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months, which is no small acquisition to a gardener who has a family at that 

 season to supply with vegetables. Along with these Mr. Cockburn sent for 

 exhibition a tall well-grown specimen of Corraa Harrisii, for which a certificate 

 was awarded. From Mr. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, was a collection 

 of plants, containing handsome specimens of Epidendrum rhizophorum, a rather 

 scarce plant, remarkable for its bright orange-red blossoms ; Illicium religiosum, 

 a hardy greenhouse plant with pale green flowers, and somewhat resembling a 

 Spurge Laurel in appearance ; Dendrubium secundum, with handsome small 

 racemes of purple flowers : a tall plant of the old Cyrtopodium Andersonii, in 

 excellent condition ; also Batemannia Colleyi, Schomburgkia violacea, a good 

 specimen of Cyitochilum macalatum, remarkable for its fragrance, an Amaryllis, 

 and five pretty plants of Epacris, viz., E. impressa, variabilis, nivalis, atteuuata 

 rubra, and a variety of impressa. A Knightian medal was awarded for the first 

 four plants. Mr. Graves, gardener to Mrs. Cannon, sent a bloom of an Epi- 

 phyllum from Brazil, which was not different from E. violaceum. From C. B. 

 Warner, Esq., was Camarotis purpurea, an East Indian species, having gracefully 

 drooping racemes of purple blossoms, and a large-flowered variety of Lycaste 

 Skinneri, that was imported late last autumn ; the bulbs were at first placed in 

 an Orange-house, and were not exposed to the sun until after roots were 

 formed. The plant was then removed to the cool Orchidaceous-house, where it 

 has since been growing; a certificate was awarded for the former. Mr. Plant, 

 gardener to J. H. Schroder, Esq., sent Vauda cristata, singular on account of 

 the curious form of its flowers ; and Oncidium bicmnutum, having a fine spike 

 of diii'jy yellow blossoms ; a certificate was awarded for the Vanda cristata. 

 From Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, was a large specimen of Erica Cushiniana, with 

 small purple blossoms ; and Morina longiflora, a scarce herbaceous plant, which 

 will grow out of doors, but does better to be kept in a cool frame or in a green- 

 house, where, if it is well grown, it produces a stem two feet and a half high, 

 which, when covered with bright crimson blossoms, is rather a striking object. 

 Mr. Crawford, gardener to Mrs. Arabin, sent a cut specimen of Solandra grandi- 

 flora, a beautiful hothouse shrub, having large showy white bell-shaped flowers. 

 It was introduced from the West Indies a great many years ago, but on account 

 of the difficulty found in blooming it, it is not generally cultivated. From Mr. 

 Doran, gardener to T. Hawes, Esq., was a brace of straight, well-formed Cucum- 

 bers, measuring 19 inches in length ; a certificate was awarded forthem. From 

 the garden of the Society was a collection of plants, comprising Oncidium am- 

 pliatum, both the small and large variety ; they were sent from Guatemala by 

 Mr. Hartweg, and are both one speciefi, but differ in the size of the flowers, the 

 one being much larger than the other. It is one of the many instances in which 

 Orchidaje* differ in this respect ; it seems to be a general disposition among 

 them, for plants of the same species to produce flowers different in size, while in 

 other respects they are not dissimilar. In the same collection were likewise 

 Dendrobium Heyneanum, Epidendrum Stamfordianum, Lycaste Cruenta, Fran- 

 ciscea Hopeana, Euphorbia melanthera, and three Cinerarias, viz., Fanny Tripet, 

 Urania, and Unique; the first had been drained with charcoal, the second had 

 heen top-dressed with the same material, and the third, besides being top-dressed 

 with charcoal, received one teaspoonful of Harris's liquid manure in a pint of 

 water, on the 5th of February- With these differences, the plants were treated 

 in every respect the same. The first was the smallest, and the leaves were of a 

 pale yellow green ; the second was larger, and the foliage was of a deeper shade ; 

 the third, being the one that had received the liquid manure, in addition to the 

 top-dressing ol charcoal, was the largest, and the leaves were of a very healthy 

 dark green ; but that this results from the use of the liquid manure is not per- 

 fectly ascertained. Along with these were cut flowers of Camellia Colvillii, im- 

 bricata. and Reevesiana; and also of Acacia pubescens, and Riceana. 



"Woodlice.— Where the pits of stoves, frames, &c, are infested with woodlice, 

 boiling water pcureil over the bark, soil, leaves, or into crevices, speedily exter- 

 minates the race. 



Stockton. James Hamilton. 



