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liancy of colour ; but it is, nevertheless, a pretty species. It had a fine 

 spike of flowers on it, whose sepals and petals were pale green, trans- 

 versely marked with brown dots or lines ; the lip was large, pure 

 white, and pale red at tlie base. It comes from New Grenada. A 

 certificate of merit was awarded it. 



Messrs. Henderson, of Pine-apple-place, produced a most beautifully 

 grown and flowered Acacia diffusa, for which a certificate of meiit was 

 awarded ; and along with it small plants of Boronia triphylla, Epacris 

 hyacinthiflora candidissima, and the red variety of Eriostemon cuspi- 

 datum. 



Mr. Henderson, of St. John's Wood, sent Gesnera macrantha pur- 

 purea, a brilliant scarlet variety, with a dwarf habit ; a winter-blooming 

 Heath, in the way of Linnseoides, called Burnetti ; Siphocampylus 

 lanceolatus, and an example of Conoclinium ianthinum, a new Compo- 

 site, in its present state not so handsome as the blue Ageratum (A. 

 cselestinum). 



Mr. Fry, gardener to Miss Dent, Manor House, Lee, Kent, exhibited 

 a self-acting contrivance for fumigating glass houses. It was made of 

 sheet iron, cylindrical, and had a grate at the bottom lifted up on feet 

 suflSciently high to allow a current of air to pass through the fuel on 

 which the fumigating material is placed. It was stated tiiat its chief 

 advantage was that it would burn readily the very cheapest and coarsest 

 tobacco tliat could be obtained. 



The garden of the Society furnished a beautifully bloomed specimen 

 of the orange-flowered Epidendrum (E. aurantiacum), a species which 

 few can flower at all, and Hovea ciiorozemsefolia. The latter formed a 

 nice little greenhouse shrub, covered with brilliant purplisli-blue 

 flowers ; but like all Hoveas it is somewhat difficult to manage. 



M. CHEVREUL'S SCHEMES OF FLOWERS FOR OCTOBER. 



In the month of October Chrysanthemums are in perfection, and 

 beautiful arrangements can be made with the white, red, rose, orange, 

 and yellow varieties, with which, too, can be associated witli con- 

 siderable advantage tlie great blue-flowered Aster ; these arrangements 

 are the more easy to realise, as Chrysanthemums can be fully developed 

 in pots. 



The following arrangements will be found to be of considerable 

 beauty ; the colours to which the name of no flower is attached refer 

 to Chrysantliemums : — 



A. Chrysanthemums in Imes. — 1. White, red, white, rose, yellow, 

 large blue-flowered Aster, orange or mahogany coloured Chrysanthe- 

 mum ; then repeat in the same order. 2. White, red, yellow, large 

 blue-flowered Aster, orange Chrysanthemum ; then repeat. 



For linear arrangements, with a symmetrical centre, tlie following 

 are recommended : — 1. Red, yellow, white, orange, large blue-flowered 

 Aster, orange, white, yellow, orange. Tlie same arrangement may 

 also begin and end with a white Chrysanthemum. 2. White, orange, 

 large blue-flowered Aster, yellow, white, yellow, large blue-flowered 



