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ceding, htg&mar : A choice late variety of a beautiful rosy crimson. 

 Erectum : There is here a fine plant of this admirable variety. iVi- 

 bleanum hi color : A pretty variety in the way of Erectum. In this 

 collection there is also a plant of the fop- famed fetiubral Ci/piess, 

 about six fi^et high, which, however, does not assume the pendulous 

 form which it is said to have when full grown. 



JRoses in pots formed the grand feature of the show — sweet, 

 large, and beautiful. Messrs. Lane's collection, which was firs', 

 was uncommonly fine. Their Coupe d'tlebe was a mass of flowers, rich 

 in colour and regular in form. Mr. Francis, too, had the same variety 

 in beautiful condition, as had also Messrs. Paul. Indeed few Roses are 

 more handsome or u-eful than this fine kind. Among other varieties 

 w* noticed Louis ISomparte, Miellez, Bironne Prevost, Geant des 

 Bitailles, Souvenir de la M ilmaison, Duc'icsj of Sutherland, Vico ntesse 

 des Cazes, Deveniensis, Blairii No. 2, Pauline Plantier, Paul Perras, 

 Armosa, Augustine Mouchelet, Elise Kauvage, Goubault, Niphetos, 

 William Jes-e, Blansai*, Madeleine, La Reine, Bouge.re, and Aubernon. 

 In the Amateurs' Class, Messrs. Terry, Williams, lioser, Rowland, and 

 Chitty, had beautifully managed plants, more especially Mr. Terry's* 

 The foliage was clean and healthy, and the blooms numerous and well 

 bio vn. Dr. Marx, Persian yellow, Lamarque, Las Ca-as, Mrs. Bosan- 

 quet, Bouquet de Flore, Bourbon Queen, Bardon, Taulioni, Fabvier, 

 Odorata, Comtesse de Laeepede, and Madame Legras. were remarkable 

 for beauty a'nd profusion of bloom. Mr. Francis had a box full of 

 Geant des Batailles, " worked" plants in 3-inch pot-:, each having a 

 single stem about a foot high, with a brilliant crimson or rather scat let 

 flower on its summit. These excited much interest, as well they might, 

 for such plants will doubtless be found very useful for many purposes 

 for which large specimens would be worthless. 



Cape Heat/is were numerous, and for the most part well bloomed. 

 Splendid plants were produced by Messrs. Smith, Cole, Rolli-son, 

 Veitch, and others. Among the different, varieties were Aristata major, 

 Beaumoiitiana, Westphalingia, Ventricosa cocciuea minor, tortilirlota, 

 suaveolens, Cavendishii, Favoides and its purple variety, Macnabiana, 

 mntabilis, ampullacea, Sprenu;eli, hybrids, florida, iutermedia, Ventri- 

 cosa carnea, Fasiigiata lutescens, Perspicua nana, metulseflora, Odora 

 ro-ae, and Hartnelli. 



The best Single Specimens consisted of the Cattleya mossia?, from 

 Messrs. Veitch ; a huge Pimelea spectabiiis and Boronia serrulata from 

 Mr. May, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence; Erica perspicua nana, from 

 Mr. Smith, gardener to W. Quilter. E-=q. ; Epacris grandifloia, from 

 Mcs-rs. Eraser ; and Leschenaultia formosa, from Mr. May, gardener 

 to Miss Traill. 



New Plants. — Tn addition to those produced at Chiswick, Messrs. 

 Veitch had Pimelia verschaffeliiana ; Messrs. Henderson, Ceanothus 

 p ipil lo-us anvl rigi'kis, and Franciscea confertiflora, a promising violet* 

 flowered species; thesulphur-cidourcd Brunsfelsia nit'ula, from Jamaica, 

 w-is shown in this class by Mr. Mitchell, of Brighton ; Marshall's 

 "Wallflower, diffusing a fragrance like that of Violets, by J. Edwaids, 

 Eso., of Holloway ; the Oleander-leaved Allamanda, and some equally 



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