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Stove and Grkenhouse Flowering Plants. — The only com- 

 petitor was E. S. Rand, Jr., who exhibited on the 28th of June 

 the following varieties of well grown plants : Brassia verrucosa, 

 Cattleya Aviethystina, Dendrobium Devonianum, Aerides Lobbii, 

 Lcelia purpurata^ and Gesnera tubiflora. 



Specimen Plants. — June 28th, James Comley exhibited a 

 superb specimen of Dracaena Shepherdn, which is one of the finest 

 in cultivation. 



At the Annual Exhibition, Edward Butler exhibited a magnifi- 

 cent specimen plant of Cycas circinalis, a native of the East 

 Indies, and one of the finest of the genus, attaining a height of 

 from ten to twelve feet. The plant shown was furnished with a 

 noble head of fronds, of a dark shining green above and of a paler 

 color beneath. 



From Ilovey & Co., came a beautiful specimen of Cocos Wed- 

 delliana, the most elegant species of this genus. When not more 

 than four feet in height, young plants of it have often from twelve 

 to twenty graceful fronds, forming a plume of the most beautiful 

 description. 



Specimen Flowering Plants. — Edward S. Rand, Jr., exhibited 

 a very pretty plant of Ta2)einotes Carolinice, which was fully de- 

 described in the Transactions for 1874, Part II, p. 103. 



Variegated Leaved Plants were shown b}'' James Comley 

 and Hovey & Co., and, although not large, were ver3^ fine, 

 distinct specimens. The varieties from Mr. Comley were the 

 following : 



Croton Weisiiianni. — ■•' One of our most distinct and best intro- 

 ductions of late years. It is a plant of very striking character, 

 and the better to convey a correct idea of its beauty, we transcribe 

 the report given in the Gardeners' Chronicle, of 18G8, p. G59, 

 when this splendid plant was first exhibited : — 



' Foremost amongst new ornamental foliaged plants was Croton 

 Weismanni, from Messrs. Veitch ; a glorious species, with a habit 

 something like that of a Draccena, and long narrow leaves, striped 

 and mottled with gold of the brightest possible hue. This is in- 

 deed an acquisition.' 



The plant is of very graceful habit, and of free growth. The 

 leaves attain a length of from ten to twelve inches, and a width of 

 three-quarters of an inch. They are very acute at the apex, the 

 upper surface dark shining green, with gold blotches, the midrib 



