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men in question was about two" feet high, from three to four feet across, and 

 forming a round head of bloom quite down to the pot. The clusters of flowers 

 were so close, as almost to touch each other; and there must have been, alto- 

 gether, above 200 bunches of blossom. The peculiar feature of the plant, how- 

 ever, was that it was equally perfect on all sides, and presented an entire sheet 

 of inflorescence. Probably, the next most extraordinary specimen was one of 

 Chorozema cordatum, shown in a small collection by Mr. Clark, gardener to T. 

 Smith, Esq., Shirley Park. This plant, which commonly grows in a loose ragged 

 mauner, was about five feet in height, and between three and four in breadth, 

 and though merely a bulb, without any apparent training, was as thoroughly 

 branched all round as if it had been fastened on a barrel-shaped trellis. It had 

 clearly been brought to its state of bushiness and denseness by frequent pruning 

 of the growing shoots ; and when of the requisite size, its laterals had been 

 suffered to grow naturally, when they had acquired a half-drojping position, 

 flowering from all their extremities. The wonderful perfectness of the specimen 

 was only exceeded by its peculiarly graceful and showy appearance. Near the latter 

 plant, and likewise in one of the smaller collections, was the well-known and hand- 

 some Zichya coccinea, in an exceedingly fine condition. It was trained to a flat 

 trellis, about three feet high, and from four to five feet across ; and besides pre- 

 senting a dense mass of foliage, it was most profusely decorated with bloom. 

 Being in a very large pot, it seemed to have been cultivated after the system of 

 potting before alluded to, and was certainly a magnificent proof of its appro- 

 priateness. Another specimen which may be mentioned as an example of 

 superior management, was of Anagallis monelli major, and came from Mr. Hogan, 

 gardener to II. Pownall, Esq. It was fixed to a flat trellis, four feet high, and 

 of an equal width, and exhibited an almost continuous front of deep-blue blossoms. 

 Nothing could exceed its beauty, save the skill with which it was treated, and 

 which was most meritorious. The plant might be taken as an evidence of how 

 art, properly applied, will give to plants of naturally limited growth the dimen- 

 sions and splendour of the most magnificent. From the size of the pot, we con- 

 clude that this also had been subjected to the " one-shift system " of potting. 



Besides the contribution from Mrs. Lawrence, already spoken of, there was 

 only one other large collection, and this was from Mr. Frazer, nurseryman, of 

 Lea Bridge Road. It included three specimens, which may be deemed parti- 

 cularly worthy of remark. They were Hardenbergia monophylla and longera- 

 cemosa, and Azalea indica phoenicea. The first two were supported b) r a small 

 cylindrical trellis, about two feet in height, from the sides and top of which the 

 racemes of flowers shot up in peculiar vigour, while the young branches that had 

 grown taller than the stakes, depended in an elegant mauner : for the richness 

 and size of the racemes as well as blossoms, and for the desirable feature of being 

 alike handsome on all sides, these twb plants were among the finest at the 

 exhibition. The Azalea is pointed out, thus specifically, because it was grown 

 in a more natural mauner than is usual with the members of that genus; it was 

 about three feet high, with such an abundauce of branches, leaves, and fluwers, 

 that the eye could not penetrate it from any point. The plan of keeping these 

 plants thus dwarf and compact is unquestionably preferable to the more artificial 

 mode of training them to the front, so as to show all their flowers from one side ; 

 on the same principle that a house which is appropriately ornamented on all 

 sides, pleases more than one which is merely decorated in front ; and also 

 because it is the perfection of art to conceal its processes, which cannot be done 

 if only one face of a plant is fit to be looked at. The principal other plants 

 from Mr. Frazer were Hovea Celsi, four feet high, well bloomed, and in good 

 health ; Pimelea linifolia and lanata, each very bushy, and full of pretty white 

 blossom; Podolobium staurophyllum, four feet in height, extremely handsome ; 

 Eutaxia myrtifolia, treated as a small standard, with the branches hanging 

 down, burdened with flowers ; Rhododendron tigrinum, somewhat stunted, and 

 therefore having smaller flowers than usual, but splendidly clothed with their 

 heads of deep crimson ; Epacris grandiflora, about four feet high, and in beauti- 

 ful vigour ; Chorozema macrophylla, on a trellis, blooming freely, but too 

 formally trained ; Pimelea decussata, four feet in height, and as bushy as possi- 

 ble ; Daviesia latifolia, much improved by being trained round a barrel-shaped 



