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i beautiful blue, Boronia elatior a bright reddish-pink flower. 
3oronia heterophylla was also very showy. Scutellaria moc- 
:iniana, a very showy plant, with red and gold flowers, was very 
tine. A small group of the yellow Calla was also attractive. 
Mr. H. B. May, Upper Edmonton, had a showy exhibit of 
louble and single Geraniums ; these were well grown and freely 
lowered, each plant carrying several fine heads of flower. Capi- 
;aine Jolivet, Gabriel Monod, Blanche, Paul Foret, Captain 
Flayelle, and Lady Dorrington were the best of the doubles, 
md singles included Conan Doyle, Ada Negri, Rev. F. H. Brett, 
Mark Twain, Mrs. H. Stedall, Hall Caine, and Cyclope. 
A small collection of cut Zonal Pelargoniums was set up by 
Mr. V. Slade, Taunton, Somerset. There was a good variety 
if colour, and the exhibit was made very attractive with Aspara¬ 
gus and-maidenhair Fern. 
’ Messrs. Storrie and Storrie, Dundee had a considerable num¬ 
ber of Auriculas in pots, containing many shades of colour. 
A remarkably fine exhibit of cut Carnations was shown by 
Mr. A. F. Dutton, Bexley Heath, Kent, the following all being 
good varieties :—Mrs. T. W. Lawson, G. H. Crane, Harry 
Penn, Royalty, Norway, Floriana, Queen Louise, and Fair 
Maid. The blooms were of large size, and borne on long 
stems. 
E. Ascheron, Esq., Pett Place, Charing, Kent (gardener, Mr. 
J. Pitts), showed a small exhibit of Calceolarias and Strepto- 
carpus, the. former being well grown and good in colour. 
Mr. A. L. Gwillim, Cambria Nursery, New Eltham, Kent, 
staged a fine lot of Begonias, some of the singles being remark¬ 
ably good. A new double, Eltham Glory, white, with rose 
edges, was very attractive. 
Mr. J. R. Box, West Wickham, had a group of Begonias, com¬ 
prising the best of his well-known strain. 
A fine group of Begonias also came from Messrs. Blackmore 
and Lang don, Twerton Hill Nurseries, Bath. 
Messes. Sutton & Sons’ Cinekaria stellata. (See Greenhouse Plants.) 
The Ranelagh Nurseries Co., New Leamington Spa, had a 
small group of stove plants, consisting chiefly of Caladiums and 
Asparagus. Asparagus myriocladus was capable of becoming 
useful as a decorative plant. 
-From Messrs. J. Laing and Son came a large group of well- 
coloured Gloxinias ; also some Streptocarpus, chiefly white, with 
purple markings. 
In another tent this firm had a fine exhibit of Begonias, 
some good doubles being Lord Alverstone, Lady M. Currie, 
Sir F. T. Barrie, C. J. Painter, and Mrs. R. Carew Notable 
singles were Earl Carrington, Lord Wimborne, Lord Aldenham, 
[ Lady Adela Goff, and Colonel Barclay. 
A showy bank of the yellow Calla elliotiana came from 
N. J. Cohen, Esq., Round Oak, Englefield Green, Surrey (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. Sturt). The spathes were well formed and very 
richly coloured. 
Messrs. W. J. Brown, of Stamford, staged a mixed group of 
Geraniums, Verbenas, Carnations,. Heliotropiums, Palms, etc., 
the whole forming an attractive sight. 
Messrs. R. B. Davis and Sons, Yeovil, Somerset, staged a 
small exhibit of well-coloured- Begonias, several of the double 
varieties being exceedingly fine. 
Messrs. J. Peed and Son, West Norwood, London, had a fine 
selection of Gloxinias, the colouring of many being exquisite. 
One of the best exhibits of Gloxinias came from Messrs. T. S. 
Ware, Ltd. The varieties were of fine form and colour. 
Messrs. Sander, of St. Albans, had a collection of Anthuriums, 
all of which were very beautiful. Crimson King, Triumphans, 
and Rothschildianum nobilius were of immense size. 
Messrs. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, Kent, had several dis¬ 
tinct varieties of Gloxinias and Begonias. 
Messrs. Edward Webb and Sons. Wordsley, Stourbridge, ex¬ 
hibited an extensive group of Gloxinias, Calceolarias, and 
Cineraria stellata, occupying a. considerable- amount of the side 
staging in tent No. 4. Their Gloxinias exhibited e-very range 
of variation, including self-colo-ured varieties m all shades, 
banded ones with a broad white margin, and the spotted ones, 
which it would be impossible to adequately describe in words 
