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(May), three by three, fine, well bloomed. E. buxifolium (Cole), 

 three by three line, w ell bloomed ; (Taylor), five by four. Eutaxia 

 pungens (Speed), three by three, profusely bloomed. Franciscea ma- 

 crophylla (Carson), well bloomed, with twenty-five heads of flowers. 

 Gompholobium polymorphum (May), two by two, trained to a globular 

 trellis, and densely bloomed. Hoya carnosa (Taylor), three by three. 

 Hovea belsia (Stanley), three by two, in profuse bloom. H. pungens 

 (May), two by two, difficult to manage, covered with blossoms. Ixora 

 Javauica (May), three by three, a fresh plant, with scores of heads of 

 blossoms. Leschenaultia Baxterii (May), two by three, a fine, well 

 bloomed plant. L. formosa (Cole), two by three, profusely covered 

 with blossoms. L. biloba major (Cole), three by three, well bloomed. 

 Pimelea spectabilis rosea (May), three by four, completely hid by its 

 fine heads of blossoms. Polygala Dalmaisiana (Green), three by three, 

 well grown and profusely bloomed. Stephanotis floribunda (Cole), 

 four by three ; (Speed), five by two and a-half. Tropo^olum tricolor 

 major, Stanley, and grandiflora, (Stanley), three well grown and pro- 

 fusely flowered plants, trained to circular trellises. 



American Plants. — The display of Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and Kal- 

 mias, was most magnificent. The large standard Rhododendron roseum 

 elegansof Mr. John Waterer's of B-agshot, was indeed an exhibition of 

 itself. It has a head thirty feet in circumference, which was profusely co- 

 vered with blossoms of the most exquisite colour. "We learn that several 

 gentlemen of distinction from Russia and Germany, have stated that were 

 the tree shown in its present splendour in St. Petersburgh, Berlin, or 

 Vienna, it would attract crowds of admirers. But Mr. "Waterer has in 

 this exhibition many other large standards of great beauty, though none 

 so large as this. Of the more choice or new kinds now in fine condition, 

 we have noted the following as deserving special notice : — Omentum : 

 Very rich crimson, with a fine handsome truss of prettily spotted 

 corollas. Glorio-um : A beautiful white variety, with equally large 

 heads of handsome corollas, which are spotted with green. Hybrid 

 Cutawbiense : A very rich coloured variety, nearly white in the interior 

 of the uppermost petal, and altogether tinged with violet. The spe- 

 cimen of this (which stands at the north-west entrance) is about thirty 

 feet in circumference, and presents a splendid mass of bloom. Luci- 

 fer urn : A clear light lilac, slightly tinged with rose; corollas very 

 large and handsome. This is a most desirable variety, and was raised 

 by Mr. Waterer two or three years ago. JDelicatissimum : One of the 

 very best light varieties in cultivation, with large trusses of white 

 flowers tinged with faint rose, and beautifully spotted with green. Mr. 

 Waterer has in this exhibition, as well as in his nursery grounds, seve- 

 ral of the largest and most handsome plants of it in the country. 

 Mmraiitluim : A first-rate late flowering variety, the corollas of a 

 beautiful pale rose colour, the margins stained with deep crimson, and 

 the interior finely spotted with orange. Cyaneum: This is an excel- 

 lent purple sort ; and the plant we noticed is remarkably handsome, 

 and fully five feet through. It makes a beautiful object in a shrubbery, 

 or on a lawn. Piclum: This is a very delicate white variety, readily 

 distinguished by its rich orange spotted at the interior, and desirable 



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