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Baron A. de Rothschild, bronzy-red, blotched 
pink; Noakesi, red centre, dark crimson veins, 
with netted border; The Mikado, metallic red 
centre, with olive-green border ; Comte de 
Germiny, salmon-red, blotched white; and 
Duchesse de Mortemart, translucent white, and 
later on marbled with pale and dark green. 
Very handsome also were Oriflamme, crimson- 
red with a green margin; Mdme. Schmidt, with 
rose-red centre and green margin, spotted with 
pink and red; LymmingtOD, creamy-white centre 
and green border interspersed with white; 
Pantia Ralli, bronzy and mottled crimson and 
white; Reine de Danemark, translucent pink 
with the principal veins crimson ; and Henry 
Irving, translucent blush-white centre, and green 
margin. Along the front of this magnificent group 
a host of dwarf and many extremely beautiful 
varieties were arranged. Their beauty tempted us 
to note them, though the descriptions must 
be congratulated upon making such an imposing 
display, and the grower, Mr. Tivey, may well be 
proud of his handiwork. The group was the best 
in the show. 
Messrs. J Peed & Son, Roupell Park Nursery, 
West Norwood, S E„ were also among those who 
entered a group of massive specimen Caladiums. 
This is one of the firm’s specialities, and a capital 
job they make of them. Some of the plants were 
between 3 ft. and 5 ft. through, having beautiful 
leaves brilliantly coloured, and without a 
blemish They were arranged slopingly from the 
back towards the path and well below the eye, 
covering 300 sq. ft. It is only possible to name some 
of the varieties and for full descriptions the firm’s 
catalogue must be consulted. Very fine was that 
pretty variety Rose Laing, nearly all white, with 
crimson bordered veins ; Rio de Janeiro, pink with 
green margin; Thomas Peed,dwarf and pink ; J.Peed, 
very dark red with fine green margin ; Triomphe 
GLOXINIAS AND STREPTOCARPI. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., made a fine dis¬ 
play with Streptocarpi at the first Temple Show, and 
have done so ever since, with one exception, if we 
remember rightly. Their group of 350 pots of 
this class of plants was more interesting than ever. 
The first exhibit consisted of Veitch’s hybrids, and 
on this occasion they were finer than ever, sturdy, 
dwarf, floriferous, and large-flowered. Being un¬ 
named we can merely mention colours such as rose, 
white with three violet bands in the throat, magenta 
with violet bands, violet with black bands, blush- 
pink, mauve, carmine-rose, rosy-pink, white with 
large red blotch, royal purple, and pure white, the 
latter having five to seven lobes, and being of large 
size. Very interesting was the new hybrid strain 
between Streptocarpus polyanthus and some of 
Veitch's hybrids. The flowers of the newer seed¬ 
ling varieties are now greatly improved in size, and 
quite handsome, with stifl and robust foliage. 
Nemesia strumosa Suttoni nana compacta. (See p. 620.) 
necessarily be dwarf. Lady Moseley was trans¬ 
lucent rose, with marbled green border ; Comtesse 
de Brosse, salmon-red, spotted white ; Roncador, 
a charming translucent rose, with dark green 
nerves, the centre of which were nearly black ; 
Duchess of Fife, delicate, translucent white and 
pink veins ; Golden Queen, rich golden-green ; 
Her Majesty, golden-green, suffused white; Lady 
Dorrington, beautiful salmon-rose ; Edith Luther, 
rose with bronzy-green margin ; Lady Stafford 
Northcote, self bronzy-red ; Princess Beatrice, 
rosy-red with golden-green border and rare ; 
Princess of Teck, a charmiag golden-green with 
red centre; Nain Rouge, dwarf dark red; Bicolor 
Sericeum, carmine-red with green border ; Isis, 
with white, pink and green ground, and crimson 
veins ; Princess Olga, bronzy-red, spotted with pink; 
and La Lorraine, crimson-rose. Mrs. James H. 
Veitch was a new variety of first-class value for 
exhibition purposes, The leaves were of a shining, 
metallic-red, with dark crimson rib-, and slightly 
suffused green round the border. The firm is to 
de L'Exposition, with crimson centre, red ribs and 
green border ; W. E . Gladstone, fine rich crimson ; 
Mrs. John Peed, dwarf in habit, carmine red in 
colour; and Assunguy, a beautiful transparent 
leaved variety, suffused with rose-pink and having 
black-green veins. Other names include Mrs. H. 
Veitch, Duchesse de Mortemart, Fastuosum, Gas- 
pard Crayer, A. Mayne, H. Dickson, Lady Moseley, 
Her Majesty and Marquis of Camden. 
Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, London, 
S.E.,also exhibited Caladiums; but they were utilised 
for giving massiveness and bright colour to their 
large group of flowering and foliage plants in the big 
tent. Distinct and pretty were such as Rose LaiDg, 
with large translucent, pink leaves; L'Autome, 
creamy yellow and marked with translucent blotches ; 
George Berger, soft rosy-red, with green edges; 
Leopold Robert, lined with crimson-red veins and 
margined with green ; Baron A. de Rothschild, with 
pink blotches on a rich bronzy-red ground ; and the 
beautiful old Candidum, still indispensable for 
exhibition work. 
S. achimeniflorus giganteus has soft mauve flowers, 
with a yellow throat. The flower stems are very 
numerous on a plant, and likewise the flowers on 
the individual scapes. S. a. albus is of dwarfer 
habit, but has equally large flowers as those of the 
variety above mentioned, and they are of a pure 
white with the exception of a pale lemon blotch in 
the throat. A third variety of this new type is also 
very handsome and pleasing, the flowers being of a 
pale lavender, and fading to nearly white in the 
centre, in the early stages at least, with a lemon 
throat. This is S. a. pallidus, which makes with the 
two others a charming trio. Both of the above 
types were shown in quantity, and we are pleased to 
note that this class of plants is not only being kept 
well to the front, but that new types are being 
raised by the hybridising of distinct species, and the 
forms then enlarged and improved. 
Mr. J. G. Upton, Irlam, near Manchester, was 
exceedingly strong in Gloxinias. The plants in this 
group were very large and fine, some of them nearly 
a couple of feet through in 8-in. pots, and covered 
