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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
ally produce a depth and vividness of colour clearly noticeable. Other varieties 
from Messrs. Veitcli were John Waterer, pale rosy cerise, with carmine stripes 
and white throat, pencilled with crimson-purple; Milton, pale pink streaked 
with purple and carmine, a very fine variety ; Calendulaceus ; Ninon de l’Enclos, 
very fine; Lord Byron, intense bright crimson, with white throat, flowers 
large, but wanting form; La Quintinie, rosy salmon and carmine, the throat 
pencilled with reddish purple, a good showy flower; Princess of Wales and 
Shakespeare, both large light flowers, but too much feathered on the spike; 
John Bull, white or very pale blush, with lemon throat pencilled with crimson, 
large and very fine; and Mowbray Morris, bright crimson, pencilled with 
rosy purple on the lower segments, a small flower, but very striking in 
colour. 
Mr. W. Chater, of Saffron Walden, had some spikes of seedling Hollyhocks, 
to two of which—viz., speciosa, salmon buff suffused with crimson, very 
close, full, and fine flowers ; and Frederick Chater, a kind of sulphur-buff 
colour, flowers close and full, first-class certificates were given. A second- 
class certificate was awarded to Edward Speed, a very novel variety, a kind of 
pale purplish grey in colour ; the flowers were close and good. Other varieties 
were Attraction, rosy pink; Glory, pale crimson, large flowers, but somewhat 
loose ; Nonpareil, maroon crimson, a good close flower ; Alba superba, white ; 
and Lord Palmerston, pale rose. The point of interest of the meeting was 
centered in the magnificent variety of Lilium auratum, called splendida, ex¬ 
hibited by Messrs. Cutbush & Son, of Highgate, which is the best marked 
variety yet seen. The flower (for it had but one), was of large size, of good 
form, and instead of the usual orange-coloured band on each petal, it had one 
of a dullish crimson. It was produced by one of a few bulbs that remained 
unsold in the spring in consequence of their small size, and fortunate was it 
for Messrs. Cutbush that it remained unsold. The variety was awarded a 
first-class certificate. 
From Mr. Turner, of Slough, came four seedling Pelargoniums of the 
Nosegay section—viz., Duchess of Sutherland, purplish rose, dashed with 
orange scarlet, a fine shade of colour, very free blooming. A first-class certi¬ 
ficate was awarded to this flower at a previous meeting. The others were Lady 
Constance Grosvenor, having large trusses of bright, deep orange scarlet flowers, 
awarded a first-class certificate ; International, a great improvement both in 
the substance and colour of the flowers on Paul’s Black Dwarf, the habit being 
the same, the colour of the former rich crimson scarlet; and Countess of Sefton, 
a good shade of rosy scarlet. Messrs. E. G. Henderson k Son also sent a 
quantity of variegated. Nosegay,- and Zonale Pelargoniums, to one of which, 
Christine Nosegay, a first-class certificate was awarded. A special certificate 
was also awarded to them for their collection of plants. Among a group of 
things from Messrs. Carter k Co. were capital plants of the variegated Maize, 
which are said to come best when sown in the open air, and two Lobelias— 
viz., Attraction, a variety very like Paxtoni, and Beauty of Ravensbourne, very 
dwarf and compact in habit, with plenty of small lilac flowers, having white 
centres; to this a second-class certificate was awarded. To Mr. A. Hender¬ 
son, of Thornton Heath, Croydon, a first-class certificate was awarded for a 
strong branch of the climbing Rose Devoniensis, with a large terminal cluster 
of flowers. 
There were also plenty of new plants, Orchids, See., to several of which 
certificates were awarded. 
Fruit was represented by a very fine Enville Pine Apple, weighing lbs., 
from Mr. Carmichael, of Sandringham, which was sent to Marlborough House. 
From Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, came some Grapes, and Grapes were sent 
