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Pimelea spectabilis, and also a smaller, but much better specimen of the 

 same showy species. He had, moreover, a fine P. incana, and two luxuri- 

 ant young plants of P. decussata ; the collection likewise contained two 

 pretty specimens of Erica propendens and depressa ; a lovely plant of E. 

 perspicua nana ; and several others. In front was a very handsome Davie- 

 sia ; a remarkably luxuriant, but badly-bloomed Pentas carnea ; a fine Ma- 

 nettia glabra, in good bloom, trained on a hemispherical trellis ; with a large 

 plant of Leschenaultia formosa, 3 feet in diameter, but not in good bloom ; 

 and a very promising young plant of Gnidia pinifolia. In addition to these 

 was a tolerable plant, Aphelexis sesamoides, with Tabernaemontana coro- 

 naria flore pleno, in fine bloom ; and a pretty, but badly-colored Gesnera 

 Cooperi. — Mr. Barnes's collection contained many very remarkable plants, 

 but, owing to the dullnesfs of the weather, several of his best specimens 

 were not sufficiently in bloom. In the centre, at the back of the stage, 

 stood a noble plant of Daviesia saligna, 4 feet in height and 6 feet in diam- 

 eter, the branches drooping nearly to the pot, and loaded with bloom ; sup- 

 porting it on one side, was Erica grandinosa, literally one dense mass of 

 white flowers, 4 feet in height, and the same in diameter; and on the other 

 side was an immense bush, in excellent bloom, of Epacris grandiflora ; 

 another remarkable plant was Podolobium staurophyllum, 5 feet in height, 

 and 4 feet in diameter, and loaded with flowers ; scarcely less interesting 

 was a noble plant, not quite in bloom, of Oxylobium Pultenaea, about 4 feet 

 in height and 6 feet in diameter; and a dense bush of Polygala oppositifolia, 

 literally one mass of bloom, 4 feet in height, and 6 feet in diameter, con- 

 trasting well with the yellow flowers which surrounded it. Of the genus 

 Aphelexis, Mr. Barnes had two wonderful plants — one, A. humilis, may be 

 regarded as a masterpiece of cultivation ; it was one mass of flowers, but 

 the day was, unfortunately, not sufiiciently bright to induce it to open its 

 flowers. Another plant, not quite so profusely covered with bloom, was A. 

 sesamoides, nearly 4 feet in height, and 3 feet in diameter ; and Mr. Barnes 

 had another capital Aphelexis called A. macrantha purpurea, which is cer- 

 tainly the finest of the genus ; it had deep purple or plum-colored bracts 

 shaded with bright pink or rose, exposing when open a deep straw-colored 

 or yellow disk ; closely allied to this was an immense specimen, two feet in 

 height, and about 4 feet in diameter, of Phcenocoma prolifera, which will 

 probably be more generally recognised under the old name of Helichrysum 

 proliferum; this plant was a complete thicket, but not sufficiently in bloom ; 

 other two remarkable plants were Dillwynia rudis and clavata, but though 

 plentifully covered with flower-buds, few of them were expanded ; these 

 excellent specimens were from 3 to 4 feet in height, and proportionately 

 bushy ; from the same collection were fine plants of Dillwynia ericifolia and 

 pungens ; Gompholobium tenellum, Pimelea Hendersoni, Leschenaultia for- 

 mosa, and Clerodendrum splendens — the four last were remarkably good 

 specimens ; the Gompholobium was about 3 feet in height, and 2 feet in di- 

 ameter, but not in full bloom ; Pimelea Hendersoni was 18 inches in height, 

 and 2 feet in diameter, in fine bloom, and the Leschenaultia was of about 

 the same size, trained hemispherically, and one complete sheet of flowers. 



