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Berkliampstead, for a rose-coloured Achimenes named 

 Kleei, a variety in the way of grandiflora ; the same collec- 

 tion also supplied two large flowered varieties of A. longi- 

 flora, and a collection of Hollyhocks. 



IMiscELLANEOus SUBJECTS OF EXHIBITION. A small Collec- 

 tion of Orcliids from Mr. Beck, of Isleworth ; a well-culti- 

 vated specimen of Scutellaria Ventenatii, profusely orna- 

 mented with spikes of rich crimson blossoms, from Messrs. 

 Rollisson ; a nice specimen of Allamanda cathartica, from 

 Mr. M'Ewen, gardener to Col. Wyndham, of Petworth ; 

 the Heliotrope called Triomphe de Liege, from Mr. Turner, 

 of Chalvey ; a Java Ixora, and an indiflerently flowered spe- 

 cimen of the beautiful Disa grandiflora, a terrestrial Orchid 

 found on the Table Mountain behintl Cape Town, from 

 Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter ; and clean and healthy flowering 

 specimens of Fuchsia serratifolia and Alice Maude, from 

 Mr. "Wrench, of London Bridge. " The Fuchsia serrati- 

 folia," Mr. AVrench stated, " was reared from a small plant 

 ill a conservatory at the top of our warehouse near London 

 Bridge, wliere are nujnerous varieties of Fuchsias raised 

 from slips, and which, with Brachycomes, Phloxes, Primulas, 

 Mignonette, and Tropaeoluni canariense raised from seed, 

 liave kept tlie house quite gay with abundant blossoms. We 

 understand that nurserymen find the Fuclisia serratifolia a 

 shy bloomer, but we think that our specimen grown with 

 ordinary care on a house-top in the heart of the metropolis 

 proves tlie contrary. Fuchsia (Alice Maude) is sent merely 

 to show how strongly plants will grow with us, many sorts 

 having been much better than this. These plants are exhi- 

 bited, not so much as specimens of good cultivation as to 

 show what with a little care and common sense can be done 

 in a London atmosphere, and to induce others, especially in 

 the fashionable districts, to attempt on a larger scale what is 

 so generally considered impracticable — the delights of horti- 

 culture and the pleasures of a greenhouse mid the dulness 

 and gloom of a town. The house in which these were 

 grown was built merely to try the growth of seeds, and in 

 winter it is warmed by hot water from one of Stephenson's 

 little boilers ; it is 12 feet long, 9 feet wide, and about 8 feet 

 high in the centre. We had a splendid show of Hyacinths 

 and otlier bulbs, and Pelargoniums, Roses, &c. have 

 flowered well with us. From judicious syringing and fumi- 

 gation we have been able for the most part to keep down 

 the green fly and other insects." Mr. Chapman, gardener 

 to J. B. Glegg, Esq., F.H.S., sent a Persian Melon weigh- 

 in"r 6 lbs. 12 oz., and two fair bunches of well-coloured 



