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fronds, which are iSin. to 24 in. long, spreading and 
three or four times pinnate as in the case of the 
plumose forms of the Lady Fern. Both pinnae and 
pinnules closely overlap one another. Award of 
Merit. 
ASPIDIUM ANGULARE GRAND1CEPS T.EDA. -Most 
of the heavily-crested Ferns are of erect habit, as if 
it was a provision to support the head more easily. 
That is the case with the pi xnt under notice, and the 
vigorous fronds are 2 ft. to 2J ft. long. The pinnules 
are broadly-oblong, or unequal sided, pinnatisect, 
pinnatifid or merely toothed, with each ultimate 
segment tipped with a bristle. First-class Certifi¬ 
cate. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE MURICATUM CR1SPUM.- 
The margins of the fronds in this form are deeply 
lobed or scolloped, and crisped with overlapping 
lobes. The upper surface is irregularly and coarsely 
muricate in lines, that is, furnished with small 
tooth-like elevations projecting from the surface. 
Award of Merit. 
Asplenium Ceterach multifido-cristatum.— 
The apex of the frond of this form is once or twice 
forked, or slightly crested. Variation in this species 
may not be particularly common, but as it is the 
difference is hardly great enough to warrant so long 
a name. Award of Merit. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE PERAFERENS NEPEN- 
thesoides.— As the last word of this lengthy name 
implies, this variety of the common Harts-tongue 
has been compared to a Nepenthes, or Pitcher plant. 
The allusion refers to a short saucer-shaped cavity 
at -the apex of the frond. The variety is perhaps 
more curious than beautiful, and a Botanical Certi¬ 
ficate was awarded it. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE CRISPUM DECORUM.— 
In this we have a bold and rather handsome form of 
the common Harts-tongue, with lanceolate-elliptic 
fronds, 6 in. to 10 in. long. The basal auricles are 
greatly developed and overlapping one another, while 
the sides are much undulated, crisped and lobed with 
short, triangular, and toothed or crenate lobes. All 
of the above eighteen varieties, commencing with 
Nephrodium paleaceum Willsii, were exhibited by 
E. J. Low, Esq., F.R.S., Shirenewton Hall, Chep¬ 
stow. He was also awarded a Silver Flora Medal 
for a basket of numerous and curious forms of Scolo- 
pendrium vulgare, which were described as hybrid. 
Picea Omorica. —Great interest attaches to this 
Spruce from the fact that it is the European repre¬ 
sentative of the North-west American Picea 
Menziesii, and of the Japanese P. ajanensis. In 
some books it may be found under the name of 
Abies Omorica, but Abies is now the recognised 
name of the Silver Firs, while the Spruces, of which 
this is one, are classed under Picea. A beautiful 
young tree of it about 3J ft. to 4 ft. high, was exhibi¬ 
ted by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. The 
leaves are bright green above, silvery beneath, of 
good average length, and rhomboid in transverse 
section, that is, they are flatly tetragonal. The 
young shoots are of a clear, pale, straw-yellow colour. 
It is a native of Servia and Bosnia in South-east 
Europe. Botanical Certificate. 
Croton Golden Ring. —The leaves of this Croton 
■ are linear, 10 in. to 14 m. long, involute at the sides, 
or undulated, and sometimes spirally coiled. The 
colour is golden-yellow throughout, slightly blotched 
with green, and suffused with crimson in places. 
Plants of a useful size for table decorative purposes 
are elegant and handsome. It received an Award of 
Merit, when shown by Mr. H. B. May, Dyson’s 
Lane Nurseries, Upper Edmonton. 
Gladiolus Sheila.— The flowers of this variety 
are large, and white, with the two lateral ones of the 
inner series bright purple along the centre. There 
were thirteen open flowers, and fifteen buds on a 
spike. 
Gladiolus Sir Arthur Sullivan.— The bright 
scarlet flowers of this form are slightly flaked with 
a deeper hue towards the edge of the segments, and 
the midrib of the lower half of the lower segments is 
purple. Fourteen flowers were open, and ten in 
bud. 
Gladiolus W. S. Gilbert.— The flowers in this 
instance are salmon-pink, and flaked with scarlet 
towards the outer edge. The inner segments are 
white on the lower half, with a purple midrib. Of 
twenty-six flowers on the spike, the half of them were 
fully expanded, 
Gladiolus Lady Brooke.— Of the hundreds of 
the G. gandavensis type in cultivation, a strong 
feature of them is the purple or crimson midribs 
sometimes extending into large blotches on the lower 
segments. That under notice is a new break entirely 
devoid of those characteristic blotches or lines. The 
three outer segments are white or blush, while the 
upper inner segment is similar in colour but marked 
with purple towards the edge. The two lateral ones 
of the inner series are creamy yellow on the lower 
half. Award of Merit. 
