MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 141 



—China: Cramoise superieure. Abbe Newland, Ictefos, Fabrier, Eugene Beau- 

 harnois— Bourbon: Armosa, Phoenix, Theresita, Queen, Hybrid purpurea W. 

 Jesse, Queen Victoria, Fulgorie. Both collections were well grown; but the 

 former plants were the larger. 



SeJ.no Pe/argomums.-Mr. Dobson. 1st. Master Peel, lower petals rosy- 

 purple, terminating to the centre to a clear white; upper petals rosy-purple 

 having a large dark-velvet blotch, of fine form,— 2nd. Lur.da, rosy-scarlet, with 

 a dark blotch on the upper petals; of good form and a very attractive flower— 

 3rd Chastity, the lower petals of a beautiful delicate pink, the upper ones hav- 

 ing a deep maroon blotch, edged with pink ; of good form 



Best Hearlseasr.-m* Brown. Arethusa, Ceres, Cinderella Fancy Bella, 

 Curion, Viceroy, Maid of the Mill, Modesty, Cotherstone, h ect, \ivid, Superb, 

 Captain Boldero, Eclipse, Prospero, Jehu, Warrior Beauty of Bucks Sulphurea 

 elegans, Exquisite, Cook's Mulberry, Bob Roy, Jewess. Duchess of Beaufort, 

 Imogene, Bathonia, Purple Perfection, Prince Albert, Regulator. 



sfedling Maleas.-lst Prize, Mr. Pawley. Carminata, a deep r.ch colour. 

 —2nd Mr. Falconer. Emmeliua, a light-coloured flower.— 3rd, Mr. Catleugh. 

 Erecta, a brilliant rosy-carmine. Also an extra Prize for Gloriosa, a bright rosy- 



"' Greenhouse Aza!ea,.-Mr. Smith, of Norbiton. Azalea alba supeiba, corus- 

 cans punctata, decora, impressa, mirabilis, ardens, semiduplex coccinea, ama- 

 bilis'splendens, phoenicea alba, bicolor nova, magmflora plena. Also tor three 

 seedlings, Pallida, Elegans superba, and Rosea sup erba. 



Seeder Rhododendrons.-Ut Prize, Mr. Smith, of Norbi on. \ery beautiful, 

 in v«ied° colours, ranging from lemon to deep buff; finely spot ed An extra 

 prize was given to Mr. Wells, of Redleaf, for a collection of cut blooms; the 

 kinds very superior, the colours ranging from white through various shades of 

 pink, rosJ, to crimson; finely spotted. Mr. Gaines's M.rab.le is of a rosy- 

 crimson when in bud ; it continue, to vary in shade till it becomes white, and 



is beautifully spotted. . c . „ 



Swale Specmens.- Cyrtopodium punctatum, from the garden of Sir Geo.ge 

 Staunton. The plant was in most vigourous health, the leaves extending to six 

 feet high, and the fine bright flowers equally superb. 



Thefe were several collections of Orchideous plants. Mr. Hunt obtained the 

 first prize In the collection were fine specimens of Epidendrum crassitolium, 

 Oncidium Devonia, O. amplicatum, Calanthe varatrifolia, Phacus graudifolius, 

 Cattleya Forbesii. Mr. Bruce had Cattleya Mossiae, and a splendid specimen 

 of Maxillaria Harrisonia, Oncidium luridum. Mr. Dawson of Bnxton-hil, ex- 

 hibited a fine specimen of Erica propendens. Mr. Forest, Statice macrophylla. 

 Mr Hunt a new Gesnerea from Mexico. Mr. Smith, Azalea speciosissima. 



In the collections of stove and greenhouse plants there were several other ex- 

 hibitors, who showed splendid colleciions, and had prizes awarded ; but we could 

 not get the names of the specimens for insertion here ; but of the first collections 

 we insert the prime. Altogether it was a splendid exhibition. 



LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Mav 7th. From Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, were Dendrobinm Heynea- 

 num, in good condition ; Masdevallia infracta ; a fine plant of Camarot.s pur- 

 purea iiPexcellent health ; together with the beautiful Cattleya Skinner, and a 

 remarkable specimen of Dendrobinm densiflorum, having many baches of 

 beautiful Orange-blossoms. A Knightian medal was awarded lor these Mr. 

 Plant, gardener to J. H. Schroder, Esq., sent a fine Aendes crispum, producing 

 I hue spike of purple and white flowers. A Banksian medal was awarded for 

 it. From Mr. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, was a collection of plant,, 

 contain...)! a dwarf busby specimen of Chorozema Dicksonu ; a beautiful large 

 Hovea Celsi, with very bright-coloured blossoms; Dendrob.um aggregatum, in 

 good condition ; Tetranema Mexicanum, a pretty greenhouse herbaceous plant ; 

 and a good Russelia multittora, which is one of the gayer of tender greenhouse 

 plants. In the same collection were also a large Pimelea bypericiloha; Lalage 



