174 THE METROPOLITAN FLORAL EXHIBITIONS. 



As Single Specimens of superior cultivation a considerable number of plants 

 were exhibited. Mr. Green sent a very large double red Azalea, at least 6 feet 

 in height, and nearly the same in diameter, a blaze of red blossoms. From 

 Messrs. Frazer was Boronia serrulata, displaying first-rate management, and 

 the same may be said of a noble Helichrysum humile, from Mr. Bruce, of 

 Tooting. A large Epacris grandirlora was produced from the nursery of Mr. 

 Pamplin ; a famous Pimelea spectabilis was sent by Mr. Clarke ; and a no less 

 remarkable plant of Crowea saligna, in the most robust health, from Mr. W. P. 

 Avres. To each of these plants prizes were awarded. 



New or Rare Plants. 

 These were neither numerous nor very remarkable. Prizes, how- 

 ever, were given to Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, for Eranthe- 

 mum variabile, a plant with silvery-veined leaves and lilac flowers ; 

 Rhodostemma gardenioides, with sweet scented, but rather dingy 

 looking flowers ; and Mussanda frondosa, a long lost, but recently 

 re-introduced plant, with yellow tubular blossoms, and singular large 

 white bracts. Mr. Robertson received a prize for Hydrolea spinosa, 

 a pretty little bush, with bright blue flowers. Mr. Cameron had a 

 prize for Anthericum caeruleum, a blue flowered, well-known plant. 

 Besides these were shown from Mr. Cameron, a new species of 

 Goodia, with yellow lotus-like flowers. From Mr. Dod, gardener to 

 Sir George Warrender, Bart., Dysophyllum stellatutn, with small 

 starry purple flowers. From Mr. E. Beck, was the little white flowered 

 Achimenes argyrostignia. From Mr. Harrison, nurseryman, Rich- 

 mond, was Chirita sinensis. And from Messrs. Fairbairn, of Clapham, 

 a Polygalia named Dalmaisiana. 



II. FLORISTS FLOWERS. 



PELARGONIUMS. 



In collections of 12 new and first-rate varieties. 



In the amateurs' class, Mr. Cock, of Cliiswick, was the only competitor, and 

 received the first-rate prize for the following varieties : — Duke of Cornwall, 

 Hector, Atalanta, Rosetta, Mustee, Emma, Milo, Sultana, Duchess of Leinster, 

 Eliza Sauvage, Orion, and Isabella. In the nurserymen's class, the first prize 

 was given to Mr. E. Beck, florist, Isleworth, for Hebe's Lip, Susanna, Master 

 Walter, Mustee, Isabel. Lurida, Hector, Resplendent, Rosy Circle, Desdemona, 

 Aurora, and Arabella. — The second prize was voted to Mr. Catleugh, of Chelsea, 

 for Milo, Magog, Emma, Orion, Free Briton, Duchess of Sutherland, Sultana, 

 Mary, Rosetta, Luna, Duke of Cornwall, and Rosetta superba ; and the third 

 prize was obtained by Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, whose flowers were Xarifa, Milo, 

 Nosegay, Athenian, Ai-kbar, Don Juan, Lady Smith, Amelia, Cossack, Prince 

 Alfred, Redworth, and Lady Caroline Douglas. 



In collections of 12 distinct varieties. 



Mr. Cock here aLo received a first prize, for Orion, Emma, Cicero, Eliza 

 Sauvage, Sarah, Queen Philippa. Sir R. Peel, Sultana, Erectum, Cyrus Superb, 