Gladiolus George Meredith.— This like the 
last is also a new break after the same type. The 
three outer segments are very large and irregularly 
flaked and marked with purple on a white ground ; 
the upper and inner segment is less distinctly marked 
in the same manner. The upper half of the inner and 
lateral two segments are of the same colour as the 
rest, but the lower half is creamy-yellow without 
blotches or lines. All the five were shown by Messrs. 
Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, and an Award 
of Merit was accorded each. 
Dahlia Arthur Rawlings. —The flower heads of 
this show variety are large, globose, neat, intense 
red or crimson-red, and well up in the centre. 
Dahlia Mrs. Keith. —In this we have a decora¬ 
tive Dahlia of medium size, and of a beautiful soft 
salmon-pink. The florets are short, broad, nearly 
flat or slightly concave. 
Dahlia William Powell.— This is a fine deep 
yellow self, and a show variety of a high order of 
merit. The shape is also good. All the three were 
were exhibited by Mr. J. T. West gardener, to W. 
Keith, Esq., Cornwalls, Brentwood, and were 
accorded Awards of Merit. 
Dahlia Harlequin. —The blooms of this Dahlia 
are flaked and striped with crimson on a yellow 
ground in a novel and pleasing way. It therefore 
belongs to the fancy class of the exhibition type. An 
Award of Merit was accorded it when shown by 
Messrs. Paul & Son. 
The under-mentionedDahlias and Chrysanthemums 
were exhibited at the Royal Aquarium on the occa¬ 
sion of the Early Autumm Show of the National 
Chrysanthemum Society, held on the gth and 10th 
inst. A First-class Certificate was awarded in each 
case. 
Dahlia Evelyn.— The heads of this single variety 
are very large and of a soft rose, with a broad, white 
zone around the golden-yellow disc. 
Dahlia Little Snow White.— This also is a 
single Dahlia of medium size and good substance. 
Indeed, so firm are the florets that they have a 
somewhat rigid appearance, and are broad, over¬ 
lapping, horizontal, slightly recurved at the apex, 
and pure white. Both were exhibited by T. W. 
Girdlestone, Esq., Sunningdale, Berks. 
Dahlias Mrs. Keith and Arthur Rawlings.— 
For description of these two Dahlias, see those cer¬ 
tificated by the Royal Horticultural Society. Both 
were shown by Mr. J. T. West, gardener to W. Keith, 
Esq., Cornwalls, Brentwood. 
Dahlia John Rawlings. —The heads of this show 
variety are large, very full and neat, of considerable 
depth and of an uniform soft lilac-purple. 
Dahlia George Gordon.— Here again we have a 
self or show Dahlia of a deep crimson-red. The 
heads are large and slightly flattened on the top but 
very neat. Both were shown by Mr. Arthur Raw¬ 
lings, Romford, Essex. 
Dahlias St. Catherine, Kynerith, and Baron 
Schroder.— For description of these three varieties, 
see our issue for September 5th, p. 6. 
Dahlia Lilian.— This is a small and beautifully 
neat Pompon of a soft pinkish-purple. A bunch of it 
was shown. Both this and the three previously named 
kinds were exhibited by Messrs. Keynes, Williams & 
Co., Salisbury. 
Dahlia Beauty of Arundel.— The heads of this 
Cactus variety are large, and of a deep crimson-scar¬ 
let. The florets are long, spreading, broad and nearly 
flat. 
Dahlia Duke of Clarence.— This also is a Cac¬ 
tus Dahlia of medium size for that class, and of a 
deep, velvety maroon-crimson. The florets are 
broad and flat, or nearly so. Both were shown by 
Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex. 
Dahlia Scarlet Queen. —The heads of this show 
Dahlia are very large, slightly flattened on the top, 
but very neat, and of a deep scarlet or scarlet-red. 
Daijlia Touchstone. —Being striped and mottled 
with crimson on an orange-salmon ground colour, 
this variety must be classed amongst the fancies. 
The heads are large, and flattened on the top, and 
the centre (by artificial light at least) appears of a 
purple hue before being fully expanded. 
