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the summer. The leaves are stalked roundish-oblong 
and crenately toothed. The flowers are produced in 
one-sided racemes, each about three-fourths of an 
inch long and twice as broad as in the old IVliitlavia 
grandiflora, being more pelviform than campanulate ; 
the colour is an intense gentian blue with a white 
oblong spot at the base of each sinus; California; 
lst-class Certificate R.II.S., July 25 —W. Thompson. 
Pleopeltis fossa, Moore .—A very distinct and 
pleasing evergreen fern from the Eastern Archipelago. 
It belongs to the net-veined group of Polypodies 
called Pleopeltis, and has fleshy simple recurvedfronds 
which are more or less inciso-lobate at the margin, 
and bear a single row of deeply sunk sori on each 
side near the midrib ; its recurving habit seems to 
fit it for basket culture, under which circumstances it 
forms a welcome addition to our exotic ferns ; lst- 
class Certificate R.B.S., July 5; R.H.S., July 11.— 
Veitch & Sons. 
Podolasia stipitata, N. F. Broivn (Gard. 
Chron., N. S., xviii., 70).—A Bornean Arad, having a 
short caudex supporting 4—6 bright green sagittate 
or hastate leaves on terete green petioles a foot high ; 
and a peduncle shorter than the petiole, supporting a 
boat-shaped brownish-red spathe, 3—4 inches long, 
exceeding the spadix w'hich has a green stipe, and 
in the floriferous part is cream-coloured; lst-class 
Certificates E.B.S., J uly 5, as Lasia stipitata; R.H.S., 
July 11.—Veitch & Sons. 
Rhododendron ijalsaminiflorum aureum, 
Jlort., see p. 107.—A fine variety of the hybrid 
javanico-jasminiflorum section, with clear yellow 
semi-double blossoms, fine and effective; lst-class 
Certificate R.H.S., July 11.—Veitch & Sons. 
Rhododendron balsaminiflorum album, 
Hort. —Blowers pure white, double, aud as in the 
case of the foregoing borne in the form of large 
terminal clusters; lst-class Certificate R.II.S., July 
11.—Veitch & Sons. 
Selaginella GRANDis, Moore {Gard. Chron., 
N. s., xviii., 41, figs. 7, 8).—This is one of the finest of 
the club-mosses, and is remarkable for its clear green 
colour, and the breadth of its densely leafy branches ; 
it has creeping stems by which it extends itself, and 
from those grow up the leafy fronds which are 1—1.) 
foot high, triangular ovate, decurved, dichotomously 
ramose, the branches clothed with oblong-subfalcate 
crowded leaves, and the terminal branchlets ending in 
the small tail-like amenta 1—1| inch long ; it comes 
from Borneo; lst-class Certificate RII.S., May 23, 
as S. platyphylla ; R.B.S., July 5.—Veitch & Sons. 
NEW FLOWERS. 
Begonias (tuberous-rooted).— A. F. Barron, 
a very fine single-flowered variety of a rich crimson 
colour, extra fine; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., J uly 
11. Mrs. Stevens, a fine branching habited variety 
with large showy flesh-pink flowers, free blooming ; 
lst-class Certificate Chiswick, July 7. Thomas 
Moore, dwarf, stocky, free growing and free blooming, 
with the flowers thrown well up and nearly circular, 
pure carmine-scarlet; quite novel in character; lst- 
class Certificate Chiswick, July 7.—All from the 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
Chrysanthemum, La Petite Marie .—An early 
flowering summer variety of dwarf growth, with 
large white flowers, very freely produced, extra 
fine; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., July 11.—T. S. 
Ware. 
Gaillardia, picta Lorenziana. —A Continental 
variety, the flowers formed wholly of quilled flore's 
coloured as in the case of G. picta, very distinct and 
novel; lst-class CertificateR.H.S., June 27.—Carter 
& Co. 
Gloxinias. — Mrs. Atkinson, a very beautiful 
variety of the erect-flowered section, white ground 
profusely spotted with small dots of purple, and with 
a broad violet-purple band round the throat, extra 
large and fine ; lst-class Certificate R.II.S., June 27. 
