206 REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



Cattleya ianthina grandiflora :— from R. Warner, Esq., of 

 Broomfield. This was one of the larger-flowered varieties re- 

 sembling C. intermedia, having pale blush purple sepals and 

 petals, and a deep purple lip. 



Caladium sp. :— from R. Warner, Esq. The leaves of this 

 were large cordate-sagittate, pointed, of a dark olive-green, the 

 distant main ribs being of a pale or yellowish-green. It was not 

 enough advanced to show its true character. 



Myosotidium nobile :— from Mr. Stakdish, of Bagshot. This 

 was a finely-grown and very ornamental plant, of the Forget me- 

 not of the Chatham Isles, having numerous flower stems. It 

 was awarded a Special Certificate for its good cultivation. 

 Mr. Standish had also some smaller plants in flower, showing it 

 to be suflSciently free-blooming for decorative purposes iu the 

 early part of the year. 



Weigela amabilis, var, Groenewegeni :— from Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson & Son, St. John's Wood. A variety in which the 

 changeable pale rose flowers, are sometimes streaked with deep 



HibbertiaReidii:_from Messrs. E. G 



. Hend 



EHSON & 



Son, 



A dense growing, neat hi 



ibited, greenhouse plant 



, having 



small 



linear obtuse leaves, and 



numerous bright 



yellow 



helianthemum- 



like flowers. 











Messrs. Henderson & 



Son contributed. 



with th 



e foregoir 



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Behmannia chinensis, a half hardy perennial, with curious dull 

 pinkish long-tubed Scrophulariaceous flowers; Cassia schinifolia, 

 a cool greenhouse plant, with elegant pinnate leaves, and deep 

 orange yellow flowers produced freely on small plants : one of the 

 dwarfest and freest blooming of the genus ; Sauromatw?i gutta- 

 tum, a stove tuberous Araceous plant, with curious dark brown 

 spotted spathes; Pteris tricolor, the beautiful three-coloured 

 Fern noticed at p. 163 ; m^ Azalea (hybrid) Verschaffeltii, a well 

 known showy kind, with fine deep blush-coloured flowers, remark- 

 able as being a hybrid between a Rhododendron and an Indian 



In the class of Florists' Flowers there were many interesting 

 objects exhibited :— 



Azalea President: — from Mr. F. R. Kinghorn, of Shoen 

 Nursery, Richmond. The flowers of this variety were remarkably 

 large and smooth, of excellent form, a deep salmon-red, with 

 the upper segments finely spotted with deep red. It was con- 



