544 EEPOKTS OF THE FLOBAL COMMITTEE, 



From M. Jean Vkrschaffelt, Ghent : 



Jlcbedinmm macrofhylhm y a coarse-looking unornamental plant, as 

 shown, "wMch had been introduced from Mexico during the present 

 year. 



Class xxv» — New oh^IJme Hardy Obnamental Plants. 

 Lonicera reticulata: - — from Mr. Standish, Bagsliot and 



Ascot. A beautiful Japanese climber, having the ovate leaves of 

 a lively green, netted with golden yellow. It received a Silver 



Knightian Medal. 



Acer polyjnorphum rubro-variegatum : — from Mr. Stanmsh. 



A very elegant Japanese Maple, of which the leaves were palmate, 

 with broadish lance-shaped serrated segments, green, prettily 

 variegated with bronzy- red. It was awarded a Silver Kkightian 



Medal. 



Acer sp. : — from Mr. Standisii. A Japanese plant, apparently 

 a broad-leaved form of the foregoing, having the leaves purple 

 variegated with rosy red. Awarded a Silver Banksian Medal. 



Acer sp.: — from Mr. Standish. A very elegant Japanese 

 tree, with the leaves bipinnatifidly dissected into narrow segments, 

 and variegated with several shades of pink- It received a Silyek 

 Baxksian Medal. 



Quercus sp.: — from Messrs. Veitch & Son, and Mr. Standish. 



A Japanese Oak, the leaves of which were pubescent, and irregu- 

 lai'ly pinnatifid. It was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal. 



Giuercus sempervirens:— from Messrs. Veitch & Son. An 

 Oak from Yeddo, with smooth, ovate, wavy, clean-looking foliage. 

 Awarded a Bronze Medal. 



Acer sp, ; — from Messrs. Veitch & Son. A Japanese tree 

 of elegant habit, with green dissected leaves, and evidently the 

 green-leaved form of the dissected Maple above noticed, in which 

 the leaves were variegated. It received a Bronze Medal. 



Salisburia adiantifolia, fol. variegatis :— from Mr. Standish. 



A variety in which the leaves were rather freely striped with 

 white* It was thought worthy a Bronze Medal. ' 



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The remaining exhibitions in this class were numerous, 

 namely ; 



From Mr. Standish : 



A large^ miscellaneous group of Japanese trees and shrubs, consisting 

 chiefly of the plants exhibited on former occasions, and including 

 Kuch as Sciadojpif7/3 vertidllata, Eelijwspora ohiusa, and 7?. pislfera, 

 the several forms of Osymnthm ilicifoUus, Thujopsts dolahrataj dola- 

 hrata variegata^ and Standhhiij along -with many others. 



