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a beautiful Gompholobium versicolor, twining over a wire trellis ; G. polymor- 

 pheum, Hardenbergialougiracemosa, H. monophylla, exceedingly well managed, 

 and a good Sollya heterophylla. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



June 4th. Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M. P., in the chair. Mr. Rollisson obtained a 

 Knightian medal for a new Aerides, from Bombay, like A. crispum. A specimen 

 of Oacidium concolor, from W. C. Alston, Esq., of Birmingham, received a 

 Banksian medal. This has yellow flowers. A specimen of Oncidium pulvina- 

 tum was shown by Mr. A. Scott, gardener to Sir G. Staunton, Bart. Some 

 things came from Messrs. Loddiges. viz., Dendrobium Dalhousieanum ; a large 

 plant of Calleya Mossiae, and one of Laelia majalis, to these a Knightian medal 

 was awarded. Epacris miniata, a new shrub from Messrs. Loddiges, with rich 

 vermilion flowers like those of E. grandiflora; it received the large silver medal. 

 Some rare plants from the Royal Botanic Garden, at Kew, shows that the 

 abuses there have not ceased. Here Dr. Hooker unwarrantably takes plants 

 from where the public have a right to see them, to a place where the public 

 have no right, and that as it were to injure a show held by the Botanic Society 

 the same day, to which, however, by the desire of Sir William Hooker, no 

 medals were assigned ; they consisted of Thunbergia chrysops, a new specie* 

 from Sierra Leone, with large flowers of intense purple, enlivened by a golden- 

 yellow eye. Another was the Franciscea hydrangea formis, a valuable stove 

 shrub, from Brazil, with heads of fragrant violet blossoms ; a third was Gloxinia 

 (or rather Gesnera) tubiflora, with long white trumpet-shaped blossoms, cream 

 colour. Alpinia nutans, from the garden of \V. Everett, Esq., of Enfield. Mr. 

 Glendinning exhibited three seedling Gloxinias, with rose coloured flowers. 

 For two of them the Banksian medal was given; the third a Self, was not 

 included in the award. Mr. Chapman sent some good British Queen Straw- 

 berries, and Mr. Fleming, gardener to his Grace the Duke ot Sutherland, three 

 Cabul Melons, with the appearance of the Iloosainee. Mr. Fish, gardener to 

 H. Oddie, Esq., of Rarnet, produced a green-fleshed Melon, weighing nearly 

 5 lbs., for which a certificate was given ; and a bunch of Grapes that appeared to 

 be quite new ; the variety had been obtained by Mr. Fish, between the White 

 Frontignan and Dutch Sweetwater, and exhibited the long narrow bunch of the 

 former with the larger berries of the latter; when tasted it proved to have an 

 agreeable Muscal taste, and was considered a good sort, well deserving the 

 certificate that was allotted to it. Mr. W- Dunsford sent from Mr. Everett's 

 garden, at Enfield, specimens of a new sort of Kidney Bean, the Dolichos 

 sinensis, with young eatable pods, two feet long; they were described as being 

 of an excellent quality when cooked like Kidney Beans. 



London Horticultural Society's Thirty-second Exhibition op Plants, 

 &c. took place in the Chiswick Gardens on Saturday, June 15th. — There were 

 13,500 tickets issued. The King of Saxony, Prince Albert, Duke of Cambridge, 

 and the Duchess of Gloucester honoured the exhibition with their attendance. 



There were numerous well- grown specimens exhibited ; and although we have 

 seen a greater quantity shown on some former /Occasions, we do not recollect 

 seeing them in such profuse and fine bloom as on this. 



In new plants we noticed the following: — Epacris miniata (figured in the pre- 

 sent Number of this Magazine). The plant was somewhat bushy, three feet 

 high, and in profuse bloom ; it does not grow so straggling as E. grandiflora, 

 and is a very interesting plant. A first prize was awarded for it to Messrs. 

 Loddiges. 



Viacaria ocu/aia.— Mr, Jackson, of Kingston Nursery, exhibited a beautiful 

 specimen of this new annual (figured in a recent number of this Magazine); it 

 was fourfeet high, with numerous lateral branches, very profusely in bloom, and 

 strikingly handsome. It deseives to be in every greenhouse and flower garden. 

 GomphulJbium splendens, by Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart. 

 The flowers are about the size of G. polymorpbum, but of a rich yellow. It is a 

 very handsome species. 



