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rieties of dahlias, marigolds, and cut flowers. From "W. Meller, Hseman- 

 thus cocclneus, Pittosporum Toblra, Eugenm myrtifolia, Acacia armata, 

 &c. ; also, twenty -five or thirty dahlia blooms, among which were Countess 

 of Mansfield, Criterion, Ne Plus Ultra, Conqueror of Europe, Desdemona, 

 Beauty of Cambridge, Beauty, &c. 



From S. Sweetser, ten pots of dahlias, of new and fine kinds, all in 

 bloom ; these were all great ornaments to the room, particularly the Striata 

 formosissima, which had six flowers expanded ; the others were Marshal 

 Soult, Ne Plus Ultra, Elliot's Coronation, Eva, Mrs. Ashley, Unique, Cam- 

 bridge Hero, Piltdown Rival, Exemplar ; also, fine specimens of several 

 species of Cacti, viz., Cereus cortex and albiflorus Opxmtia brasiliensis, 

 and micradasia, Echinocactus multiplex, and Epiphyllum truncatum, with 

 a dozen or more dahlia blooms. From Messrs. Winship, hydrangeas, 

 myrtles, &c. ; Fibvirnum oxycoccus and the Shepherdifl argentea, both in 

 fruit. From J. S. EUery, Esq., a pretty pyramid of dahlias, fine bouquets, 

 and dahha flowers. From J. J. Low, Belladona lilies, a large Sago Palm, 

 and a beautiful specimen of the Tea rose, in full bloom, grafted as a stand- 

 ard ; also, about fifty dahlias, of which the finest were, Horsham Rival, 

 Bonaparte, Mary, Victory, Ruby, Striata formosissima, Sulphvirea elegans, 

 Beauty of Bedford, Countess of Mansfield, Viscountess Beresford, Golden 

 Sovereign, &c. 



From Hovey & Co., flowering plants of (7xalis Bowieu, Gardoquia 

 HookereY, and Epiphyllum Ackermanw ; a young plant in a pot of the 

 ilf orus multicaulis, three feet high, only two months from the cutting ; a 

 beautiful stand of verbenas, containing nine species and varieties, as fol- 

 lows — V. Tweedieanc, and T. superba, F. incisa, iexicroidts, Binneyanfl, 

 Eyreana, Arramanfl, chamsedrifdlia major, and vendsa ; also, about one 

 hundred and thirty dahlias, some of which were. Striata formosissima. 

 Reliance, Mrs. Rushton, Eva, Rosetta, Variabilis, Unique, Beauty of 

 Kingscote, Grand Purple, Marquis of Lothian, Splendissima, Princess Vic- 

 toria, Conqueror of Europe, Middlesex Rival, Maria Edgeworth, Cambridge 

 Hero, Juliet, Victory, Fowler's Queen Victoria, Horatio, &c. From John 

 Towne, several elegant species of heaths, viz., JErica regerminans, Abie- 

 tina, concinna, and gracilis ; also, Crowea saligna, Manettia cordifolia, 

 and Menziesm cserulea. From N. S. Dyer, South Abington, Begonia ar- 

 gyrostigma. From A. H. Hovey, China asters and dahlias. 



From jM. P. Wilder, about one hundred and twenty dahlias, among 

 which we notel down Pienz^i, Rival Sussex, Striata foi-mosissima,. Countess 

 of Mansfield, Marquis of Lothian, Virgin Queen, Unique, Marshal Soult, 

 Egyptian King, Mrs. Rushton, Ne Plus Ultra, Victory Exemplar, Ruby, 

 Prima Donna, Maria Edgeworth, &c. &c. ; also, a tine cut specimen of 

 Liatris scariosa. From S. Walker, upwards of seventy dahlias, some of 

 which were Ovid, Mrs. Rushton, Premier, Glory, Rival Sussex, Berkshire 



