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on top petals, white thi'oat, a little rough, hut 
striking in colour; and Hector (Foster), orange- 
salmon lower petals, with slight orange and maroon 
blotches and veins, dark top petals, a pleasing flower. 
- In the class for one show relargonium, not in 
commerce, no award was made. 
Fancy Pelargoniums. —Those were also well 
represented. For 6, Mr. J. James was 1st, with The 
Shah, Ellen Beck, East Lynne, Princess Teck, 
Morelia, and Mrs. A. Wigan, an excellent lot, well 
grown and perfectly bloomed. 2nd, Mr. 0. Turner, 
with much smaller but nicel 3 '-grown plants, consist¬ 
ing of Mrs. Phipps, Mrs. A. Wigan, Jewess, Mrs. 
Pope, Henry Bailey, and Mrs. Porter. 3rd, Mrs. 
Hodgson, the Elms, Hampstead, (Mr. Weir, gr.)— 
For 6, not in commerce, Mr. Turner was the only 
exhibitor, and was placed 1st, with Thurio (Turner), 
purplish-carmine, large white tliroat, and wire mar¬ 
gin of white, very fine; Janette, dark maroon top 
])ctals, pale maroon lower petals, pure white throat, 
and slight margin of white; Sarah Bernhardt, rose, 
slightly dashed with violet, white throat, and slight 
edge of "white to the lower petals, very pretty ; Mrs. 
Milne-Home, soft violet-rose, white throat, and slight 
white edge, good form, and very pretty; Loadstone, 
dark rose and violet top petals, rosy-"violot lower 
petals, and broad margin of white ; and Polar Star, 
rosy-violet, largo pure white throat, and white margin, 
large and very fine form.—The class for a new fancy 
Pelargonium, not in commerce, brought no entry. 
Decorative Pelargoniums. —These were shown 
in strong force, and form a very striking feature, from 
their floriferous character. For 18, the first jii-ize 
went to Messrs. J. and J. Hayes, Edmonton, who 
had grand plants in 32-sized pots, a capital repre¬ 
sentative lot, consisting of Whetstone Hero, T. A. 
Dickson, very fine; Triomphe de St. Mande, In¬ 
tegrity, Mermerus, very fine, one of the best; Gustave 
Mallet, Triumphans, Petrarch, Prince of Wales, 
Prince of Pelargoniums, and Captain Kaikes, shades 
of crimson scarlet and red ; and of pale-colourcd 
flowers, Maid of Kent, very fine; Bridal Bouquet, 
Duchess of Edinburgh, Duchess de Morny, La Patrie, 
and Digby Grand. 2nd, H. Little, Esq., with Mrs. 
Lewis Loyd, T. A. Dickson, Triomphe do St. Mande, 
Dr. Masters, Mermerus, Scarlet Sjjot, Iloscum niul- 
tiflorum. Whetstone Hero, Queen Victoria, Spotted 
Patti, Digby Grand, La Patrie, Miss Bradshaw, M. 
J. Outran!, and Duchess of Edinburgh. 3rd, Mr. 
W. Meadmore, nurseryman, Eomford, whose 
best varieties were Madame Eurard, very 
bright; Mabel, Baltic, Iloyalt}’, and William Bull. 
—For G decorative varieties, not in commerce, 
]\Iessrs. J. and J. Hayes were 1st, with Black Prince, 
dark shaded maroon ground, with pale mai’gin, rather 
rough - looking, but very free; Harlequin, pale 
orange-carmine, with dark blotches, slightly dark 
to]) petals, and white throat, a little rough, but bright 
and free; Lady Isabel, clear pale violet-pink, with 
slight puri)lc blotch on each lower petal, top petals 
with a dark blotch on each, very pretty and pleasing, 
large trusses, very free, good form—one of the most 
distinct Pelai'goniums staged; Madame Favart, 
bright deep salmon, with white throat, and slight 
margin of the same, good habit, very free, but a little 
rough; Princess of Wales, white ground, stained 
and veined with rosy-lake, white throat, the flowers 
large and somewhat rough, but very pretty and 
pleasing in colour and marking ; and Maid of Kent, 
white, ivith slight pinkish-lilac blotches.—In the 
class for one decorative Pelargonium, not in com¬ 
merce, the 1st prize went to U. Little, Esq., fur Miss 
Andre (Jackson), a fringed-edged sort, of a delicate 
flesh-pink, the to]) petals with dark spot, and the 
lower ones marked with bright red spots, fine and 
free, and of excellent habit. 
