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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
Magenta f (E. G. Henderson & Son).—Vigorous habit; leaves broad with 
a darkish vandyked zone; flowers distinct and showy, of a semi-nosegay 
character, the trusses thrown well up, and freely produced. Approved chiefly 
for colour. 
Merrimac * (Salter).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with a broad dull 
zone; flowers in immense heads, deep cerise or carmine rose, the blossoms 
broad-petaled for one of the Nosegay race. It was grown only in pots, and was 
in this way quite first-rate. 
Merrimac f (Carter & Co.).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with 
narrow olive zone; flowers broad-petaled, in moderate trusses, cerise rose. 
Monitor f (Carter k Co.).—Rather dwarf spreading habit; leaves lobed, 
with a dull brown zone; flowers large and broad for one of the Nosegay race, 
dull orange scarlet. Desirable from its colour. 
Red Nosegay (Taylor).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with faint narrow 
green zone ; flowers cerise scarlet, in moderate trusses. 
Rival Nosegay (Carter k Co.).—Moderately vigorous habit; flowers large 
and broad-petaled as a Nosegay, in good trusses, of a deep magenta shaded with 
crimson. Not one of the semi-nosegay race. 
Stella * (E. G. Henderson k Son).—Vigorous habit; leaves with dark zone ; 
flowers in bold trusses, broader-petaled than Cybister, and of a deeper scarlet. 
One of the finest of all Pelargoniums for effect. 
2. LEAYES YARIEGATED WITH WHITE. 
Variegated Nosegay * (Turner).—Moderately dwarf habit; leaves whitish 
at the edge, cupped ; flowers abundant and effective, but loose, cerise pink.— 
(Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society.') 
(_To be continued.') 
OUR MONTHLY CHRONICLE. 
The Edinburgh International Horti¬ 
cultural Show. —This was held on the 6th 
of September, and proved a complete success. 
Although Scottish exhibitors predominated, 
there was a good attendance of those from 
the southern part of the kingdom, and some 
very creditable productions came from Ire¬ 
land ; but the only exhibitor from abroad 
was Mr. Knight, gardener at the Chateau de 
Pontchartrain. The Music Hall and Assem¬ 
bly Boom in George Street, both under one 
roof, afforded a large area, in which the show 
was held; but so numerous were the subjects 
brought for exhibition, and so large the at¬ 
tendance of visitors, that from an early hour 
in the forenoon till late at night, the show 
was inconveniently crowded—a drawback, 
however, for which the Committee are not 
to be blamed, for the extent and success of 
the show far exceeded their most sanguine 
anticipations. The arrangements were ad¬ 
mirable in every respect, and the courtesy 
with which every duty connected with the 
exhibition was performed, gave entire satis¬ 
faction. The great feature was the fruit, of 
which the display was magnificent, particu¬ 
larly the Grapes, which were in the greatest 
perfection ; indeed, such a collection of splen- 
| did bunches had never, probably, appeared 
: before at any one exhibition. In the class 
for eight varieties Mr. Fowler, gardener to 
the Earl of Stair, Castle Kennedy, had 
splendid bunches of Muscats, Trebbiano, 
12 lbs. 9| oz. ; White Nice (F), 9 lbs. ozs.; 
Black Barbarossa, Black Prince, Black Gib¬ 
raltar, Lady Downe’s, and Muscat Hamburgh. 
Mr. Meredith, of Garston, Liverpool, came 
second with beautifully grown Black Ham¬ 
burgh, Muscat Hamburgh, Black Alicante, 
Barbarossa, Muscat of Alexandria, Black 
Prince, Chaptal, and Child of Hale, a large 
white kind. The same exhibitor took the 
first place in the class for two bunches of 
Black Hamburgh, with beautifully coloured 
bunches, weighing 9 lbs. 10 oz.; and he held 
the same position for a single bunch of the 
same variety. Muscats from Mr. Fowler and 
Mr. D. Thomson, Archerfield, were very 
large and admirably ripened. The heaviest 
bunch of any black kind was Barbarossa, 
from Mr. Greensbields, gardener to the Mar¬ 
quis of Ailsa. This weighed 10 lbs. 15 ozs.; 
Mr. Fowler came next with a fine bunch of 
the same variety. Mr. Meredith exhibited a 
fine bunch of Black Hamburgh, weighing 
4 lbs. 12 ozs., in the same class. The heaviest 
