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purplish carmine with yellow centre, very handsome and suitable for 
pots ; the yellow, striped, and white Pottebakkers ; Vermilion Brilliant 
and the old favourite Tournesol. Among the Narcissi was little variety. 
They consisted chiefly of the usual yellow and white kinds. They 
were, however, extremely well bloomed and very showy. Associated 
with them was a handsome group of Amaryllids, for the most part 
apparently mules between Hippeastrum aulicum and vittatum. These 
came from Mr. Bassett, gardener to R. Holford, Esq., and Mr. Hamp, 
gardener to J. Thorne, Esq., of South Lambeth. 
Of Orchids handsome collections came from Mr. Carson, gardener to 
W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., and Mr. Morris, gardener to Coles Child, Esq. 
The former had Lycaste HarrisoniEe and fulvescens, the last beautifully 
flowered; Dendrobium fimbriatum and densiflorum, Oncidium Baueri, 
and the rare Cypripedium Lowei. Mr. Morris sent among others well 
bloomed plants of Phaius grandifolius, Dendrobium nobile, two Oncids, 
and Lycaste Harrisoniae. Among rarities of this class was Vanda 
gigantea. It was shown by Mr. Warner, of Broomfield, and certainly 
disappointed expectation. 
Fancy Pelargoniums were exhibited by Mr. Windsor, gardener to 
C. Cannon, Esq., of Hampstead, and Mr. Turner, of Slough. Those 
from the latter were insufficiently in flower. Mr. Windsor had Cas¬ 
sandra, delicatum, Perfection, Madame Sontag, M. Miellez, and Electra. 
Among Mr. Turner’s plants were purpureum album, Cassandra, 
Attraction, Emperor, and Omar Pacha. 
Camellias, well-bloomed and otherwise in extremely good condition, 
were furnished by Messrs. Hally, of Blackheath, and Messrs. Jackson 
and Son, of Kingston. Among the different sorts the following were 
perhaps the most attractive, viz., Lady Broughton, Countess of Elles¬ 
mere, centifolia alba, Duchess of Buccleugh, and Florence Nightingale. 
Roses charmingly flowered, considering the earliness of the season, 
came from Messrs. Lane & Francis. Of the different varieties Souvenir 
d’un Ami and Devoniensis were the most conspicuous. The former had 
large flesh-coloured flowers, very full and beautiful, and the lovely white 
blooms of the latter were scarcely less admired. Besides these, there 
were Comte de Paris, Lion des Combats, Jules Margottin, Adam, Paul 
Ricaut, Duchess of Sutherland, and common Moss. Messrs. Paul had 
a beautiful yellow Tea Rose, named Madame William. This was very 
fine and was greatly admired. The same nurserymen also sent a box 
of cut blooms, among which was the new yellow American Rose Miss 
Isabella Gray, the history and merits of which formed the subject of 
discussion in our pages last year. 
Of Rhododendrons some magnificent trees were shown by Mr. Ivison, 
gardener to the Duke of Northumberland, at Syon. They formed 
the centre-piece of a mass of showy plants, which occupied elevated 
stages in front of the great organ, and viewed from the galleries and 
body of the building had a grand and striking effect. Among them was 
a kind called Percyanum, which has compact trusses' of large white 
flowers charmingly spotted with crimson, and is altogether one of the 
handsomest hybrids of its class. Other Rhododendrons came from Mr. 
Standish, of Bagshot, who sent Townsendi, a spotted pink kind; pul- 
