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four feet i in height, with branches extending to the same breadth, 
sheeted over prt small white blossoms, and stated to be ever- 
with an Epacris Ae four feet high, of 
& most superb description, by Mr. Frazer, of Leyton ; and Acro- 
yllum venosum, in the highest perfection, by Mr. Redding, gr. 
to Mrs. Marryatt; were among the most extraordinary, and 
could hardly be surpassed. Of new plants, or such as have not 
been long introduced, there were Nepenthes ampullacea, a 
novel species of Pitcher-plant, with beautifully mottled and 
Og by Yk Mylam, gr. to S. Rucker, Esq. ; Luxem- 
plant, with ciliated Hee and showy 
Pince, and Co., of Exeter, and M 
Garden, Kew; Achimenes maUreifioas with deep lilac flowers, 
which have a slightiy fringed margin, also from Mr. Smith; 
Statice macrophylla, having peculiarly large leaves, and rowers 
resembling those of S. arborea, by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and 
Co., of Exeter ; a pices | or eget with ornamental reddish 
crimson blossoms, by M Lee, of Hammersmith ; Aquilégia 
Skioneri, not well soutuved, aikawise by Messrs. Lee. Martynia 
fragrans, in a superb condition, by Mr. Crees, gr. to Messrs. 
Beck, Henderson, and Co., Strand ; Tropeolum edule, small but 
food, by Mr. Jackson, of Kings ton ; and Stigmaphyllon ciliatum, 
Mr. Green, gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart. The more common 
Rae included a KAlmia latifolia, on which ariniGe all the 
flowers were so close as to touch each other before they opened. 
This wasfrom Messrs. Rollison, Tooting, and excited much notice; 
Hotiea japonica, extremely well managed, and brofasely decked 
with its white feathery spikes of flowers, Mr. Redding, gr. 
to Mrs. Marryatt; Gompholdbium PoIpMGrsuTe major, trained 
toa kind of ae and yery beautiful, from Messrs. Lucom 
Peace and Co. ; a fine species of Gesnera, of which the plant was 
both large and handsome, from Mr. Hunt, er. ce Miss Traill ; 
Oncidium crispum, from the same firm; a pretty plant of 
Manéttia bicolor, also from Mr. Hunt; Séliya linearis, conspicuous 
for its deep blue flowers, a good specimen, from Mr. Hopgood, 
nurseryman, Bayswater ; pu CLE ao sesamoides, handsomely 
grown, from Mr. Bruce, gr. to B, Miller, Esq. ; Achimenes longi- 
flora, not remarkable, from Mr. Stanley, gr. to H. Berens, Esq.; 
Vanda teres, very pale, from mente Lucombe, Pince, nan Co, ; 
Oncidium microchilum, from Mr, Hunt, gr, to Miss Trail ; ; Eu. 
thales macrophylla, a good but rather straggling plant, from Mr. 
Hayes, High Beech, Essex; a pale owered Lec 
from Mr. Goode; and from the same, Elichrysum retortum 
treated and popular, Fuchsia corymbiflora, handsome, with a 
very rich specimen of Gloxinia maxim: 
For the prize offered for Fuchsias there were two suas aaa 
Messrs. Lane and Son, of Berkhampstead, and Mr. Catleugh, 
of Hans-street, Chelsea. . In the last-named collection, the 
finest sorts were—Venus pcos a beautiful and very distinct 
kind; conspicua arbore sembling Chandlerii, but having a 
more erect rigid habit, and brighter scarlet corollas; arborea, 
from which the previous one is only slightly different ; magnifica, 
with extremely short and spreading variety ; 
Salter’s splendens, a large flower, though deficient in colour ; 
and Buistii, a small-flowered yee like formosa elegans, only 
rather more slender. Mess! Lane’s Uae as included 
pee very compact. in habit, a firs bloomer, and having hand- 
ome flowers ; tricolor, wit! th a pale biush-coloured “age of 
ence the tips are tinged with green, p crimson 
corolla—a very pretty variety; formosa elegans, the habit of 
which is very graceful, while the corollas are of the richest 
purple; Grenvilli, er i near Laneii, only it has a somewhat 
wider tabe, and more purplish corolla to its blossoms; Mony- 
Pennii, which flowers with astoniatiiy freedom, and is a toler- 
ably good sort; with Frostii, which has large flowers, slightly 
wanting in colour. The remainder of these collections seemed 
Unworthy of record, in respect to the varieties; but the speci- 
mens were pretty ave cultivated. By themselves there were F. 
