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species of Zichya, from the collection of Miss Traill, was highly 

 creditable to Mr. Hunt, the gardener there. A noble Clematis Sie- 

 boldii was sent by Mr. Garrett, gardener to Sir H. Jenner; an enor- 

 mous Zichya glabrata, by Mr. Fraser, of Layton; and Echites sub- 

 erecta, with its pretty pale yellow blossoms, together with Thunber- 

 gia Havvtayneana, having large deep blue flowers, appeared among 

 Mr. Butcher's climbers. It is needless to specify the particular man- 

 ner in which each species was treated. The principal things to be 

 observed were, that they were grown on circular, cylindrical, flat, or 

 other trellises, according to their habit; and that flat ones are prefer- 

 red for those kinds which are of weakly growth, and produce great 

 numbers of small flowers; while the more luxuriant sorts, and such 

 as bear larger and scattered blossoms, are aftixed to a cylindrical trel- 

 lis, or to one in the shape of a barrel. In yielargoniums, a very great 

 and manifest improvement has been eflected since last year; and this 

 is not so much in the size or figure of the flowers, as in their color, 

 abundance, and the appearance of the plants. We never saw three 

 plants so large and so similar in size, form, and habits, as those ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Catleugh, — Climax, Cecilia, and Discount, — measur- 

 ing nearly four feet in width. The specimen of Victory in Mr. Cock's 

 collection was perfect. In the distribution of medals for these flow- 

 ers our florist friends will be glad to know the names of the winning 

 growers and varieties. The Gold Banksian was awarded to Mr. 

 Cock, for the best collection of six varieties, containing Jewess, Lou- 

 is Quatorze, Joan of Arc, Bijou, Coronation, and Victory; and 

 among nurserymen, to Mr. Catleugh, for Erectum, Jewess, Corona- 

 tion, Florence, Victory, Una: the large silver to Mr. Gaines, for 

 Beauty of Ware, Joan of Arc, Climax, Lineatum, Eliza superb, Ju- 

 ba; Silver Banksian medals were also obtained by Mr. Gaines, for a 

 brilliant seedling called the Rising Sun; and Mr. Catleugh, for Prince 

 of Waterloo, a seedling variety, fine in habit, form, and color, a de- 

 cided improvement upon Jewess, to which it bears a strong resem- 

 blance. A variety called the Shrubland Scarlet, well adapted for 

 either pots or beds of the flower garden, must not be passed over. 

 It has large leaves, and copious trusses of the most splendid scarlet 

 flowers; Mr. Conway, of Old Brompton, was the exhibitor of this. 

 Among the cinerarias, the best was one something like King, but 

 larger and darker, from Mr. Kyle, gardener to R. Barclay, Esq., 

 Layton, and a beautiful crimson variety from Mr. Green, of Cheam. 

 Of calceolarias there was a profusion, the chief new ones being from 

 Mr. Green and Mr. Catleugh, of Chelsea. A neat little variety was 

 furnished by Mr. Standish, of Bagshot, which was spotted and blotch- 

 ed, like a leopard, on a yellowish ground. Much notice was taken 

 of six hydrangeas, shown by Mr. Dowson, the gardener to W. 

 Leaf, Esq., of Streatham; and for the size and form both of the in- 

 dividual flowers and heads, they were surpassingly excellent. Heaths 

 of many kinds were abundant, and more than usually good. Erica 

 persoluta alba, and E. perspicua nana, from Mr. Barnes, both pre- 

 sented a lovely mass of white blossoms; the former we can compare 

 to nothing so well as a snow wreath. Mr. Plumbly, gardener to E. 

 G. Dimsdale, Esq., produced E. aristata major, than which no vari- 

 ety is more showy; and a fine plant of E. regerminans, thickly load- 



