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size. Both were of good habit, and very free blooming. Another variety, 
named Light Heart, was in the same style, but with an intensely dark corolla, 
and smaller in size. Mr. George Smith, of Islington, also had two double 
white-corolla’d varieties, Grace, and Queen of Whites, the last of great size. 
Three very promising varieties of Zonale Geraniums, in the way of Cloth of 
Gold, were produced by Messrs. F. k A. Smith, of Dulwich:—viz., Golden 
Dwarf, green and gold ground, with bronzy zone; Aureum, creamy gold, with 
same zone, very dwarf habit; and Bronze Shield, green ground edged with 
gold, and broad bronzy zone. In each case the habits of the plants were short, 
stiff, and robust. From the same source came Delphinium Madame H. Jacotot. 
a variety of the Bee Larkspur, the flowers having a light ground, suffused 
with azure blue and veined with rose. It is a very novel and beautiful variety. 
Messrs. Smith also produced some very fine Balsams, of various colours, which 
fully sustained the reputation of the firm for these popular flowers. Consider¬ 
able interest attached to a tall specimen of the climbing variety of Rosa Devo- 
niensis. The habit of growth was remarkably vigorous, and was said to be 
the result of double-budding—first, the Manetti stock with a free-growing 
Hybrid Perpetual, and then the latter with Devoniensis Rose. Buds taken 
from the latter and treated in the ordinary way, it was said, reverted to the old 
well-known form of that fine English Rose. From the Society’s garden came 
several pots of Tritonia aurea, “a bright orange-flowered hardy Caffrarian bulbous 
plant.” They were very effective for greenhouse and conservatory display. 
August 8.—This meeting was remarkable for the grand, display of Lilium 
auratum, which came from Messrs. Veitch and Turner. Foremost was a magni¬ 
ficent specimen grown from one of the first bulbs that came into the possession 
of Mr. Veitch. The plant had two flower-stalks ; one contained fifteen flowers, 
the other fourteen, which emitted a beautiful fragrance. It had been grown by 
Mr. Constantine, gardener to C. Mills, Esq., Hillingdon, near Uxbridge. A 
group of plants also came from Mr. Turner, in which some five or six different 
varieties could be observed. Some were heavily spotted with crimson, some 
also had crimson lines on the segments of the flowers. A first-class certificate 
was awarded to Mr. Winsor, gardener to J. R. Ravenhill, Esq., Walthamstow, 
for Zonale Geranium Sir Robert Peel, in colour bright scarlet, large, stout, and 
very striking. The same award was also made to Mr. C. J. Perry, of Castle 
Bromwich, Birmingham, for Verbenas Cleopatra and William Dean; the former 
beautiful clear rose, with conspicuous lemon eye ; the latter violet-shaded purple, 
or rather maroon, with light eye. These two varieties are very fine indeed. 
The same award was made to Mr. Turner, for herbaceous Phlox Edith, white, 
with crimson eye, with the dwarf and bushy habit of the old P. Spenceri, and 
very free blooming. Another variety, named Herbert, a blooming rosy crimson, 
will be a very useful variety. The same award was made to Mr. Porter, gardener 
to the Hon.. A. J. Ashley, Copt Hall, Epping, for Hollyhock John Laing, in 
colour, bright salmon scarlet, the flower large, and very full; to Messrs. Downie, 
Laird, k Laing, for Hollyhock Charles Eyre, crimson scarlet, a fine well- 
shapen flower, a handsome spike of which was shown ; to the Rev. E. Hawke, 
for Hollyhock Senior Wrangler, bright maroon, also very fine; and to Mr. W. 
Chater, Saffron Walden, for Hollyhock Firefly, a variety very like the Rev. 
Joshua Dix, but brighter in colour. A second-class certificate was awarded to 
Mr. Chater also, for Hebe, delicate pink with rosy salmon centre; to Messrs. 
Downie k Co., for Mrs. B. B. Todd, carmine, tinted with salmon ; and to Messrs. 
Jas. Garaway & Co., of Bristol, for variegated Geranium Queen of Tricolors, 
having very handsomely marked foliage, in the way of Mrs. Pollock. One or 
two seedling Dahlias were staged, but in somewhat indifferent condition. 
They will no doubt be seen again in much better form. K. D. 