Eppsii, from Mr. y, of Bre omnleyy and F. a from 
Messrs. Lucombe, wae and Co., 0} i has unu- 
cimen shown iadicated the 
Most rampant growth, though we understood it had been some- 
what forced, and that the natural ch ara ote of the plant is com- 
pact enough. Exoniensis, too, seemsa tall- growing Plant, with 
very long crimson calyxes, and aaeeote corollas. 
appear hardly to expand sufficiently ; though we ae ietoned 
that this and the ose charac’ er of 
the specimen, were owing to its havi ing been forced forward i ina 
‘warm house, on which account also it was much injured in 
@ppearance by its exposure. 
In regard tothe Roses in pots, there were but two collections, 
and one ofthese was of quite an inferior character, having in it 
tallstraggling and standard specimens, by no means pleasing to 
the eye or well-grown; this was from Mr. Dennis, of Chelsea, 
andthe Duchess of Buccleuch was the oe plant in it. The 
Other, from Messrs. Lane and‘Son, of Ber mpstead, was much 
better ; ; still the plants in it were rather pretty, little specimens 
than fine and highly-cultivated objects. What is desired in this 
Class of plants is eS ae whether bushes or dwarf 
Standards, bearing from 20 to 30 expanded flowers, and upwards ; 
whereas those which have been shown are young plants, with 
from three or four to eight or nine expanded flowers, and only 
Producing agood effect by being grouped together, not as sepa- 
however, 
Some of M fesers. + Lane s plants 
Gazelle, Maria Mr, 
Gaines, for Argo, at King, Lass of Ricitnand Hill, (x a names were 
hst to the three others). For Shrubby Calceolarias in 6 varieties, 
‘pots of 12 to the cast, Mr. Dobson obtained the 
Comes, Elysium, Princess Mat ry, Six D. aid ort Pilot, 
Boz, Adventurer, Surprise, Delicata, kxciter, 
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RGONIUMS were in much finer condition than at the 
Previois exhibition, the flowers were well developed, the colour 
dun aid the plants vigorous and healthy; and there was less 
differerce between the appearance of tle vari caug collections tier 
ver we remember to have seen. The only one tha! was far behind 
ite COmpetitor was that kee next to Mr, Dobson's, whose plants 
were uniform in appearance, and well managed. Mr. Gaines in | 
‘is small collection exhibited Nymph in fine order, and with a 
greater head of bloom than we remember to have seen upon this 
variety. The Sylph also anion Mr. Catleogh! 's large plants was 
a fine object. The flowers Mr. nt’s plants (in the larger 
collection) were Peretncbies for their Rides but this experiment we 
thought carried a little too far, as some of the flowers lost cha- 
in which Mr, Parker exhibited bis 12 large 
plants was very creditable. Mr. Bournand Mr, Bell also showed 
finely grown plants among their large specime 1. PELAR 
NruMs, in collections of 12, new and first-rate varieties, in pots of 
24 to the cast. The Gold Banksian was awarded to — Dobson, 
to Mr. Beck, of Isleworth; these plants were well Guitivated 
uniform in sige and in their head of bloom, containing the fol 
ing varieties: Lucy, Leonora, Erectum, SE aaa Martha, Scarlet, 
visors vedi ng Star, Meteor, Lord C) cellor, Geraldine, 
Luna ; the other collection to which the silver eulghtien was given 
was from Mr. Hunts gr.to Miss Traill. These flowershad no names 
attached, and fi ir receiving the smallest medal offered 
by the Society, iti is evident the judges did not consider them cul- 
tivated with the skiil and perfection expected in this class. 
Catleugh and Mr. Gaines contended for the gold medal in this 
class as nurserymen; their collections were both fine and well 
cultivated ; Mr. Catleugh’s was decided to be the better of the 
two, his plants were— Paris, Hannah, Gipsy, Priory King, Hebe, 
Madame Taglioni, Jubilee, Trouba dour, Queen of} iri 
Unit, Madelina, and Queen of Beauties. 
