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Of Ericas the collection contained the following : Thunbergia, a yard in 

 height, and as much in diameter ; intermedia, very large, and in excellent 

 bloom ; Hartnelli, a fine plant ; daphnasflora, in a beautiful state ; fastigiata 

 ■ lutescens ; favoides elegans, very admirable, but smaller; specimens of el- 

 egans, in fine bloom ; odora rosea, good ; praegnans coccinea minor, in a 

 fine state ; and lovely plants of dilecta and Sprengelii ; a plant of Statice 

 macrophylla, with a fine spike of blue flowers, excited much admiration ; 

 and the rare Luxemburgia ciliosa was shown for the second time since its 

 introduction into this country : in addition to the preceding was a good 

 plant, with nearly 30 heads of bloom upon it, of Ixora grandiflora ; and 

 large specimens of Azalea indica alba, A. indica splendens, A. indica Glad- 

 stanesii, the latter dwarf and good ; and a pretty A. indicata laterilia. In 

 the same group were, moreover, fine plants of Zichya inophylla floribunda, 

 Polygala cordifolia, Daviesia saligna, Boronia denticulata, Eriostemon cus- 

 pidatum, Pimelea decussala (very large), and Podolobium trilobatum. — Mr. 

 Green, gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, contributed a third collection ; it was not so 

 rich as the preceding, but contained very beautiful plants. Among them 

 was a dwarf and pretty specimen of Pimelea decussata, with remarkably 

 well-colored blooms ; a neat Boronia serrulata, in nice bloom ; a good plant 

 of Dillwynia ericifolia, and a small pretty Erica propendens. In the same 

 collection was, moreover, a pretty Aphelexis humilis, a good Ixora grandi- 

 flora, and fine plants of Daviesia saligna, Pimelea tenuifolia, dwarf and 

 compact; Eriostemon buxifolium, Brachysema latifolium, and Coleonema 

 pulchrum. The collection also contained some fine Azaleas — among them 

 was A. indica variegata, densely covered with bloom ; a tall and fine speci- 

 men of the double red, and a good A. indica alba. 



Collections of 20 Stove and Greenhouse Plants were contributed by 

 Messrs. Frazer, of Lea-Bridge-road ; Mr. Hunt, gr. to Miss Traill, Brom- 

 ley; and Mr. Ayres, gr. to J. Cook, Esq., Brooklands-park, Black-heath. 

 The collection of Messrs. Frazer contained some remarkable plants — among 

 them was Podolobium staurophyllum, a dense bush, 2 feet in height, and the 

 same in diameter; Erica propendens, particularly neat; E. campanulata, 

 famously managed ; Pimelea linifolia, an admirable plant, 4 feet in height, 

 and 5 feet in diameter; P. nivea, very neat; and a remarkably well-grown 

 and finely-colored P. spectabilis. In the same group a lovely plant, not 

 quite in bloom, of Boronia serrulata, was about 18 inches in height, and the 

 same in diameter, and as compact and thickset as could possibly be desired ; 

 a good plant of Polygala acuminata, with Daviesia latifolia, 4 feet in height 

 and 2 in diameter ; Epacris grandiflora, Chorozema Henchmanni, Coleone- 

 ma rubrum, Aphelexis speciosa, Chorozema varium, and a most admirable 

 plant of Boronia pinnata, loaded with delicate pale-pink waxy blossoms ; 

 with some good Azaleas. — Mr. Hunt's collection contained a noble Gompho- 

 lobium polymorphum, covering beautifully a shield-formed trellis, 4 feet in 

 height and the same in width ; an immense bush of Erica gemmifera, 3 feet 

 in height, and as much in diameter ; E. perspicua nana, a most remarkable 

 plant; and E. translucens rosea, in admirable condition. In the same 

 group was, also, a splendid plant of Leschenaultia formosa, in fine bloom ; 