—J. Hudson. Major Mason, a very fine erect- 
flowered variety, the flowers large, the throat white, 
the limb clear purple shading off to pale purple near 
the edge; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., July 7.— 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
Godetia, Duchess of Albany. —A pure white 
variety of the G.Whitneyi type, the flowers borne in 
dense clusters; a very acceptable hardy annual; lst- 
class Certificate R.H.S., July 11.—Daniels Bros. 
Lantana, Phosphor (Lemoine).—A charming 
golden-flowered variety, of very dwarf habit, and re¬ 
markably free-flowering; the colour is a pure and 
unchanging golden yellow; lst-class Certificate 
Chiswick, July 7.—Royal Horticultural Society. 
Lilium, Thunbergianum cruentum. —A fine and 
striking variety; colour a deep blood crimson, 
mottled and streaked with a deeper shade ; one of the 
very finest of the group ; lst-class Certificate R.II.S., 
July 11.—T. S. Ware. 
Lilil t m (Hybrid), Scott Wilson. —A handsome 
form raised between L. Washingtonianum and L. 
superbum ; partaking of the character of the first in 
its foliage, and of the second in the shape of its 
flowers, which are of a pale orange-red colour 
copiously spotted.—G. F. Wilson, Esq. 
Pansy (Double), Lord Waveney. —Large and full 
double purple flowers; likely to be very useful for 
cutting from; lst-class Certificate R.H.S., July 11.— 
H. Cannell & Sons. 
Pelargoniums (Show). — Diadem (Foster), clear 
orange-salmon lower petals, veined with maroon, 
rich glossy dark upper petals, white throat; fine 
form; lst-class Certificate Pel. Soc., June 27. 
Morning (Foster), lower petals orange crimson, 
veined witli dark, dark top petals; very bright and 
effective; lst-class Certificate Pel. Soc., June 27. 
Boyal Pevietv (Foster), orange-salmon lower petals 
veined with orange carmine, large dark top pe'als, 
fine form and bold pip; lst-class Certificate Pel. 
Soc., June 27.—All from C. Turner. 
Of Fancy varieties :— Flossie Thompson, rosy pal¬ 
ing to pink on the margins of the petals, white throat; 
novel and distinct; lst-class Certificate Pel. Soc , June 
27.— Lrene, blush Inver petals, with slight bright 
rose spots, pink upper petals blotched with rose; 
very pretty.-—Both from C. Turner. 
Of Decorative varieties -.—Comtesse de Choiseul, 
delicate blush white, with slight rosy purple blotches 
on the top petals, fine form, very free and pleasing; 
lst-class Certificate Pel. Soc., June 27.—H. Little 
and C. Turner. Lady Brooke, a free-flowering 
variety with bright purple flowers pencilled with 
purple crimson; 2nd-cla c s Certificate R.II.S., June 
27.—W. H. Stacey. Little Pet, pale orange carmine 
with dark top petals, small flowered, very free ; good 
habit; lst-ckss Certificate Pel. Soc., June 27.—H. 
Little. Madame Marie Kneckt, pure white, with 
slight rosy purple spots on the top petals, very free 
and fine; lst-class Certificate Pel. Soc., June 27.— 
C. Turner. Poiteau, a very distinct and fine variety, 
colour pale purple, regularly blotched with dark, large 
and fine form, very distinct; lst-class Certificate 
Pel. Soc., June 27.—H. Little. Princess of Wales, 
pale ground, veined and blotched with rosy-pink, 
semi-double, very fine; lst-class Certificate Pel. Soc., 
June 27.—H. Little. Vesuvius, very bright orange 
scarlet, dark top petals; extra fine, very free and 
effective; lst-class Certificate Pel. Soc., June 27.— 
W. Brown. 
Of Nosegays: — Miss Blanche (George), pink, 
large trusses of finely formed flowers, good, habit, 
very free; lst-class Certificate Pel. Soc., June 27.— 
J. George. 
Of Single Zonals the following :— Fdith Little 
(Pearson), a beautiful hue of soft pink, large and finely 
