MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 143 



but a narrow margin of bright rose. Another seedling attracted much attention 

 it is a flower rather deficient in form, but possessing extraordinary depth and 

 richness of colour of a peculiar quality ; it was regarded with much interest by 

 amateurs, who speculated upon the influence such a flower would have in future 

 upon this favourite class. In Mr. Beck's collection we noticed two fine seedlings, 

 Arabella and splendens; the former a rosy flower with a white centre, the latter 

 a high and brilliant-coloured variety. 



Cinerarias. — 1st Prize, Mr. Ivery, of Peckham. Pickwick, Regina Victoria, 

 Seedling, King of Prussia, Emperor, Prince of Oldeuburgh, True Blue, Laura, 

 Nosegay, Eclipse, Triumph, Pride of Peckham. 



Roses grown in Pots. — Amateurs. — 1st Prize (for 12), Mr. Dobson, gardener 

 to E. Beck, Esq. They were grown in slate pots, were from one foot six inches to 

 two feet six inches high, and as regularly covered with bloom and foliage as could 

 possibly be desired. The finest varieties consisted of Earl Talbot, rose colour; 

 Great Western, bright rose, blotched with white; Charles Duval, flesh coloured; 

 Emerance, white, with yellow centre; Rouge Superbe, dark rose colour; Armosa, 

 Devoniensis, Madame Neuman, rose colour ; and Triumphant. 



2nd Prize, A. Rowland, Esq. Jaune, cream colour, with yellow centre ; Riche- 

 lieu, rose colour ; Vanilla, Eugene, Archduke Charles, Goubault, flesh colour ; and 

 Madame Piantier. 



NuusEKi'MEN. — 1st Prize, Messrs. Lane and Sons. The plants were dwarf, 

 clean, rich, and good, and in every respect superb examples of fine cultivation. 

 The most distinct and desirable kinds were Theresa Isabella, cream colour; 

 Comte de Paris, rose; Edward Jesse, rose; Aricie, flesh colour; Speciosa, rose; 

 Madame Latfay, rose colour, very fine; La Pactole, light yellow; Barbot, fawn 

 colour ; Armosa, flesh colour, very fine ; Grand Capitaine, Taglioni, Bourbon 

 Theresita, Arago, Triomphe de Flora, Paris, and Psyche. 



2nd Prize, Mr. Laing, Twickenham. French and hybrid China varieties, 

 kinds more difficult to manage in pots than the Chinese and Tea-scented varie- 

 ties. They were, however, highly-creditable specimens. The most remarkable 

 kinds were General Allard, dark rose colour ; General Lamarque, dark velvety 

 purple ; Beauty of Billiard, dark red ; Belle Marie, rose colour, very large ; 

 Pieotee, rose, striped with white; Nouvelle Bourbon, rose colour; Celestine and 

 La^Renoinme, — a fine white variety. 



Collections of Cut Roses were shown by A. Rowland, Esq., Messrs. Lane and 

 Sons, and Mr. Mitchell, nurseryman, of Piltdown. In the collection of the latter 

 gentleman were unusually fine flowers — Aurora, Belle Allemande, Odorata, 

 Princess Helene, Archduke Charles, Original, Virginian, and Taglioni. Mr. 

 Mitchell also showed a new Rose, called Lamarque Superbe, and said to bloom 

 as early as the White Banksian. It is a flower of fine proportions, of a delicate 

 creamy-white colour, very large and very double, with a petal of fine substance. 



Calceolarias. — Nuuseuymen. — 1st Prize, Mr. Gaines. Sunbeam, Ackbar, 

 Magnet, Mag. Grandifiora, Candidate, Lady of the Lake. 



Amateuk. — 1st Prize, Mr. Stanley, gardener to H. Bevens, Esq. Ariel, War- 

 rior, Sir K. Peel, Fairy Queen, Compacta, and Village Maid. 



Of New Plants. — A new species of Hindsia, exhibited by Messrs. Veitch 

 and Sons, of Kxeter. A strong-growing plant with the habit of a Melastoma, 

 blooming freely, producing flowers of a bluish lilac colour, and five times as 

 large as Hindsia (Rondeletia) longiflora. A species of Centrosema, producing 

 I right scarlet pea-formed flowers; should it produce flowers as numerous as they 

 are beautiful, it will indeed be a splendid object. Cereus crenatus, exhibited by 

 Mr. Booth, gardener to Sir C. Lemon, Bart. The plant in habit resembles O. 

 Jenkinsoni ; the flowers are large, of a palish-straw colour, tinged with green, 

 und bearsaclose resemblance to the old night-b.ooming llereus. Anew species of 

 llibliertia, of shrubby habit, producing yellow flowers, raised from Swan River 

 needs, was sent by Mr. IS'oble, gardener to R. Mangles, Esq. From Messrs. 

 Loudiges, a species of Gaylussucia — an evergreen greenhouse shrub, with deep 

 ruse-coloured flowers, like tliose of a Vaccinium, to which the genus is allied. 



Ci.r.uiiMi Plants. — Mr. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, Manettia 

 cordifolia, trained on a large globular trelis, completely covered with branches 

 and flowers; Manettia bicolor, trained spirally to the height of four feet, well 



