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Mole, Louise Peronny, Paul Ricaut, 

 Coupe d'Hebe, Chenedole, and Chas. 

 Lawson. 



Stove and G-reenhoiise Plants were 

 shown in great number. Mr. Peed 

 made the finest display with fifteen 

 beautiful plants ; the best of them 

 were Ixora coccinea, Tetratheca eri- 

 csefolia, Allamanda grandiflora, Pime- 

 lia spectabilis, Erica Cavendishii, and 

 Allamanda cathartica. Mr. H. Chil- 

 man showed fine specimens of Acro- 

 phyllum venosum, Franciscea confer- 

 tiflora, Aphelexis spectabilis grandi- 

 flora, and Polygala dalmaisiana. Mr. 

 Ingram had excellent plants of Pime- 

 lea Hendersonii, Statice braasieefolia, 

 Steplianotis floribunda, and Aphelexis 

 macrantha rosea. Messrs. Fraser 

 had well-flowered plants of Cleroden- 

 dron Kajmpferi, Leschenaultia inter- 

 media, L. biloba major, Eriostemon 

 buxifolium, Adenandra fragrans, and 

 Boronia serrulata. 



Miscellaneous. — Mr. Bull had a 

 nice collection, and Mr. J. Salter ob- 

 tained a second prize for a very pretty 

 collection of hardy variegated plants, 

 among the most striking were Hedera 

 helix var,, Tussilago farfara var., 

 Pulmonaria Siberica, Hedera lati- 

 folia, Symphora glomerata var., Hes- 

 peris arabidsefolia, Acer negundo fol. 

 var., Heraclium sphondylium var., 

 Ajugareptans var., Convallaria angus- 

 tafolia, Artemisia vulgaris var., Rud- 

 beckia laciniata var., Plantago major 

 rubra, Funkia undulata var., F. albo 

 marginata, and Hedera canarensis var. 



Novelties. — Messrs. Low and Co. 

 exhibited a new orchid in flower, 

 Dendrobium parishii, flowers crimson 

 purple. Messrs. Veitch showed a 

 new orchid in flower, Phalajnopsis 

 Lobbi, flowers medium size, white, 

 lower lip purple. Mr. Henny, gar- 

 dener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq., had 

 Odontoglossum uro-Skinneri ; flowers 

 upper part blotched with dark brown, 

 lip blotched with pink. Messrs. 

 Veitch had Abies firma, and a new 

 species of spirea. Mr. Bull showed 

 Dichaeisandra argenteo marginata, 

 Justicia variegata, Chamseranthemum 

 verbenaceum, Anaectochilus argyrons, 

 A. Dayii, and the best specimen of 

 Alocasia Lowii, 



Ferns. — Messrs. Ivery and Son had 



a charming collection of eighty varie- 

 ties of hardy ferns ; they were awarded 

 a first prize, which was well merited. 



Pelargoniums. — Mr. Charles Tur- 

 ner was first, and Messrs. Fraser 

 second with both the fancy and show 

 varieties ; they were, Fancies, Cle- 

 manthe, Cloth of Silver, Roi des Fan- 

 tasies, Delicatum, Ellen Beck, Lady 

 Craven, Bridesmaid, Clara Novello, 

 Acme, Celestial, and Multiflora.— 

 Skoios, Fairest of the Fair, Viola, Rose 

 Celestial, Roseum, Empress Eugenie, 

 Desdemona, Guillaume, Sunset, Can- 

 didate, Lady Taunton, Picnic, Bac- 

 chus, Carlos, Sir Colin Campbell, 

 Etna, Mr. Marnock, Sanspareil, Sara- 

 cen, Leviathan, Rose-leaf, Festus, and 

 Ariel. 



Seatlis. — Mr. Peed was first, Mr. 

 Page second, and Messrs. T. Jackson 

 and Son third. The principal varie- 

 ties were Erica ventricosa magnifica, 

 Jasminiflora major, Depressa, Eximia 

 superba, Ventricosa coccinea minor, 

 Tricolor Wilsonii, Vasiflora, Florida, 

 Queen Victoria, Cavendishi, Bergiana, 

 and Tricolor dumosa. 



Royal Botanic Society, June 

 3rd. — This was a very fine display ; 

 the show of fruit especially being 

 very excellent. In addition to the 

 usual attractions, was the excellent 

 show of American plants by Mr. 

 Waterer, which was a splendid exhi- 

 bition of itself. The Orchids were 

 plentiful and good, but were mostly 

 the same varieties as those enumerated 

 above, with the exception of lovely 

 specimens of Trichopilia coccinea and 

 T. crispa, which were from Mr. Baker. 

 The Azaleas were past their best, the 

 flowers of some being in a falling-ofi" 

 condition. Pelargoniums were ex- 

 cellent, the best being from Mr. Tur- 

 ner and Messrs. Fraser, and the 

 varieties were the same as those given 

 above, which may be said also of the 

 Roses. 



Variegated Plants. — Messrs. A. 

 Henderson and Co. had a fine collec- 

 tion of six ; they were Alocasia ma- 

 chorhiza, Croton variegata aurea, 

 Caladium chantini, Dracaena ferrea, 

 Diffenbachia maculata, and Ananassa 

 sativa aurea variegata. 



Calceolarias. — The fine seedlings 

 exhibited by Mr. James, gardener to 



