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new, and the beauty of its leaves alone will render it worthy of a plate in every 

 collection. In the same group were Dioscorea discolor, remarkable for its grey- 

 looking velvety leaves ; Tillandsia zebrina, with dull brown gilt leaves ; the 

 well-known Crotous pictum and variegatum ; Dracaena terminalis, distinguished 

 for its dark red foliage ; Arundo Donax, variegata ; Aspidistra lurida variegata, 

 Begonia zebriua, and a cut specimen of a white species of Clerodendron, a 

 beautiful stove twiner, and apparently a rapid grower, sent from Sierra Leone, 

 by Mr. Whitfield. A large silver medal was awarded for the Ruelliamaculata. 

 — From the gardens at Syon, were Ruellia macrophylla, a brilliant scarlet 

 flowered species; a remarkalile cut specimen of Elate sylvestris, one of those 

 noble Paim trees, which can only be grown in large conservatories. The plant 

 possesses liitle beauty in its flowers, but produces panicles bearing multitudes of 

 pretty oblong orange-coloured berries, with a curious flat stem, differing much 

 from the usual structure. From the same collection was also fruit of the Con- 

 stantinople Nut, Corylus Colurna, which forms a small tree and does not often 

 produce nuts in this country. The kernel is small, in a very hard shell, which is 

 again covered by a thick fleshy very remarkable husk. Along with these was a 

 cut specimen of a Neptunia, from Jamaica, whose long stems floating on the 

 surface of the water send up numerous laterals beating multitudes of small balls 

 of yellow flowers ; the foliage is as irritable as that of the Sensitive plant; a 

 coarse sort of rice paper is prepared from thin slices of the pith of a plant of 

 similar habit. A Banksian medal was awarded for the two first-mentioned 

 plants. — Mr. Glendinning, of the Chiswick Nursery, sent Statice purpurata, a 

 pretty species, having some resemblance to S. Dickinsonii ; and Mr. M'Ewen, 

 gardener to Colonel Wyndham, sent Satyrium carneum, a pretty terrestrial Cape 

 Orchid, having a dense spike of pink flowers, which were, however, very much 

 bruised in the carriage, which detracted considerably from its beauty. The 

 plant was in excellent health, and amply proved that, with a little care, such 

 things may be successfully cultivated in this country, where their beautiful 

 flowers and singular forms would amply repay the trouble. — From Mr. Robertson, 

 gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, were Oncidium Harrisonianum, a fine specimen, 

 richly studded with brownish-yellow blossoms; Laelia Lawrenciana ; a good 

 Saccolabium papillosum, one of the early importations from China ; and a group 

 of cut flowers, composed of Cattleya guttata, Brassiabrachiata, and Dendrobium 

 Chrysanthum, whose bright orange blossoms contrasted well with those of the 

 other two. A Banksian medal was awarded for these plants. — Other Orchids 

 were produced by Mr. Redding, gardener to Mrs. Marryatt. In this group were 

 two fine plants of Zygopetalum maxillare, the old Stanhopea grandiflora, a very 

 pretty Odontoglossum giande. and the handsome Cattleya Loddigesii ; also a 

 Begonia; the old Guzmannia tricolor, a Pine-like plant, with a dense spike of 

 bright red flowers, seldom met with in collections; and a basket of cut blooms, 

 chiefly of Tacsonia pinnatistipula. A Banksian medal was awarded for the 

 Zygopetalum and Odontoglossum. — Of florists' flowers, Mr. Kendall, of Stoke 

 Newington, sent two seedling Fuchsias, named the Great Britain, and Miss 

 Piettyman, and a cut branch of F. Gigantea. — Mr. Ivery, of Peckham, also ex- 

 hibited a seedling Verbena, named Wonder of Scarlets, and Mr. Fairbairn, of 

 Wandsworth-road, sent a seedling Dahlia, named King of Perpetuals, with a 

 seedling Poly gala named Dalmaisiana. — From Messrs. Veitch and Son, of 

 Exeter, was a Philibertia, sent by Mr. VV. Lobb, from Peru. It is a greenhouse 

 twiner, with pretty saucer-shaped flowers, which are said to be highly fragrant. 

 Along with this was a Cymbidium, collected by Mr. T. Lobb, in Java, which, if 

 not the same as Lancifolium, is very nearly related to it. A certificate was 

 awarded for the Philibertia, — Messrs. Mountjoy and Son, of Ealing, produced 

 Liatris squarrosa, a hardy North American plant, with Centaurea-like flowers, 

 and Tacsonia mollissima, which is one of the best of the recent additions to this 

 trine; the flowers are smaller than those of the old Tacsonia, but their defi- 

 ciency in this respect is made up in brilliancy of colour, which is much darker 

 than that of tile old T. pinnatistipula. — Mr. Ayres, gardener to J. Cook, Esq., 

 sent blooms of an Ipomooa, from Ceylon, named Variegata, but which appeared 

 to be the old I. Nil. — From D. D. Alves, Esq., was a Turk's Head Cactus, which 

 hud just been received from Jamaica. 



