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rant flowers. It was hardly enough established to indicate what 

 merit it may possess as an ornamental greenhouse Orchid, when 

 grown in masses, and was to be shown again. 



Epacris transparens: — from Mr. Standish. A pale red 



variety, in the way of S, miniata, 



Hippeastrum Williamsii :— from Mr, Williams, Holloway. 

 A variety with large crimson flowers, stated to be a seedling from 

 Ackermanni. 



Alsophila sp.;~from Mr. Williams. A young plant of a 

 handsome tree Tern, with remarkably undulated foliage. It was 

 deferred for comparison with A, radens, 



Alsophila eleg'ans ; — from Mr, Bull. Under this name was 



shown a young plant of a fern said to have been obtained from the 

 Philippine Islands, having bipinnate fronds, and the parts much 

 larger than in most other species of this genus, in this respect 

 resembling the A, eoccelsa and A, elegans of Brazil. It was not 

 enough advanced for determination. 



Centaurea argentea :— from Messrs. Downie, Laird &Laing, 



Edinburgh and Sydenham. A pretty white-leaved bipinnatifid 

 herbaceous plant, 



Gentiana foliosa : — from Isaac Anderson Henry, Esq., 



Edinburgh, A pretty herbaceous plant from the Andes of 

 Pichincha, raised from seeds collected by Dr. Jameson; and 

 closely resembling G. rupicola. It had an erect stem about a 

 foot high, with acutely oblong-ovate leaves, and a few largish lilac 

 somewhat bell-shaped flowers. Dr. Jameson stated that it was a 

 truly Andine species, growing in the region of the Culcitia and 

 Fox-tailed Lupines, and not confined to Pichincha (where he had 

 gathered it at an elevation of 15,000 feet), but occurring on all the 

 high summits at the region of perpetual snow- 



Scrophularia nodosa, var. purpurascens : — from Mr. Salter, 

 Hammersmith. The whole plant was blanched and suffused with 

 a dull purplish stain, and had a curious appearance. 



The following plants were sent for examination from the 

 Society's Garden : 



Physurus fimbrillaris : — a dwarf stove Orchid, with the acu- 



minately ovate leaves beautifully veined with silver on a green 

 ground-colour- The markings consisted of six or seven longitu- 

 dinal lines on each side the midrib, connected by numerous trans- 

 verse ones. It was considered to be the best among the dwarf 



fiilvftr-vflrifiOfltpfl Orpbids. and wna fiwavded a First-Class CertI- 



