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Ixora roccinea and crocata, dwarf and ■well bloomed ; and very healthy specimens 

 of Klichrysum proliferum, Erica Juliana, translucens, and cximia. Mr. Green, 

 a most perfect specimen of Erica viridiflora, complately enveloped in its singular 

 drooping green flowers; E. Shannoni, in equally good condition ; Gompholobium 

 polymorphum, trained to a circular trellis and blooming freely; a fine plant of 

 /Eschynanthus parasiticus ; a strong specimen of the singular Nematanthus 

 longipes, with dark- red flowers hanging on long, drooping peduncles; and Achi» 

 menes pedunculata. In Mr. Pawley's collection were well-cultivated specimens 

 of Ixora coccinea, Erythrina crista-galli, with a good spike of flowers ; a fine 

 plant of Mahernia incisa, and a fair specimen of Erica ampullacea. 



A good collection was supplied by Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill, of Hayes; 

 this comprised two magnificent plants of Boronia serrulata, trained to hemis- 

 pherical trellises ; Cattleya Mossiae, blooming well; Crowea saligna, particularly 

 fine ; Polygala oppositifolia, exceedingly handsome ; Euphorbia Bronnii, in a 

 state of great luxuriance ; Rondeletia speciosa, very large ; and Elichrysum pro- 

 liferum, producing its bright star-like flowers in profusion. 



2nd. From Mr. Clarke, gardener toM.T. Smith, Esq., of Shirley Park.were a 

 lovely plant of Roella ciliata; Erica tricolor, small, but well grown; Lesche- 

 naultia biloba, in good health, but not fully in flower, and a very large plant of 

 Fuchsia corymbiflora, 



3rd. Mr. Fraziek, nurseryman, Lea-bridge-road, exhibited Percularia odora- 

 tissima, in great perfection ; a robust plant of Swainsonia galegifolia ; the 

 charming Erica cubica, loaded with drooping little bells ; a fine specimen of 

 Mahernia pinnata, with Vinca rosea and alba, in admirable condition. 



Collections of nine. — From Mr. May, gardener to E. Goodheart, Esq., of Beck- 

 enham, were Gardoquia Hookeri, exceedingly well grown ; Polygala oppositifolia, 

 blooming to the margin of the pot ; Erica Juliana, with a good head of bloom, but 

 naked below; E. metuleeflora bicolor, a picture of health; E. eximia, perfect as 

 a plant, but with the blooms slightly on the decline. Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, 

 exhibited a magnificent specimen of Erica jasminiflora alba, Calceolaria Will- 

 moreana; prettily spotted after the manner of Standishii, with good plants of 

 Statice sinuata, Gardoquia Hookeri, Sollya linearis, and Hibiscus Cameroni. 



Amongst stove and greenhouse climbers were Philibertia grandiflora, blooming 

 profusely, Hoya carnosa, tolerably good ; a gigantic plant of Ceropegia elegans, 

 and a large specimen, with few flowers upon it, of Manetti bicolor, from Mr. 

 Clarke, gardener to M. T. Smith, Esq. ; and from Mr. Pawley, of Bromley, a 

 vigorous plant of Stephanotis floribundus, and a small but healthy specimen of 

 Gompholobium polymorphum. 



A large collection of scarlet Pelargoniums was sent by Mr. Baile, of Hammer- 

 smith, for which an extra prize was awarded. 



The Hraths were singularly fine, particularly those from Mr. Hunt, gardenerto 

 Miss Traill, Mr. Barnes, gardener to G. Norman, Esq., and Mr. May, gardener 

 to E. Goodheart, Esq. In the collection of the former were Erica tricolor elegans, 

 in the highest state of perfection ; Massoni, gemmifera, and eximia, scarcely 

 less beautiful ; with a fine variety of princeps, and a handsome little plant of 

 E. Savilleana. The collection of the latter exhibitor contained a surpassingly 

 beautiful specimen of E. metulaeflora bicolor ; the highly brilliant E. Parmen- 

 tieri rosea ; Savilleana, densely clothed with flowers ; and ampullacea, extremely 

 handsome. Mr. Barnes exhibited E. depressa, in fine condition ; Massoni, 

 excellent, but with a few withered blooms ; and well-cultivated specimens of E. 

 Bowieana, ampullacea, splendens. and viridiflora. Mr. Jackson's collection was 

 good, but consisted principally of the plants exhibited at Chiswick. We must 

 not pass over a splendid plant of E. tricolor superba, from Mr. Brazier, gardener 

 to W. H. Storey, Esq., of Isleworth : this was certainly one of the finest in the 

 exhibition. Heaths were also shown by Mr. Faiibaim, of Clapham, Mr. Wilson, 

 of the same place, and Mr. Dawson, of Brixton-hill. 



The Orchidaceous plants were good, the principal exhibitors being Mr. Mylam, 

 gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., Wandsworth ; and Mr. Barnes. The collection of 

 the former comprised Cymbidium pendulum, with a raceme of flowers 2^ feet 

 long; the delicately- white Burlingtonia Candida, growing vigorously on a block 

 of wood ; the lovely Barkeria spectabilis ; the singular Coryanthes macrantha ; 



