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Indica^egata, exhibited as single specimen by 



It was about three feet high, and from 

 in diameter, the branches depending 



Axalca 



Mr. Falconer 



f °!nd t0 the V s!de e of the pot; forming a depressed pyramid, 

 T Z literal y one massof flowers, so dense that scarcely 

 !! leaf could be seen. On this plant was a singular 

 fnsunce of a sporting branch, the flowers upon which 

 Irt Azalea indica Gledstanesii, as true as they could 

 !^«iblT be produced, thus evidencing the origin of that 

 finevariety. On another plant of A. i. variegata we 

 nntic^a true flower of A. i. lateritia, so that both kinds 



•i be regarded as mere sporting branches of A. i. vane- 

 «i Another noble plant was A. i. rubraplena, the 

 JSble red variety, from Mr. Green [a one-sided plant, 



•r or seven feet high, and superbly bloomed, but the 



flnwers unfortunately, were in a fading condition. Mr. 



Green 'also contributed very beautiful plants of A. i. 



variegata lateritia, and Gledstanesii in fine condition, 



with good plants of A. splendens, purpurea grandiflora, 



Rawsoni concolor, Smithii coccinea, pulchernma, in fine 



bloom, with a nice specimen of A. sinensis, the yellow 



Chinese variety. In the collection by Mr. Falconer, A. 



i Rawsoni was scarcely less beautiful than his plant of 



A variegata, and there was also a fine specimen worked 



is* a standard, of A. i. Danielsii, another of the double 



white variety, not very appropriately named, with A. i. 



purpurea superba, and two seedlings named Bianca and 



Pulchra. Bianca is a white variety of dwarf compact 



habit, blooming profusely, of tolerable form, but rather 



deficient in substance. A group of six plants, contributed 



by Mr. Robertson, were exceedingly rich, and, what is so 



desirable in public exhibitions, bloomed almost to the 



day. They consisted of A. i. alba, a globular plant, three 



feet high and six feet in diameter ; lovely specimens of 



Rawsoni speciosissima, lateritia, variegata, and the most 



perfect plant of A. i. Danielsii we ever saw. Mr. Gaines 



exhibited a number of small plants, principally seedling, 



and generally deficient in form. The most remarkable 



were Salmonia, a pale salmon-coloured variety, Brilliant, 



a much brighter-coloured variety than A. i. Danielsii, 



and also kinds worthy of cultivation, named Fairy 



Queen, Ne plus Ultra, Flaminea, and Delicata. 



Of New Plants the most remarkable was a new spe- 

 cies of Hindsia, exhibited by Messrs. Veitch and Sons of 

 Exeter. It is a very strong-growing plant with the 

 habit of a Melastoma, blooming freely, producing flowers 

 of a bluish lilac colour, and five times as large as Hindsia 

 (Rondeletia) longiflora. It is a fine plant, and when well 

 grown will make a noble specimen. Another new plant 



from the same gentleman was a species of Centrosema, 

 producing bright scarlet pea-formed flowers, but as there 

 were only a few flowers open upon a large plant, it is 

 difficult to say what it will make until we are better 

 acquainted with it ; but should it produce flowers as 

 numerous as they are beautiful, it will indeed be a 

 6plendid object. Another new plant was Cereus cre- 

 natus, exhibited by Mr. Booth, gr. to Sir C. Lemon, Bart. 

 The plant in habit resembles C. Jenkinsoni, but the 

 flowers are large, and of a palish straw colour, tinged 

 with green, and bears a close resemblance to the old 

 night-blooming Cereus. To the hybridiser this plant 

 opens up a wide field of action, and we shall look 

 forward with some anxiety to the varieties which 

 will be originated from it. A new species of Hib- 

 bertia, of shrubby habit, and producing yellow flowers, 

 raised from Swan River seeds, was sent by Mr. Noble, 

 gr. to R. Mangles, Esq., along with what appeared 

 to be the little known Orthrosanthus coeruleus. There 

 was finally, from Messrs. Loddiges, a very pretty novelty, 

 in the form of a species of Gaylussacia — an evergreen 

 greenhouse shmb, with deep rose-coloured flowers, like 

 those of aVaccinium, to which the genus is nearly allied. 

