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an elegant specie^ yrliich has never become common, nor been ex- 

 hibited before the Committee, a Fissx- Class Certificate was 

 ^warded to it. 



Pentstemon Mrs. Steans :— from Messrs. Downie, Latrd, 



& Latng, Sydenham utid Edinburgh. A very handsome and 

 lively-looking variety, with deep bright rose-coloured flowers, 

 remarkable for tlieir substance and their fine shape, the tube 

 being evenly swollen, and the limb segments spreading, the 

 .throat white and moderately striped. It was considered to be 

 tlie brightest and best of its class, and received a First-Class 



pERTlFIOATE. 



*' Selaginella/' sp. India:— from Messrs, Veitch & Son. 



Under this name Messrs. Veitch showed a very pretty-looking 

 weeping plant, with the habit of a Selar/ineUa, but which was 

 apparently some kind of Moss. It had light green narrow 

 recurved foliage, spreading equally on all sides of the stem, which 

 was repeatedly branched at right angles, and rooted along the 

 under side. Jt was awarded a Second-Class Certificate. No 

 -fructification was evident. 



Eugenia hybrida :— from Messrs. Veitch & Son, This plant, 

 which was raised by Isaac Anderson Henry, Esq., and was a cross 

 jbetween Eugenia Ugni and Myrtas americanaj was awarded a 

 ^Second-Class Certificate, as an improved form of this hardy 

 Eugenia, viewed as a fruit-benring plant, and also as an elegant 

 hardy evergreen shrub. The hybrid was rather move vigorous in 

 ijabit than E. Ugni, and had myrtle-like foliage, while the abundant 

 fruits were larger, of a dull red, rough on the surface, and having 

 a juicy and richly aromatic flesh. The fine aroma of this fruit is 

 suggestive that it miglit be used as a flavouring agent. 



Anoectocliilus Schselleri : — from Mr, Bull. A dwarf orchid 



from Costa Rica. The foliage was exactly lance-shnped, acute, 

 stalked, the surface of an olive green, marked with two broadish 

 silvery stripes. It received a Second Class Certificate. 



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Pentstemon compactns ; — from Mr.WEMvss, Springwood Pai-k, 



Kelso. A free-blooming and very dwarf-habited variety, tlie 

 plant shown, which had b£:en lifted from the open ground, being 

 not more than 16 inches hish. The flowers were short-tubed 

 and open-mouthed, of a very deep crimson. The colour and 

 habit were thought to be such as to adapt it for bedding uses ; 

 and on this account it was awarded a Second Class Certificate. 



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