OF THE METROPOLIS. 20*7 



In collections of 12 distinct species or varieties. 

 Nurserymen only. 



1st Prize, 4/., Messrs. Fairbairn, Clapham. This collection contained a 

 splendid E. Cavendishii, a yard high, and as much through at the base ; E. 

 ventiicosa alba, E. ventricosa carnea, and E. ventricosa coccinea minor, beauti- 

 fully flowered plants ; E. Westphalingia, 2\ feet through ; E. tricolor, 1£ foot 

 by 2 feet across, good ; E. tricolor nova, and E. tricolor elegans ; E vestita coc- 

 cinea, a very fine plant, 2 feet by 3 feet in diameter ; E. Humeana, E. jasmi- 

 noides, and E. odora rosea. 



2nd Prize, 31., Mr. Fraser, Lea Bridge, who had a good E. Thunbergia, 

 2 feet by 2 ; E. Bergiana, about the same size ; E. ventricosa coccinea minor, 

 1^ foot through, and about 1 foot high; E. intermedia; E. campanulata, 2 feet 

 high and a yard through ; E. suaveolens ; E. ventricosa stellata ; E. Beaumont- 

 iana, 9 inches high, densely covered with flowers ; E. mirabilis, E. mundula, and 

 E. perspicua nana, each about 18 inches through, and quite dwarf; and E. pro- 

 pendens, a moderate-sized but magnificently-bloomed plant. 



No other competitor. 



In collections of 8 species or very distinct varieties. 



Private Groivers only. 



1st Prize, 4/., Mr. Hunt, for E. Sprengelii, 2 feet by 2 ; E. tricolor, rather 

 shorter and as much through; and a variety of E. tricolor ; E. suaveolens, 3 feet; 

 E. perspicua nana, 1^ foot by 2 ; E. ventricosa tricolor, and E. Westphalingia, 

 each 3 feet by 2 ; and a good E. odorata. These plants were generally free- 

 grown thin plants, but well flowered. 



2nd Prize, 21. 10*., Mr. Green, consisting of E. intermedia; E. gelida, and E. 

 suaveolens, large old plants ; E. Beaumontiana; E. Cavendishii, not out; a good 

 E. ventricosa coccinea nana, 1 foot by 2; E. jasmmiflura, well flowered; and 

 a very good E. perspicua nana. 



No other competitors. 



lit collections of 6 species, or very disti?ict varieties, grown in 

 No. 24 or \Q-sized pots. 



Private Growers only. 



1st Prize, 21., Mr. Bruce, for E. Cavendishii, 2 feet by 2; E. Bergiana, a 

 beautiful little plant with drooping branches, 1 J foot high ; E. piopendens, 

 2 feet by 2, good; E. ventricosa coccinea minor, very dwarf; E. intermedia ; 

 and E. perspicua nana, very dwarf, and covered with flowers. These were -all 

 \ery pretty plants. 



2nd Prize, 1/., Mr. Roser, gardener to J. Norris, Esq., Streatham. These were 

 particularly dwarf compact plants of E. Westphalingia, E. ventricosa coccinea 

 minor, E. ventricosa coccinea nana, E. ventricosa superba, E. Bergiana, and E. 

 hyliriila. 



Extra Prize, Mr. Reid, gardener to E. Wigram, Esq., Walthamstow, for dwarf 

 nicely-bloomed plants of E. perspicua nana, E. ventiicosa prsegnans coccinea, 

 and E. ventricosa coccinea minor; E. ampullacea vittata, E. denticulata mos- 

 chata, and E. florida. 



In addition to the above, Mr. Kyle had a collection of similar plants of E. 

 ventricosa coccinea, E. ventricosa alba, and E. ventiicosa praegnans coccinea, 

 E. Beaumontiana, E. perspicua nana, and E. propendens. Mr. Slowe also had a 

 collection of plants equally compact, of the following kinds :— E. florida, E. Beau- 

 montiana, E. ovata, E. Bergiana, E. ventricosa coccinea minor, and E. vestita 

 alba. These small plants, in many cases not more than from 9 inches to 1 foot 

 high, and quite as much through, completely enveloped in blossoms, were perhaps 

 equally interesting with the more valuable and magnificent specimens of giant 

 growth. 