 Among Single Specimens, Messrs. Veitch had bushes 

 of Hindsia longiflora loaded with bloom buds ; Xanthosia 

 rotundifolia, in fine health and blooming profusely ; and 

 immense plants of Eriostemon buxifolium, and Erica 

 depressa. The latter specimen was one of the most 

 remarkable plants in the Exhibition. It was about two 

 jeet six inches high, and two feet in diameter at the bot- 



om, forming a cone of verdure densely covered with 

 greenish-yellow blossoms. The plant, we understood, 



h \* 7 S rS 0ld * The rare ^^ingia trimaculata, was sent 



»y Mr. Frost, gr. to Lady Grenville. Three plants of 



tatice macrophylla, in bloom, were communicated by 



th ,S rrMt » of the Kensington Nursery, and a Scbizan- 

 U8 » "*e S. Grahami, not very remarkable, by Mr. Green. 

 f Terv ,ar ge plant, sheeted with bloom, of Leschenaultia 

 Formosa, was sent by Mr. Clark ; a splendid specimen of 

 J-escnenaultia biloba grandiflora, by Mr. Falconer ; an- 

 Jifcer plant with paler flowers, by Mr. P. Tramer, gr. to 

 y Alice Peel; aQ d a pretty specimen of the dwarf 

 ^nety, called L. biloba nana, by Mr. Green. There 

 gg 8j m °reover, from Mr. R. Johnson, gr. to J. Mallet, 

 c*.^' ,* we ^ g r °wn plant of Gnaphalium involucratum ; 



distinct and remarkable kind, was a variety of Cereus 

 Mallesonii, called C. M. rosea, sent by Mr.' Bruce. It 

 produced small compact rose-coloured flowers, and was 

 very neat and pretty. The collection by Mr. Robertson 

 contained fine plants of Epiphyllum Jenkinsoni, spe- 

 ciosus, speciosus major, and Cereus Ackermanni. Mr. 

 Green showed a noble E. Jenkinsoni mukiflorum, loaded 

 with bloom ; a good plant of E. grandiflorum violaceum, 

 with noble plants of Cereus Ackermanni, with Epiphyllum 

 Jenkinsoni, and speciosum, beautifully bloomed. Mr. 

 Upright, gr. to Mrs. Ridge, sent a very fine assortment, 

 consisting of Cereus Ackermanni, and speciosissimus; 

 Epiphyllum speciosum, speciosum grandiflorum, and 

 Jenkinsoni. These plants were in fine condition. 



The beautiful and interesting tribe of Erica was exhi- 

 bited in great variety, and excited considerable interest 

 among the visitors. Mr. Brazier, gr. to W. H. Storey, 

 Esq., sent a very beautiful plant of E. gelida, covered 

 with pale-green flowers ; a fine perspicua nana, in 

 profuse bloom ; a good plant of odora rosea, with good 

 specimens of Humeana, campanulata, Cavendishii, in 

 fine health; a large plant of E. ventricosa grandiflora, not 

 quite sufficiently in bloom ; and charming plants in excel- 

 lent bloom of E. intermedia, vestita alba, and vestita 

 carnea. In addition to these, there were of Mr. Storey's 

 seedlings several very fine varieties, especially ventricosa 

 alba tincta, vestita albida, vestita alba superba, both very 

 good, and a remarkable variety, called E. floribunda. 

 In the collection sent by Mrs. Lawrence were good speci- 

 mens of E. Cavendishii, the finest of all the yellow 

 varieties ; depressa, in fine health ; E. suaveolens, well 

 bloomed ; and good plants of E. perspicua nana, fragrans, 

 Beaumontia, persoluta alba, ventricosa tricolor, a fine 

 plant, and E. ventricosa coccinea minor. Very healthy 

 specimens of E. Humeana, ampullacea vittata, trossula, 

 intermedia, and ovata densely clothed with bloom, were 

 also shown by Mr. Robertson. Mr. Green exhibited 

 another collection, among which 'we noticed fine plants 

 of E. ventricosa coccinea minor, profusely covered with 

 Ijloom, ampullacea rubra major, a good plant of Hartnelli, 

 Humeana, Beaumontia, suaveolens, and gelida, in fine 

 health, and good plants of E. propendens artd elegans ; 

