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colour, and the centre tinged with red. Each blossom is four inches 

 lonji^ and three and a half across. The flowers are borne in terminal 

 heads, and although the plant exhibited was a smallish one, and ap- 

 peared unhealthy, yet there were ten blossoms in each head. It is a 

 charming addition to this noble family of plants. Mr. Green had a 

 plant of the very showy Pleroma elegans in profuse bloom. The 

 flowers are of the richest Tyrian purple colour, each blossom being 3 

 inches across. The plant had upwards of one hundred expanded 

 flowers. It is of the Melastoma order of plants, and the flowers some- 

 what the form of a large flat-faced, round, firm-petalled Petunia. It 

 deserves a place in every warm greenhouse or plant stove. There was 

 a large plant of Echites Franciscea exhibited in Mr. Colyer's collec- 

 tion. The flowers are whitish with a red eye. 



Two noble plants of the Kalosanthus (Crassula) versicolor, or 

 varieties from it, were shown. One was 4 feet high and 3 across, and 

 had upwards of one hundred heads of flowers. Dipladenia crassinoda 

 used to be shown with a few flowers even on a large plant, but on 

 this occasion we observed one coiled to a wire frame, almost covered 

 with its very beautiful large rosy flesh-coloured flowers, each about 

 5 inches across. Many of our readers know the beautiful orange- 

 flowered Rondoletia speciosa, there is one now which surpasses it, viz., 

 R. speciosa major. The flowers are twice the size of the other kind. 

 Its fine heads of blossoms have a charming appearance. It deserves to 

 be in every warm greenhouse. Stephanotus floribundus, trained round 

 a strong wire frame, is now grown so as to be literally covered Mith 

 its fine heads of large pearl-white flowers. It merits a place in every 

 warm greenhouse or stove, and, as a climbing plant, will suit to any 

 shape desired. 



Fancy Pelargoniums. — The following Seedlings were shown by 

 Mr. Ayres : — 



Electro, rosy-crimson blotch on a lilac ground. 



Painted Pet, upper petals dark crimson with a white margin. 

 Lower white with a very distinct rich purple spot. 



Enchantress, upper petals dark maroon with a flesh-coloured mar- 

 gin. Lower flesh-colour with a crimson spot on each petal. 



Carahas, upper petals very dark with a pure white margin. Lower 

 white with a very distinct spot on each of crimson-purple. It is of 

 first rate form and excellence. 



Mr. Ambrose had Delicata, a large white flower having a rich 

 violet spot on each of the upper petals. It is of good form, and very 

 showy. 



Enchantress, a white ground having a clear spot of lilac at the centre 

 of each petal. Good form, and very pretty. 



Anne, upper petals crimson with white margin. Lower white with 

 a crimson spot on each. Large and showJ^ 



Angelina, a white ground, having a large rosy-crimson blotch on 

 each of the upper petals. Very good form. 



Desirable, white witii lilac margin. The edge of the petals is some- 

 ■Nvhat crumpled, but the outline is excellent, nearly an entire circle. 

 A'ery pretty. 



