EEPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Lobelia, and 



Tritoma Uvaria. 

 Mr. KiNGHORN, Kichmond— 6 varieties of bedding Pelargoniums, 



several plants of each. 

 Messrs. Rollisson, Tooting — 46 kinds of Verbenas, 42 Phloxes, 



17 Pentstemons, U6 bedding Pelargoniums, 18 Fuchsias, 15 



Tyd^as, 24 Achimenes, 7 Heliotropes, 21 Petunias, 25 



Begonias, and 2 Lobelias. 

 Dr. Sanket, Hanwell— 6 plants of Verbena Mars. 

 Mr. Scott, Crewkerne— 107 kinds of Verbenas, 71 bedding 



Pelargoniums, and 1 Petunia. 

 Mr. Standish, Bagshot— 2 Dracsenas, 26 Phloxes. 

 Mr. Turner, Slough — 77 kinds of Verbenas, 47 bedding 



Pelargoniums of various kinds. 2nd Donation. 

 Mr. G. Wills— 11 varieties of Verbenas. 



The following were the exhibitions on this occasion :— 

 Cyathea Smithii :— from Mr. Standish, Bagshot. A very 

 handsome hardy greenhouse tree fern, introduced from New 

 Zealand, and new to gardens. It forms a tree of moderate size, 

 growing about 20 feet high, with stoutish stems, having a fibrous 

 outer surface, and furnished with numerous bright brown scales 

 about the crown. The fronds grow 8 or 9 feet long, and are 

 bipmnate, or almost tripinnate, with short pinnules forming 

 narrowish pinn© of a bright shining green. It was awarded a 

 First-Class Certificate. 



Cyathea CanDinghainii :— from Mr. Standish. This very 

 elegant hardy greenhouse tree fern, also a native of New Zealand, 

 had, as exhibited, more slender stems than C. Smithii. It grows 

 about 20 feet high, with a fibrous base, and has an abundance of 

 whitish chaffy-looking scales about the crown. The fronds are 

 tripinnate, and in the wild state grow from 20 to 30 in a crown , 

 the pinnules being more tapering at the point than in C. Smithii. 

 It was awarded a First-Class Certificate. These will both 

 prove valuable additions to the materials for planting in cool 



Azaleaamcenahybrida:— from Mr. Standish. A beautiful 

 dwarf compact-growing evergreen shrub, " raised from A. late- 

 rttia hj A. amcena," and stated to be " nerfectlv hardv. having 



