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the, now well known Geant des Batailles; Triomphc de Paris, also resembling the two lust namcil 

 Souvenir des Caves, crimson scarlet, with a very large round petal ; Lion des Combats, now 

 getting as deservedly well known here as the " Geant ;" Jules Marjotlin, a fine rose, and Col. 

 Toissey. 



Amongst the new plants which we hivve not before seen in flower here, Esrallonia Macrantha 

 may be noticed. It was a Very large plant, five or six feet high, with a single spike of pink 

 flowers at the top, each single flower resembling one of Jlal/rot/itimnii/i in shape. Unless it 

 prove hardy, which we think <loubtful, it will not be a great addition to our collections, requi- 

 ring too much space to bloom freely. JovcUaua punctata seemed like a pretty addition; it had 

 ]>urplish flowers, each nearly cloven in two parts, and something resembling an Angelonia, with 

 verbena-like leaves. It is considered closely allied botanically to the Calceolaria. A plant 

 allied to the Mela^tonias, Erioanema amena, was also exhibited. A small plant of the new 

 Chinese Potatoe, Diascorea Japonica, of which those who are acquainted with the leaves of our 

 common "Green Briar" [Smilaz rotundifoUa) will be able to form some idea of the appearance. 

 Gloxineas are so numerous that it is difficult to find distinct ones ; some very fine kinds were 

 present. P. Wilson's white, with carmine throat, struck us as being very large, and of free 

 blooming qualities. 



Of plants, not for the first time seen on the tables, but still somewhat rare in collections ; 

 some specimens of Mussanda frondosa were very fine. One, which had never been topped or 

 cut back to form a " specimen," but which had its trailing shoots trained over a cylindrical 

 trellis about three feet high, was clothed entirely with flowers, and formed a most beautiful 

 object ; it will doubtless soon be very common in hot-houses, where only it will thrive well. 

 I'uya Alstentienii was in flower in two collections ; its Indian Corn-like leaves well set ofi^ by 

 a column of purple bracts gives it a peculiar appearance. Begona adorata, with white and 

 sweet scented flowers, was present in two collections. 



An unusual featui-e in our exhibitions, — a large number of Orchideous plants oflFered a wide 

 field of interest to the lovers of the curious and beautiful. As showing what kinds bloom at 

 this season of the year, we append the names of the following as amongst the most beautiful of 

 those exhibited : Cypripedium barbatum, grown in a pot of charcoal and moss ; Dendrobium 

 nobile, grown on a block ; Catllcya mossem, pot of charcoal and moss ; Bletia hyacinlhina, pot of 

 peaty soil ; Camarotis purpurea, on a block. 



There was a very fair specimen of a pretty white flowering plant, allied to the Myrtle* 

 which we do not remember to have met with before in such condition, called Leptospermum 

 bullatum, a green-house plant, and one deserving extensive culture. An Ixora cracata, with 

 brick-red flowers in large heads, (a stove plant) was very attractive. 



The Pelargoniums were grown in a very superior manner. Two specimens of the fancy va- 

 rieties, Ytolmski, and Jenny Lind, could perhaps scarcely be excelled; the latter we consider 

 one of the most free blooming varieties. In spite of the fact that some of our best gardeners 

 believe they can grow heaths very well here, we seldom see them on our tables. On this 

 occasion we saw a small and healthy plant of E. perspicua erecta exhibited, covered with white 

 tubular flowers nearly one inch long. 



There was a fine collection of Azaleas ; the plants not large, bat the flowers were of a size 

 seldom seen. A very poor criterion of excellent growth. Amongst them one, A. variegala, 

 was conspicuous for its beauty, in spite of the newer varieties by which it was surrounded. 



A new Heliotrope, Beauty of the Boudoir, was exhibited ; its chief distinction seemed to be 

 in a larger and more compact truss of flowers. Gas-light, however, is a bad opportunity of 

 judging the merits of the colors of a Heliotrope. The same may be said of some cut blooms 

 of a new rose exhibited, labeled "Isabella Gray;" the flower very double and of a much deeper 

 color than any of the yellow roses we are acquainted with, but which by daylight we were 

 informed was of as deep a yellow as the Persian Briar. It had a delicious fragrance. 



It would be an endless task to enumerate all the worthy things exhibited, A Deutzia 



