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numerous, but displayed very fine condition. The plant of Caven- 

 dishii, shown by Messrs. Fairbairn, was a splendid specimen and 

 deserving of particular mention. 



The Orchidaceous plants were likewise generally very good. The 

 season for greenhouse Azaleas being nearly past, but two collections 

 were produced. 



The Cactaceous plants, from their gorgeous appearance, always 

 have great effect at Floral exhibitions ; only two collections, however, 

 were here shown, but these were very good. 



Cactaceous Plants. 



In collections of 6 species or varieties of the tall growing 

 kinds, including Epiphyllum, Cereus, 8fe. 



Nurserymen and Private Growers. 



1st Prize, 5/., Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart. This collection 

 consisted of a splendid plant of Epiphyllum speciosum ; large plants, 5 or 6 feet 

 high, of Epiphyllum Ackermannii and Cereus speciosissiinus, both well flowered ; 

 Epiphyllum coccineum multiflora, and E. coccineum coeruleum, each about 3 feet 

 high, and a perfect mass of bloom; there was also another plant, of some 

 unnamed Epiphyllum, rather smaller, but equally well bloomed. 



2nd Prize, 3/., Mr. Bruce, for smaller plants, but scarcely less beautiful, of 

 Epiphyllum Jenkinsonii, E. Ackermannii major, E. speciosum, E. speciosum 

 grandiflorum, the latter with deeper pink flowers than the old kind, and having 

 a tinge of scarlet in the colouring; Cereus speciosissimus, and a standard plant 

 of C. flagelliformis, with a crown of deep pink blossoms. 



Fricaceous Plants. 

 In collections of lb species or distinct varieties. 



Private Growers only. 



1st Prize, 8/., Mr. May, gardener to E. Goodhart, Esq., for Erica perspicua 

 nana, 2 feet by 2, good; E. denticulata moschata, a large mass of flower; 

 E. mundula, 2 feet, very densely branched and flowered ; an excellent E. pro- 

 pendens, a yard each way ; a large E. Thunbergia, 4 feet ; E. Beaumontiana 

 a very dense bush of E. ^randinosa ; E. ventricosa superba, well furnished, but 

 the flowers hardly out ; E. mirabilis; a dense bush of E. Humeana, 3 feet by 3 ; 

 E. ventricosa alba, very fine ; E. odorata, rather thin, but well bloomed ; E. hy- 

 brida, large ; a very large E. vestita alba ; and E. Westphalingia. 



2nd Prize, 5/., Mr. Barnes, for Erica elegans, dwarf, very good ; E. favoides 

 elegans; an excellent K. mundula, 2 feet across; E. ventricosa coccinea minor, 

 very finely bloomed: E. ventricosa superba, and E. ventricosa crusiflora, good 

 plants; E. densa, not out; a bad E. propendens; E. gemmifera, very fine; E. 

 Westphalingia, old ; a small nicely-flowered E. Sprengelii ; E. fastigiata lute- 

 scens; E. Iiumeana, a dense mass, 1^ foot through; E. Templeana, thin but 

 neat ; and E. daphna?flora, 2 feet by 2. 



3rd Prize, 3/., Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Costar, Esq., Streatham, for a col- 

 lection of very neat and mostly small plants of E. ventricosa superba, E. ventri- 

 cosa carnea, E. ventricosa coccinea, and E. ventricosa coccinea nana, E. d e pres<.a, 

 E. gemmifera ; E. splendens, thin; E. campanulata, E. Cavendishii, E . ovata, 

 E. Humeana, E. Bergiana, E. nigrita, E. vestita alba, and a larger old p lant of 

 E. Bowieana. 



