of the metropolis. 203 



New or Rare Plants. 



In bloom. No plant tvill be considered as new which has previously 

 been exhibited at the Society's exhibition. 



1st Prize, 11., Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., for Dipladenia crassinoda, of 

 which lovely plant we gave a figure and description last month. 



2nd Prize (first), \l., Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., for Vesaiia floribunda, 

 of which also we gave a figure last month, and a description in page 146. ' 



2nd Prize (second), 1/., Messrs. Veitch and Sou, lor Fuchsia serr.itil'olia; 

 figured and described in our present number. 



3rd Prize (first), 10s., Messrs. Veitch and Sou, for Vesaiia floribunda. 



3rd Prize (second), 10s., Messrs. Veitch and Son, for Siphoeampylus coccineus ; 

 see our third plate of last month, and description in page 146. 



3rd Prize (third), 10s., Mr. Jack, gardener to R. G. Lorraine, Esq., Car^hal- 

 ton, for Dipladenia crassinoda. 



Extra Prize, Mr. Barnes, for Luxembergia ciliosa, 2 feet high. 



Extra Prize, Mr. Plant, for Petasostylis (Lisianthus) nigrescens, with small 

 very dark maroon flowers, and of graceful habit. 



In addition to the above, Messrs. Lucombe and Co. showed Burtonia bru- 

 nioides, a plant with woolly linear leaves, and heads of yellow lotus-like flowers. 

 From Mr. Henchman, of Edmonton, was Gastrolobium spinosum, a shrubby 

 plant of rather straggling habit; the flowers are produced in heads of about IS, 

 and of a yellow and deep red colour. 



From Mr. Beck was Achimenes multiflora ; and from J. Allmitt, Esq., Clap- 

 ham, was a small plant of a crimson semi-double Azalea, named Grandiflora. 



Not in bloom, but remarkable for the beauty of their foliage or habit 



of growth. 



1st Prize, 11., Messrs. Lucomb and Co.. for Drimys Winterii, a fine hardy 

 greenhouse plant, from Straits Magalhaens, the foliage of a rich green colouv, 

 and as large as Magnolia grandiflora. 



2nd Prize, 1/., Mr. Stowe, for a large bush. 3 or 4 feet high, by as much in 

 diameter, of that fine shrub Veronica speciosa. 



No other prize awarded. 



There were in addition, from Messrs. Veitch, a small plant of Ana^ctochilus 

 setaceus, so remarkable for the beauty of its foliage, having brownish green 

 velvetty leaves, closely netted over with golden and copper-coloured veins; from 

 Mr. Bunney, Stratford, was a tall plant of Phyllocladus trichomanoides ; and 

 from Mr. Henchman were small plants of Brachysema villosa, Bossiae Hookerii, 

 Gastrolobium nova species, and Oxylobium nova species. 



Alpine Plants. 



In collections of 24 rare species. 



Nurserymen and Private Growers. 



1st Prize, 1/. 10s., Mr. Wood, nurseryman, Norwood. This was a very neat col- 

 lection of plants; amongst them we observed Linariapilosa, L. Hepaticifolia, and 

 L. pyrenaica; Anthyllis montana, Stachys Corsica, Galium Gra;cum, Alyssuni 

 minimum, and Saxifraga Aizoon, with several others. 



No other competitor.^ 



CLASS II. 



Natural Groups. 



The exhibitions in this class are chiefly intended to display the 



effect of natural classification, by representing the habits and affinities 



of natural orders or of genera. The Cape Heaths were not only 



