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In collections of 12. 



Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., was first. This group con- 

 sisted of Azaleas exquisita, a very distinct variety, with delicate pink blossoms 

 edged with white; Jenkinsoni, hlac; speciosissima, very fine; eximia, bright 

 red; a fine plant of variegata ; the yellow-flowered sinensis; Smith's cocciriea, 

 six feet in height, and a mass of blossom ; triumphans ; a fine plant of lateritia, 

 thickly clad with blossoms at the top ; a rather thin plant of alba multiflora • 

 Georgiana, lilac ; and Conqueror, rosy pink. Mr. Falconer, gardener to 

 A. Palmer, Esq., of Cheam, had the second prize ; we saw fine plants of Raw- 

 soni, Palmeriana, lateritia variegati, a large Gledstanesii ; Theresa, small bright 

 rose ; Aguesii, fine crimson ; Emmeline, and a tall plant of Danie'.siana. A 

 third prize was given to Mr. Robertson, who had fine specimens of coronata 

 splendens ; optima, a bright red variety; Rawsoni, bluish purple; variegata 

 rosea superba ; speciosissima, very fine rosy pink ; and a good Gledstanesii. • 



In collections of 6. 



Mr. Barnes had the first prize with splendens, two feet in height and four feet 

 in width; a fine plant of Smith's coccinea ; a capital lateritia; sinensis; spe- 

 ciosissima, and purpurea superba. 



Cape Heaths. 

 The collections of these were numerous and fine, but there was a 

 want of diversity among them, the various groups containing nearly 

 the same species. 



In collections of 20. 



The first prize to amateur growers was awarded Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss 

 Trail; we remarked a pretty odore ros;e ; the little pink-blossomed ovata ; the 

 lilac-flowered suaveolens ; Sprengelii, a variety something in the way of Hart- 

 nelli ; a large plant of one of the numerous varieties of ampullacea; a beautiful 

 little depressa; Hartnelli, four feet in height and about the same in diameter • 

 and an equally lar^e specimen of gemmifera. In the same group was also a 

 pretty little plant of elegans ; Westphalingia, ornamented with numerous bright 

 rosy tubes, and a lovely little aristata major. Amongst nurserymen, Messrs. 

 ra ; rbaim, of Clapham, obtained the first prize; we remarked dilecta, a sort 

 something in the way of nutndula; the pretty little yellow-blossomed denticu- 

 lata moschata ; the beautiful vestita rosea ; Wilsoni, a good and scarce variety ■ 

 the bright rosy-blossomed metulaeflora and Beaumontia, the latter densely 

 covered with small lilac bell-shaped flowers. 



In collections of 12. 



Mr. May, of Bromley, obtained the first prize in the amateurs' class, and 

 Messrs. Frazer, of Lea-bridge, in the nurserymen's. In both these collections 

 were some remarkably good plants. Mr. May showed Hibbi-itiana, in fine con- 

 dition ; the larger variety of aristata major ; the pretty white-flowered mirabilis ; 

 fastigiata bractescens, in capital order, and a pretty depressa. Messrs. Fraser 

 had fine plants of inumlula, intermedia, and Hartnelli. Collections of six 

 species were numerous, and several fine plants were shown as single specimens. 



Cacti. 



Collections of these, in fine condition, were sent by Mr. Green and by Mr. 

 Robertson. Mr. Green had the first prize ; his plants were Kpiphyilum spe- 

 ciosum, the larger and smaller varieties of E. Ackermanni, E. Russellianum, a 

 gracefully drooping variety with small purple flowers ; the larger E. speciosum, 

 E. Jenkinsoni, and a splendid Cereus speciosissimus. The most remarkable 

 plants in Mr. Robertson's collection were Cereus speciosissimus, Epiphyllum 

 Lawrenccanum, K. Ackermanni, and two of E. splendens. 



