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Zichya villosa, two good plants ; Erica Hartnelli, very large ; Boronia ser- 

 rulata, and Gardoquia Hookeri, in fine bloom ; with excellent plants of Ix- 

 ora grandiflora, Phcenocoma prolifera, and several Azaleas. — Mr. Ayres 

 was an exhibitor only in this class, and though his plants were small, they 

 were neat and compact ; we noticed among them a richly-colored specimen 

 of Pimelea spectabilis. Azalea indica alba, a compact round bush in good 

 bloom ; A. variegata, in good bloom ; and a well-colored Podolobium stau- 

 rophyllum, 3 feet in height; Poivrea coccinea, producing several strong 

 spikes of rich flowers; Erica propendens, a pretty bush, measuring 1 foot 

 in height and 18 inches across ; Erica Hartnelli, in good bloom ; and a 

 small plant of E. perspicua nana. In the same collection was a dwarf 

 pretty bush of Ixora grandiflora, remarkable for the high color of its flow- 

 ers, with Gardoquia Hookeri, Chorozema angustifolium, Leschenaultia for- 

 mosa and Baxterii ; Polygala oppositifolia, and the sweet-scented Gardenia 

 radicans. 



In the collections of 12 plants, Mr. Bruce, gr. to B. Miller, Esq., of 

 Mitcham, was first. He had finely-bloomed plants of Azalea Gladslanesii 

 and variegata, the latter very fine ; Aphelexis humilis and sesamoides, two 

 very good plants ; Adenandra speciosa, very pretty ; with Chorozema 

 Henchmanni, and C. varium ; Pimelea spectabilis, and a tall Ixora grandi- 

 flora. — Mr. Pawley, of Bromley, was a contributor in this class, and had 

 fine plants of Aphelexis sesamoides ; Azalea variegata, dwarf and pretty ; 

 A. phcenicea, fine ; Pimelea spectabilis, rather past its best; Ixora grandi- 

 flora, in a good state ; Coleonema rubrum and Euphorbia splendens ; and 

 fine plants of Erica perspicua nana and E. ventricosa stellata. — Mr. W. J. 

 Epps, of Bower Nursery, Maidstone, sent a collection containing a fine Ix- 

 ora grandiflora, in good bloom ; Leschenaultia formosa, very pretty ; Erica 

 Hartnelli ; Azalea indica alba, very large and in fine bloom ; Begonia par- 

 viflora, or obliqua, a remarkably well-grown plant ; and a large specimen 

 of Podolobium Chorozemcefolium, but ratl>er past its best. 



Collections of six plants were numerous, and principally from new exhib- 

 ors. Mr. May, gr. to E. Goodhart, Esq., of Beckenham, contributed a 

 noble Ixora grandiflora, with remarkably large heads of bloom ; a hand- 

 some plant of the beautiful Hovea Celsi ; Polygala acuminata, and an ad- 

 mirable specimen of Erica mundula in splendid condition. — Mr. Cole, gr. 

 to C. Lewis, Esq., Blackheath Park, sent a beautifully managed Pimelea 

 spectabilis, with very large heads of flowers : Gesnera Cooperi, in fine 

 bloom ; Polygala acuminata ; Epacris grandiflora ; and Corrtea speciosa 

 major. — M. Stanley, gr. to H. Berens, Esq., Sidcup, contributed a noble 

 Leschenaultia formosa, scarcely in bloom ; Tropseolum grandiflorum, pret- 

 ty; a species of Tropajolum from Peru, evidently a bad variety of T. bra- 

 chyceras ; with Gompholobium polymorphum, and Azalea indica alba. — Mr. 

 Jack, gr. to G. H. Loraine, Esq., produced a fine Gesnera zebrina in good 

 bloom ; Azalea Gladstanesii ; and very pretty plants of Bossiaea linifolia, 

 and Aphelexis humilis. — Mr. Glendinning, of Chiswick Nursery, sent a 

 nice plant of Pimelea spectabilis, with immense heads of bloom ; Boronia 

 pinnata, pretty ; and a large plant of Erica rubro-calyx. — Mr. Taylor, gr. 

 to J. Coster, Esq., of Streatham, was also a contributor in this class. 



