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Clapton, a rosy-pink flowered Stylidium, apparently S. scandens. — From Mr. 

 Cuthill, of Camberwell, were cut bunches, and a plant of his Prince of Denmark 

 scarlet Clove Carnation, a brilliant coloured, very fragrant, hardy, border variety, 

 together with bunches of other Picotees and Carnatiuns of less moment. — Very 

 fine boxes of the best sorts of Picotees and Carnations, for which a certificate was 

 awarded, also came from Mr. Norman, of Woolwich. — Messrs. Veitch and Son, 

 of Exeter, sent a small Hydrangea, from Java, said to be Otaksa, but which, if 

 not identical with japonica, did not essentially differ from that species. Of 

 plants from the Society's Garden, were Epidendrum alatum ; the well-known 

 Oncidium Wentworthianum ; the lovely new Achimenes patens, recently received 

 from Mr. Hartweg; also A. grandifiora, from which the former differs in many 

 respects, but especially in the flowers being of a much deeper colour, and in the 

 leaves being smaller and smooth ; two species of Gloxinia ; the useful blue- 

 flowered Plumbago capensis ; Chironia floribunda and frutescens ; Sinningia 

 guttata; and cut specimens of Buddlea Lindleyana, one of Mr. Fortune's first 

 importations from China, which, if not altogether hardy, has been proved to be 

 at least as hardy as a Fuchsia. 



London Horticultural Society, August 4. — In consequence of the'glass 

 lantern of the meeting room having been destroyed by the hail-storm of Saturday 

 no meeting took place, as was duly advertised in the daily papers ; nevertheless 

 several things well deserving of notice, having been sent from the country, we 

 give the following account of some of the most remarkable among them. From 

 Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, was a cut specimen of a new Leschenaultia, 

 which has been named L. splendens; but which is, perhaps, L. laricina. From 

 the same nursery was also Pleroma eleguns, a very fine deep purple-flowered 

 greenhouse shrub, with shining evergreen leaves, it had been found on the Organ 

 Mountains, at an elevation of 6000 feet. The flowers continue open for several 

 clays. 





Carnations and Picotees. — As some of our readers may be desirous, at the 

 approaching season of taking off layers, to add to their collections some first- 

 rate kinds, we insert the list of those shown at the exhibition at the Chiswick 

 Gardens on July 11, and which comprise a superb variety of these beautiful 

 flowers ; 4 trays of Carnations, containing '24 blooms each, contributed by 

 Messrs. Turner, Norman, Ward, and Dickson, were perhaps never seen in greater 

 perfection. The Picotees also, which are annually improving, received with the 

 Carnations their meed of admiration from the visitors. For Carnations in pans 

 of 24 distinct varieties, in the Amateurs' Class, a certificate was awarded to Mr. 

 Ellis, of Woolwich. In the Nurserymen's Class, the large Silver Medal was 

 awarded — 1st, to Mr. Turner, of Chalvey ; 2nd, to Messrs. Norman, of Wool- 

 wich. The collection from the former contained Mansley's Shakespeare, Keller's 

 Prince Albert, Huftoii's Miss Thornton, Young's X. X., Addenbrook's LyJia, 

 Sealey's Princess Royal, Brooks's Flora's Garland, Hepworth's True Briton, 

 Seedling, Puxley's Princess Royal, Barnard's Duke of Roxburgh, Elliot's 

 Rainbow, Hale's Prince Albert, Hale's Lady of the Lake, Ely's Lord Poll iugton, 

 Mansley's Beauty of Woodhouse, Tomlyne's Briseis, Mansley's Bonny Bess, 

 Ely's Duke of Bedford, Hufton's Rosea, Hogg's Epaminondas, Fletcher's Lord 

 Anson, Puxley's Prince Albert, Brown's Duke of Gloucester. Messrs. Norman's 

 stand showed Tomlyne's Rainbow and Briseis, Willmer's Telemachus, Con- 

 quering Hero, and Duchess of Kent, Ely's John Wright, Lord Pollington, Duke 

 of Bedford, Lord Milton, and King of Scarlets, Puxley's Princess Royal, Sharp's 

 Defiance, Pollard's First-rate, Raiuford's Game Boy, Jaques' Georgiana, 

 Mansley's Beauty of Woodhouse, Pearson's Lady Loudon, Sealey's Princess 

 Royal, Malpas' Mary Anne, Barnard's Duke of Roxburgh, Elliot's Duke of 

 Sutherland, Brabin's Squire Meynell, Hale's Prince Albert, Mansley's Robert 

 Burns. Silver Knightian : 1st, Mr. Ward, for Wilson's William IV., Fulbrook's 

 Grenadier, Hufton's Rosa, Ely's Duke of Bedford, Lady Ely, Lord Milton, 

 Regulator, and Prince of Nassau ; Smith's Mrs. Betts, Brooks's Flora's Garland, 

 Willmer's Conquering Hero, Cartwright's Rainbow, Ward's Lady Sarah Payne, 



