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striking contrast. Auricula Earl of Shaftesbury, 
а coarse o grey-e dged sort, with large open eye, and 
purple markings. 
Subs sequently, a special Certificate was awarded 
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to a pair of n . О. nævium 
апа О. Pacto sent by Mr. e gardener of 
J. Day, Esq ‘Tottenham, in ‘Taster to Mr. 
Bateman’s lect 
May 17,1864. The Rev. Josuva Dix in the chair. 
Several very interesting plants were shown on 
Сен occasion, and the following awards were 
DISSECTUM € —Mr. Varr Chelsea 
scm ERA.— LIAMS, Holloway. 
А very curious and ornamen and species of the 
hic 
the leaves grow, becomes disrupted, but not entirely 
=e off. The plant is very rare in the of 
n like the one éxhibitod. ise 
Certified 
rii нА JAPONICA LIMBATA.— Мг, Burr, Chelsea. 
This was one of M. Von Siebold's Ja panese 
plants, and was regarded : as one of the finest of 
the variegated Aue The leaves were 
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yellow-green-margin, which was 
come much yellower than in the qe 
shown. It was а а evergreen shru 
«75 hardy. It was shown under ће урону 
of А. d fol. fal. marginati lst Certificate. 
Corp —Messrs. J. & C. LER 
j Ham- 
meremith, his p Tin nt had bee n already eertifi- 
eated under the name of _erythroraci but it 
appears the colour of the midrib which gave rise to 
is name is not permanent. It was now sho 
for the first time in flower, and proves to be 
ornamental, having a large, erect, 
much-branched panicle set close down t 
, the numerous small white flowers having 
а very pleasing appearance. 1st Certificate 
Сехвтутлле sp.— Mr. Verron. A very promising 
greenhouse shrub from New South Wal It 
had remarkably neat small crowded decussate 
blunt-en leaves, and the flower head 
nodding on elegantly decurved branchlets, the 
bracts TI: —— me quite distinct in w^ ang 
Gir ань — Мг. Burr. One 
of the oi depen. t "the he Gleichenias, with small 
Pouched segments, It is most like сатра in 
character but of ia arger growth. le обие 
GENTEUM  ALDO-LINEA N 
; Вои, Ay "wy а legant — of Pa ampas grass, 
rte the leaves striped wi 
Lye an acquisition. 
Len. А robust- 
oble trusses of large finely- 
a dark reddish] lilac colour, ebd 
quite first- ri Чар ge hardy flowering shrubs. 
Б: = ме. — 
UM (zoNATE) CLrPPER.— Mr. Burr. 
А тит lined боне remarkable for its cireu- 
larity and E ——' of 
petals. It was of a rich ora 
the flowers in "moderate trusses, but very effective 
from their large size and the breadth of their 
parts. lst Certifi 
В OLEPIS OVATA.— ITCH. A valuable 
eve Japanese shrub, per ec dy, - 
ceedingly ornamental. The habit is rather robust, 
ches, white with rosy-coloured 
pud Собот 
Е ae vark 
eep chocolate purple of the other P 
leaf. It was thought ene a 
ge Rs 2nd Certificate 
PEDI вап. Mr. А very 
distinet- ct-looki ing rra уч Ti, but some- 
bere defieient of ian is now shown, a 
m be remedied as it becomes 
a singular creeping 
она and long linear recurved channelled leaves 
sheathin 
DrEFFENBACHIA BaRAQUINIANA.—Mr. Burr; al- 
since been superseded. Tt hr dane t likely vidi 
more developed to take firs mongst orna- 
mental-leaved stove plants. der "cent 
жы = НІА GRANDIS ULL; also Mr. 
Wir А Brazilian АН, re sembling 1 the - 
in habit, к having p stalks mottled with | 
and dark green. as alic: dup likely о 
лей a higher а. "ben more matured. 2nd 
tor e. 
omg ARIFOLIA.— The Socimry’s GARDEN. 
of Mr. Weirs plants, and was of 
habit, with ‘orate-acuminat ann 
dark green at the edge a 
the centre; it was rer "pet 2nd Goria, 
ORNITHOGALUM TH TER 
& Co., Holborn. This s exhibition, consisting of a 
рор of plants, each with its t thyrsoid 
of ve. фо white yellowish-eped flowers, rei 
bend é d deal o The plant 
deficient in gelo to fo еы ‘but was re unde us 
very useful for mixing with other plants in Which 
the foliage is more ная y e was tim 
9м to be especiall © dee 
tions. It had ben recently Miitótacod fed 
al Certificat 
. Africa. 
Some other plants were Moysi 
Fro ‚ WILLIAMS,— са Кэр lent ; deep 
