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ed with its small pinkish-white flowers. E. Hartnelli, not inferior to 

 E. aristata major, E. elegans, with a curious hal)it and delicate pink 

 blossoms, and E. ventricosa carnea, which was little excelled by any 

 other, were from Mr, Venables, gardener to W. Harrison, Esq., of 

 Cheshunt. E. ampullacea rubra, and E. Hartnelli nova, beautifully 

 grown, were sent from Messrs. Young, of Epsom. But the loveli- 

 est heath, and most charming specimen, was E. propendens, grown 

 by Mr. May, gardener to E. Goodhart, Es^j.; nothing could exceed 

 the beauty of this plant, which was covered with pretty pinkbells, 

 and constituted, both from the immense quantity of its flowers, its 

 low nature, and partially pendent habit, a perfect gem of its kind. 

 In the above enumeration, simply a few of the most striking sorts 

 have been noted; it would occupy half our columns to remark on all. 

 Of specimen plants, not ranking with any of the foregoing classes, 

 yet meriting distinction for their superior culture, such numbers pre- 

 sented themselves that only a selection can be named. In Mrs. 

 Lawrence's collection were Cytisus racemosus, about six feet high, 

 spreading in all directions nearly as wide; Ixora Bandhuca, with 

 nearly thirty prodigiously large heads of flowers, looking like hemi- 

 spheres of fire; Acacia cordata, a singularly graceful species, in re- 

 markable perfection, and fully five feet high; with a plant of Eu- 

 phorbia splendens, which would half fill an ordinary stove, studded 

 all over with lively crimson ornaments. A specimen of Chorozema 

 cordatum, from Mr. Barnes, was, perhaps, the most noticeable in- 

 stance of good cultivation which the show afforded. Every one 

 knows the rambling nature of this species, and how seldom it can be 

 reduced within moderate dimensions. The plant in question was, 

 however, of a greater diameter than height, the branches numerous, 

 dense, hanging down over the pot, and having a bunch of uncom- 

 monly large blossoms at the extremity of each. In short, it might 

 be regarded as a model of perfection; its beauty had apparently been 

 caused by frequently pinching off" the points of the young shoots. 

 Erythrina Crista-galli was as well grown in a pot by Mr. Butcher as 

 we have ever seen it in the open border. It no doubt requires mere- 

 ly a rich soil and plenty of pot room. The brilliant little Lechenaul- 

 tia formosa was exhibited by several persons, but none had it finer 

 than Mr. Falconer, gardener to A. Palmer, Esq., of Cheam: neither 

 stems, branches, soil, nor the upi)er part of the pot were at all dis- 

 coverable; nothing could be seen but a few spots of green foliage, 

 and one blaze of glowing flowers. Pimelea decussata and Coleone- 

 ma pulchrum, from Mr. Pawley, of the White Hart Inn, Bromley, 

 were exceedingly well cultivated. Boronia pinnata, from G. Alston, 

 Esq., of Birmingham; Dilhvynia speciosa, from Messrs. Young, of 

 Epsom: D. floribunda, and Chorozema Dicksonii, from Mr. Hunt, 

 gardener to Miss Traill; Campanula garganica, shown by Mr. Tay- 

 lor, gardener to J. Foster, Esq., Strcatham; Templetonia glauca, 

 from Mr. Upright, gardener to G. C. Ridge, Esq., Morden; with 

 Selago Gilliesii, and Ixora rosea, from Mr. Venables, gardener to 

 W. Harrison, Esq , all bore testimony to the sterling value of the 

 plants and the great merits of their cultivators. If there was one 

 object among the specimens which, after the Chorozema cordatum, 

 carried away the palm for its splendor, and for the talent displayed 



