160 the grand floral exhibitions 



Cape Heaths, 



In collections of 20 entirely distinct varieties. 



Private Growers. 



1st Prize, 10/., Mr. J. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, 

 Ealing Park. — The whole of the collection was remarkably fine large 

 bushy plants : we particularly noticed E. Cavendishii, loaded with its 

 beautiful yellow flowers ; Depressa, very fine ; Persoluta alba, 3 feet 

 in height and 2 feet in diameter ; Linneeana nova and mirabilis ; 

 Humeana, very pretty ; Ampullaceavittata, fine; Pinea ; Thunbergia; 

 Vestita alba ; "Westphalingia ; Propendens, very good ; Perspicua 

 nana, a neat plant ; and the following varieties of E. ventricosa, viz., 

 v. coccinea ; v. c. minor ; v. carnea ; and v. superba. 



2nd Prize, 41., Mr. May, gardener to E. Goodheart, Esq., Langley 

 Park. — These were likewise splendid specimens, and all profusely in 

 bloom. Humeana was 3 feet in height and 4 feet in diameter; Pro- 

 pendens, very large ; Aristata major, a wonderful plant, but thinly- 

 bloomed; Hartnelli, a splendid bush ; Fastigiata lutescens, in prime 

 order ; Mundula, covered with bloom ; Grandinosa, and Ventricosa 

 alba, fine ; with Odora rosea, Perspicua nana and elegans, in admirable 

 condition ; Hybrida, not quite in bloom ; Rubro-calyx ; Willmoreana ; 

 Mirabilis ; and a small, but pretty plant of Sprengelii. 



Nurserymen. 



1st Prize, 10/., Messrs. Fairbairn, Clapham. — A fine collection of 

 immense bushes. We observed Cavendishii in admirable health, 3 feet 

 in height and as much in diameter ; Intermedia, very fine ; Metuke- 

 flora, splendid ; with very remarkable plants of Ampullacea tricolor 

 and suaveolens ; also good plants of Ampullacea nana, Vestita coccinea, 

 Humeana, Dilecta, Vestita alba, and Ventricosa carnea, v. alba, and 

 v. coccinea minor. 



2nd Prize, 41. , Messrs. Rollison, Tooting.— Among them were 

 Mundula, very pretty; Dilecta, good ; Humeana; Nitida, with clear 

 white bells; Fulgida superba, a fine kind; Vestita blanda ; and 

 Beaumontiana ; with Propendens and Fragrans. 



3rd Prize, 1/. 15s., Mr. Pawley, Bromley. — Among them was a 

 fine Cavendishii ; Perspicua nana, very fine ; Prsegnans, Coccinea 

 minor, pretty ; Dilecta, neat ; with Halicacaba ; Nitida ; Hybrida, 

 very pretty ; and Vestita coccinea minor. 



