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Prolific, and Dwarf Cluster. Tbe plants throw up from the 

 neck two three or more stems, which are thickly set with short 

 pods, containing about three beans in each. With the exception 

 of being novel, this did not attract particular notice. 



CUCUMBER.— From Mr. Turner, of Slough : two very 

 fine fruit of Turner's Favourite, 2 1 and 23 inches long respec- 

 tively. This variety has been proved in the Garden to be 

 synonymous with Manchester Prize. 



LETTUCE.— From Mr. Hawkins, gardener to W. Whitinct, 

 Esq., Thoraey Abbey, Peterborough : a large Cos Lettuce, which 

 proved to be the true Paris White Cos. 



XLII. REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



, (Continued from p. 250.) 



The following plants and flowers were examined : — 

 Cordyline striata, var. erythrorachis (ilfoor^) :— from Messrs. 

 Veitch & Son, Exeter and Chelsea. This was the Dracaena- 

 like plant exhibited in a less advanced condition on November 

 10th, 1859, and noticed at p. 130. The plant was now much 

 more developed, and had assumed a fine ornamental character. 

 It was awarded a First-Class Certificate. It has a very short 

 stem, around which the broad grassy leaves are developed in a 

 spiral manner. These leaves are about 5 feet long and 2 inches 

 broad, tapering to a fine point, and gracefully arching ; they 

 have a broad crimson-red midrib, and the upper surface is also 

 marked with a few slightly divergent pale reddish or orange- 

 coloured lines, formed by the principal side veins. This bright 

 red midrib is hardly developed in the earlier leaves, but becomes 

 strongly marked as the plants acquire size and strength. It is a 

 native of New Zealand, and will prove a greenhouse plant of 

 remarkable beauty. It is a coloured-leaved variety of the species . 

 Dr. H»oker has described as Cordyline stricta, but quite distinct 

 from the old Dracmna stncta of gardens. 



Polystichum aouleatam, var. corymbiferum (Moore) :-from 

 Miss Thompson, Mount Radford, Exeter. A fine dwarfish hardy 

 evergreen fern, with tasselled fronds. These fronds, in the 



