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on C. speciosissimus, and is a good deal like C. flagelliformis in habit, though 

 it is much stronger, has brighter green stems, fewer spines, and far larger 

 flowers, which are of a redder colour, with a tinge of blue. It is a very fine 

 kind. In another collection exhibited by Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill, 

 were Daviesia mimosoides, four feet high, finely cultured ; Eriostemon cuspida- 

 tum, two feet high, in the finest health ; and a large and exceedingly handsome 

 plant of Erica Hartnelli. The Azaleas constituted, as they always do, the most 

 brilliant objects at this exhibition. Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, 

 Bart., exhibited A. i. variegata and lateritia, each about three feet high, and 

 magnificently ladened with their exquisitely-formed flowers ; Gledstanesii, of 

 the same height, and very good ; Greeni, covered with its rich blossoms ; hy- 

 brida, a close pyramid of pale lilac bloom ; the double red sort, six feet in height, 

 and quite gorgeous ; and speciosissima, one of Mr. Smith's seedlings, a very 

 large and showy flower. From Mr. Falconer, gardener to A. Palmer, Esq., 

 Cheam, there were variegata and lateritia, in a very dwarf condition, with the 

 branches hanging down over the pot, and rendered specially beautiful by having 

 so many leaves, from amongst which the flowers gleamed forth in great numbers. 

 These two plants were more interesting, because less artificial, than any that 

 were taller and trained to a flat surface ; and they appeared to have been raised 

 from cuttings, instead of being grafted on other kinds. Conway's Seedling, 

 with rich crimson flowers ; splendens, four feet high, and appropriately branch- 

 ing ; pulchra, four feet in height, forming a cone of dilicate lilac blossoms ; a 

 good plant of Rawsoui, with brilliant deep crimson inflorescence ; the double red 

 variety, on a trellis five feet high ; Bianca, a seedling white, with flowers larger 

 than the common white ; and the old sinensis, which is surpassed by few in 

 point of ornament, were likewise from Mr. Falkner. Mr. Smith, of Norbiton, 

 sent a quantity of his seedlings, of which incomparabile, with semidouble pale 

 crimson flowers, and fulgens, a gorgeous red-blossomed variety, were the best. 

 The latter was the most distinct. Of Heaths, Mr. Goode, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, contributed a collection, in which were E. Beaumontiana, a very 

 dwarf plant, of which scarcely anything could be seen but its numerous light 

 pink flowers ; a very bad specimen of a variety of E. Massoni, miscalled E. 

 Sprengelii ; E. muudula, low, pretty, and nicely grown: a new variety of E. 

 Linnaeoides, with large, many, and speciosus flowers; E. sulphurea, a yellow- 

 flowered sort, of a graceful style of growth ; E. mutabilis, a pretty specimen ; E. 

 grandinosa, with white flowers, three feet high, very excellent ; E. ovata, a good 

 specimen, with small pink flowers; E. pinifolia discolor, with the habit of a 

 Pine, cleverly grown ; and E. ceritithoides, with light hairy leaves, and drooping 

 clusters of bright scarlet blooms, the plant two feet in height. From Mr. Green, 

 there were E. Hartnelli, E. persoluta, and E. Bowieana, each about two feet 

 high, and in admirable condition. From Mr. Dawson, of Brixton Hill, E. preg- 

 nans, very fine ; E. odorata alba, beautifully grown ; E. propendens, a good 

 plant, and particularly lovely ; with a nice little specimen of E. Hartnelli. Mr. 

 Brazier, gardener to W. H. Storey, Esq., sent E. odorata rosea ; E. epistomia, 

 good, yellow flowered; E. Hartnelli, a very handsome plant; and E. vestita 

 alba, singularly well-bloomed. There was an extraordinary specimen of E. 

 Hartnelli from Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill ; and an excellent one from 

 Mr. Clarke, gardener to W. Block, Esq. In the tribe of climbers, the influence 

 of the "one-shift" method of potting was conspicuously apparent; more espe- 

 dially in the genera Zichya and Kennedya, the species of which seem to luxuriate 

 and bloom with singular prodigality, under such treatment. Mr. Goode, who 

 brought a collection, had Kennedya Marryattae, three feet high, fastened to a 

 cylindrical trellis, in the most robust health and flowering very regularly all over 

 the trellis; Hardenbergia Comptoniana, supported by a similar trellis, four feet 

 in height, and a fine instance of superior culture ; Zichya dilatata, three feet in 

 height, very showy ; Zichya inophylla, four feet high, splendid ; Hardenbergia 

 monophylla, on a cylindrical trellis, five feet above the pot, truly magnificent ; 

 Echites suberecta, unhealthy, and not blooming well ; Stephanotis floribundus, 

 very large, but the flowers only imperfectly developed ; Tropaeolum tricolorum, 

 on an ornamental trellis covering the pot, healthy and beautiful ; Gompholobium 

 polymorphum, pretty good ; an admirable plant of Chorozema spectabile, cover- 



