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lingford was first, with Festus, Mrs. Neilson, Sabine, Demosthenes, 

 Eliacine, Coronation, Amasis, William Penn, Melange, Kilgour's 

 Queen, Naxara, and Village Maid, &c. Mr. Franklyn was second, 

 with Nomius, Rob Roy, Prince Albert, Dr. Franklin, Lord John 

 Russell, Apollo, Mrs. Wyse, Veriatt, Princess Royal, Marshal Soult, 

 Elizabeth, Burns, Nonpareil, Eliza, Annette, Atlas, Charlotte, and 

 Dr. Gardiner. Mr. Hook was third, with Parody, Triumphant, Dol- 

 phin, Alice Maude, Marsbal Soult, Beauty of Suffolk, Rhododendron, 

 Amaryllis, Princess, Mary Queen of Scots, Milo, Wonder, Cathe- 

 rine, Village Maid, Clarissa, Alexander, Albemarle, and Duchess of 

 Leeds. In the Amateur class, Mr. Airzee was first, with Victory, 

 Claudine, Bijou, President, Jenny Lind, Ferdinand, Herald, Theresa, 

 Jane, Ariel, Miranda, and Britannia, all seedlings of his own, except 

 Herald, which is Lightbody's. 



In a box of twenty-four Verbenas, from Mr. Smith of Hornsey, 

 we observed the beautiful varieties, Robinson's Defiance and St. 

 Margaret. Mr. Bates received a certificate for a pretty bedding 

 Pelargonium in the way of Luceum roseum, called Hydrangia?flo- 

 rum. It was dwarf, and apparently a free bloomer. First-class 

 Certificates were also awarded to the following productions : Ver- 

 bena Lady of the Lake, and Petunia Attraction, from Mr. Young ; 

 Fancy Pelargonium Formosissimum, from Mr. Ayres ; ditto, Ada, 

 from Mr. Ambrose ; Antirrhinum Diana, from J. Wooler, Esq. ; 

 ditto. Virgin Queen, from Mr. Pawsey ; and an extra prize was 

 given to Mr. Layton of Hammersmith for Calceolarias. 



The Seedling-Pelargonium Exhibition took place upon this occa- 

 sion, and was productive of much disappointment, in the small number 

 of exhibitors and plants; but this was no doubt owing to the lateness 

 of the season. Air. Black, gardener to E. Forster, Esq., of Clewer 

 Manor, shewed Gipsy Rival and Van Sky ; Mr. Rous his Alibi ; Mr. 

 Hoyle, Ajax, Ocellatum, Zannetta, and Cardinal; Mr. Beck, Incom- 

 parable, Major Domo, Little-but-Good, Agatha, Rosa, and Silk-Mer- 

 cer; and Mr. Pontey his Prince Arthur. Another variety, numbered 

 40, had no raiser's name attached. The prizes awarded were : equal 

 second prizes for Gipsy Rival and Ajax ; the former very much like 

 Gipsy Bride in size, form, and general colour; the latter a purple 

 flower. Equal third prizes were also given to Incomparable and 

 Ocellatum ; the former was figured in our last year's volume, and 

 the latter is the flower already described as a great novelty, from 

 having upon its lower petals a small clearly defined spot, of colour 

 similar to the blotch on the upper one. Altogether it was a poor 

 exhibition. 



NEW PLA^'TS. 



Figured in the Botanical Magazine for June. 



Metrosideros buxifolia. a branching evergreen greenhouse shrub, having 

 much the appearance of a Myrtle. It is a native of New Zealand, where it 

 is described as a rambling shrub, adhering to trees, and by its lateral roots 



