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lumsc, having a full south aspect, whore it blossomed freely in 

 May, 1H39. Towards autumn it put forth vip)rous shoots pro- 

 ducing young racemes at nearly every joint, many of which 

 expanded into flower and so continued during the months of 

 November, December and January, till checked by tlie cold 

 winds and frosty nights, when it was j)rotected by mats and 

 carpets. About the eiul of iMarch, IHK), the buds began to 

 swell. And towards the end of A|)ril the plant exhibited the 

 si»!i'ndi(l appearance pourtrayed in the drawing, which affords 

 but a faint idea of its inagnilicence : it continued in bloom till 

 the end of the month of JNlay, it then measured ten feet by ten 

 each way, and has since increased to the width of sixteen feet by 

 thirteen in height. Considering its size and the regularity of its 

 growth with the brilliancy and profusion of the Howers it bore, 

 it would 1 think be dillicult to find its equal. There can be no 

 doubt that this valuable appendage to tlie garden may with due 

 care be cultivated with ad\antage in the southern and western 

 districts of the island. My gardener informs me that it was 

 planted in soil composed of the following mixture ; viz. six 

 barrows of meadow earth or the top spit from a pasture field, 

 one of rotten dung from an old hot-bed and one of sea sand 

 well mixed t:)getherj and that it was copiously watered every 

 day while in flower and shaded occasionally from the more 

 powerful rays of the sun." 



From INlessrs. Lane and Sons, of Great Berkhampstead, a 

 Collection of Roses. 



From Messrs. Luoombe and Pince, of Exeter, a fine plant of 

 the rare Greenhouse shurb, Chorizema angustifolium, usually called 

 Dillwynia glycinifolia, and of a Bossiaa and Labkliea from Swan 

 River, (the Silver Knkjhtian Medal awarded for the first.) 



From Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Exeter, a species of Phy- 

 solobium and specimens of a new blue flowered climber, from 

 Swan River, the Marianthus caruleo-punctatus. 



From Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., a collection of Camellias. 



From Mr. Edmonds, Gardener to His Grace the Duke of 

 Devonshire, Chiswick, a plant of Acacia vestita, (the Silver 

 Banksiax Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. Lumsden, Gardener to Henry Bevan, Esq., F.H.S., 

 a collection of CuvieUias, (the Silver Banksian Medal awarded.) 



From Mr. George Steell, of Richmond, a Camellia called 

 Louis Philippe. 



From Mr. John A. Henderson, F.H.S., Azalea indica splen- 

 dens, a very fine flowering hybrid, (the Silver Banksian Medal 

 awarded.) 



From Mr. Jackson, of Kingston, a large specimen of Erica 

 aristata, (the Silver Banksian Medal awarded.) 



From Edward Jesse, Esq., of Hampton Court, Orchis foUosa 

 and Ophrys lutea. 



