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NOVELTIES, Etc., AT FLOWER SHOWS. 
0 bring up some arrears, I must commence with the Royal Horticultural 
Society’s meeting on August 24. It is really so seldom that First-class 
Certificates are awarded to Fuchsias in the present day (probably because 
they are rarely shown as new varieties), that there is much satisfaction 
in recording the advent of Delight (f.c.c.), a fine variety, with a white corolla, and 
deep red tube and sepals, shown by Mr. G. Smith, Hornsey Road, Islington ; 
flowers large and very striking. Liliurn Lishmcmni (f.c.c.) represents a fine 
variety of the tigrinum type, with large dull-red flowers, profusely spotted with 
black in a very distinct manner; this came from Mr. T. R. Tuffnell, Uxbridge. 
The varieties of this useful garden Lily appear to be multiplying rapidly just now? 
and there is reason to fear some confusion must inevitably result, if great 
discrimination is not exercised in the awarding of certificates. The following new 
varieties of Gladiolus , raised by Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport, received 
Certificates, viz., Lamerus (f.c.c.), light scarlet with white feather; Heloris 
(f.c.c.), white splashed with purple, and purple-rose feather; Orcus (f.c.c.), 
salmon, with white bar and white feather; Grandeur (f.c.c.), pale pink, with 
rosy salmon stripes; Osci (f.c.c.), deep rosy purple streaked ; and Lycoris 
(f.c.c.), salmon-red splashed, with white lip. These were all remarkably fine 
and striking flowers. The same award was made to Day-dream (f.c.c.), splashed 
scarlet, with white bar and feather; Rosy Morn (f.c.c.), white, splashed with 
rose, and deep rose feather; and Gwendoline Morgan (f.c.c.), deep rose splashed, 
with white flame and feather,—from Mr. Douglas, Loxford Hall Gardens, w r ho 
appears to be taking a decided lead among amateur raisers of this fine summer 
flower. Phlox Drummondii Heynholdii cardinalis (f.c.c.), is one of the Continen¬ 
tal novelties of the present year, the specimens shown coming from the Royal 
Horticultural Society’s Gardens at Chiswick. The flowers are of a dull brick- 
red hue, with dark centres, in size and shape of the pip inferior to several of the 
varieties of P. Drummondii in cultivation. The following new Dahlias were 
staged by Mr. John Keynes, Salisbury :— The Rev. J. M. Camm (f.c.c.), 
creamy yellow, flaked with red; Ne plus ultra (f.c.c.), pale lilac, very fine form ; 
and James Service (f.c.c.), claret-brown, large and of good substance. Lucy 
Fawcett (s.c.c.), a nice tipped flower ; and Mr. Sinclair (s.c.c.), pale ground, 
tipped with lilac-red, came from the same exhibitor. 
At the meeting of the same Society, on September 4, seedling Dahlias were 
one of the main features. Florence Pontin (f.c.c.), white, heavily tipped with 
lilac ; and Lord Hawke (f.c.c.), yellow, with a slight tip of rosy crimson, were 
furnished by Mr. C. Turner. Ada Tiffin (f.c.c.), white ground, heavily tipped with 
rouge-purple ; Egyptian Prince (f.c.c), claret, streaked with purple, a promising 
Fancy flower; Matilda May Purchase (f.c.c.), pale ground, suffused and tipped 
rosy pink ; William Newman (f.c.c.), a purple-maroon self ; and William Sinclair 
(f.c.c.), white, heavily shaded and tipped with vermilion-purple, came from Mr. 
