134 THE FLORIST. 



schaffelt possesses, perhaps, every known variety of this flower, he 

 necessarily has the opportunity of bringing out such a work as none 

 other could have, all the drawings being made from plants in flower, 

 and under his own superintendence. 



One entire volume is now completed : the monthly parts (some- 

 thing less than two shillings per ])art) are forwarded by the editor, 

 free of charge, to any subscriber in England. 



Hull, '2'2d March, 1850. F. R. Horner, M.D. 



P.S. Would that some spirited florist, amateur or professional, 

 could be induced to bring out a similar illustrated work on Tulips or 

 other florist flowers ! The literary labour would be no obstacle, as 

 it is merely descriptive of the flower : accuracy of description would 

 be the only requisite. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, REGENT STREET. 



April 2. — E. Brande, Esq. in the chair. Messrs. Veitch of Exeter 

 exhibited a beautiful Medinilla. It measured four feet high and as 

 much through, and from the ends of the branches hung dow^n large 

 panicles of rosy-pink flowers. It was stated to be a plant of easy 

 management, and is altogether one of the handsomest stove-shrubs 

 ■we have received for some time. A large silver medal was awarded 

 it. — Mr. Plumbly, gardener to E. J. Dimsdale, Esq., received a 

 Banksian medal for four large Heaths. — Messrs. Jackson of Kings- 

 ton shewed a nice light-coloured seedling Camellia, named Countess 

 of EUesmere, of which we have given a coloured plate ; and Mr. 

 Ambrose of Battersea had a variety of Azalea Gledstanesii, called 

 Magnifica. — Mr. Henderson of the Wellington- Road Nursery had 

 several small plants of Cantua bicolor ; and along with them a light- 

 coloured continental Gloxinia, called Frederick Leming. — Messrs. 

 Rollisson of Tooting produced Epi medium pinnatum, a double- 

 flowered dark purple Auricula, a well-flowered Dendrobium macro- 

 phyllum, a good Oncidium sphacelatum, and Mr. Lowe's Cypri- 

 pedium (C. Lowei), a beautiful variety of this curious genus. A 

 Banksian medal was awarded. — Mr. Glendinning of the Chiswick 

 Nursery received a certificate of merit for a seedling Heath, a cross 

 between E. Hartnelli and E. aristata. — Messrs. Loddiges sent a 

 pink- spotted Trichopilia from Costa Rica, for which a certificate of 

 merit was aw^arded. — Mr. WiUiams, gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., 

 produced Oncidium tetrapetalum, Saccolabium denticulatum, Bate- 

 mannia Colleyi, Coelogyne cristata, and the long-tailed Cypripedium 

 (C. caudatum). A certificate of merit was awarded. — A branching 

 cut spike of Ansellia africana was exhibited from Chatsworth. — Mr. 

 Brown produced one of his fumigators. From the garden of the 

 Society came Dielytra spectabilis, a beautiful Chinese plant which 

 is expected to prove hardy ; Boronia tetrandra, a species in the way 

 of B. pinnata, and sold in the nurseries under the name of B. micro- 



