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Victory, raised by Mr. € of кт! "a 
st singular SP ne 
dition to the nor joel eight pr 
o them, in which 4 
extern anthers with their 
ar were transfo aut into small petals 
tanding out grotesquely from the rest of the 
blossom. We must not omit to notice a collection 
of ue which were of surpassing beauty, and 
ably in a pei он of perfection which they 
dnd scarcely iog io grown without any pro 
ection, Seve eties of a sim 
dii uld be observed, are cedet in the Revue Horti- 
cole Belgig wo eut flowers from Mr. Thompson 
м SNI created some interest, both of th 
on 
to Compositæ, and both desirable annuals. 
гани, Torrey and Gray, В. subra- 
dii: with broader leaves than in eed specimens, 
differs ommon form in the outer Say 
having a TM f the same ра: а 
disk, while angustifolia, with mb- 
like heads of little bright yellow flowers, т odis 
a 
Mountains; the dnd affecting 
` sandy soils wher no rain falls onths. 
ОЁ Orchi he Adi ama "Déxdrobi um tat- 
toniense, which i appeared b а ore from imported 
bulbs, a ^ which will shortly b figured in the 
“Botan was in reas t beauty: 
though | va 80 8 triking as vegards size as many 
other species, the delicate — and си 
scent maki 
also a fine form of Cattle Мень, ‘and ав virt 
Cattleya granulosa and 
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С. crispa. А fine plant of Brassia evidently be- 
longed to that form of Brassia eaudata figured in 
mn “ Botanical Register.” 
t specimen of eam cies дин; mti ped 
t species introduced by Mr. Skinner from Guate- 
ngth of the em em stem 
ne collection of EN ih cinnamomea, 
with §, was very striking 
e healthy growt › spotless foli- 
fen though n not in flower. xia virginiea, а 
е plant be вате order, and toler 
to 
к hardy, was also у omg Itisa en ant no 
, the plants arcely surpassed 
^ ridet and ung; by them of: any of the earlier 
August 92. 
: Omitting the objects кчы of florieultural 
ain attraction was a splendid col- 
nterest, the m 
ilar strain, it | 
which was derived from a cross between C. inter- 
media and C. violacea. As an accurate account is 
T at Messrs. Veitch’s of every experiment, the 
parentage of each hybrid is known, which renders 
bes horticultural feats instructive in а botanical 
as f 
remarkable 
curious rough point S dh terminate the scale- 
like spots on the wat. This species is Зе: ы 
S. guttatu m, figured some time e in the * 
des Serres," and * Bot. Mag." t. 4465, and uk 
is conspicuous $ for its prettily spotted Жш апа 
seems quite distinct. Another plant marked 
seemed ier d 
triloba, or some due — allied specie 
Two ferns were much admired, both of which 
grow in Ascension Island, though they des 
wide P om egre range. Asplenium uiu i 
lifi beautifully figured in Sir W. =з 
of Pteris flabellata, Thunb. var. Ascensionis, will 
be found in ч s work of ес 
Amorphophallu 
A fine plant of Agalmyla which w 
first - for exhibition i in њат. mace bili 
different from the state of the species figured by 
Nein. Medinilla farinosa, a i sett - out a 
short time since from Ams teresting 
to the botanist from its mealy inei pers the pink 
ase 
А cut specimen of J aste o9 р. .C., in fai 
was attractive from its реси i y pretty tint А 
transparency. Аз ана name implies, the fruit is 
worthless. =a es of 25 n ұр 
much, that W Y gum, t with i 
tremely obtuse Teves could seal at first эне 
be supposed to be the same speci 
A curious G ad was sent he ety 
gardens, in whi e fruit was completely fused 
with the adjacent stem. Of a notice will : 
iven in the i specimen o: 
Lilium auratum municated by Mr, 
also was 
Parsons, in which there were nine divisions of the 
blossom, three of the stamens being ert into 
tember 19. ` 
Two plants only exhibited a 
quire any especial notice. 
Jonopsis aniculata, of whic ‚У 1 
а ера drawing for the ' ü raran Pre 
and which was very 
"ue of the under side of the ‘petals s, which alone 
hate down, it had a рес 
Mr. Shortt ‘from Fulham, under the nam 
aria attenuata. 
s "il fonds ere m the base and 
ted above, and . pteropus, 
which ipsus Б he only a farm "of L. attenuata, a 
hich vari size, specimens in 
зү: H ы Н Heer, ыа the Fiji. 
Islands, being only a few inches 
