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than before, they still showed it to be a variety of first-class 

 character. It was thought to be in every way deserving of 

 general cultivation, but being an old variety no award was made. 



very much inferior to it, and cannot be satisfactorily identified 

 with any known kind, it has been stated that Mr. Cant intends 

 to redistribute it under the foreign name of L'Enfant Trouve.] 



Heliotropium odoratissimum : — from Mr. Bkagg. A very 

 sweet-scented lilac-flowered variety, bearing large clusters of 



Azalia Duncani :— from Mr. W. Bull. A young plant of a 

 slender narrow-leaved species, resembling a miniature A. crassi- 

 folia, and like it having dark-coloured leaves. It is a stove 

 shrub, from the Mauritius. 



Lourea vespertilionis : — from Mr. W. Bull. The old Hedy- 

 sanum vespertilionis, sometimes known as the " Windmill Plant," 

 from its peculiar-shaped leaves, which stand up like the sails of 

 a windmill, and shift their position under the influence of strong 



Gesnera pyramidalis :— from Mr. W. Bull. A handsome 

 dwarf and free-flowering variety, resembling G. gloxinimflora, and, 

 like it, producing broad reddish rugose leaves, and large rosy- 

 carmine flowers. 



Brasavola Digbyana :— from Messrs. Jacksok & Son, King- 

 ston. A curious fringed-flowered greenish-white orchid, imported 

 from Honduras, and occasionally seen in cultivation. 



Erica Aitoni rubella :— from Messrs. Jackson. A variety of 

 slender habit, with distant foliage, and long slender-tubed pale 

 pinkish flowers. It was stated to be a hybrid between E. Aitoni 

 and E. Massoni major, but bore no indication of relationship to 

 the latter. 



Hybrid Dianthus :— from Mr. Winchester, Eoyal Gardens, 

 Osborne. A handsome form of hardy Dianthus, stated by Mr, 

 Winchester to be a first-class bedding-plant, and a continuous 

 bloomer. Three plants were exhibited, and these had unfortu- 

 nately been much damaged in their transit. It was stated that 

 they had been blooming since March, out of doors. The young 

 plants, it was also stated, had been wintered in a cold pit, and 

 were often frozen for days together, so that it is perfectly hardy. 

 The plants were from a foot to a foot and a half high, with broad 

 almost lance-shaped leaves, of a very dark colour, and the flowers 

 of a very rich glowing crimson. On a former occasion, when cut- 



