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Butcher, Falconer, and others, the stems are barely perceptible; the 

 shoots bend over the edges of the pots, and the blossoms and leaves 

 are so dense that it is almost impossible to see through them, patches 

 of the latter bein<r only here and there visible, and thus giving greater 

 brilliancy to the flowers. The character here spoken of was esi)e- 

 cially conspicuous in A. indica lateritia, variegata, Smithii, and a 

 magnificent crimson variety in Mrs. Lawrence's group, with blooms 

 of an immense size and dazzling brightness. It is probably the one 

 called A. indica splendens. Mr, Green's double-red kind, though 

 not so compact in habit, was likewise particularly showy. Next to 

 azaleas, the cactaceous race was most noticeable. The Cercus 

 Jenkinsonii and Epiphyllum speciosum, from Mr. Green, gardener to 

 Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., of Cheam, were amazingly large, and well 

 covered with blossoms. Si)ecimens of the same kinds, together with 

 a large Cereus speciosissimus, and a fine plant of C. Mallisonii, with 

 its rich crimson flowers, were supplied by Mr. Butcher, gardener to 

 Mrs- Lawrence, of Ealing Park; while Mr. Bruce, gardener to B. 

 Miller, Esq., Tooting, exhibited a dwaifer plant of Epiphyllum 

 speciosum, which was literally a complete mass of delicate pink 

 bloom, and Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, contributed a charming E. 

 Ackermanni, which was nearly as broad as it was high, and of the 

 most elegant proportions: the flowers of the last were very gorge- 

 ous. In all these, and many more, which there is not space to men- 

 tion, the high state of health, conjoined with the prodigious quantity 

 of blossoms, elicited much admiration. The climbers dispersed 

 through the larger collections, exhibited singly or arranged in detach- 

 ed groups, were a source of great allurement to the lovers of this 

 interesting tribe. Considerable prizes having been oflered for plants 

 of this descrif)tion, it was to be expected that there would have been 

 a larger number of competitors; but the specimens were, on the 

 whole, highly meritorious, and it is hoped that some of them will 

 have the effect of inducing not a few cultivators to bestow on them 

 that attention they so much deserve. Decidedly the most lovely, 

 though not the most novel, of the climbing species, was Tropajolum 

 tricolorum, a plant which will ever retain its high character. Two 

 specimens of this, trained on a trellis, which partially covered the 

 pots, the blossoms being disposed all over with as much regularity as 

 if they had been purposely fastened in the proper position, were sub- 

 jects of universal esteem; they were shown by Mr. Green. A largo 

 plant of Stepbanotus floribundus, with its sweet-scented white blos- 

 soms just beginning to expand, formed a })art of Mr. Butcher's main 

 collection. Gom|)holol)ium polymor])hum, from Mr. Barnes, gar- 

 dener to G. W, Norman, Esq., was attached to a flat trellis, and its 

 numberless large crimson flowers created a display which was hardly 

 exceeded by any other object. From the same individual, there was 

 a beautiful Poivrca (Combrctum) coccinea, which shows that it can 

 be grown almost as finely in a i)ot as when planted in the border of 

 a stove. The vivid scarlet of its co])ious floral racemes was very 

 conspicuous. There was considerable merit in the culture and 

 training of Zichya coccinea, brought by Mr. Upright, gardener to G. 

 C. Ridge, Esq., of Morden, and Mr. Wilson, of Streatham. Zicliya 

 pannosa, from Mr. Butcher, was also exceedingly fine; and another 



