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8 feet high, covered with flowers ; the scarce Enkianthus reticularis, 4 feet high, 

 and in fine health, so also is Ulicium religiosum ; Loddigesia oxalidifolia, is 2 

 feet high, and 3 feet through — a beautiful and perfect specimen ; two fine 

 Gompholobium polymorphiims, on shield trellises, very good, and coming into 

 bloom ; on similar trellises are good plants of Troparolum edule and tricolorum ; 

 Eleocarpus dentatus, and Pudolobuim trilobatum are in fine health; so is Scottia 

 dentata; Zichya villosa, on a shield trellis, 5 feet by 4. is really grand ; Gastro- 

 lobium spinosum, a rather scarce plant, proves to be a most valuable acquisition 

 to our greenhouse plants, and is here coming beautifully into bloom ; Oxy- 

 lobium Pultensea is also finely in flower, and, by its side, forming a beautiful 

 contrast with its violet-purple flowers, is Prostanthera violacea, 4 feet high by 3 

 feet across ; close by these stand splendid plants of Daviesia latifolia, Acacia 

 pulchella, and Indigofera australis, all in perfect beauty ; Dillwynia speciosa. 

 3 feet by 3, in flower, contrasting with Pimelea spectabilis, 4 feet high, and 4 

 feet through — a perfect specimen of superb cultivation : Boronia Fraseri, 4 feet 

 by 3, a good bushy plant, in rude health; the scarce and SDiffy Merbelia gran- 

 diflora promises to make a good specimen ; Chorozema Henchmanni betrays 

 skilful treatment, and will shortly be in bloom; so likewise does a plant of a 

 new Daviesia, with showy flowers; the scarce Dracophyllum gracile deserves 

 our especial commendation ; for, although scarce in collections, no garden 

 should be without it. The elegant Indigofera incana is also another subject of 

 much interest, and will shortly be a picture of great beauty. There is a neur 

 Gastrolobium, which promises well, and is growing away vigorously. There 

 are also the following very remarkable plants: — Acacia cultriformis, Coleonema 

 pulchrum, 3 by 5 feet; Gnidia piniiblia, 2^ by 3 feet, a lovely plant ; Kpacris 

 ceraefiora, with elegant white flowers, and in profuse bloom ; Diplolaena Dam- 

 pen ; Platylobium formosum; and Adenandra speciosa, all large and healthy- 

 specimens ; Veronica speciosa, an immense plant, 4 by 4 feet ; Pimelea decus- 

 sata, 4 by 3 feet, a superb bush; Xanthosia rotundif'olia, large, and in good 

 condition. We observed, among numerous other climbers, a superb plant of 

 Zichya coccinea, trained to stakes. Indeed, the principal of the climbers are 

 trained in this way ; Mr. Robertson preferring these, both for convenience and 

 appearance ; certainly nothing could well exceed the effect produced by this 

 plant. Polygala bracteolata, trained also to stakes, 4 feet high, with a corre- 

 sponding diameter. Here also was the graceful Acrophyllum venosum, a plant 

 of sterling interest, just throwing up numerous spikes of its feathery white 

 flowers, 2 feet high, and 2 feet 6 inches across. Pultenaea stricta, Selago Gilliesii, 

 and Oxylobium retusum, were all equally deserving of notice. The graceful 

 and sweet-scented Cylisos filipes, 10 feet high, with abundance of pendant 

 branches, covered with small white Pea blossoms, is an object of no mean 

 beauty. In immediate connection with this stood an enormous plant of Acacia 

 alata, 10 feet high, in profuse blossom. A. platyptera, 5 feet high ; A. pul- 

 chella, G feet high, and 5 feet in diameter ; and A. veiticillata, 9 feet high. 

 These are trees under glass far surpassing the usual inhabitants of greenhouses. 

 Leschunauliia biloba, 4 by 4 feet; L. formosa, 2 by 4 feet through, very fine. 

 Eriostemun buxifolium, of which there are two remarkable specimens, were 

 coming into blossom freely. Caclus House. — The kinds usually cultivated in 

 this house have little interest in the eye of the scientific botanist, being chiefly 

 those profuse blooming sorts remarkable for the gorgeousuess of the blossoms. 

 We noticed numerous large specimens of the following kinds : — speciosus, 

 speciosissimus, Ackermanii, A. major, Jenkinsonii, Lawrenceanus (seedling), 

 MalUsoni, splendens, &c. Heath Home. — This is a lean-to building, 40 feet by 

 16, containing all the rare kinds of this favourite genus ; several pits are also 

 stored full of them, as the house cannot contain above one-half of the collection. 

 The following are superbly in bloom : — Humeana, Beaumontiana, Templeana, 

 and the valuable pinea, scarcely ever seen in collections; three grand depressas, 

 and a matchless Cavendishii, loaded with bloom; Banksiana, splendens, two 

 tricolor elegans, two gemmitera, infundibuliformis, ampullacea vittata, Patter- 

 sonii, and a monstrous plant of ventricosa globosa ; a large intermedia, ampul- 

 lacea, vittata, superb, grandiflora, cerinthoides, elata, the charming Bland- 

 i'ordiana, and a huge inflata, 4 feet high, and 5 feet in diameter; radiata, 4 by 



