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sorts in the several collections were Elegans, Cavendishi, Depressa, 

 Multiflora, Florida, Perspicua nana, Ventricosa, Coccinea Minor, 

 Ventricosa grandiflora, Victoria, Mntabilis, Mirabilis, and Tricolo'r 

 Wilsoni. 



The principal exhibitors of flowering stove and greenhouse plants 

 were Messrs. Jackson and Son, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Carr ; and of 

 ornamental-leaved plants — Mr. Bull, Mr. "Williams, aud Messrs. 

 Bell and Thorpe, Stratford-on-Avon. Mr. Bull's collection consisted 

 chiefly of Palms, and in the collection from Mr. Williams occurred 

 fine specimens of Sarracenia JDrummondi and purpurea. 



In the miscellaneous class Messrs. Bell and Thorpe exhibited 

 samples of their new plant and tree labels, which there can be no 

 doubt will be extensively employed for all out-door purposes when 

 generally known. They are made of a hard white metal, which, it is 

 said, does not become discoloured for an indefinite number of years, 

 and as the names of the plants are cast in bold relief it is impossible 

 for them to become obliterated. They are manufactured in two 

 shapes, one for suspending and the other for fixing into the ground, 

 and each form is made in different sizes. For naming rose and fruit 

 trees the former shape will be most valuable, and the price is suffi- 

 ciently low to place them within the reach of the most humble 

 amateur. Messrs. Dick Eadclyfte and Co., exhibited a ta-tefully 

 constructed fern stand and aquarium combined ; and in the collection 

 of plants from Messrs. E. Gk Henderson and Son, St. John's Wood, 

 occurred several specimens of the lovely Tlialictrum adiantifolia, 

 which will be almost as valuable for bouquets and vases as the 

 well-known Maidenhair fern, to which it bears a close resemblance. 

 It is moreover quite hardy and the leaves retain their freshness for a 

 considerable length of time after they have been gathered. 



Amongst the new plants exhibited were Cattleya Reineckiana, 

 white with large lip, beautifully painted with crimson and gold, from 

 Mr. Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, Tadcaster ; Masde- 

 vallia Lindeni, with rosy puce flowers, a fine companion to M. Veitchi, 

 M. coccinea, and others of this family, from M. Linden, of Brussels ; 

 Gollinsia violacea, a lovely Californian annual, with blue and white 

 flowers, from Mr. Thompson, Ipswich ; Petunia Princess Louise, a 

 magnificent double variety, with rosy purple flowers, margined and 

 blotched with white, from Mr. Badmau, Lee Green ; Mauve Queen, 

 Intermediate stock, distinct and good, from Mr. Gr. Smith, Hornsey 

 Road ; Eose Paul Neron, a grand hybrid perpetual, with large 

 globular flowers, silver zonal Pelargoniums Mrs. Rousbi/ and Baroness 

 JBwrdett Goutts, and Azalea Gomtesse de Flandres, from Mr. C. 

 Turner; and Adiantum asa/rifoliwm, a bold and distinct species in 

 the way of a reniforme, but much larger in every way, from Mr. 

 Williams. All the above were awarded first-class certificates. 



The only new fruit, possessing any considerable merit, exhibited 

 during the month, was the Iloyal Ascot Frontignan grape, shown at 

 the last exhibition at Kensington, by Messrs. Standish and Co., 

 Eoyal Nursery, Ascot. The berries are of medium size, and as the 

 fruit approaches maturity they change to a pale amber. The flavour 

 is most delicious and of its earliness there can be no doubt for 