Gaines, whose collection contained Lady Sale, Rising Sun, 
Duchess of Sutherland, Nymph, Lady Prudhoe, Comte de Paris, 
Jubilee, Madelina, Eximia, Euterpe, Gipsy, pod Mop Perfec- 
tion. In collections of 12 varicties in pots of 12 to the oar in 
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plants were large, finely grown, and well bloomed. ‘The large 
Tiers was awarded to Mr. Hunt, gr. to Mee 2 Traill, for Jubilee, 
Comte de Paris, Corona, Sylph, Victory, 
In this class, among Nurserymen, the 
o Mr, Catleugh; his collection ccntained Comte de 
Paris, Prince Albert, Master Humphrey, Selina, Victory, Annette, 
Sir R. Peel, and Madonna; 
0 r. Gaines, for Sylph, Exquisite, “Erectum, 
Raphael, Mabel, Juba, Grand Duke, Lady E. Bulteel, Lady J. 
Douglass, Alba perfecta, Matilda, and Prince Albert. In col- 
lections of six varieties in pots of eight to the cast, the collection 
from Mr. Bourne, gr. to Sir E. Paget, obtained the large silver 
medal, for Victory, areca Eliza Superb, Tlorncee Fanny 
Garth, and Mabel; the silver Banksian was awarded to Mr. 
Bell, of Chelsea Hospital, for Joan of Arc, Comte de Paris, 
Coronation, Climax, Bridesmaid, and Roseum elegans. 
‘he tent set apart for Seedlings was, as on former occasions, 
an, object of much interest ; this interest was in no degree abated 
the present occasion, n, for it was literally crowded with spec- 
rae till the close of the gardens. There was a large quantity 
of Seedling Pelargoniums from numerous growers, but th 
number of really fine flowers, of those which contribute to carry 
on this beautiful class towards greater perfection, was ver: 
limited, and few were considered by the jadeeg as fulfilling Hoe 
ae aes end. The specimens from E. Foster, Esq., of Cle 
nor, claimed, for novelty of colour oar nai ing properti rent 
superiority above all AEE This will appear from the three 
priole prizes having been awarded to three out of his collec- 
of five, and another variety (Phaeton) was considered by the 
Se as not sufficiently expanded to be a fair subject for exami- 
nation. In the selection of the Seedlings for ee prizes the 
Silver Knightian was awarded to Mr. hain deg gre . Foster, 
Esq., for Pheon, a noble flower. The under petals nes of a light 
rosy salmon colour, and the maroon blotch in the upper 
petals nearly covers their ste ere leaving the edge of a light rosy 
maroon. The flower is large, of a fine cupped form; the petals 
ir. W homes also. 
received a Silver Banksian for the Duke of ID a flower 
characterized by extraordinary richness of c 
the lower petals termin: 
deeper colour; the npg petals are deep and ine in Raioae! 
velvety in texture; the blotch is very leas changing to a rich 
crimson carmine to the edge; the flower has great substance, 
the petals being thick to the edge and perfectly even, A second 
ilver Banksian was also awarded to Mr. Whomes for Rodustum. 
This variety has rosy purple under petals, broad and finely 
formed, and so ae even on the edge, as to have the appear- 
ance of being cut by a sharp instrument; a slight tinge of 
crimson surrounds ‘the blotch, and the petals have a rosy purple 
tin; Pee at t is a slight unevenness in the opuer 
petals. ve ‘bert ifieate was awarded tt yne, Esq., for 
seedling named Princess Al ee, bright salmon pink under etal Is 
the blotch in the top petals is large and dark changing to brigh 
crimson, leaving a narrow margin of rosy vermilion round 
the edge. This isa remarkably clear and bright flower, of good 
finely cupped; the edges of the upper petals are 
slightly serrated. A certificate was also given to Mr. Ingram, of 
Southampton, for Corinthian, a pretty flower, of good properties ; 
it is of a good form, and cups well; the centre is white, with the 
remainder of the under petals of a purjlish pink; upper petals 
dark and even. In addition to the seedlings in pots, there were 
cut blooms from Mr. Pamplin, and also a collection if las os 
Rendle, containing several of the new Devonshire pel 
noticed in a collection (we believe from Luco! iodine, 
& CON a single flower of a seedling named Defiance, arte pro- 
mises well. The seedling Calceolarias were not numerous ; there 
were some curious ene hace but not an advance upon some pre- 
viously exhibited; one o: was selected by saab Ney from Mr. 
