316 Fo7'eigti Notices. 



blossoms, the larger variety of E. Ackermanni, E. aurantiaciim, and Jenk- 

 insoni, the latter in lovely condition. Mr. Falconer's plants were little in- 

 ferior to these ; they were for the most part finely in bloom, and altogether 

 the two collections made a most brilliant display. Mr. Green sent a group 

 of azaleas; but the glory of these, with the advance of the season, had 

 almost departed ; they, however, had their admirers, and were wonderful 

 when we recollect that the thermometer has stood at about 84° in the shade 

 for the last fortnight. 



Of single specimens, of superior cultivation, Messrs. Veitch & Son sent 

 the purple blossomed Mirbelia illicifolia, and a noble plant of the compara- 

 tively new Siphocampylus coccinens. Mr. Mylam, the fine Aerides odora- 

 tum already mentioned. Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, two specimens of 

 Erica Massoni, and a fine plant of the well known Pelargonium tricolor. 

 Mr. W. P. Ayres, an enormous overgrown Clerodendron paniculatum, 7 

 feet in height, in the most luxuriant health. Mr. Pobertson, gardener to 

 Mrs. Lawrence, sent a fine Clerodendron fallax. Messrs. Fairbairn, a very 

 handsome Erica tricolor. Mr. Pamplin, Campylia (Pelargonium) holose- 

 riceum. Mr. Wells, of Walthamstow, Vinca alba. Mr. Green, a noble 

 Ixora coccinea. Mr. Wiltshire, Gloxinia Cartoni. Mr. Jack, a fine plant 

 of Achimenes longiflora ; also Clivia nobilis, and Crinum amabile. And 

 Mr. Barnes, Cypripedium spectabile, and Ardisia hymenandra. From Mr. 

 Epps was a beautiful specimen of the red variety of Erica tricolor, and 

 Mr. Hunt sent a fine E. Massoni. Mr. May, of Woodford, sent Draco- 

 phyllum gracile. Mr. Wells, Vinca rosea alba ; and Mr. Pope, of Wan- 

 stead, Pimelea decussata. 



Of new plants, more were present than at the previous exhibition. Mr. 

 Robertson's deep violet flowered Telratheca verticillata was a beautiful object; 

 and so was a fine rosy lilac long spurred Balsam from Messrs. Veitch & Son, 

 who likewise sent the beautiful deep purple flowered Calandrinia umbellata, 

 a useful plant for rockwork ; also Chirita zeylanica, and .zEschynanthus 

 pulchor, the latter a new and striking addition to that handsome genus ; and, 

 finally, the same nurseryman sent a small plant of the neat white flowered 

 Ligustrum japonicum, and a tall plant of Dichorizandra ovalifolia, having a 

 terminal spike of violet flowers just beginning to expand, much resembling 

 D. thyrsiflora. Mr. Glendinning, of Turnham Green, sent Cryptomeria 

 japonica, the scarlet-flowered Ruellia macrophylla, which had been over- 

 forced, and was consequently seen to disadvantage. And from Mr. Mylam 

 was a new form of Nepenthes, an interesting plant of its kind. Mr. Car- 

 son sent the rare (^attleya granulosa ; and Mr. Green, a large coarse pale 

 green flowered Tropaeolum polyphyllum, more curious than beautiful. — 

 Mr. W. P. Ayres sent Aotus gracillinnus, a Swan river species, having 

 small yellow flowers. — Mr. Dods, gardener to Sir G. Warrender, Bart., 

 Goodenia grandiflora, with pale yellow blossoms of little beauty ; and a 

 small plant of a pendulous Thuja was shown by Mr. Scott, of Poole. We 

 also observed a Barkeria, something like B. Lindleyana ; and hist, but not 

 least, was Torenia asiatica, a charming species, from the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Kew. This lovely object was the admiration of every body. It 



