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were awarded, not so much on account of their novelty, as of their 

 beauty, and because of the great repute in which these handsome plants 

 are so deservedly held. The following were the names of the kinds so 

 honoured : Dekenia nobilis, a Seaforthia-Jike species, with whitish 

 spines round the stem and up the leaf-stalk ; Ptychosperma elegans, 

 Plectocomia elongata, Ptychosperma Alexandrse, Chamcerops arborea, 

 by some thought to be identical with C. humilis ; Thrinax havanensis, 

 and Martinezia caryolsefolia. Messrs Veitch & Sons received first-class 

 certificates for two beautiful forms of Ansechtochili named Ordiana and 

 Dawsonianus pictus ; the former having deep velvety emerald-green 

 leaves, with white reticulations ; the latter a form of Dawsonianus, 

 but brighter, and more reticulated ; also for Tydea Nero, deep scarlet, 

 with deep dark markings, a fine garden Hybrid; to Miltonia War- 

 see wiczii, a new Grenadan species, with rather small flowers, the petals 

 of which are of a bronze colour, tipped with green, and Avith a warm 

 slate-coloured lip, deeply bordered with white, said to have been pur- 

 chased very cheaply when new, and now a small bit of it is worth ten 

 guineas. To Seaforthia Veitchii, a fine new Australian species, form- 

 ing a handsome greenhouse Palm, not so robust in growth as Elegans ; 

 and to Rhododendron Lobbi, a stove flowering shrub from the East 

 Indies, with crimson curved tubular flowers. Messrs Paul & Son, 

 Cheshunt, received a first-class certificate for Cupressus Lawsoniana 

 pendula alba, a beautiful silvery-foliage form, with a graceful pendulous 

 habit. The same award was made to ]\Ir C. Turner, Slough, for a 

 capital variegated Ivy leaved Pelargonium, named Compactum, the 

 leaves broadly edged with white ; and for Tropoeolum ochroleucum, a 

 variety with a soft yellow foliage, quite constant, and a most efi'ective 

 bedding plant, and an almost flowerless variety. 



The following Dahlias have also received first-class certificates : — 

 Royalty (Rawlings), bright golden ground, the centre and some of the 

 florets slightly tipped with brown, of perfect shape and fine substance ; 

 and Provost (Turner), an orange-red floAver, the base of the florets paler, 

 distinct in character, and of good substance. Second-class certificates 

 were awarded to the following : — Alice Gair (Turner), blush, heavily 

 tipped and dashed with bright rosy purple ; and Lord Weymouth 

 (Wheeler), buff golden ground, heavily tipped with lake. 



At the meeting of October 5th, a most conspicuous figure was a splen- 

 didly grown and bloomed plant of Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) reticulatum, 

 from Mr Cliffe, gardener to Lord Egerton, Tatton Park, Cheshire. It 

 had six splendid trusses of deep pink flowers, and was in all probability 

 one of the finest forms of it ever seen. It was awarded a special cer- 

 tificate on the ground of its superior culture. Messrs Standish & Co., 

 Ascot, also exhibited some plants of Ficus macrophylla, a very free- 