Jobp SEO) DE BEpshOts called Iluminator, good in form, and 
ovel in marking; the ground-colour is yellow, and the flower is 
movered with brown spots, leaving but small Raid of the 
ground-colour seen, tess have alively appearance. A certificate 
was awarde o Mr. Neville, for a seedling Pink. named 
Brilliant, a very pretty and coripase flower ; Hea to Mr. G 
Piper, for a seedling Cineraria na Princess Royal, white 
tipped with purple, with a scent ike that of ie pasipirope) 
a flower of good properties and habit of bloom Pher 
were two fine collections of RSE ee from as Messrs, 
Lockhart, of Parson’s-green, and from Mes: Tyso and Son, 
Wallingford; these were much admired for. ‘thelr beauty ai and 
delicacy ; many of the edged varieties were exceedingly beautiful. A 
Silver Banksian medal was awarded to Messrs. Tyso & Sons; their 
collection consisted of Naxara, Rosa Montana, Temeraire, Grand 
Romana, Sophia, or Ma de Luce, Tippoo Saib, Louisette, Galitzin, 
Costoe’s Coronation, Bouquet, Sanspareil, Comble de Gloire, 
Apollo, Glacia, Fete Nocturne, aetna Navarino, Philocles, 
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Queen Victoria, Melpomene, Lesbos, Jaune en Pompadour, Co- 
ronax, Carneus, ate the patie seedling varieties of their own 
raising: Edgar, Felix, Alexis Gippius, Attractor, Amasis, Fla- 
minius, Basilica, Champion, Comphollis, Creon, Ebrington, Edwin, 
Innocent, Jubal, Laureate, Saladin, Vendome, Paxas, Pasca, 
Paulini, petra Dr. Horner, Delectus, Dictator, Imbert, Mean- 
der, Nymphn , Orlando, Exquisite, Menelans, Minos, Exempla ry 
and two cannes unnamed seedlings. . Lockhart’s flowers 
were—Lady Leveson Gower, Lady Sale, Golconda, Hebe, Don 
Roderick, Duc de Nemours, Electra, Lady Sondes, Otway, Alma. 
rez, Fingal, Columbia, Deuil Noir, Euler, Oudneys ir a 
leigh, Miaulis, Sully, Pirate, Numa, Mary Stuart, ee 
Hamlet, Thomas Pringle, Pearl, Parisina, Wilberforce, Victor 
Hugo, Olinthus, Ten-Pounder, Lictor, Talisman, Balloon, Ve- 
nusta, Quintilian, Prince Albert, Parody, Duchess of Kent, Triton, 
Sadi, Annetta, Major Laing, Pliny, Commodore Napier, Magellan, 
Vanguard, CODE AGC Diogenes, Waterman, Brig’ 
Leyden, Europa, No Proxy, Minstrel, Harlequin, eats: see 
bour,Omega, Ta? anrestinus, Admetus, Sappho, Scoresby, 
Memorial, Mars, Lady Barrington, Masterpiece, Mar; 
General Gibbs, Charybdis, Eumenes, Nydia, De Buffon, Dollonds 
consequence of the lateness of the seagon the collections of 
Pinks were not numerous, but they were as good as could be 
nee from the unfavourable state of the weather; the lacing 
any was imperfect, and rough edges were common—but 
the pine for this flower has been most unpropitious. Mr. 
Norman showed as good a stand as it was possible, and some fine 
specimens were amongst them ; 
the Ring, Unsworth’s ome 
Nor Henry, Holmes’s Coronation, Stevens’s Sir G. Cook, 
Cousin’ 's Coronation, Hodges’s Gem, Brown’s Acme, with three 
seedlings, 
The Heartsease were not particularly remarkable, nor were the 
seedlings of any note, excepting one, named Belle Forme, from 
Mr. Mountjoy, which promises to be a good flower, 
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especially Pineapples, Peaches 
Cucumber. The last was by Mr. Mills, of Gunnersbury, not 
for competition, 32 inches long, very straight, and unusu. 
ally fb though a trifle too old. ec was of the sort felled. the 
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Duke of Newcastle. There were also fine nea from ee per- 
sons, and a Blood Pine from Mr. Davis, of East Bi 
exhibitors of the finest Black Grapes were Mr. Henderson, 
G. Beaumont, Bart., whose Grapes were remarkably 
iaetoweg Mr. rewin, Yr. 
