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above the leaves, which are long and pendent, thus giving to the 

 former an individuality and artistic beauty not possessed by other 

 species of the genus. Smaller collections were furnished by Messrs. 

 Cutbusli, Fraser, Green, Rhodes, Baxendine, Peed, Chilman, Carson, 

 and Tegg. These for the most part consisted of plants that were shown 

 at Sydenham the previous week. 



Orchids were furnished in beautiful condition ; in general, however, 

 they were very much the same as those produced at the Crystal Palace. 

 In the Rev. Mr. Ellis's group were the handsome Cattleya superba, 

 and the singular looking rather than beautiful Uropedium Lindeni. 

 Mr. Bullen, gardener to J. Butler, Esq., had a splendidly flowered 

 Brassia and Anguloa Clowesi, with no fewer than five blossoms on it, 

 all in the greatest possible perfection. Two Sobralias (macrantha and 

 Galeotti) from Mr. Woolley were admired ; Mr. Dods sent a very fine 

 Phalaenopsis ; Mr. Carson the elegant green tailed Dendrochilum fili- 

 forme and Stanhopea tigrina ; and Mr. Ivison, gardener to the Duke of 

 Northumberland at Sion, Acineta Humboldti with a remarkably fine 

 spike of pale watery looking yellow blossoms. 



Among Cape Heaths, several collections of which were exhibited, 

 were some beautiful specimens of mutabilis, tricolor Wilsoni, one of the 

 best of of its class ; obbata, a fine old Heath ; Massoni, small but very 

 handsome ; and different seedlings of Hartnelli and aristata. 



Conspicuous among Azaleas were Ivery's Gem, a sort remarkable for 

 fine form ; and Extrani, the latter a lovely rosy pink kind, still finely 

 in flower. 



Of real novelty there was little. Though not absolutely new, perhaps 

 the most striking was a charming specimen of Coelogyne pandurata from 

 Mr. Lawrence, gardener to the Bishop of Winchester. This had a fine 

 spike of pale green flowers stained on the lip with jet black, a contrast 

 of colours not less remarkable than pleasing. Messrs. Parker & 

 Williams sent a white variety of Meyenia erecta, which promises to be 

 a useful plant : Mr. Parsons a hybrid Achimenes called Dazzle, with 

 brilliant red flowers in the way of Meteor. From Messrs E. G. Hender- 

 son came Aucuba himalai'ca, a velvety crimson-flowered variety of 

 Dianthus sinensis called Hedwidgii, and Amphicome Emodi, with lilac 

 flowers stained in the throat with yellow. The Dianthus, to which we 

 have just alluded, promises to be a fine thing ; its blossoms measure 

 at least two inches across. We hope, however, to see it again in better 

 condition. 



Of Miscellaneous articles, Messrs. Veitch sent Oreopanax hypagyreum, 

 a noble plant with palmate leaves ; Blandfordia grandiflora in flower, 

 Rhopala glaucophylla, the violet Tradescantia odoratissima, and Tacca 

 integrifolia, a well known plant, whose singular dark looking leafy inflo- 

 rescence takes a form not unlike that of some Orchids. A fine specimen 

 of Eucharis amazonica was shown by Mr. Davis, of St. John's Wood. 



Ferns were shown in considerable quantity, and served to fill up odd 

 nooks and corners with excellent effect. Among those from Mr. Car- 

 bonell were the New Zealand Todea hymenophylloides, the Jamaica 

 Hymenophyllum hirtellum, the handsome Gleichenia flabellata, dicho- 

 toma, and a wonderfully fine G. microphylla. 



