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with larger leaves, and not so many blossoms, was likewise in th« 

 specimen tent. Mandevilla suaveolens, a new climber, with large, 

 white, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers, was in a good flowering 

 state, from Mr. Butcher. It was attached to a cylindrical trellis. 

 Hoya carnosa, similarj}'^ treated, created a really beautiful disjilay. 

 It came from Mr. Tiiisley, gardener to Mrs. Sliarpe, Barnet; and 

 though the trellis was only four feet in hei^xht, it had a great quantity 

 of its ilelicate wax-like flowers. This mode of treating so favorite 

 a })lant ouaht to be extensively adopted. Chironia decussata is not 

 naturally of a climbing disposition, but trained to a flat upright trel- 

 lis by Mr. Tiiisley, the lateral branches ])rotruded forwards, each 

 bearing their showy pink lilooms at the extreuiity, and making alto- 

 gether an imposing appearance. Russellia jiincea, which is rather 

 a trailing than a cliuibing species, was sup|)orted on a high wire 

 trellis, from the top of which its graceful rushlike branches depend- 

 ed. JNIr. Green was the exhibitor of this plant, which was more 

 prominent for ils verdant Iteauty than t"or the profusion of its flowers. 

 We have anew to regret that clindiers were not more numerous, and 

 to reiterate our declaration that cultivating them in pots is the easiest 

 as well as the best system of flowering them successfully. A new 

 j)lant, with a single expanded flower, was exhibited by Mr. Butcher, 

 gardener to Mrs. Lawrence. It was theLemonia spectabilis, a stove 

 shrub, with glossy leaves, and solitary pink blossoms. Berberis tri- 

 foliata, with extremely elegant, three-parted, holly-like foliage, was 

 sent by Mr. Mountjoy, of Ealing, though not in flower. A species 

 of Yucca, not very remote from Y. filamentosa, was from Messrs. 

 Brown & Attwell, Uxbridgc. Rosa devoniensis, which is an im- 

 provement on the 3'ellow Noisette, was sent from IVTessrs. Lncombe, 

 Pince, & Co., its sole possessors. From Mr. Cutbush, of Highgate, 

 there was a seedling chryseis (Eschscholizia,) with semi-double 

 flowprs, the exterior of which is the color of C. crocea, while the 

 middle is of a much darker orange. It is a singular example of the 

 ])r()pensiiy of some annual flowers to 'sport,' and most likely can 

 never be perpetuated. 



The exhil)ition of pelargonia, though very fine, was not so gor- 

 geous, nor in such perfection, as it was at the former n)eeting. This 

 probably arose from the varieties selected for exhibition; but, in jus- 

 ice to Mr. Cock, we must not include his collection in this remark, 

 for no pprceptii)le difference was visible in his plants; they were in 

 fine condition and splendid l)lo()m; his jdant of Emily attracted great 

 admiration, but this, we imagine, arose more from its |)eculiar color 

 than any other superiority, as Eliza superb, Orange Boven, Diadem- 

 atus superbum, and Juliet (a seedling of Mr. Cock's) uere equally 

 well grown. Mr. Upri^dit's ])lants, though rather small, were well 

 bloomed; the other collections from amateurs contained jtlants of 

 vigorous growth, but exhibitinof a great deficiency of flowers. Mr. 

 G.iines received the first prize in the nurserymen's class; his plants 

 had the advantage of growth and efjuality of size over Mr. Cat- 

 leugh's, but s])lcndidum and Aloxandrina, in the latter collection, 

 were quite perl'ect. Among the largi; specimens, Sir. Cock's plants 

 were again conspicuous for size ami abundance of bloom; llienzi 

 was a njagnificent plant. JNIr. Catlcugh's were compact and admira- 



