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whiteness ; William Jesse and Comte de Paris were also in beautiful 

 condition. Among Messrs. Lane's plants were the universal fa- 

 vourites, William Jesse, Duchess of Sutherland, Aubernon, and the 

 glorious Geant des Batailles ; these possessed a surprisingly fine co- 

 lour for the season. In the collections of Messrs. Terry, Roser, and 

 Rowland, were Aubernon, Fulgorie, Mrs. Bosanquet, Nina, Marquise 

 Boccella, La Reine, Armosa, Geant des Batailles, Blairii No. 2, Au- 

 gustine Mouchelet, Duchess of Sutherland, Goubault, William Jesse, 

 and Baronne Prevost, the latter with flowers at least six inches in 

 diameter. 



At '*the Park," Messrs. Lane's collection, which was first, was 

 uncommonly fine. Their Couj)e d'Hebe was quite a mass of flowers. 

 Mr. Francis too had the same variety in beautiful condition, as had 

 also Messrs. Paul. Among other varieties we noticed Louis Bona- 

 parte, Meillez, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Duchess of Sutherland, 

 Devoniensis, Pauline Plantier, Augustine Mouchelet, Elise Sauvage, 

 Goubault, William Jesse, Mansais, Madeleine, La Reine, Bougere, 

 and Aubernon. In the amateurs' class, Messrs. Terry, Williams, 

 Roser, Rowland, and Chitty, had beautifully managed plants, more 

 especially Mr. Terry's. The fohage was clean and healthy, and the 

 blooms numerous and well grown. Dr. Marx, Persian yellow. La- 

 marque, Las Cases, Mrs. Bosanquet, Bouquet de Flore, Bourbon 

 Queen, Bardon, Odorata, and Comtesse de Lacepede, were remark- 

 able for beauty and profusion of bloom. Mr. Francis had a box full 

 of Geant des Batailles, " worked" plants in 3-inch pots, each having 

 a single stem about a foot high, with a brilliant crimson or rather 

 scarlet flower on ^ts summit. These excited much interest. 



Cape Heaths w^re numerous, and generally finely flowered ; and 

 we noticed a collection of Epacrises from Mr. Quilter of Norwood. 



Single Specimens. The best consisted of two plants of the glori- 

 ous Medinilla magnifica, a fine bush of Erica elegans and Cattleya 

 Mossise, from Messrs. Veitch ; a beautiful example of Erica Sindry- 

 ana from T. B. Graham, Esq. of Clapham Common ; Pimelea spec- 

 tabilis and Boronia serrulata from Mrs. Lawrence ; Erica perspi- 

 cua from Mr. Quilter ; the charming Chinese Indigofera decora 

 from Mr. Ivison, gardener to the Duchess Dowager of Northumber- 

 land, at Sion ; and a nice plant of the Griflith Ixora from Mr. Green. 

 In addition to these, Messrs. Veitch furnished the Jasmine-flowered 

 Rhododendron ; Mr. Cole, the Hovea Celsi ; Mr. Stewart, Physo- 

 lobium gracile ; Messrs. Fairbairn, Erica favoides elegans ; and Mr. 

 Stanly, E. Hartnelli. 



Some interesting novelties were produced. Messrs. Veitch had 

 their lovely Cantua dependens ; M. Baumann of Ghent, Deutzia 

 gracilis, a white-flowered slender-growing hardy shrub from Japan ; 

 Mr. Loddiges an Aerides, with long racemes of gay rose-coloured 

 blossoms, and a new Lycaste from Bolivia, with pale-yellow flowers ; 

 Messrs. Henderson, the Broughtonia violacea ; Mr. Franklin, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Lawrence, an Epidendrum ; Mr. Carson, Trichopilia 

 coccinea, a promising species, with a large dark red coloured lip ; 

 Mr. Cole, the Oleander-leaved AUamanda ; Mr. May, gardener to 