Dahlia Rayon d'Or. —This decorative variety has 
small heads for the class to which it belongs, and the 
florets are white edged with clear orange-scarlet, 
giving the whole a pleasing and attractive appear¬ 
ance. All the three were exhibited by Mr. Charles 
Turner, Slough. 
Dahlia Indian Chief. —Here we have a show 
Dahlia of medium size, globose, compact, and neat 
in appearance, and of a dark, dull, crimson, Mr. 
Geo. Harris, Orpington, was the exhibitor. 
Chrysanthemum Mons. Jules Paquet.— The 
heads of this Chrysanthemum are moderately large 
for a Pompon, and pure white. The florets are 
somewhat recurved, and flat, or more or less revolute, 
at the margin. It will evidently prove a useful sort 
for early work. 
Chrysanthemum Madame Edouard Lefort.— 
This also is a Pompon, but of smaller size than the 
last, and fimbriated. The heads may be described 
as of small or medium size for the class, and yellow 
at first, but soon changing to a beautiful deep bronzy- 
hue, with yellow tips to the florets. Both the 
varieties were exhibited by Mr. Robert Owen, 
Maidenhead, 
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British Plants near Charing Cross. —Lord 
Carrington’s House, No. 8, Whitehall, within a 
quarter of a mile of Charing Cross, was pulled down 
in 1886 to make room for improvements. There was 
no garden attached to it, but merely a stable yard, 
and everything was carted away except some brick 
rubbish which strewed the surface. The flowering 
plants which sprung up on the site are somewhat 
remarkable in many instances, and afford matter of 
speculation as to how they got there. A list of them 
has been made by Mr. A. Cottam, Watford, in The 
Standard. The following are the more important, 
namely, the Burr Thistle (Carduus lanceolatus), 
Erigeron canadense, Senecis viscosus, Gipsywort 
(Lycopus europseus), Polygonum Convolvulus, Rose- 
bay (Epilobium angustifolium), Great Willow Herb 
(Epilobium hirsutum), Epilobium parviflorum, Field 
Thistle (Carduus arvensis), • Burdock (Arctium 
Lappa), Mayweed (Anthemis Colula), Coltsfoot 
(Tussilago Farfara), Cat’s Ear (Hypochaeris radi- 
cata), Corn Sow Thistle (Sonchus arvensis), Common 
Sow Thistle (S. oleraceus), Knot Grass (Polygonum 
aviculare), Polygonum Persicaria, the Black Poplar 
(Populus nigra), and the Eared Willow (Salix aurita). 
The Potato (Solanum tuberosum) and the Cherry 
(Prunus Cerasus) must have been conveyed by 
human agency and cause little surprise. Common 
weeds which spring up everywhere are, Stellaria 
media, Sisymbrium officinale, Sinapis arvensis, 
Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Arenaria serpyllifolia, 
Sagina procumbens, Trifolium repens, Matricaria 
modora, Senecio vulgaris, Taraxacum officinale, 
Plantago major, P. lanceolata, and Atriplex patula. 
Aster Tripolium. —This, the only British species 
of Aster, affords an instance of the variability of the 
species of that genus. The typical form of the plant 
has large and conspicuous flower heads in corymbs, 
each head having long, purple or bluish rays, and a 
yellow disc. Individual plants occasionally occur 
with white rays, and others without any rays at all. 
This latter is the variety A. T. discoideus. All the 
three may be found in the muddy salt marshes over¬ 
flowed by the tide, near the mouth of the river 
Brede, at Rye in Sussex. During the present 
month the plants there are quite showy, owing to 
the flower heads being mostly produced on the same 
level after the style of those perennial Asters which 
are grouped under the section Galatella. It is sur¬ 
prising that the cultivators of bog plants do not 
oftener attempt to cultivate our native Starwort.— F. 
Introduction of the Potato Disease. —The 
most remarkable case in recent times of the intro¬ 
duction and wide distribution of a plant by wind 
currents is that of Phytophthora infestans, De Bary. 
Towards the end of July, 1845, this plant was first 
detected in the Old World in Belgium, and within 
two months thereafter it had spread itself over 
England, Scotland, and Ireland, over France, Ger¬ 
many, Denmark and Russia, doing serious injury 
everywhere to the Potato crops of those countries. 
Though so recently introduced the Phytophthora 
and the Anacharis must be reckoned as much 
members of our indigenous Flora as the others which 
reached us by agents free from the influence of 
man during the ages that have intervened since 
the glacial ice disappeared from our land.— William 
Carruthcrs, F.R.S., it f the proceedings of the LJiinean 
Society. 
