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the labellum marked with yellow, surrounded with a slight stain of purple ; 

 Cyrtochilum maculatum, bearing three tine panicles of its prettily spotted flowers ; 

 Peristeria guttata, producing its singular cup-like blossoms in clusters upon the 

 surface of the pot; a fine plant of the recently introduced Manettia bicolor, 

 whose red and yellow tubular flowers, although rather scantily produced, had a 

 pretty effect : Clerodendrum splendens, a handsome species lately brought from 

 Sierra Leone, and bearing panicles of rich scarlet ; with La?lia anceps, and cut 

 blooms of Spermadyctiou azureum and Astrapnea Wallichii ; the hitter a large 

 stove plant, with immense leaves resembling those of the Mulberry, and pro- 

 ducing freely at this season of the year its drooping clusters of light carmine 

 flowers : a Knightian medal was awarded for the Dendrobium. From Mr. 

 Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, were an exceeding^- well cultivated specimen 

 of Euphorbia jacquiniflora, having each of its drooping branches terminated by a 

 raceme of vivid scarlet flowers ; fine plants of the showy Epiphyllum truncatum, 

 and the scarcely less beautiful Epacris impressa; Gesnera zebrina, which, 

 although past its best, still exhibited a multitude of its bright yellow and ver- 

 milion blossoms, with Gesnera longifolia, Correa longiflora, and Erica VVest- 

 cottia: a Banksian medal was awarded for the Euphorbia. Messrs. Lucombe 

 and Pince exhibited a pretty little Melastomaceous plant, of recent introduction 

 from Mexico; it is somewhat similar in habit to Saponaria ocymoides, and 

 thrives well in a moderately warm greenhouse, where it produces its rosy lilac 

 flowers in great profusion : a Banksian medal was awarded for it. From G. 

 Loddiges, Esq., a cut specimen of Epidendruna densiflorum, a species nearly 

 allied to E. nutans, and possessing, when in the hot-house, the desirable pro- 

 perty of diffusing an agreeable fragrance: for this a Banksian medal was also 

 awarded. A large collection of cut Orchidaceous flowers were sent by Mr. 

 Appleby, gardener to T. Brocklehurst, Esq. ; amongst them were a fine dark 

 variety of the singular Stanhopea Wardii ; a beautiful bloom of La?lia anceps • 

 Myanthus cristatus, having the labellum covered with long white excrescences 

 resembling hairs; Dendrobium tetragonum, a curious species with the segments 

 of the peiianth of a light primrose colour, margined with reddish brown, and not 

 unlike the extended limbs of a large spider; a certificate was awarded to the 

 Stanhopea. From E. Johnstone, Esq., were a pretty collection of cut Camellias 

 with specimens of Garrya elliptica, a hardy evergreen shrub, bearing catkins of 

 great length, similar to those of the Hazel and Acacia pubescens. Mr. Mount- 

 joy also exhibited a specimen of Garrya elliptica. From Mr. Halley, of Black- 

 heath, a seedling Camellia, named C. Halleyi, a pretty variety, but not superior 

 to C. imbricata, to which it bore some resemblance. From Mr Clarke, gardener 

 to Wi Block, Esq., a very large flower of Camellia Donckelaeri; its great size 

 appeared to have arisen from its having been grafted upon a stock of some 

 strong-growing variety. From the garden of the Society were two fine specimens 

 of Amaryllis aulica ; a plant of the true Olympian Hellebore, which will probably 

 prove hardy in this country, the petals of which are of a beautiful, clear, greenish 

 white ; Acacia verniciflua, a handsome, compact-growing species, with orange- 

 coloured flowers, well adapted for growing in small greenhouses; Hoitzia 

 Mexicana, a plant with pale flesh-coloured flowers, of great beauty in its native 

 country, but although introduced man}' years since, it is not so generally culti- 

 vated as it deserves; cut flowers of the deliciously scented Chimonanthus 

 fragrans and grandiflora, hardy shrubs, requiring only to be protected while in 

 bloom from wet, and worthy of a place in every garden ; with a branch of Garrya 

 elliptica, were also exhibited. A model was exhibited of Jucke's Patent Furnace. 

 In this the fire-bars form an endless chain passing over two drums, one at each 

 end of the furnace, and are kept in constant motion, at the rate of about 8 feet 

 per hour, either by hand, or by a strap connected with a steam-engine. The 

 consumption of fuel is regulated by a door in front, which can be raised to any- 

 desired level. The air is constantly passing through the fire-bars, and the 

 clinkers are carried along by the revolving bars, and fall over into an iron box 

 at the extremity of the grate. The whole of the apparatus can be removed 

 from beneath the boiler when necessary. The smoke is said to be entirely 

 consumed. 



