HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 141 



The famous collection of plants belonging to Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing 

 Park, London, has lately been sold. There were in it some of the finest 

 specimen plants in England. To give an idea of the size of some of them, 

 and the prices they brought, we quote from the Gardeners' Chronicle : 



"We observed that the enormous Epacris grandiflora, which for many 

 years formed the crown head of the Ealing Park collection at the Chiswick 

 fetes, was bought by Mr. Eyles for the Crystal Palace Company, for 12/. 

 10s; this fine plant was quite 6 feet high, and as much through, and covered 

 with bloom. A Polygala acuminata of similar size, and also in flower, was 

 put up, and fetched 10/. lbs.; this was purchased by Mr. Upton, who also 

 became the fortunate possessor of a magnificent Azalea exquisita, for which 

 he paid the handsome sum of 17/. 17s.; this plant was in all respects in ex- 

 cellent condition, and measured about 5 feet in height and 6 feet in width. 

 The same buyer likewise purchased a beautiful Azalea variegata, 4 feet by 

 5 feet, for which 15/. lbs. were paid. An extremely good plant of Azalea 

 Gledstanesi fetched 10/. 10s.; this was purchased by — Johnstone, Esq., of 

 Oak House, Feltham. Azalea Lawrenceana (which did not appear to be 

 different from Minerva,) fetched the great price of 24/. 3s.; this was bought 

 by Mr. Upton ; it was certainly a splendidly grown plant, measuring 4 feet 

 in height and 6 feet in width. Azalea Apollo, 5 feet by 4 feet, fetched 8/. 

 10s.; and A. Gledstanesi, 7/. 5s. Azaleas, altogether, fetched good prices, 

 as did greenhouse plants generally; although some Heaths, Eriostemons, 

 Podolobiums, Indigofera decora, and a few other things, sold for prices con- 

 siderably below their value. Stove plants seemed less in demand than green- 

 house plants, and therefore realized less money. Beautiful bushes of Ixora 

 javanica, 4 J feet in height, and 3 J feet in width, only fetched 21. 10s.; Di- 

 pladenia crassinoda, 4 feet high and 3 feet through, 10s.; Allamanda cathar- 

 tica, 5' feet high and 4 feet wide, 21. 15s.; and other plants of this descrip- 

 tion fetched similar prices. The number of lots sold to-day was 161 ; the 

 principal purchasers, in addition to those already named, were Mr. Colyer, 

 Mr. Ambrose Basset, of Stamford Hill ; The Earl of Stamford and War- 

 rington ; Mr. Dods, gr. to Sir John Cathcart, Bt.; Mr. Walker, of Acton ; 

 Mr. James Veitch, of Chelsea ; and Messrs. Fraser, of Lea-bridge. Yes- 

 terday about the same number of buyers assembled, and a similar number 

 of lots sold, but they did not fetch near such high prices as they did on 

 Thursday. The plants were, however, generally smaller. A Pimelea spec- 

 tabilis, 5 feet in height and 6 feet in width, was bought by Mr. Colyer, for 

 6/. 15s.; a Dillwynia, 2\ feet high, and as much through, was knocked down 

 to Messrs. Fraser for 5/. 5s.; Boronia serrulata, 2 feet in height, and a little 

 more in width, was purchased by Mr. Veitch for 5/. 15s.; Mrs. Treadwell 

 had a Chorozema Henchmanni, 3J- feet in height, and 4 feet in width, for 

 32. 15s.; Erica metulseflora bicolor, one of the handsomest of the genus, 

 measuring 3J feet in height, and as much through, was purchased by Mr. 

 Turner, of Slough, for 21. 10s.; Franciscea latifolia, 2 feet high, and as 

 much through, was bought by Dr. Daubeny, of Oxford, for 17s.; the same 

 gentleman also purchased an Adamia versicolor, of similar dimensions, for 

 11. 2s.) Boronia pinnata, 3 feet in height, and more in width, was knocked 



