favourites ; and, taking the weather into account, the blooms 
generally, both in substance and colour, were surprisingly good. As a matter 
of course, those varieties which are the most deficient in the former property 
suffered the most. The arrangements, too, were praiseworthy; the ornamental- 
foliaged plants and garden ornaments being so disposed as to produce an 
admirable effect. The elements, how T ever, were unpropitious; and if any¬ 
thing could demonstrate the strength of the allegiance to the queen of flowers 
which pervades the community in and around Birmingham, it assuredly wus 
the considerable muster of visitors whose zeal to render her tk suit and service” 
was not to be overcome by the almost incessant rain which fell throughout 
Thursday. 
One of the features on this occasion was the quantity of new Roses in many 
of the collections, where they were better represented than in the divisions 
which were exclusively devoted to them. At their head we should, without 
scruple, place Marechal Niel, which deservedly attracted much attention. It 
