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dark red flowers. Eriostemon buxifolium, sent by Messrs. Veitch and Son, of 

 Exeter, was a splendid specimen of appropriate culture ; it was two feet in height, 

 and so compact that the neat white flowers composed almost the only visible 

 surface : it is one of the most deserving of dwarf greenhouse shrubs. From Mr. 

 Frost, gardener to Lady Grenville, there was a specimen of Oxalis cernua, which 

 has nodding flowers, of a very clear pale yellow tint. An excessively beautiful plant 

 of the white Indian Azalea, about two feet in height, was from Mr. Jones, gardener 

 to Sir Moore Disney. Zichya pannosa, covering a flat trellis three feet high, 

 was richly laden with flowers, from Mr. Stanley, gardener to H. Berens, Esq. 

 A plant of Azalea indica variegata, not more than six inches high, yet a mass of 

 blossoms, and in the healthiest condition, came from Mr. Busby, gardener to J. 

 Ricardo, Esq., of Sunning Hill. J. Allnut, Esq., produced a highly verdant 

 and vigorous plant of Erica sulphurea, but it had few expanded flowers. Mr. 

 Clarke, gardener to W. Block, Esq., exhibited a superior specimen of Erica 

 Hartnelli. And Mr. Hughes, gardener to Mrs. Rogers, of Tooting, brought a 

 plant of Chorozema Henchmanni, tolerably well bloomed, four feet in height, 

 though somewhat ragged. 



Of new or scarce plants, there were present Siphocampylus betulaefolius, from 

 Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., in the highest order, and pro- 

 ducing its scarlet and yellow blossoms very freely ; Manettia bicolor, also from 

 Mr. Green, five feet high, on a barrel-shaped trellis, and beautifully in flower. 

 Rhododendron chrysolectron grandiflorum, a new variety, from Mr. Smith, of 

 Norbiton, with large heads of brownish yellow flowers, which have numerous 

 spots in the upper petals, and are very handsome. R. Smithii decorum, from the 

 same individual, with pale and delicate pinkish blooms, spotted in the upper 

 petals, likewise good. Cyrtoceras reflexa, an elegant half-clirr.bing plant, allied 

 to Hoya, with noble foliage, and bunches of yellowish white drooping flowers, from 

 Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of Exeter; from the same firm a fine speci- 

 men of Achimenes grandiflora, bearing large pinkish crimson blossoms, almost 

 equal in size to those of A. longiflora ; and Aerophyllum venosum, bearing 

 plume-like spikes of white inflorescence. Aotus lanigera, a neat little shrub, 

 with a profusion of small yellow flowers sitting close to its stem ; Azalea superba, 

 with very dark blood-red blooms, somewhat injured by travelling, from Mr. 

 Davis, gardener to Lord Boston. Statice macrophylla, a species with peculiarly 

 broad and long leaves, though not in flower, from Mr. Forrest, nurseryman, of 

 Kensington. A species of Bossirea, with narrow and very regular alternate 

 leaves, and rather superior yellowish flowers, from Mr. Kyle, of Leyton, Essex ; 

 Begonia coccinea, the showiest species of the genus, having scarlet flowers, 

 which are disposed in panicles at the ends of all the shoots, from Mr. Goode, 

 gardener to Mrs. Lawrence; TropBeolum azureum, further from Mr. Goode, and 

 said to have been in bloom since September last ; Gloxinia macrophylla variegata, 

 another of Mr. Goode's plants, with broad white-veined leaves, and handsome 

 purple flowers. And a Leschenaultia, probably grandiflora, from Mr. Falconer, 

 gardener to A. Palmer, Esq., of Cheam. The last-named plant was much better 

 than L. biloba, having larger and darker flowers; it may possibly rank among 

 the finest things that were shown. 



A collection of interesting little Alpine plants, grown in pots, was supplied by 

 Mr. Wood, nurseryman, of Norwood. They comprised some very pretty species, 

 several of which were alluded to specifically in our report of the last meeting j 

 the Horticultural Society, at Regent-street. Those which are most noticeable, 

 and were not then pointed out, are, Stachys Corsica, a beautiful lilac-flowered 

 species ; Saxifraga grauulata plena, a plant that is often cultivated in flower- 

 borders, and which is quite suitable for growing in pots; Cheiranthus ochroleucus, 

 another favourite border plant, and equally adapted for pot culture ; Phlox se- 

 tacea, with showy dark pink flowers ; Pulmouaria davurica, with bluish blossoms; 

 and Viola palmata, bearing mottled flowers, of a blue and white tint. Of 

 Fuchsias there was only one collection, from Mr. Catleugh, of Chelsea, the best 

 varieties in which were — Buistii, a gracefully-growing plant, with very deep blue 

 corollas to its rather small flowers ; rosea alba, having nearly white blossoms; 

 and graudis, which has good foliage, red sepals, and a rich crimson corolla ; its 

 flowers are large and showy. Messrs. Lane, of Berkhumj stead, sent plants of 



