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several of its curious spotted and fringed pitchers ; the plant was supported by 

 an upright cylinder trellis, and was seven or eight feet high. The second prize, 

 for Jacaranda Clausoniana, was given to Messrs. Hendeison. Mr. Mylam ob- 

 tained the third prize for a well-cultivated plant of Nepenthes distillatoria. 

 And an extra prize was given to Messrs Veitch, for Phyllocladus asplenifolius. 



CLASS II. 



This comprises all collections exhibited in natural groups, except- 

 ing " Florists' flowers." The numerous and general elegance of the 

 varieties of Cape heaths, at all times present an eminent object to the 

 competitor in this class, and the assemblage of them on this oc- 

 casion was therefore, as usual, extensive and excellent. The collections 

 of Orchidaceous plants too were very good, although not numerous; 

 and amongst the Cacti were a number of curious species of Mam- 

 millaria, which attracted a good deal of notice. 



CLASS III. 



Conducts us to the most distinguished r portion of the show., the 

 " florists' flowers," and here we intend to transcribe our notes more 

 entire. Of the kinds grown in pots we will begin with the — 



Pelargoniums. 



By far the finest grown plants of which were exhibited by Messrs. 

 Lucombe,' Pince, and Co., of Exeter, and twenty-four such plants 

 together we unhesitatingly assert we never saw before. The mere 

 value of an award of the highest prize for these collections, could but 

 be inadequate enough ; the mere cost of bringing the plants about 

 200 miles to the show was, we understood, 1/. each; the object of 

 the spirited growers, however, was not a lucrative one, and they 

 received their reward by beating the London growers upon their own 

 ground, and that is indeed a point of ambition not readily to be 

 attained, but in this case very clearly done. The kinds were, 

 Othello, Fairy Queen, Admiral, Black Prince, Stella, Dido, Leonora, 

 Zanzummim, Stromboli, Cleopatra, Enchantress, and Meteor; each 

 of these plants were about three feet high by four feet in diameter, 

 and full of large heads of bloom. 



In the Amateurs' division for 12 plants, 



Mr. Staines, of Paddington, received the first prize ; the varieties were Superha, 

 Madeline, Duke of Cornwall, Hebe, Kowena, Enchantress, Sunbeam, Achilles, 

 Cedric, Fair Maid of Leyton, Grand Turk, and Duke of Wellington. 



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