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

 thus coccineus, Pittosporum Toblra, Eugema wyrtifolia, Acacia armata, 

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

 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 Opvintia brasiliensis, 

 and micradasia, Echinocactus multiplex, and Epiphyllum truncatum, with 

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

 myrtles, &c. ; Flbiirnum oxycoccus and the Shepherdm argentea, both in 

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

 and dahlia 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, Sulphiirea elegans. 

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

 Sovereign, &c. 



From Hovey & Co., flowering plants of O'xalis Bowieu, Gardoquia 

 VLodkeni, and Epiphyllum Ackermann ; a young plant in a pot of the 

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

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

 lows — V. Tweedieawfl, and T. superba, V. incisa, teucmrfes, Binneyawa, 

 Eyreawa, Axxdcaiana, chamsedrifdlia major, and venosa ; 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., Enco, regerminans, Abie- 

 tina, concinna, and gracilis ; also, Crdwea saligna, Manettic cordifolia, 

 and Menzies/a cseriilea. From N. S. Dyer, South Abington, Begdm'a ar- 

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



From M. P. "Wilder, about one hundred and twenty dahUas, among 

 which we noted down Rienzi, Rival Sussex, Striata formosissima. 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 



