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NEW PLANTS. 



Erioatemon intermedium. — A greenhouse shrub, which every collection, however 

 small, should possess. It forms a compact bush, whose obovate deep-green 

 leaves set oft' the white starry blossoms to the best advantage. The flower- 

 buds, too, are tipped with pink, which adds something to its beauty. Mr. 

 Barclay, of Leyton, exhibited, in the spring of 1848, in the rooms of the 

 Horticultural Society in Regent Street, a splendid pyramidal plant of it 

 loaded with blossoms; and a specimen of the same species (if species it be) 

 of Eriostemon was again shewn in the Society's rooms the other day by 

 Messrs. Henderson, of Pine-Apple Place. 



Viola lutea (VeitchV). — A pretty, hardy, yellow-flowered Violet from Patagonia, 

 well worth the attention of lovers of this delightful class of flowers. It is, 

 however, we believe, scentless. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. 



This Society held its first meeting this season on the 16th ult. in 

 its garden, Inner Circle, Regent's Park. The day was ushered in 

 by rain ; but as it advanced, it cleared up, and the afternoon was 

 fine. Never, perhaps, did any society present to an admiring public 

 a better exhibition than this did on the present occasion. Four large 

 tents were full of plants, such as English gardens alone could pro- 

 duce. The effect collectively was admirable, and each plant was in 

 itself a perfect specimen of skill. To describe all critically would 

 be an endless task, even were it possible amid a crowd of visitors, 

 each anxious to get a look ; but if our readers will be kind enough 

 to accompany us, we will take a cursory glance at the whole. 



Entering the garden on the side next the Colosseum, we find 

 ourselves at once in a long tent, one side of which is occupied with 

 Pelargoniums, and the other with Orchids, the extreme end termi- 

 nating in Azaleas. The Pelargoniums, as a whole, were magnificent ; 

 the principal collections being contributed by Mr. Parker, Air. Beck, 

 Mr. Staines, Mr. Cock, and Mr. Gaines : and as to the Orchids, they 

 were produced in their usual abundance and splendour. The principal 

 competition lay between Mr. Rucker and Mr. Warner ; the former, 

 on this occasion, gaining the first prize. Perhaps the most striking 

 object of this portion of the exhibition was, a beautifully managed 

 plant of Camarotis purpurea, forming a pyramid of purple flowers 

 five feet high. New Orchids were few ; but we did observe a pretty 

 Odontoglossum, with a tall upright spike of handsome green and 

 brown blossoms, the lips of which were purple and tipped with 

 white. 



The tent next this and parallel with it was filled with stove and 

 greenhouse plants, effectively arranged in four groups, a circular 

 stage of Azaleas and Cacti being in the middle. This tasteful mode 

 of arrangement is pleasing on account of its variety, and served to 

 increase the interest which the plants themselves created. As at 



