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Chapman, of Turnham Green. The former had Elegans, Earl of 

 Roslyn, Admiral, Goldfinch, Isabella, Alonza, Lord Byron, Grandi- 

 flora, Bridal Ring, Miss Talbot, and Lucy Asliton. The latter sent 

 Success, Cavalier, Florabunda, Sidonia, Crocus, Marion, Alpha, Car- 

 dinal, Sappho, Prince of Wales, Cleopatra, and Keepsake. 



New Daisies. — Mr. Salter, of Versailles Nursery, had a collection 

 in pots, among -which was the following pretty varieties : — Decora, 

 Jupiter, Coquetta, Bacchus, Bertha, Leontine, Gertrude, Charlotte, 

 Amalie, Winter. 



Pansies were shown by Mr. Francis, of Hertford, and Mr. Bragg, 

 of Slough. Mr. Francis had Juventa, Duke of Norfolk, Marchioness 

 of Lothian, Mrs. Beck, Penelope, Lucy Neal, Aurora, Purity, An- 

 drocles, Supreme, and Miss Edwards. Mr. Bragg produced Junius, 

 Industria, Clotno, Vulcan, Viceroy, Queen of England, Lucidum, 

 Magnificent, Snowflake, Lucy Neal, and Madame Sontag. They were 

 shown in pots ; thus the flowers were in their natural form, and not, as 

 practised by some, had a night's pressure of penny pieces upon them to 

 render them of even surface. 



Exhibitions held in the Royal Botanic Society's Garden, 

 Regent's Park. May 14. — The sixteen collections of stove and green- 

 house plants, comprised 170 plants, and among them were the follow- 

 ing fine specimens. The height and breadth of the plant in feet is 

 given, that our readers may have an idea of what excellence such plants 

 may be brought to. Acrophyllum venosum (Cole), two feet by two 

 feet, well managed. Aphelexis sesamoides rosea (Cole), two by two, 

 covered with flowers. A. purpurea grandiflora (Williams), two by 

 two. Adenandra fragrans (Green), two by two, a beautiful specimen, 

 densely flowered. A. speciosa (Taylor), five by four, well flowered. 

 Azalea Murrayana (Cole), four by three, profusely bloomed. A. re- 

 fulgens (Cole), three by three, well bloomed; (Frazer), six by four, 

 profusely bloomed. A. indica vivicans (Green), five by four, a most 

 gorgeous plant. A. sinensis (Green), four by three, splendidly 

 bloomed. A. indica alba (Taylor), five by four, splendidly in bloom. 

 Bossicea disticha (May), four by four, a splendid, rare plant, well 

 bloomed. B. linophylla (Carson), an elegant drooping plant, five, 

 covered with bloom. Boronia pinnata (Taylor), three by three. 

 Chorozema Henchmanni (Croxford), three by two ; (May), three by 

 three and a-half, healthy and well-bloomed. C. Lawrenciana (Speed), 

 three by three. Chironia glutinosa (Cole), three by two, scarcely in 

 bloom, but well grown. Dilwynia eriocephala (Green), three by three, 

 a dense bush, thickly bloomed. Epacris miniata (Cole), four by three, 

 a splendid plant, profusely bloomed ; (Croxford), three by three. E. 

 grandiflora (Stanley), four by three, a noble plant well bloomed ; 

 (Green), three by three, well flowered. Erica ventricosa coccinea 

 minor (Cole), three by three, most profusely bloomed. E. Hartnellii 

 (Stanley), two by two, well bloomed. E. perspicua nana (Stanley), 

 three by three, densely bloomed. E. perspicua (Frazer), two by two, 

 densely flowered. E. propendens (Williams), three by four, an im- 

 mense plant, nearly weighed down with bloom. Eriostemon interme- 

 dium (May), three by two, a well flowered plant. E. neriifolium 



