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wluTo tisterns aro iiitrodturd, ihcy iirc j^oiu'rally provided inorr 

 for use ihuii oriminont, tlic j)osition in which they are ])laeed, 

 and the materials of wliich they are eonstriuted, forbid their 

 beii)»c Nvarinetl, and in fact, the temperature of the water con- 

 tnined in tljeni is always some dejijrees below that of the house. 

 Under tliese eireumstaiices no tender atpiaties will llourisli : but 

 if the cisterns be placed above I lie pipes, as here recommended, 

 and formed of slate, their temjjeratnre will always by a few 

 <leii;rees exccd the mean lem|)erature of the house, and if their 

 situation be light enough, st<)ve-a(|uatics will llourish in them in 

 great i)erfection. 



The following were the princii)al subjects of exhibition j 



Fr(mi Messrs. Chandler and Sons, a collection of greenhouse 

 plants, among which was Fahiana imbricata, a very pretty heath- 

 like Chilian shrub. 



From Mr. 1). lieaton. Gardener to Thomas Harris, Esq., F.H.S., 

 some fine specimens of Cyfisus Tliodopncra, and Wchhianus, with 

 Mormndrs huccnidlor (the Trumpet orchis), a rare kind of epiphyte 

 from Mexico. (Not exhibited for a prize.) 



From Mr. Thomas Smith, (Jardcner to Charles Mills, Esq., of 

 Ilillingdon, a large plant of Kchium candicans, an old but very 

 handsome Cape shrub. (Silver Banksian Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. Smith, of Norbiton, Surrey, 2 distinct varieties of 

 Hybrid rhododendrons, with yellow flowers, and of extraordinary 

 beauty. They had been obtained between the yellow azalea 

 sinensis, and some rhododendron, unknown. (Large Silver 

 Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. C. Russell, Nurseryman, Bridge Road, Battersea, 

 2 seedling rhododendrons. 



From Mr. James Baldwin, of Turnham Green, a collection of 

 Jpples. 



From Mr. Hugh Low, of Clapton Nursery, a small plant of 

 Conospernum taxifolium, a pretty and very curious Swan River 

 plant, and Dillwynia rudis, a New Holland shrub. 



From Mr. Croucher, Gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, 

 F.H.S., at Wandsworth, a handsome plant of Chorozema Hench- 

 nianni. (Silver Banksian Medal awarded.) 



From Sir Philip Egerton, Bart., F.H.S., flowers of a new 

 seedling cactus, and of the handsome Cattleya Mossice. 



From Mr. George Steell, of Richmond, Surrey, cut flowers of 

 Camellias. 



From William Wells, Esq., F.H.S., a very large specimen of 

 the Orchis foliosa, a terrestrial species from Madeira, and the 

 double red Azalea indica. (Silver Banksian Medal awarded for 

 the former.) 



From John Allnutt, Esq., F.H.S., a collection of Greenhouse 

 plants, consisting of species of Epacris, Erica, Hardenbergia, and 

 Azaleas. (Silver Knightian Medal awarded.) 



