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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[August, 
this year. In the Amateur’s section the cham¬ 
pion bloom amongst the Teas was Jean 
Ducher, shown by Mr. Brown, gardener to 
A. J. Waterlow, Esq., Beigate. The Society’s 
medal for the best new Rose was worthily won 
by Her Majesty, shown by Mr. H. Bennett, 
of Shepperton, and already figured in our 
volume for 1880. This is a splendid Rose 
with full massive flowers of the most delicate 
bright pink colour. We are glad to find this 
Rose thus handsomely recognised, as it has 
been thought that some of the other in¬ 
teresting varieties brought forward by the 
same raiser have had scant justice done to 
them. 
We have not space to publish the entire 
prize list, but have thought an alphabetical 
list of the names of the varieties which won 
the first prize in the three principal classes, 
namely, the Nurserymen’s, 72 singles, taken 
by Mr. B. R. Cant, of Colchester, and 36 
trebles, taken by Messrs. Paul & Son, 
Cheshunt, and the Amateurs’ 36 singles, taken 
by A. Slaughter, Esq., Steyning, noting how 
often, according to the published reports, each 
sort had won in these classes, would be a 
useful guide in the selection of new varieties. 
The figures indicate the number of times each 
was shown in the three classes refered to. 
h.p. Alfred Colomb, 2. 
h.p. Alfred K. Williams, 
3. 
T. Anna Ollivier, 2. 
H.p. Annie Laxton, 1. 
H.P. Antoine Ducher, 1. 
h.p. Auguste Rigotard, 
1 . 
H.P. Beauty of Wal¬ 
tham, 2. 
H.P. Boieldieu, 1. 
h.p. Camille Bernardin, 
1 . 
H.p. Captain Christy, 2. 
T. Catharine Mermet, 
1 . 
H.P. Charles Lefebvre, 2. 
H.p. Clothilde Roland, 1. 
h.p. Comtesse de Ludre, 
1 . 
T. Comtesse de Na- 
daillac, 1. 
h.p. Comte a sed’Oxford, 
h.p. Constantine Tretia- 
koff, 1. 
H.P. Countess of Rose¬ 
bery, 1. 
H.P. Devienne Lamy, 1. 
T. Devoniensis, 1. 
H.P. Dr. Andry, 2. 
h.p. Dr. Sewell, 1. 
h.p. Duchesse de Yal- 
lombrosa, 3. 
h.p. Duchess of Bedford, 
2 . 
h.p. Duke of Connaught, 
1. 
h.p. Duke of Edinburgh, 
2 . 
n.p. Duke of Teck, 2. 
H.p. Duke of Welling¬ 
ton, 2. 
h.p. Dupuy Jamain, 1. 
H.p. Edouard Morren, 1. 
H.P. Egeria, 1. 
H.p. Emily Laxton, 1. 
h.p. Etienne Levet, 2. 
h.p. Eerdinand de Les- 
seps, 1. 
h.p. Eisker Holmes, 2. 
H.p. Eramjois Michelon, 
1. 
h.p. General Jacquemi¬ 
not, 2. 
h.p. George Moreau, 1. 
T. JnnocentePirola,2. 
T. Jean Ducher, 1. 
n.r. John Bright, 1. 
H.p. John Hopper, 1. 
H.p. Julie Touvais, 1. 
h.p. La Duchesse de 
Morny, 1. 
H.p. La Erance, 3. 
h.p. Le Havre, 1. 
h.p. Louis Yan Houtte, 
T. Madame Bravy, 1. 
H P. Madame Caillat, 1. 
N. Madame Caroline 
Kuster, 2. 
H.P. Madame Charles 
Wood, 1. 
h.p. Madame Clemence 
Joigueaux, 1. 
T. Madame Ducher, 1. 
H.P. Madame Eugene 
H.P. Marie Baumann, 3. 
T. Marie Yan Houtte, 
2 . 
h.p. Marquise de Castel- 
lane, 3. 
H.P. MauriceBernardiD, 
2 . 
h.p. Merveille de Lyon, 
1. 
Yerdier, 3. 
H.p. Madame Gabriel 
Luizet, 3. 
B. Madame Isaac 
Periere, 2. 
H.P. Madame la Baronne 
de Rothschild, 2. 
h.p. Madame Lacharme, 
1. 
H.P. Madame Marie 
Einger, 1. 
H.P. Madame Marie 
Yerdier, 2. 
H.P. Madame Prosper 
Laugier, 1. 
h.p. Madame Yictor 
Verdier, 1. 
H.p. Madame Yidot, 1. 
t. Madame Willer- 
moz, 1. 
n.p. Mdlle. Julie Dy- 
monier, 1. 
H.P. Mdlle. Marie Co- 
intet, 2. 
h.p. Mdlle. Marie Rady, 
h.p. Mons. E. Y. Teas, 
2 . 
H.P. Mons. Noman, 1. 
T. Niphetos, 2. 
H.p. Olivier Delhomme, 
1. 
h.p. Penelope Mayo, 1. 
T. Perle de Lyon, 1. 
n.p. Prince Arthur, 2. 
H.P. Princess Mary of 
Cambridge, 1. 
H.p. Reine du Midi, 1. 
H.P. Reynolds Hole 1. 
T. Rubens, 1. 
T. Souvenir d’Elise 
Yardon, 3. 
B. Souvenir de la Mai - 
maison, 1. 
h.p. Souvenir de Mons. 
Boll, 1. 
T. Souvenir d’un Ami, 
2. 
h.p. Star of Waltham, 
2 . 
H.P. Sultan of Zanzibar, 
2 . 
H.P. Marchioness of 
Exeter, 1. 
N. Marechal Niel, 2. 
h.p. Marguerite de St. 
Amande, 3. 
1. 
h.p. Yiolette Bouyer, 1. 
h.p. Vi comtesse de 
Yezines, 1. 
h.p. William Warden, 
1 . 
DIEFFENBACHIA REGINA. 
f MONGST the many new forms of this 
genus introduced during the last few 
years this is one of the most interest¬ 
ing. It is distinct in character, and 
strikingly effective in its variegation, so that 
it may well bear the title of regina, or Queen 
of the Dieffenbachias. The stem is erect, but 
is not a rapid grower, and thus it remains 
for some time in a dwarfish manageable con- 
dition. The leaves are oblong elliptic, rounded 
at the lower end where they join the stalk, 
shortly acuminate, the surface being almost 
wholly covered with greenish white, mottled 
with blotches of pale green, and having a few 
streaky markings of dark green, with a narrow 
border of the same colour. It is the fact that 
the greater part of the upper surface is of 
the light hue just described, while the mark¬ 
ings of a dark shade are comparatively few, 
which gives to this plant so elegant an aspect. 
The two sides of the leaf-blade are in this 
species nearly equal in breadth, so that a com¬ 
paratively broad surfaco is displayed. It is a 
