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phylla ; Nutallia cerasiformis, a green-flowered Californian shrub of 

 no beauty ; some Cinerarias ; the sweet-scented Rhynchospermum 

 jasminoides ; and other plants. 



Ap)'il 16. — R. S. Streatfield, Esq. in the chair. Messrs. Veitch 

 exhibited a new and promising Chanthus from New Holland, which 

 we should like to see again. It had brilliant red flowers and a grey- 

 coloured foliage. A large silver medal was aw^arded it. With it 

 was the beautiful Dendrobium Farmerii. — Mrs. Lawrence sent a fine 

 plant of Cattleya Skinneri, the same pink-spotted Trichopilia men- 

 tioned before, a pretty small white-flowered Heath called Nitida, and 

 the Chinese Enkianthus reticulatus. A Banksian medal and a cer- 

 tificate wtre awarded. — A long cut spike of a new brown-coloured 

 Oncidium was shewn by Sir P. G. Egerton, Bart.; and Mr. Lane of 

 Great Berkhampstead had a plant with one flower on it of the rare 

 Warrea discolor. — Mr. Henderson of St. John's Wood sent three 

 Cinerarias ; Epimedium colchicum, a pretty yellow-flowered hardy 

 plant ; and Ceanothus papillosus, of the merits of which little can be 

 said in its present state. A certificate was awarded. — Azalea " de- 

 lecta," a very large bright rose-flowered kind, which received a cer- 

 tificate, was shewn by Messrs. Fairbairn of Clapham ; and Mr. Ayres 

 of Blackheath had a small but well-flowered Pimelea Verschaffeltii. 

 A certificate was awarded. — Messrs. Henderson of Pine-Apple Place 

 sent Siphocampylus Manettiseflorus, a pretty greenhouse plant ; 

 some nice Cinerarias, the best of which were, Adela Villiers ; Gran- 

 dissima, a good blue ; Cerito ; and Madame Sontag, small but pretty, 

 white tipped with blue, and dark disc. Also an interesting collec- 

 tion of Hyacinths, which were much admired, and three small blue- 

 flowered New Holland plants of little moment. A Banksian medal 

 awarded. — There were some nice examples of wax flowers from Mrs. 

 Temple of Connaught Terrace, Hyde Park. Among plants from the 

 Society's garden, that which pleased us most was the double white- 

 flowered Chinese Peach, which is hardy, and certainly a very fine 

 thing. As it flowers early, its blossoms are, hovv^ever, all the finer 

 for a little protection from the cold nights of spring. 



ROYAL SOUTH-LONDON FLORICULTURAL. 



April 17. — ^The first exhibition of the season was held at the Horns 

 Tavern, Kennington. The day was fine, and a large number of well- 

 cultivated plants was produced ; but as a Florists* show it was in 

 some respects scarcely so fine as we have seen it in former years. 



Best 24 Pmisies. Nurserymen : 1st prize to Mr. Turner, Royal 

 Nursery, Slough, for Bell's Duke of Norfolk and Climax ; Youell's 

 Supreme and Androcles ; Thomson's Constellation, Polyphemus, 

 Duchess of Rutland, and Cycloj)s ; Turner's Mr. Beck, Miss Ed- 

 wards, and Addison; Hooper's Wonderful and Juventa; Mrs. Ha- 

 milton, Bellona, Queen of lilngland, Ophir, Hector, Lucy Neal, 

 Rubens, Milton, Aurora, Rainbow, and Gem ; equal second prizes to 



