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first that had bloomed in this country ; it was a stout, herba- 

 ceous, creeping-stemmed plant, with large elliptic leaves, 

 from the axil of which was produced a dense cluster of rich 

 velvety crimson flowers, like those of some JEschynanthus. 

 Tliough beautiful, even in thecondition in which it was shown, 

 it, however, conveyed no sufficient idea of what it may be 

 expected to become when better grown ; for in a dried 

 specimen from Java, which was also exhibited along with 

 it, instead of one bunch of flowers on a branch it had 

 seven, clothing the shoot for about two feet with its gay 

 blossoms. Being a plant of easy cultivation, it will no 



doubt become one of the gay- 

 est inhabitants of our stoves. 

 With it was a branch of Medi- 

 nilla speciosa, bearing a fine 

 cluster of purplish red fruit, 

 of which the accompanying 

 woodcut will give some idea, 

 and which are nearly as hand- 

 some as its semitransparent 

 pink flowers of summer. This 

 is also a Java plant, whose 

 broad concave fleshy leaves, 

 large bunches of flowers in 

 summer, and fruit in autumn, 

 deservedly place it among 

 stove plants of first-rate cha- 

 racter. 



JBanlisian Medals : To Mr. Dobson, gardener to Mr. Beck of 

 Isleworth, for a collection of Orchids, containing the 

 beautiful Laelia autumnalis, two Oncids, the best variety 

 of Epidendrum Skinneri, E. vitellinum, the New Holland 

 Pitcher-plant (Cephalotus follicularis), three kinds of 

 Physurus, and a silvery veined An^ctochilus from Java — 

 the latter four plants in ornamental green slate boxes. To 

 Mr. Roberts, gardener to the Duke of Cleveland, at Raby 

 Castle, for grapes, consisting of Muscat of Alexandria, and 

 two other varieties, apparently Black Prince and Syrian. 

 Mr. Roberts stated that these were not sent as specimens of 

 superior cultivation, but merely as examples of his ordinary 

 table- fruit, of which he mentioned that he often cuts as 

 much as 12 lbs. a-day for dessert. 

 Certificate of Merit : To Mr. Catleugh, of Chelsea, for a dwarf 

 specimen of Clerodendron splendens, measuring 2j feet in 

 height, and as much through, and bearing upwards of 20 

 flower spikes, of which 12 were in perfection. This 



