90 THE FLORIST. 
Thetis (Edmonds), a very showy blue purple, with large conspicuous white eye. 
Awarded a Label of Commendation. 
Mrs. Moore (Edmonds) a deeper and redder purple than Thetis, and a well- 
defined white eye. Awarded a Label of Commendation. 
Firefly (Low), bright scarlet, anexcellent bedding variety. Awarded a Label of 
Commendation. 
BEDDING GERANIUMS. 
Blackheath Beauty (Halley) dwarf habit, with neat heavily horseshoe-marked 
leaves and salmon-coloured well-formed flowers, with white eye and fair- 
sized trusses. 
Sheen Rival (Kinghorn), dwarf and robust in habit, with heavily horseshoe- 
marked leaves, marbled green in the centre, flowers large cerise scarlet, 
borne in fine bold trusses. 
Smith’s Improved Ivy-leaved, a variety with deep crimson flowers ; and Victor 
Emanuel, a vigorous-habited variety, with large trusses of well-formed scarlet 
flowers on very long footstalks, were also exhibited. 
FUCHSIAS. 
Solferino (Smith), dwarf, free-flowering habit, tube short, sepals reflexed with 
crimson, corolla deep purple, bud oval. 
Solon (Smith), dwarf and free, with large flowers, sepals perpendicularly 
reflexed, bright crimson red, with a prominent purple corolla veined with 
crimson at the base. 
Marquis of Bath (Wheeler), has deep coral red flowers of great substance, with 
a full, double, compact, deep purple corolla; altogether, a variety of fine 
character, and was considered the best of the double-flowered varieties that 
had come under the notice of the members present. 
Lord of the Isles, Hero of Wilts, and Robin Hood (Wheeler), all double- 
flowered varieties, were also exhibited. 
PETUNIAS. 
Harlequin (Low), a double-flowering variety, with pretty purple flowers, very 
, distinctly striped with white. 
Peerless (Spary & Campbell), very dwarf in habit, with large, rich, purple- 
crimson flowers. ; 
CARNATION. 
Sir H. Havelock (Turner), a scarlet-flake variety of first-rate properties. 
PICOTEES. , 
Rival Purple (Turner). Commended as a good and useful flower; a heavy 
purple-edged variety. 
Rev. A. Matthews (Turner). Commended as a good and useful flower; a heavy 
rose-edged variety. 
FERNS. 
Pteris argyrea (Veitch & Son). A most beautiful object (introduced from 
Central India), of vigorous habit, with fronds 5 feet long and of an entirely 
distinct character, being the first well-marked variegated Fern introduced 
to cultivation. A most valuable addition to our garden Ferns. 
Lygodium polystachum (Veitch & Son). A very ornamental and distinct- 
habited Fern, from Central India, quite unlike other species of the genus. 
Athyrium filix-foemina, var. multiceps (Moore). A very handsome addition to 
the crested hardy Ferns, distinct from any previously known form of that 
tribe. 
Drynaria quercifolia (Veitch & Son). A fine and scarce Fern, remarkable for 
the dissimilarity between its dwarf sessile-oak-like sterile fronds and the 
taller more developed form which bears the fructification. 
Selaginella Lobbii (Veitch & Son). A new and extremely ornamental Lycopod, 
of tall-growing habit, and of a fine blue metallic tint. 
S. atroviridis (Veitch & Son). A new, distinct, and useful addition to the family 
of Lycopods, of dwarf habit. 
