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and accompanied by dried specimens of the mature plant, namely, 

 Retinospora obtusa, Retinospora pisifera, and Pinus densi- 

 flora. Although in too young a state to come under adjudication 

 by the Committee, yet the dried specimens showed them to be 

 fine plants in the mature state ; and as they were sent by Mr. 

 Veitch with the view of adding to the interest of the meeting, 

 the thanks of the Committee were voted for their production. 



Arundo conspicua :— from Messrs, J. & C. Lee, Hammer- 

 smith. A tall-growing grass, with something of the aspect of the 

 Pampas grass, but flowering earlier in the season. It was stated 

 to be hardy, but the specimen shown had been grown in a green- 

 house, and had not apparently attained its mature character ; it 

 was therefore desii-ed that specimens grown in the open air and 

 showing its natural features might be hereafter exhibited. 



Sauropus Gardneri : — from Messrs. Lee. This plant was 

 not sufficiently developed. It resembled a pinnate-branched 

 Phyllanthus, and had the leaves small, ovate, deep green, with a 

 grayish central blotch. 



Sisyrinchmm versicolor : — from Messrs, Lee. Another ex- 

 ample, not in flower, of the plant exhibited by W. Wilson 

 Saundees, Esq., on April 23rd, under the name of New Zealand 

 Grass. The striped character of the grassy or narrow Iris-like 

 foliage was in this case more strongly developed, and it appeared 

 likely to prove a pretty variegated object for summer use. 



Cinerarias: — from Mr. A. Kekdall. A collection of 15 

 plants of a small-flowered and dwarf-habited race, described by 

 Mr. Kendall as forming a new class of Cinerarias, with the pecu- 

 liarities of an extremely dwarf habit and a dense-clustered in- 

 florescence. The first indication of this habit was presented three 

 years since, and this being followed up had resulted in the pro- 

 duction of plants in which the dwarf floriferous character seemed 

 fixed. — Also from Mr. Kendall: semiduplex varieg^ata, and 

 semiduplex purpurea, about which he stated that they showed 

 the probability of the hitherto intractable Cineraria ultimately 

 assuming the form of a beautiful double flower. In these varieties 

 the tendency was evident, some of the pips containing as many as 

 90 florets, arranged in a double series. The first was a tall 

 variety with large flower-heads, the florets broad and tipped with 

 rose ; the other was somewhat dwarfer, with the same semidouble 

 character apparent in the deep blue-purple flower-heads. 



Pelargonium Princess Alice :— from Mr. Toebron, Kensing- 

 ton. A lilac-flowered variety, said to be adapted for forcing. 



