204 THE GRAND FLORAL EXHIBITIONS 



Rondeletia speciosa, a good plant; Euthales macrophylla; a thin Aphelexis 

 humilis ; Vinca rosea, a good plant, 2 feet by 2 ; and Folygala cordifolia. 



Extra Prize, Mr. Ayres, gardener to J. Cook, Esq., Brooklands, forlxora coc- 

 cinea, a very dwarf plant, with seventeen flower-heads ; a very large Pentas 

 carnea, with abundance of bloom ; Erica propendens, small and good ; Begonia 

 parvifolia, a dense mass of flowers and foliage; Polygala oppositifolia ; Azalea 

 variegata, small, densely grown ; Boronia serrulata, 3 feet ; Leschenanltia for- 

 mosa, a dwarf plant, flat at top; Pimelia spectabilis, a very good small plant; 

 and Erica tricolor. 



Extra Prize, Mr. Cockburn, gardener to the Earl of Mansfield, Kenwood. — 

 This collection comprised Kennedya macrophylla, on a flat trellis, 3 feet by 2 ; 

 Euthales macrophylla, bushy, 3 feet; Chorozema Henchmanni, on a two-feet 

 globe trellis; a large Genista bracteolata; Stephanotus floribundus, on three- 

 feet cylinder, with few flowers; Epiphyllum fulgidum, full of flower buds, but 

 nut out; Hydrangea japonica ; a dense bush of Cassia corymbosa; a very nice 

 Eriostemon buxifolium, forming a four-feet cone, with plenty of its starry blos- 

 soms ; and Zichya glabrata, 4 feet by 3, on a flat trellis. 



Besides the above, a collection was also shown by Mr. Kaye, gardener to B. 

 D. Colvin, Esq., Norwood. 



Specimen Plants. 



In nexo or old kinds ; but plants only of decided merit, as objects of 

 ornament, can be allowed to compete. 



Nurserymen and Private Groivers. 



1st Prize '21., Mr. Rae, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., Reading, for Aerides 

 odoratum ; a magnificent plant, with eighteen large spikes of flowers. 



2nd Prize, 1A, Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., Exeter, for a fine Cyrtoceras 

 reflexus, trained 3 feet high to a cylindricaltrellis, and having numerous bunches 

 of its singular yellowish flowers. 



3rd Prize, 10*., Mr. Pawley, Bromley, for Stephanotus floribundus, on a flat 

 trellis 6 feet high by 5 feet in diameter, and beautifully flowered. 



4th Prize, 10s., Messrs. Vcitch and Son, Exeter, for Erica Cavendishii ; a good 

 plant, 2 feet high and 9 feet in circumference at the base. 



Extra Prize, Messrs. Veitch, for Xanthosia rotundifolia, a large bush, 4 feet 

 by 3. 



Two extra Prizes, Mr. Bruce, for Pimelia spectabilis, 2 feet by 3, very full of 

 flowers ; and for Aphelexis humilis, a fine plant, 3 feet high by 2 feet broad. 



Extra Prize. Mr. Franklin, Hampstead, for a large plant of a Pelargonium, 

 named Frankliniana. 



Two extra Prizes to Mr. Barnes, for Aphelexis humilis, 2 feet by 2, very 

 good ; and for a young and vigorous plant of Leschenaultia formosa. 



Extra Prize, J. B. Crasswell, Esq., Exeter, for a large plant, 4 feet high, of 

 Pavetta caffra, pretty well flowered. 



Extra Prize, Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., for a large Erica intermedia. 



Other plants exhibited in this section were — from Mr. Barnet, gardener to 

 J. Buckle, Esq., York, a small Erica aristata major; from Mr. Beck, Isleworth, 

 Achimenes picta, with beautiful foliage, but not much in flower ; from Mr. Frank- 

 lin, a small Azalea ledil'olia; from Mr. Piper, gardener to A. Ward, Esq., IIol- 

 loway, Calceolaria, Lady Constable; from Mr. Pamplin, Walthamstow, a very 

 good Prostranthera violacea; from Messrs. Veitch and Son, Dracophyllum 

 secundum, 3 feet; from Messrs. Henderson, Erica Albertii superb, a variety 

 with small flame-coloured vestita-like flowers; from Messrs. Lucombe and Co., 

 a large Fabiana imbricata ; fiom Mr. Chalmers, gardener to E. Johnson, Esq., 

 Waltham, a very pretty Azalea Danielesia, with a circular flat sloping face, 3 feet 

 across; from Mr. Crisp, Ley ton, a very fine Aphalexis speciosa, 2 feet; from 

 Mr. Torrest, Kensington, three Statice macrophylla ; from Mr. Wells, Leyton, a 

 small Azalea lateritia ; from Mr. Dickenson, gardener, Noel House, Twicken- 

 ham, a plant of Miller's Petunia punctata; and from Mr. Don, a large scarlet 

 Pelargonium, named Smithii. 