Zonal Pelargoniums. —For 9 varieties in 8-in. 
pots, Mr.s. Lermitte, sen., Finchley (Mr. Ciitlin, gr.), 
was placed 1st, "with large, somewhat flatly trained 
specimens, grandly bloomed; the v^arietics wore 
Lizzie Brooks, bright scarlet, very fine; Titania, 
Ecv. M. Atkinson, Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Leavers, 
Lucy Bosworth, Mrs. Gatlin, Ellen, and Kemus, all 
good exhibition varieties. No second prize was 
given. 3rd, Mr. W. Meadmore, Romford.-—For G 
Zonals, not in commerce. Dr. Denny, Stoke Newing¬ 
ton, was 1st, with 6 jilants displaying remarkable 
vigour of growth, and carrying enormous trusses of 
large, stout flowers, of fine form; they were 
Romeo, bright scarlet, perfectly circular, and 
highly finished; Zanoni, deep cerise-scarlet; Doro¬ 
thea, cerise-scarlet; Ivanhoe, cerise-red; Leander, 
bright cerise, noble truss ; and Allegro, deep 
pink, in enormous truss and of good outline.— 
For 18 varieties, in 6-in. pots, Mrs. Lermitte, sen., was 
1st, with varieties chiefly of Mr. Gatlin’s owm raising, 
viz., John Wakeford, rich scarlet, fine quality; G. 
Rawlings, very bright cerise-scarlet, fine form; 
Edgar Gatlin, very bright orange-scarlet, large and 
very free; Gymbeline, pale scarlet, very showy ; 
Lizzie Smith, clear soft rosy-pink, fine form and 
noble trusses ; Fanny Lines, deep pink; May Banks, 
pale lilac-pink ; and Waldenstein dark violet-cerise, 
fine form. 2nd, H. Little, Esq., "(vitli Lizzie Brooks, 
Jeanne d’Arc, Havelock, A. F. Barron, Ferdinand 
de Lesseps, Cleopatra, and Mrs. Pearson, as his best 
subjects; 3rd, Miss Christy, Combe Cottage, Kings¬ 
ton, (Mr. G. W. Moorman, gr.)—For one variety not 
in commerce, 11. Little, Esq., was 1st, with Rosa Little, 
vei’y bright scarlet, of good form, and veryfree, dwarf 
and compact in habit, the foliage having a narrow 
chocolate zone well displayed on pale yellowish-green 
leaves. This promises to become very useful for 
potwork and for bedding purposes.—For 9 double- 
flowered Zonals in 8-in. pots, the 1st prize "went to 
some admirably grown and nicely flowered specimens 
from J. Simpson, Esq., Wray Park, Reigato (Mr. J. 
King, gr.) ; the deepest-coloured were. C. Wagner, 
Mons. Buohler, Guilliou-Mangilli, Auguste Villaume, 
Victor Hugo, and Wonderful; the pale salmon- 
coloured varieties, Henri Beurior and Louis Buchner; 
and the pale-pink Lucie Lemoine. 2nd, Mrs. Lermitte, 
sou., with Jacobcea (Laxton), Madame Thibaut, 
pink; Eugene Baudouiu, Naomi, and Le Cygnec, 
pure white. 3rd, Mr. W. Meadmore.—For 4 double- 
flowered Zonals, not in commerce, Dr. Denny was 
1st, with Pioneer, very bright scarlet, large and full 
of flo"!ver; Stability, orange-scarlet, veiy bright and 
effective; Gorgeous, glowing scarlet, of striking 
character ; and Refinement, "white tinged with pink, 
and not very inviting as shown.—In the class for 
one double-flowered Zonal, not in commerce, no 
award was made. 
Novelties. —A largo number of seedlings "were 
entered and adjudicated upon by the Executive Com¬ 
mittee, who awardeil First-class Certificates to the 
following Show Pelargoniums :—Charlotte (Mat¬ 
thews), a very pleasing soft blush variety, with dark 
top petalt,; Flag Captain (Foster), pink lower 
petals, with slight dark "s eins, largo and bold dark 
top petals, "free form and substance; The Baron 
(Foster), rosy-salmon lower petals, with slight car¬ 
mine veins, white throat, and dark top petals, very 
fine ; Fireball (Foster), one of the most brilliant of 
the novelties, already described; Sensation (Foster), 
bright rosj'-piuk lower petals, flushed with orange, 
and marketl with dark blotches and veins, dark top 
petals, white throat, fine form; The Pope (Foster), 
violet pink lower petals, white throat, fine dark top 
petals, large and bold ; Alice (Foster), pale soft pink 
lower petals, top petals with small intense black 
spot, pink margin, and white throat, a charmingly 
