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THE FLORIST. 
sorts, consisting of Lady Rivers, Ibrahim Pasha, Nosegay, Diade- 
matumrubescens, Queen Victoria, Anais, Yeatmaneanum grandiflorum, 
Sidonia, La Belle d’Afrique, Bouquet tout fait, Negro Boy, and Quer- 
cifolia coccinea. 
Calceolarias. —In this class, for Amateurs, the prize was ad¬ 
judged to — Shuckford, Esq. for Symmetry, Examplar, Queen, 
Rubens, Alexandrina, Jesse, Louis Philippe, and Lawtoni; and in 
the Nurserymen s Class, Mr. Gaines had twelve well-grown varieties : 
Unit, Rajah, Angelina, Jehu, Magna, Rebecca, Lady C. Douglass, 
Curiosa, Unique, Sunshine, and Pluto. 
Seedlings.- —The seedling flowers were not so numerous, but they 
were more select than on any former occasion. In the Pelargoniums, 
the judges selected for certificates the following three seedlings from 
Mr. E. Beck of Isleworth :—1st, Loveliness, which we have before 
described ; it is a flower with a pure white centre, and clear, though 
deep, rosy purple bottom petals; the upper part of the flower is dark, 
with a very narrow rim of bright rose running round the top petals ; 
it appears to be a good trusser. 2d, Sarah, a large high-coloured 
variety, with white centre, and rich salmon pink under petals ; trusses 
large and showy—and Mont Blanc, No. 2, a seedling of 1847 : the 
flower is white, untinged with any colour ; the top petals have a small 
rosy purple spot in each — a very desirable variety in its class. Of 
the Fancy Pelargoniums, two were selected by the judges, and 
considered as improvements to this pretty class of flowers. It has 
hitherto unfortunately been the case that people have considered that 
any rubbish would be good enough for this class—the rejected of all 
others—but this is an error; the colours of the flowers and the habit 
of the plants are peculiar, they are remarkably free bloomers, and the 
lower petals should be marked as well as the upper ones. The two 
selected were—1st, Bridesmaid, from Mr. Ambrose, ground colour 
French white, bright rosy purple top petals, with the spot lighter 
than the surrounding colour, a spot of rosy purple in each of the bot¬ 
tom petals. Mr. Gaines sent Ne-plus-ultra, French white ground, 
with a broad belt of rosy purple colour running through each petal 
(broadest at the top), and leaving a margin of ground colour round 
the flower; it has also a light centre. Two Seedling Pinks of 1847 
were selected, and awarded certificates: — Young's X.X., from Mr. 
Turner of Chalvey, a full-sized flower, with the crown well up, hav¬ 
ing broad, stout, gently-cupped petals, smooth and even on the edge, 
lacing good, colour purple, a constant variety. The Hon. Mrs. 
Herbert, from Mr. Keynes of Salisbury: flower large, with good crown, 
the white pure, and colour very dark ; good lacing; the petals are 
stout, but rather small. 1848—a beautiful Seedling from Mr. Harri¬ 
son, named Jenny Lind, circular outline, large petals, smooth on the 
edge, with broad perfect purple lacing; a very promising variety. 
