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THE FLORIST. 
face/’ as has been of late too much the fashion, but round bushes 
studded with flowers. Among them were noble examples of variegata, 
optima, Glory of Sunninghill, coronata, Perry ana, alba magna, Minerva, 
and Murrayana. Messrs. Lane, Fraser, Clarke, Gaines, and Jackson 
also showed fine plants in this class. Groups of eight plants came from 
Messrs. Barter, Green, and Peed; and of six plants from Messrs. Bray, 
Whitbread, Peed, Rhodes, and Morris. Among the varieties were 
calycina, Double Red, Old White, Bianca, nitida speciosissima, variegata, 
Broughtoni, alba magna, Murrayana, carminata, Chinese Yellow, 
Prince of Wales, Barclayana, violacea superba, Frosti, Elise Miellez, 
grandis, lateritia, candidissima, Juliana, Iveryana, exquisita, dilecta, 
semi-duplex maculata, triumphans, Gledstanesi, Duke of Devonshire, 
Mont Blanc, and praestantissima. Messrs. Lane and Bray showed some 
very nice standards. Among new kinds the best were Advance, Bride, 
and Model. 
Tall Cacti were shown by Mr. Green and Mr. Bunn, gardener to J. 
R. Scott, Esq., of Hornsey. They were chiefly Epiphyllums. 
Of novelty there was not much. Messrs. Jackson had Vanda 
Jenkinsi, noticed in our report of the Horticultural Society’s meeting, 
and the white variety of Lycaste Skinneri; Mr. Standish, Spiraea 
grandiflora, a beautiful species with white saucer-shaped flowers, each 
as large as a shilling; Mr. Young, of Godaiming, Azalea aurea 
grandiflora, an improvement on sinensis ; Mr. Gaines, Rhododendron 
Aucklandi, a large white-flowered sort with long shining leaves; Mr. 
Williams, R. Falconeri; but of all the Rhododendrons produced that 
from Messrs. Paul was most admired. It was stated to be a seedling 
from Dalhousieanum, and had flowers of immense size, and of a beau¬ 
tiful yellow colour. Messrs. Rollisson had Pimelea elegans and 
Begonia Rex, a sort with handsome silvery marked leaves ; Messrs. 
Henderson, B. splendida. Gaultheria furens came from Mr. Standish. 
Of Miscellaneous subjects Mr. Glendinning, of the Chiswick 
Nursery, sent handsome plants of the new Chinese Larch (Abies 
Ksempferi), the beautifully variegated Farfugium grande, and the 
pretty Heath called Spenceriana. Some fine panfuls of Lycopods came 
from Mr. Morris; Mr. Standish had Skimmia japonica; Messrs. 
Henderson, of Wellington Road, sent Rhododendron Jenkinsi, a sort 
with large white flowers tinged with pink; Thibaudia elliptica, with 
red tubular blossoms ; and other plants. Messrs. Lane had handsome 
yellow Rhododendrons. 
There were some good new variegated Geraniums—the best being 
Perfection and Bijou,—Burning Bush was pretty; a plain scarlet 
of great brilliancy, with fine form, named Scarlet Globe, was very 
fine. A pretty hybrid bedding kind, named Queen of Summer, 
appeared to be quite new, and free flowering. The latter two were 
sent by Mr. Turner, as was also the new double white flowered 
Geranium Gem of the Undercliff, a novel and interesting new bedding 
plant. 
Pelargoniums were exhibited in great numbers for so early a season, 
hi any of them were remarkably well flowered, having a profusion of 
large well-coloured blooms; a steady improvement was perceptible. 
