VI rUOCEEUlNGS. 



Orchids in wliicli were well-flowered plants of Epidendrum 

 vitellinum and niala?nopsis graiidiflora. To INIr. Hender- 

 son, gardener to Sir George lieaumont, Bart., of Colorton 

 Hall, for a Queen Pine-apple, well ripened and handsomely 

 grown, weighing 6 lbs. 2^^ oz. To F. Gye, Esq., of Spring- 

 field, Surrey, for a basket of Black llandjurgh Grapes, 

 eleven bunches of which, together with the basket, weighed 

 17 lbs. They were well swelled and coloured, and remark- 

 able as being the produce of vines planted on the 15th of 

 May last. They had been grown on Mr. Crawshay's plan, 

 without the aid of fire-heat, except so much as was required 

 to keep out damp. 

 Certificates of Merit : To Messrs. Veitch, for Oncidium 

 onustum, a dwarf, yellow-flowered Peruvian species, new 

 to gardens. To Mr. Glendinning, F.II.S., for an unnamed 

 Angelonia, remarkable for its strong odour of Musk. To 

 Mr. Povey, gardener to the Rev. J. Thornycroft, Congle- 

 ton, Cheshire, for a Providence Pine-apple, from a plant 

 twenty-one months old, weighing 9 lbs. 4 oz. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. Gloxinia fim- 

 briata, a French variety, with the habit of an Achimenes, 

 and white flowers spotted in the throat with yellow and 

 purple, and two plants of a new yellow-fruited Peruvian 

 Capsicum, less pungent than the common Capsicum, from 

 Messrs. Veitch ; Impatiens repens, a new Ceylon kind of 

 Balsam, with a trailing habit and bright-yellow flowers, 

 from Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston ; two trays of Autumnal 

 Roses, consisting of — Hybrid Perpetual: Lady Sefton, 

 lilac blush ; Lady A. Peel, rosy carmine ; Louis Bordillon, 

 rose ; Jacques Laffitte, cherry crimson, edges pale ; Mrs. 

 Elliot, rosy purple ; Comtesse Duchatel, rose ; La Reine, 

 pink tinged with lilac ; Dr. Marx, carmine ; Marquisa Boc- 

 eella, pink, blush edges ; William Jesse, crimsoi), tinged 

 with lilac ; Madame LaflFciy, rosy crimson ; Edward Jesse, 

 crimson, shaded dark purple; Baronne Prevost, p:!le rose; 

 Duchess of Sutherland, ditto ; Lawrence de Montmorency, 

 rosy pink, tinged with lilac; Du Roi, or crimson; Mogador; 

 Madame Aime, pale flesh, nearly white. Bourbon : Aci- 

 dalie, blush white; Amarantine, purplish rose; Comte 

 d'Eu ; Madame Desprez, rosy lilac ; Celimene, clear blush ; 

 Irina ; Armosa, bright pink ; Comice de Seine et Mai ne, 

 crimson ; Queen, fawn-coloured rose ; Pierre de St. Cyr, 

 pale rose ; Vicomte de Cassey, lively red ; Le Grenadier, 

 light crimson ; Due de Chartres, deep rose ; Souchet, deep 

 crimson purple. Tea : Caroline, blush pink, centre rose ; 



