378 THE GARDENER. [Aug. 



Son, Kingston, were second, and had Pimelea Hendersoni in beautiful condition, 

 though the plant was not so large as some others exhibited, au excellent Erica 

 ventricosa coccinea minor, Rhynchospermum jasminoides, Genetyllis tulipifera, 

 and other good specimens. Mr Tanton, of Epsom, who was third, had a beauti- 

 ful Aphelexis, AUamanda grandiflora, and other well-grown plants. In the corres- 

 ponding class for amateurs, Mr Peed, gardener to Mrs Tread well, Lower Norwood, 

 took the first place with a fine collection, the most noticeable plants in which were 

 AUamanda grandiflora, Eriostemon buxifolium, Aphelexis macrantha purpurea, 

 finely coloured, Erica Cavendishii, Ixora coccinea, and Franciscea calycina. The 

 second prize went to Mr Donald, gardener to J. G. Barclay, Esq., Ley ton, who 

 had the rose-coloured Adenandra fragrans, Stephanotis floribtmda, Rhynchosper- 

 mum jasminoides, and the showy Dipladenia amabilis. Mr Wiikie, gardener, 

 Oak Lodge, Kensington, was third, and sent, among others, his fine Medinilla 

 maguifica, Dracophyllum gracile, Fx-auciscea calycina, and Erica tricolor im- 

 pressa. 



In the amateurs' class for six plants, Mr Ward, gardener to F. G. Wilkins? 

 Esq., Leyton, was first, with a very fine Aphelexis, Bougainvillea glabra, nearly 

 4 feet in diameter ; a large Erica Cavendishii ; Dracophyllum gracile, very fine ; 

 Stephanotis floribunda and Cierodendron Balfourii, both excellent. The second 

 prize went to Mr Carr, gardener to P. L. Hinds, Esq., Byfleet, who bad a fine 

 plant of Phsenocoma prolifera Barnesii, the bright-coloured flowers of which were 

 not so numerous as to give it that effect which it would otherwise have had. In 

 the same collection there were also good examples of Pimelea spectablis and 

 Acrophyllum venosum. Mr Kemp, gardener to the Duke of Northumberland, 

 Albury Park, was third, Mr Wiikie fourth, and an extra prize was awarded to Mr 

 Peed. In the open class for collections of the same number of plants, the last- 

 named exhibitor was first, showing a small but finely-bloomed AUamanda grandi- 

 flora, Ixora coccinea, and Polygala oppositifolia. The second, third, and fourth 

 prizes went respectively to Mr Wheeler, gardener to J. Phillpot, Esq., Stamford 

 Hill ; to Mr A. Wright, gardener to C. H. Roberts, Esq. ; and to Mr G. Wheeler, 

 gardener to Sir F. Goldsmid, Bart., Regent's Park. Mr Kemp, who also ex- 

 hibited in this class, had Acrophyllum venosum with spikes Q}^, inches long, and 

 much whiter than those of any plant of the same kind shown, and it only wanted 

 to be as large as the others to be at least twice as effective. 



Mixed collections of fiue-foliaged and flowering stove and greenhouse plants 

 were neither so numerous nor so effective as at Kensington on the previous Wed- 

 nesday ; and as pi-izes were not offered for Ferns, there were but few of these. 

 Mr Carr, who was first for a collection of twelve, had good but not large examples 

 of Croton angustifolium and variegatum, a well-coloured plant of Dracsena ferrea 

 picte, Alocasia metaliica, and a prettily-flowered specimen of Erica ventricosa 

 magnifica. Mr Foreman, gardener to G. Maule, Esq., Denmark Hill, was second, 

 and sent Anthurium regale and Scherzerianum, Alocasia metaliica, with finely- 

 coloured leaves, Cissus discolor, and Musssenda frondosa, with its white calycina 

 leaves freely developed. The first prize for six went to Mr Wright, in whose 

 collection were the elegant Fern-like Cupania filicifolia, Gleichenia semivestita, 

 very beautiful ; a fine Croton variegatum, and a good Aphelexis. Mr Donald was 

 second, Mr Carr third, and Mr Wiikie had an extra prize. 



Of Heaths the specimens shown were excellent, especially those of the varieties 

 of ventricosa and tricolor ; also Eassoniana, Alberti, perspicua nana, elegans, 

 candidissima, Fairrieana, Caudolleana, florida, Massoni major, and Juliana. The 

 prizes in the nurserymen's class wei'e taken by Messrs Jackson, Morse, Williams, 

 and Rhodes ; and in the amateurs' class by Messrs Peed, Ward, Kemp, and J. 