 E. denticulata moschata, though the plant was in bad 

 health, was a neat and very interesting kind ; and 

 Mr. Green had also good plants of E. dilecta, mundula, 

 ardens, Westphalingia, echiiflora purpurea, and ventricosa 

 coccinea. Mr. Dawson, nurseryman, of Brixton Hill, 

 sent a noble plant of E. propendens, 3 feet high, and 

 nearly as much in diameter, very profusely covered with 

 bloom, and in exuberant health ; good specimens of 

 E. odora rosea, mutabilis, prsegnans, primuloides, very 

 dwarf and pretty ; splendens, a large plant, with fine 

 flowers, but rather naked in the bottom ; and neat plants 

 of E. Bergiana, campanulata, Linnseoides superba, mun- 

 dula, and hybrida. In the collection sent by Mr. Jack- 

 son, nurseryman, of Kingston, was a large, but rather 

 naked plant of E. moschata, in profuse bloom ; a very 

 large specimen of E. elegans, in good bloom ; the curious 

 E. halicacaba, with pale-green flowers ; a fine variety, 

 called E. tricolor speciosa ; a good plant of a seedling 

 ampullacea, and neat plants of inflata and Cavendishii. 

 Most of the plants of Mr. Jackson had evidently been 

 crowded together duriag the winter, by which their lower 

 branches were much injured. Mr. Frazer exhibited a group 

 of six plants, consisting of E. Thunbergia, a neat speci- 

 men, in good bloom ; E. propendens, perspicua nana, 

 spuria, ventricosa superba, and Humeana. Mr. Bruce 



colour, and Armosa, flesh-colour, very fine. Other good 

 varieties were — Grand Capitaine, Taglioni, Bourbon The- 

 resita, Arago, Triomphe de Flora, Paris, and Psyche. 

 Collections of Cut Roses were shown by A. Rowland, 

 Esq., Messrs. Lane and Sons, and Mr. Mitchell, nur- 

 seryman of Piltdown. In the collection of the latter 

 gentleman were unusually fine flowers — Aurora, Belle 

 Allemande, Odorata, Princess Hele'ne, Archduke Charles, 

 Original, Virginian, and Taglioni. Mr. Mitchell also 

 showed a new Rose, called Lamarque Superbe, and said 

 to bloom as early as the White Banksian. It is a flower 

 of fine proportions, of a delicate creamy white colour, 

 very large, and very double, with a petal of fine substance. 

 Plants in glass-cases, grown according to Mr. Ward's 

 plan, were sent by Mr. Williams, gr. to C. B. Warner, 

 Esq., and Messrs. Lawrence, of 55, Parliament-street ; 

 Mr. Warner's plants had been growing in the City of 

 London for nearly four years, and were in fine health ; 

 they consisted principally of Ferns and Orchidaceous 

 plants, but the day being cold there was so much con- 

 densed vapour on the glass that they could not be very 

 minutely examined. The case was in the form of a 

 church-aisle glazed with sheet-glass. Messrs. Lawrence*! 

 plants were grown in a plain Wardian case ; they were 

 very small but healthy, but disfigured by common Cut 

 Flowers being introduced among them. A Fuchsia, 

 some Ferns, and other things grown under a bell-glass, 

 were also exhibited by the same. 



The Pelargoniums locked unusually well ; in colour 

 they were very fine, and in health and growth, with but 

 few exceptions, very perfect. Mr. Gaines, in his col- 

 lection, in pots of 12 to the cast, exhibited 12 magnificent 

 plants in perfect health and beauty of bloom ; among 

 them was a fine specimen of Nymph, the first large 

 plant that has come under our notice. This having been 

 always considered a shy bloomer, we were glad to see it 

 on this occasion covered with its elegant flowers. Sylph, 

 Victory, Cyrus, Grand Duke, &c, were covered with, 

 bloom, many of the plants measuring full four feet across. 

 The following formed this collection, to which the 

 silver-gilt medal was awarded : — Coronation, Nymph, 

 Juba, Grand Monarch, Emperor, Cyrus, Rising Sun, 

 Mabel, Comte de Paris, Grand Duke, Sylph, and Vic- 

 tory. Mr. Catleugh's collection, which took the large 

 silver medal, were the following sorts (and among them a 

 splendid specimen of Garth's Witch excited much atten- 

 tion), Sylph, Unit.Witch, Coronation, Ovid,Una, Jubilee, 

 Madeline, Favourite, Cyrus, Tasso, and Maid of Honour. 

