MARCH 12, 1861. 



Sweetwilliam {D. harhatus), and D. Heddemgii, tlie latter being 

 the seed-bearing parent. The plants were stated to partake of 

 the character of D. Heddeiiigii, but to be more robust and hardy 

 in constitution, and to be dwarf and prohfjc of flowers. The 

 leaves sent were somewhat intermediate in size and form, and 

 were deeply purple-stained ; the flowers were of moderate size, 

 and of rich shades of crimson and purple. 



Primula sinensis striata :— from Mr. Smith, Lorrimore Road, 

 Walworth. This was a variety with white flowers, sparingly 

 flaked and flecked with rose-purple ; the margins were irregularly 

 fimbriated. With this was exhibited a plant of Cyclamen 

 persicum rubrum, called rubrum magnum. 



Cinerarias :— from Mr. W. Lee, Albion Road, Hammersmith. 

 Snowflake, white, with dull purple disk ; Beauty, Mary Ann, 

 and Eliza, with heavy rosy-purple tips of various shades. 



Saxifraga oppositifolia major :— from Mr. T. Rawbone, 

 gardener to R. T. Addeiiley, Esq., Barlaston Hall, Stone. Mr. 

 Rawbone stated that this fine old native plant, o{ which large 

 patches full of blossoms were exhibited, was then flowering in 

 splendid condition on the stone edgings of the terrace beds in 

 the flower-garden at Barlaston Hall. He wrote : — 



<fe Son. a free-blooming spring-flowering species, with ovate 

 leaves, and panicles of white flowers, pinkish in the tube, and with 

 long exserted stamens. From its free-blooming habit, it was 

 thought that this, when in better condition, might prove a 

 desirable plant. It was exhibited under the name of C. viscosum, 

 and had also been received from the continent under that of 