Atlee, gr. to H. Beaufoy, Esq hite Sweetwater or Muscat 
Grapes were sent by Mr. Dodds, gr. to arrender, Bart. 3 
Barnet; Mr. Spencer, gr.to the Marquess of Lansdowne; 
Mr. Jones, gr. toSir M. Disney, Bart. The principal contribu- 
tors of Peaches and Nectarines were, Mr. Fish, gr. to Colonel 
Sowerby; Mr.Spencer, gr. to the Marquess of abe et Mr. 
Moffatt, gr. tothe Duke of Newcastle; Mr. Henderson, gr. to 
mont, Bart.; Mr. Dodds, gr. to Sir G. beer 
Mr. Tillery, gr. to the Duke of Portland; Mr. Lepore gr.to 
Ae Vernon; Mr. Penrick, gr. to H. Pownall, Esq.; and 
Foggo, gr. to the Marquess of Abercorn. Of Melons, ‘ihe me 
remarkable were, Oliver's Green-flesh, from Mr. Carson, gr. ta 
er, Esq.; nesuch, yes ip likewise from Mr, 
Carson anda erect. Cantaloupe, from Mr. Evans,of Bayswater, 
Mr. Dodds, gr. to S! Oo Warendan Bart., showed some good 
Maydake Cherries, a apres White Dutch Currants, and 
Oth ots, were seni 
een, by Mr. Sp 
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NeaR DB oe sh, gr. oh Te aeateameee 
[The excessive Tebetti of nae rapa compels us to defer all 
others till next week.} 
NOTICES or NEW PLANTS WHICH ARE EITHER 
USEFUL OR ORNAMENTAL. 
ERYTHROPRYLLA. Reddish-leaved Medinilla. 
(Greenhouse Shrub.) Decandria 
—For the introduction of this handsome shrub our cultivators 
are ROR to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, whose col- 
lector, Mr. J. Gibson, foung it on the Khoseea hills, which con- 
stitute a part of the Himalayan range in the ast Indies, and 
brought it to Chatsworth in 1837. It flowered trex in the fol- 
lowing season. Being a free-growing plant, which is readily 
multiplied, it has been so distributed since that period that it is 
now in most of the principal nurseries, and in many private gar~ 
lens. Its chief characteristics are an extreme healthiness of 
aspect, very ample and finely-formed foliage, an abundant pro- 
duction of flowers, a considerable robustness of habit, and a 
capacity of thriving well either in a greenhouse or stove. The 
blossoms are borne about the months of June or July, and last a 
very long time. They appear in clusters on the lower and naked 
portions of the stem or branches, and are not much unlike those 
of ate Peach, ad Hs spreading or cup-shaped, and with differ- 
wards they become purely, though 
the miscellaneous matter of the “‘ Botanical Register,” Dr. Lind- 
ley says that ‘‘it is apparently very near M. rubicunda, a Suma- 
tra plant, with the leaves obtuse at the base. One of the prin~ 
cipal features in the genus Medinilla, namely, the spur at the 
back of the anther, is so nearly wanting Here; uret : only appears 
in the form of a very small lobe, quite a t the 
ae the anterior auricles. "The species is quite a Medinilla 
in_ habit.” 
e, in its wild state, become nea 
in loam and sand, if covered with a 
seu a greenhouse ora stove heat it flourishes best when treated 
a greenhouse plant throughout the summer, and kept, dung 
eintas in a house with a temperature intermediate between that 
of the stove and the greenhouse. It should be watered rather 
profusely in the warmer months.. 
CymBipium Devontanum. The Duk ‘aM 
(Stove Epiphyte.) Orchidacee. Gynan ree ay andria. 
This very beautiful esdition, to the genus Cymbidium, which is 
named after his Grace Ks 
Grace’s collector, Mr. Gib son, 
introduced to Chatsworth in 1837+ 
ine mit 
ane Cres 
Eons species of Calanthe, pe and fades after the flowers 
haye been open for some time, it was then of a dull brownish 
shade, which is by no means pleasing. Inits earlier stages, how~ 
ever, it is very showy and brilliant; and this circumstance will 
ee ih it before any of the other species.—Pazton’s Magazine of 
‘otany, 
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MISC epee 
Cultivation of Water-Cresses.—M. Faussier, of Senlis, 
who bas brought the ar fetal culture of Water-Cresses to 