 In Pelargoniums, comprising 12 new and first-rate va- 

 rieties, in 24-8ized pots the amateur exhibitors shone 

 conspicuously, and three better collections, exhibit- 

 ing more skilful growth and management, it would 

 be impossible to bring together. The Gold Banksian 

 Medal was awarded to Mr. Cock of Chiswick ; his flowers 

 were Lord Chancellor, Hebe, Emma, Erectum, Symme- 

 try, Sylph, Madame Taglioni, Gipsey, Rachael, Unit, 

 Wizard, and Maid of Honour. The Silver- Gilt Medal 

 to Mr. Dobson, gr. to Mr. E. Beck, Isleworth ; his col- 

 lection comprised Flora, Lord Chancellor, Luna, Cleo- 

 patra, Leonora, Susanna, Angiola, Favourite, Bella, 

 Matilda, Dido, and Sir R. Peel ; these were admirably 

 grown, and bloomed in slate pots. The Large Silver 

 Medal was given to Mr. Stains for Ivanhoe, Jubilee, 

 Lady Sale, Queen of the Fairies, Fair Maid of Devon, 

 Superbum, Hebe, Rising Sun, Coronation, Enchantress, 

 Duchess of Sutherland, Priory Queen. From Amateurs 

 there were two collections of 12 varieties in pots of 



o. j. — e*""« piaiii oi VJliapiiauuui nnuiuuoiuui , 



and odor atum, in fine health, from Mr. Robertson; 



Ca r* n, ^ W 9* ox * n ' a » bearing a close resemblance to G. 

 c r 0n "» wit h crimson flowers margined with white, 

 Uu C Dobson » gr- to Mr. Beck, of the Slate Works, 



hav7° This is b y far the finest h * brid whicb we 



son c ' and merits unive »"sal cultivation. Mr. Robert- 



flowe fn niCatecl a large s P ecimen > witu manv nobIe 

 gala r8, ° ? re 1 s speciosissimus; very nice plants of Poly- 

 Mr H 'fl ositifolia » and Pimelea decussata, were shown by 



Wdaf I 1 "" t0 T * Davis ' Esc l* 5 Ixora coccinea, with 30 

 bloom °1 m in fine heal th, bv Mr. Green; a well 

 Bruce? j Unt ° f Si P h ocampylus" betulifolius, by Mr. 

 bv Mr t . Iar S e P lant of the old Pelargonium tricolor, 



An I *° n * of Kin 6 s *on. 

 were rT ° f collectioDS of the gaudy tribe of Cacti 

 communicated by various growers, but the most 



contributed a fine plant of E. translucens, with good 12 to a cast; the one receiving the Silver Gilt Medal 



«---•-- _j _, was from ^ Cock of chiswick, for 12 finely-grown 



plants ; Lord Chancellor, Nestor, Eclipse, Cyrus, Queen 

 of Fairies, Sylph, Tasso, Jubilee, Madeline, Juliet, Emma, 

 Unit. The other collection, receiving the Large Silver 

 Medal, was from Mr. Bell of Chelsea Hospital, and con- 

 sisted of Mrs. Sterling, Comte de Paris, Sylph, Corona- 

 tion, Victory, Priory Queen, Lord Mayor, Grand Duke, 

 Climax, Prince Albert, Una, and Maid of Saragossa.— 

 In collections of 12 Pelargoniums of new and first-rate 

 varieties in pots of 24 to the cast, the Silver Gilt Medal 

 was awarded to Mr. Gaines for the Duchess of Suther- 

 land, Lady Prudhoe, Lady Duncan, Vanguard, Augusta, 

 Rising Sun, Lady Sale, Lydia, Ackbar, Coquette, Lady 

 Mildmay, and Imperials And in the same class Mr. 

