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and a third prize was given to Mr. Verdon, gardener to Earl Corn- 

 wallis, Linton Park, for Cattleya labiala. Several other prizes were 

 also awarded. 



New or Rare Plants. 



In this class there was nothing very striking ; of those which were 

 in bloom, and deemed by the judges deserving an award, was a ruta- 

 ceous plant exhibited by Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, named Ery- 

 throchiton Braziliense, having large white flowers, half enveloped 

 within a brown calyx. Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, received a prize 

 for Theophrasta Jussisei, a plant brought from Spain some years ago, 

 but probably not very generally known. Messrs. Lucombe and Co. 

 also received a prize for a species of Gompholobium, with light 

 crimson red flowers, in the way of G. Youngii. There were also ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Dods, gardener to Sir G. Warrenden, Clifden, 

 Lyperia pinnatifida (figured in our present number), and Franciscea 

 acuminata (Pohliana) by Mr. Wood, of Poole, a species of Orchi- 

 dacese, in the way of Cyrtochilum filipes; by Mr. Henchman, of 

 Edmonton, Kennedia glabrata minor ; and by Mr. Barnes, Chorizema 

 ericoides, and Gompholobium Hugellii ; the latter plant was also 

 shown by Messrs. Lucombe and Co. Of new or rare plants not in 

 bloom, but remarkable for the beauty of their foliage, Mr. Robertson, 

 gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, obtained a prize with Pavetta Borbonica, 

 a noble looking plant, with beautifully spotted leaves, having deep 

 red midribs. Messrs. Lucombe and Co. received the next prize with 

 Sarracenia Drummondi. These gentlemen also sent the curious little 

 Cephalotus follicularis ; and Mr. E. Beck, florist, Isleworth, showed 

 Ancetochilus setaceus. 



II. FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



Pelargoniums. 



In collections of 12 neiv varieties. — In this class, amongst private growers, Mr. 

 Cock, of Chiswick, and Mr. Staines, of Paddington, were the only competitors. 

 Tlie former was awarded the first prize for some splendid specimens of Erectum, 

 Emina. Hector, Mustee, Marc Antony, Milo, Rosy Circle, Rosetta, Sir Robert 

 Peel, Sultana, Shield of Achilles, and Cora. Mr. Staines had the second prize 

 with Adonis, Ackbar, Aurora, Duke of Wellington, Duke of Cornwall, Erectum, 

 Marchione3« of Lothiau, Nestor, Sir Robert Peel, Sunbeam. Sylph, and Rosalie. 

 In the nurserymen's class, the fiist award was given to Mr. E. Keck for Aurora, 

 Arabella, Bellona, Desdeinona, 1'avounte, Hebe's lip, Hindoo, Isabella, Mustee, 

 Resplendent, Rosy Circle, and Zetiobia. Mr. Catleugh was second with Duke 

 of Sutherland, 1'iee Union, Grand Monarch, Hebe, Luna, Madeline, Milo, 

 Magog, Mary, Orion, Rosetta, and Symmetry. Mr. Gaines showed some very 



