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larwoniiiins, and, inrleed, many other plants which are here named. 

 We trii^t the perusal of this report will convey a usfful lesson to all 

 our cultivators of [)lants. — Ed. 



"Of the tril)es of showy j)lants which appeared in the exhiiiition, 

 the heaths occu|)ied hy far the most prominent position. The collec- 

 tions of these from Mt^ssrs. Barnes, Botcher, and May, among the 

 amitenrs, and Messrs. Young and Jackson, nurserymen, were i)ar- 

 tieularly admirable. Twenty specimens from Mr. Barnes, gardener 

 to G. W. Norman, Esq., attracted universal attention fiom the im- 

 mense masses of flowers they individually and unitedly presented, 

 and the jjreat variety of colors and t'orms thus collected together. 

 The plants otherwise most noticeable w^ere E. Bowieana, tVom Mr. 

 Butcher, <rnn|ener to Mvs. Lawrence, Ealinir Park, fi\e feet hi^h, and 

 literally loaded with its beautiful white blossoms; E. ventricosa, from 

 the same establishment, a com[)lete mass of splenilid flowers, E. 

 ventricosa su|)erlia, contributed by Air. Green, jj;ardener to Sir Ed- 

 mund Antrobus, Bart., Cheam, and covered with enorrnous heads of 

 glowins |)ink inflorescence; E. ventricosa [)ur[)urea, more than ftiur 

 feet in hei^iht, so dense and bushy as to be capable of concealiiij,' a 

 bird's nest in its centre, and bedecked with numberless pretty blush- 

 colored flowers, ti|)|)ed wiih purple, from Mr. Jackson, of Kingston; 

 a pale variety of E. ventricosa, four feet hinh,and almost as remark- 

 able as the l.ist, from the same grower; E. viridis, with curious dark- 

 green drooping blooms, and conspicuous from the size and health of 

 the specimen, from Mv. Bruce, irardener to B. Miller, Es(|., Mitch- 

 am; and E. eximia and E. ampullacea, from the nursery of Messrs. 

 Lucombe, Pince, & Co., Exeter, whi(di for the spreading character 

 of the plants, and the abundance as well as loveliness of the flowers, 

 deserve the highest praise. Except one collection, of which sliabbi- 

 ness and scantiness of bloom were the chief characteristics, all the 

 heaths present were distiuguisheil for good culture, which compre- 

 hen<ls compactness of grovvth, verdure of foliage, with size, color, 

 and profusion of flowers. In the case of many of the larger plants, 

 the soil was elevated two or three inches in the middle of the pot, 

 though it should be remarked that this was not effected by burying 

 the roots that much dee[)er in the spot mentioned, but by gradually 

 raising the bases of the entire body of these abovf! the surroundiuir 

 soil. The earth employed, too, had obviously noi been depriveil of 

 the fibrous matter it naturally contains, by sifting or any analogous 

 process, for the fiiire is very properly thought to be instrumental in 

 kee[)in:r the soil open, and jiermealtle by water. Fticdisias, includiujg 

 a con-;id:!rable number of new hybrids, were the next leading objects 

 of attraction : l'\ fulgens was shown in several states; those of ex- 

 treme exuberance and unnatural dwarfness, with a stuntedness of 

 growth and yellowness of foliage, beiiiir by no means so interesting 

 as the intermediate condition, in which healihy leaves and a great 

 quantity of fully developed flowers were observable; F. corynd)i- 

 flora, with its tall stems, large oblong leaves, and singularly long 

 corytnbs of bright crimson flowers, had u very stately aspect, and 

 seems better suited for conservatories than for small green-houses; 

 Mr. Green had a plant of it in his principal collection. F. formosa 

 elegans is an extremely pretty variety; it has sn)all leaves, numerous 



