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retusum, with spikes over 2 feet in length ; Phalrenopsis grandiflora, shown as the 

 best specimen Orchid by Mr Fairbairn of Syon House, one spike having twenty 

 expanded flowers ; Oncidium sarcodes, Vanda suavis, and Catth^a Mossise. 



New and rare plants always form a considerable feature at the Regent's Park, 

 and on this occasion a large number were staged. Among Palms, the most strik- 

 ing were Verschaffeltia melanochsetes, a fine and rare species ; Areca nobilis, 

 Dicksonia nobilis, Thrinax havanensis, very elegant ; Geonoma elegans, Chamse- 

 dorea spectabilis, remarkable for its few broad pinnse, and Dsemonorops plumosus, 

 remarkably elegant and free-growing. Other new plants of a striking character 

 consisted of Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta viridis, a fine Evergreen ; Dractena 

 excelsa, a handsome South Sea Island plant, with broad recurved leaves of a deep 

 bronzy tint variegated with rosy red ; Oncidium cryptocopis, with deep claret red 

 flowers, having a narrow border of yellow; Phormium Colensoi variegatuin, 

 Adiantum Veitchii, a beautiful Maidenhair Fern ; the handsomely-marked Dieffen- 

 bachia Bowmanni, Tillandsia Lindeniana, Cochliostema Jacobianum, and a very 

 handsome curled and dwarf-growing form of Lomaria Gibba, named Crispa. 



Royal Horticultural Society, June 8. — This was a very fine exhibition, 

 perhaps the finest London show yet held, as the quality of many of the things 

 staged was very good indeed : stove and greenhouse and fine-foliaged plants, 

 together with Orchids, made a grand display. There was one class for twenty 

 stove and greenhouse plants grown in 12-inch pots, which brought some superb 

 young specimens. Messrs Jackson & Sons, Kingston, had the best group, the 

 most conspicuous examples being Erica Cavendishiana, E. ventricosa grandiflora, 

 a perfect picture of health and beauty ; E. ventricosa coccinea minor, Cleroden- 

 dron Balfouri, the bright-flowered C. Krempferi, together with Aphelexes, Azaleas, 

 &c. Other good examples of stove and greenhouse plants included Kalosanthes 

 Frederick Desbois and K. Phcenise, both very attractive ; Bougainvillea glabra, 

 a fine white-flowered Vincaocellata ; Franciscea Eximea ; Adenandra fragrans, a 

 well-flowered plant of Begonia parviflora; Allamanda nobilis, very fine; Dipladenia 

 amabilis, Dracophyllum gracile, and Leschenaultia biloba major. Perhaps better- 

 grown specimens of fine-foliaged plants were never before seen than some of these 

 staged on this occasion. In the open class for nine distinct plants, Mr Baines, 

 gardener to H. L. Micholls, Esq., was first with a splendid example of Nepenthes 

 Rafflesiana, with over two dozen handsome pitchers of great size ; Alocassia metal- 

 lica, extremely fine ; Gleichenia speluncse, Croton angustifolium, C. variegatum, 

 Verschaffeltia splendida, said to be the finest example ever shown ; Stevensonia 

 grandiflora, Theophrasta imperialis, and Dasylirion acrotrichum. Other fine 

 examples were Phoenix farinifera, Latania borbonica, Alocasia zebrina, Anthu- 

 rium acaule, and a grand specimen of Thamnopteris nidus. 



Orchids, though very fine, were not quite up to the mark at which they were 

 shown at Manchester. Mr Denning, gardener to Lord Londesborough, sent the 

 best 9 in the open class, comprising JErides odoratum var., a fine specimen, with 16 

 beautiful spikes ; iErides affine, very good ; Epidendrum vitellinum ma jus, with 

 11 richly-coloured spikes ; Cattleya Warneri, very fine ; Lalia purpurata, beauti- 

 fully coloured ; Dendrobium crystallinum; D. M'Carthige ; a four-spiked specimen 

 of the pretty spotted Odontoglossum niveum ; and the curious Pescatorea cerina. 

 The second best lot came from Mr Burnett, gardener to W. Terry, Esq., Ful- 

 ham ; and the third from Mr W. Bull, Chelsea. From the former came a very fine 

 specimen of Cypripedium barbatum superbum; a good example of the pretty 

 rosy crimson Saccolabium ampullaceum, and an excellent Cattleya Mossiae, &c. 

 Mr Bull sent Odontoglossum citrosmum and 0. citrosmum roseum, Laalia Brysiaua, 



