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Collections of 12 stove or greenhouse plants were sent by Mr. Hunt ; 

 Mr. Bruce, gr. to Boyd Miller, Esq. ; Mr. Green, gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, 

 Bart. ; and Mr. Epps, of the Bowery Nursery, Maidstone. Mr. Hunt's 

 plants comprised a fine Ixora grandiflora ; Clerodendrum fallax, a nice 

 plant; Erica Massoni, a splendid specimen; Boronia serrulata, in fine 

 bloom ; with Leschenaultia formosa ; Gardoquia Hookeri ; Erica densa, 

 and some Vincas. Mr. Bruce produced a famous Aphelexishumilis ; Jxora 

 grandiflora, a tall spare plant ; Stephanotis floribunda, clean and healthy ; 

 Pimelea decussata, dwarf; Astelma eximia, pretty ; with Erica eximia, 

 and Roella ciliata. Mr. Green's principal plants consisted of Crowea sa- 

 ligna, Epiphyllum speciosum, Passerina grandiflora, and Achimenes longi- 

 flora. In Mr. Epps's group was a large plant of Euthales macrophylla, 

 Leschenaultia formosa, and several species of Erica. 



Collections of 6 plants came from Mr. May, gr. to E. Goodheart, Esq., 

 and Mr. Stanly, gr. to H. Berens, Esq. In the former collection, was a 

 large Ixora grandiflora, with remarkably fine heads of flowers ; Rondeletia 

 speciosa, pretty ; Crowea saligna, a dwarf bush ; with Aphelexis purpu- 

 rea grandiflora, and Erica jasminiflora alba. Mr. Stanley's group contain- 

 ed Mahernia incisa, Clerodendrum speciossimum, Achimenes grandiflora, 

 and Gloxinia Menziesii. Only one collection of creepers was produced, and 

 that came from the nursery of Mr. Frazer. It contained Sollya linearis, a 

 fine plant ; Ipomcea tyranthina, very pretty ; Allamanda cathartica, nicely 

 bloomed ; Stephanotis floribunda, a promising plant ; with Clerodendrum 

 splendens, and Thunbergia Fryeri. 



Heaths, in collections of 20 species, were shown by Mr. Hunt and Mr. 

 Robertson. In Mr. Hunt's collection, which obtained the first prize, was 

 Massoni, a splendid plant ; Savileana, very good ; jubata, very pretty ; re- 

 torta major, 2 feet by 18 inches, and splendidly bloomed ; ampullacea, and 

 tricolor impressa, both fine ; gemmifera, 3 feet by 3 feet ; odore rosa; ; mu- 

 tabilis, remarkably pretty; obbata (Pamplin's variety), a tall plant, but 

 rather thin ; viridiflora ; Clusiana ; metulajflora bicolor, 3 feet by 4 feet ; 

 jasminiflora alba, 2 feet by 18 inches ; with a pretty eximia ; and tricolor 

 elegans, 3 feet by 3 feet. Mr. Robertson's plants were smaller than the 

 preceding ; the best of them were infundibuliformis, a nice plant ; obbata, 

 dwarf and very lovely; eximia; ampullacea, pretty; depressa, pretty; 

 gemmifera, neat ; tricolor, fine ; tricolor elegans, with ventricosa superba ; 

 globosa, and tricolor ; a small Coventryana, Templeana, Irbayana ; and 

 retorta major, not quite open. 



In the Nurseryman's Class, a splendid collection was sent by Messrs. 

 Fairbairn, of Clapham, and some small, neat plants by Messrs. RoUisson. 

 Among Messrs. Fairbairn's plants, we noticed a noble Cavendishiana ; ju- 

 bata, small ; tricolor ; t. elegans ; t. rosse, fine ; t. tenuiflora, good ; a va- 

 riety of obbata ; princeps ; ampullacea, and a. rubra, both good ; a. im- 

 pressa ; ventricosa superba ; Bothwelliana ; viridiflora ; eximia, fine ; Sa- 

 vileana, good ; gemmifera ; inflata ; jasminiflora alba, and Irbyana, both in 

 fine condition. The principal plants in Messrs. Rollisson's collection con- 

 sisted of Kingscotiana, a very splendid variety, with large flowers, and a 

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