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Oncidium longifolium ; a variet}' of O. luridum ; and a Hippeastruin, 

 nearly allied to H. vittatum. A Certificate was awarded for the Vanda 

 and Dendrobium. — From Mr. Pawley, of Bromley, was a seedling 

 Azalea, with white flowers, occasionally striped with pink in the way 

 of Gledstanesii, but less handsome than that variety. It was named 

 Striata purpurea. — Mr. Catleugh, of Chelsea, also sent two seedling 

 Azaleas, one a deep orange scarlet, named Ignescens splendida; the 

 other a rosy pink, named Rosea delicata. — Mr. Bruce, of Kingston, 

 sent a blue Cineraria, named Mazarine. — From Mr. Carter, gardener 

 to the Duke of Northumberland, at Syon, was a trailing Achiraenes, 

 with silverj'-sfreaked leaves, and a small brigiit scarlet flower, with a 

 yellow throat. It was found by Mr. Purdie, near Bogota, in New 

 Grenada, in January, 1846. The specimen exhibited had only one 

 flower on it ; no correct idea, therefore, of the beauty of the plant 

 could be formed. — Mr. Bunney, nurseryman, Stratford, sent a variety 

 of Cattleya intermedia, remarkable-for its rich deep purple lip. — From 

 Mr. Low, of Clapton, Mas a plant of Camellia miniata ; the blooms 

 were much smaller tlian those on the plant submitted for inspection 

 last week, and tlie rich crimson centre Mas completely driven out of 

 them by tiie plants having been forced in a strong heat, in order to 

 get the flowers forward for the meeting. — From Mr. Cuthill, of Cam- 

 berwell, was a group of Seedling Cinerarias, and a plant of Sparaxis 

 grandiflora, one of the handsomest of its tribe, and perhaps one of the 

 most cultivable. Also a piece of a draining-pipe, made of compressed 

 peat-moss or bog, the invention of Mr. Smith, of Deanston. It was 

 extremely hard, and was stated to be very durable. The cost of 

 making one thousand a foot long, by Ainslie's draining machine, was 

 mentioned to be about 5s. — From the garden of the Society were 

 various plants, more especially a large mass of Acanthophippium 

 bicolor, Chysis bractescens, the spotted variety of Oncidium luridum, 

 a double yellow Cape Oxalis, named Caprina; Begonia suaveolens, 

 and Tropaeolum eehile, an orange-yellow flowered species, whose roots 

 form an inditterent kind of food to the natives of the west coast of 

 America. It was scrambling over a branch of a Larch, whose lateral 

 twigs were left unpruned, a mode of training attended with little or 

 no trouble, and rendering the plant much more natural in appearance 

 than the artificial contrivances usually adopted for exhibiting the beauty 

 of such things. 



From the plants entered at the Regent's Park show as Single 

 Specimens, the judges made the following selections for reward : — 

 First. Messrs. Luconibe, Pince, and Co., Exeter, for Erica elegans, 

 a magnificent specimen, in excellent condition. Second. Mr. Clark, 

 for Pimelia spectabilis, three feet by four, fine. Third. Messrs. Lu- 

 conibe, Pince, and Co., for a conical Eriostemon buxifolium, five feet 

 high, and four across the base ; Mr. Barnes, for Erica intermedia ; Mr. 

 Hunt, for a handsome dwarf Erica aristata major, two feet and a-half 

 across ; Mr. Eraser, for a large Erica campanulata. Fourth. Mr. Barnes, 

 for a large double red Indian Azalea ; Mr. Wood, gardener to J. G. 

 Seager, Esq., Poole, for a tall, narrow, conical Eriostemon buxifolium ; 

 Mr. Eraser, for Daviesia latifolia ; Mr. Green, for Azalea indica va- 

 riegata. Fifth. Mr. Malyon, for a good Erica Pattcrsoni ; Mr. Braj', 

 for Epacris grandifloia ; Mr. Stanley, for Kennedya inophylla multi- 



