26 THE METROPOLITAN FLORAL EXHIBITIONS. 



ARTICLE II. 



THE METROPOLITAN FLORAL EXHIBITIONS. 



Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park, July 2, 1845. 



This was the last exhibition of the Societ)' for the season, and, we 

 must briefly remark, it was an exceedingly good one, deficiency of 

 space necessitates a very abstracted copy from our notes, and that 

 only of the most useful portion, therefore these remarks will, gene- 

 rally speaking, convey but an inadequate conception of the brilliancy 

 of the exhibition. 



In Class I. we shall confine our notice to the 



New or Rare Plants 

 In bloom. 



The first prize amongst which was awarded to Messrs. Henderson, Nursery- 

 men, Edgeware Road, lor a well managed plant of Clerodendron paniculatum ; 

 having a spike of bloom about two feet and a half long. The magnificent foliage 

 and distinct bright orange blossoms, certainly render this kind one of the finest 

 in the genera. The secoud prize was given to Mr- Green, gardener to Sir E. 

 Antrobus, Bart., Cheam, fir Tremandria Hugellii (Tetratheca hirsuta), a neat 

 greenhouse shrubby plant, from the Swan River Colony, and of which we pub- 

 lished a representation in our Number for October last. The third prize was 

 obtained by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, with Hoya trinervis, a species inferior 

 to that old favourite II. carnosa. Extra prizes were awarded to Messrs. Veitch 

 for Pterodiscus speciosus, a figure and notice of which plant we gave in Vol. 

 XII., No. 14i ; to Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Trail, for a species of Gesneria 

 from Mexico, a plant of tall upright growth, and having woolly yellow coloured 

 flowers. To Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Costar, Esq., Streathain, for Choeuos- 

 toma polyautha, a very pretty plant, well adapted for bedding out, and of which 

 a figure accompanied our Number in October last. To Messrs. Henderson for 

 a fancy variety of Pelargonium, named Anias. This plant was perhaps more 

 attractive than any other at the exhibition. Its habit is dwarf and remarkably 

 compact, resembling that of the variety named " Queen Victoria," and to 

 which it is quite equal in profusion of bloom ; the flowers are, however, much more 

 ornamental, being of a delicate blush white in the interior, surrounded with a 

 broad and almost unbroken ring of beautiful rosy-purple, which is again sur- 

 rounded on the margin of the petals with a belt of white. The plant altogether 

 presents the appearance of a very lovely nosegay, and is sure to merit the ap- 

 probation of all who grow it. We are not aware with whom it originated, but 

 believe plants will be offered for sale in the spring ensuing. Messrs. Henderson 

 also received another extra prize for Oxybaphus longittorus, a nyctagiuaceous 

 shrub, with white flowers. An extra prize was also given to Mr. Barnes, gar- 

 dener to G. W. Norman, Esq., Bromley, for Blandfordia nobilis. 



In addition to these, and to which no awards was made, we 

 noticed from Messrs. Henderson, Gloxinia cartonia, a new species of 

 Angelonia, and a well grown plant of Scutellaria splendens, having 

 several spikes of its bright scarlet flowers. 



Not in bloom, but remarkable for beauty in foliage or growth. 



The first prize in this section was given to Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. Rucker, 

 Esq., Wandsworth, for an extraordinary plant of Nepenthes ampullacea, with 



