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surface of boards, of Platycerium grande, a noble Fern, and 

 one of the easiest to cultivate, and a small plant of Anopterus 

 gland ulosus, a new greenhouse plant from New Holland. 

 To Mr. Catleugh, of Hans Place, Chelsea, for magnificent 

 plants of Aphelandra cristata, and the larger variety of 

 Justicia carnea. The Aphelandra was a yard high, and 

 about the same through, bushy, and bearing 12 large heads 

 of cockscomb flowers. The Justicia was about 3 feet in 

 height and 4 feet through, bushy to the pot, and ornamented 

 witli 156 heads of bloom, the third crop of flowers in 12 

 months. The plant was only 18 months old. It was 

 shifted out of a 3-inch pot into a 6-inch pot in August, 

 1846. In this it was kept over the winter till March, 1847, 

 when it was finally shifted into a 15 -inch pot, in which it 

 was flowered. It produced 10 heads of blossom in May last, 

 92 in July, and finally it was exhibited now (Oct. 5) in the 

 condition described. After each respective flowering the 

 shoots were stopped ; the plant was grown near the glass in 

 a stove whose temperature averaged 65° ; it received little 

 care beyond ordinary management. The soil in which it 

 was grown consisted of equal parts turfy loam and peat, to 

 which was added a little sand and bone-dust. 

 Sanksian 3Iedals : To Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, for 

 a new Vanda, a Java species, sent by Mr. Thomas Lobb 

 under the false name of insignis ; it approached V. Rox- 

 burghii in appearance, but is distinct from that as well as 

 from the other species at present in cultivation. To Mr. 

 Woodhara Death, Netteswell, Harlow, for a specimen in 

 bloom of the Chinese Renanthera coccinea, which is bloom- 

 ing a third time within 23 months. " I am aware the plant is 

 by no means a remarkable specimen, but I am induced to ex- 

 hibit it from having heard that many cultivators of Orchids 

 find the Renanthera a difficult plant to flower. The treat- 

 ment I adopt is to keep it in a cool house fully exposed to the 

 sun." To Mr. Glendinning, of the Chiswick nursery, for a 

 new Dipladenia, called nobilis, a pretty species, with tuberous 

 roots, ovate, nearly sessile leaves, and bunches of large deli- 

 cate pink flowers, Avhich assume a deeper hue in the throat. 

 To Mr. Craggs, gardener to Sir T. D. Ackland, Bart., M.P., 

 Killerton, Devonshire, for a fine Miltonia Clovvesii, which 

 was, however, unfortunately past its best. To Mr. Mason, 

 gardener to Sir John Kennaway, Bart., of Escott, Devon- 

 shire, for 8 Queen Pine Apples, all excellently formed fruit, 

 and well ripened, weighing respectively 5 lbs. 13 oz., 5 lbs. 

 10 oz., 5 lbs. o oz., 5 lbs. 8 oz., 5 lbs. 1 oz., 4 lbs. 12 oz., 

 4 lbs. 11 oz., and 4 lbs. 7 oz. Than these whose weights 



