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for its glossy deep green leaves and handsome yellow eyed snow white 

 flowers. In the same group with these were Ixora coccinea ; Epacris 

 grandiflora, 5 feet in height and 4 feet in diameter ; a fine bush of Erica 

 tricolor elegans ; Clerodendron fallax ; a small Azalea variegata, pretty 

 well bloomed ; E. perspicua nana ; a badly bloomed blue Leschenaultia ; 

 Boronia denticulata, in fine condition, measuring 3 feet in height and as 

 much in diameter ; and a famous Leschenaultia formosa, 2 feet through 

 and as much in height, with its branches hanging gracefully over the pot. 



Collections of 20 plants were contributed by Messrs. Frazer of Lea- 

 bridge Road ; Mr. Ayres, gardener to J. Cook, Esq., of Brooklands, Black- 

 heath, and by Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill, of Bromley. The Lea- 

 bridge group contained as uaual superb specimens of cultivation. Arranged 

 along the back was Clerodendron splendens which has been formerly no- 

 ticed ; an exceedingly neat Aphelexis humiiis, 2^ feet in height and as 

 much in width ; a very handsome Sollya linearis, 5 feet in height, quite a 

 thicket of pale blue flowers and deep green leaves ; and Crowea saligna in 

 the most robust health, but hardly sufficiently in bloom ; and not less re- 

 markable were handsome specimens of Ixora coccinea in most luxuriant 

 growth, producing nearly 40 gorgeous scarlet heads of flowers ; and a large 

 mass of Coleonema pulchrum, 5 feet in height and as much in diameter, 

 covered with little pink stars. In the same collection were also Statice 

 arborea, with 7 flower spikes ; and a splendid Erica Bergiana, literally a 

 mass of small round deep purple blossoms. In front were Clerodendron 

 squamatum, a noble plant of that showy genus ; a splendidly grown Phae- 

 nocoma proliferum, 3 feet in height and as much in width, but scarce of 

 bloom ; Pimelea hispida, a mass of white flowers ; a large and fine Poly- 

 gala acuminata, about 5 feet in height and as much in diameter, a mass of 

 purple flowers; the same Pavetta caffra formerly mentioned, a plant we 

 should like to see oftener in collections , and a small specimen of the lilac- 

 flowered Franciscea acuminata. Along wilh these were Aphelexis spe- 

 ciosa, a paler flowered and perhaps less handsome species than humilis ; a 

 small plant of the yellow blossomed Gompholobium splendens, and several 

 Heaths, including tricolor elegans, a handsomer variety than tricolor, which 

 likewise formed part of the group, as did also a pretty E. ventricosa. Mr. 

 Ayres's set, which was next in point of merit, comprised two noble Clero- 

 dendrons ; the same Allamanda cathartica, formerly described, again pro- 

 duced in first rate order ; as was also the noble Gloriosa superba, alluded to 

 on a former occasion. Along with these were Crowea saligna, finely in 

 bloom, and promising to become still better; the larger and best variety of 

 Aphelexis spectabilis ; a small plant of the comparatively new Cyrtoceras 

 reflexum ; Leschenaultia formosa, forming a low spreading bush, 18 inches 

 in height and about 2 feet across, together with a very handsomely grown 

 and finely bloomed Pulygala oppositifolia. In the "same collection were, 

 morever, a small plant of the pale flowered Aphelexis sesamoides ; a very 

 fine Phffinocoma proliferum, 3 feet in height and nearly as much in diame- 

 ter, well flowered ; and a fine bush of Pimelea decussata, 3 feet in height 

 and as much in width, together with Erica Bergiana ; tricolor, with its 