 Catleugh received the Large Silver for Jubilee, Eclipse, 

 Hebe, Camilla, Madeline, Symmetry, Tasso, Unit, bir 

 R. Peel, Emma, Duchess of Sutherland, and Wizard. 



FucHsr \s— The large Silver Medal was awarded to 

 Mr. Cole, gr. to C. Lewis, Esq., Blackheath, for the fol- 

 lowing 12 varieties of Fuchsias :— Brockmannii, Victo- 

 rine, "Defiance, Stanwellii, Eclipse, Eppsii, Insignia, 

 Majestica, Britannia, Champion, Gem, and Money- 

 pennii; and to Mr. Catleugh, Hans-place, Chelsea, the 

 Silver Knightian was awarded for Victorine, Champion, 

 Splendida, Spectabilis, Majestica, Gem, Decora, Hutch- 

 insoni, Eclipse, Rosea alba, Cormackii and Exoniensis. 

 The specimen of Exoniensis in this collection sets at rest 

 the difference of opinion regarding the habit of the 

 flower ; this plant was about 5 ft. high, with branches at 

 regular intervals diminishing in length as they approached 

 the top, and pendent with its beautiful flowers. 



The Calceolarias were not so showy as we have 

 been accustomed to see them. There were two collec- 

 tions ; the remainder consisted entirely of seedling 

 varieties. The Amateur's collection, to which the large 

 Silver Medal was awarded, was from Mr. Stanley, gr. to 

 H. Berens, Esq., for six well-bloomed spe cime ° s ~ Ar Q "; 

 Warrior, Sir R. Peel, Fairy Queen, Village Maid, and 

 Compacta. The Nurseryman's collection was ; from Mr 

 Gaines, of Battersea, and received the « ^"^S/" 

 Sunbeam, Ackbar, Magnet, Mag. ^andiflora Candidate 

 T ,,a v „( tL T. a w. The collection from Mr. Standish, of 



specimens of E. Cavendishii and Bergiana, and also ven- 

 tricosa superba and vestita alba. From Mr. Vockes, gr. to 

 J. J. Wells, Esq., was a splendid plant of E. intermedia, 

 a noble plant of E. Cavendishii, and tolerable specimens 

 of E. Hartnelli, Humeana, and ventricosa carnea. 



Of Roses in pots, and also cut flowers, there was a 

 superb display from Mr. Dobson, gr. to Mr. Beck.; Mr. 

 Laing, of Twickenham, Messrs. Lane and Sons, of Berk- 

 hampstead, and A. Rowland, Esq. The plants from Mr. 

 Beck were grown in slate pots, were from one foot six to 

 two feet six inches high, and as regularly covered with 

 bloom and foliage as could possibly be desired. The 

 finest varieties consisted of Earl Talbot, rose colour; 

 Great Western, bright rose, blotched with white ; Charles 

 Duval, flesh-coloured ; Emerance, white, with yellow 

 centre ; Rouge Superbe, dark rose-colour ; Armosa, De- 

 voniensis, Madame Neuman, rose-colour ; and Trium- 

 phant. Many of the plants shown by Mr. Laing were 

 what the nurserymen designate half standards, and con- 

 sequently did not look so compact as dwarf plants ; a 

 number of them too were of the French and hybrid China 

 varieties, kinds more difficult to manage in pots than the 

 Chinese and Tea-scented varieties. They were, however, 

 highly creditable specimens, and though second to Mr. 

 Beck's, but little inferior to them. The most remarkable 

 kinds were General Allard, dark rose-colour; General 

 Lamarque, dark velvety purple ; Beauty of Billiard, 

 dark red ; Belle Marie, rose-colour, very large ; Picotee, 

 rose, striped with white; Nouvelle Bourbon, rose colour; 

 Celestine and La Renommee, a fine white variety. In the 

 collection from Mr. Rowland, the best varieties were Jaune, 

 cream-colour with yellow centre; Richelieu, rose-colour; 

 Vanilla, Eugene, Archduke Charles, Goubaulr, flesh- 

 colour, and Madame Plautier. The collection from 

 Messrs. Lane and Sons was remarkably well- grown, 

 diversified and interesting. The plants were dwarf, 

 clean, rich and good, and in every respect superb 

 examples of fine cultivation. The most distinct and 

 desirable kinds were Theresa Isabella, cream-colour; 

 Comte de Paris, rose; Edward Jesse, rose; Aricie, 

 flesh-colour; Speciosa, rose ; Madame Laffay, rose-colour, 

 very fine; La pactole, light yellow; Barbot, fawn- 



Lady of the Lake. The 



