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were again and again topped, making in all three toppings. 

 They were shifted twice, first from the small pots into 8-inch 

 ones, and from these into 12-inch pots, in which they are 

 growing. Towards the end of September they were placed 

 in a light, airy greenhouse, where they have remained ever 

 since. Further than this they had no special attention. 

 The plant sent is 20 inches high and 20 inches across ; it 

 has 31 steins or branches, of which 28 bear one or more 

 blossoms each. I may mention that Fortune's Chusan 

 daisy, naturally a dwarf and compact grower, was not at 

 all improved by this attempted dwarfing process ; but as 

 regards the abundance of bloom it was considerably dete- 

 riorated. The plant sent has not required any stakes or 

 support, except for the purpose of transmission. " It was 

 mentioned that plants grown in this way are very apt to go 

 " blind," and that the best plan is to 

 layer them, and then take them up for 

 the purposes of decoration. Mr. Rauch, 

 of Turnham Green, produced the ac- 

 companying specimen of a tally, being 

 the kind used in the Derby Arbore- 

 tum. It was made of some sort of 

 hard earthenware, and faced, where 

 the name was written, with a lighter- 

 coloured and finer description of the 

 same sort of material. The name is 

 inscribed while the label is soft, and 

 it is then burned in. This kind of 

 label was stated to be durable, and not 

 very liable to break ; but it is rather 

 expensive, the price being Is. 3d. each. 

 Mrs. Dorvell, of Oxford Street, ex- 

 hibited some beautiful wax flowers. 

 Very fine ripe fruit of Benthamia fra- 

 gifera, some of it measuring 6 inches 

 in circumference, was furnished by 

 H. W. Stephens, Esq., of Bishop's 

 Teignton, Devon. The plant which 

 produced it was stated to be trained 

 on a trellis against the wall of a house, where it bears 

 abundantly. Sir W. J. Hooker, of Kew, communicated 

 a charming water-colour drawing of the country where 

 the Sikkim Himalayan Rhododendrons are found, and 

 of the costume of the natives. Dr. Lindley produced a 

 specimen of counterfeit rough plate glass, in illustration of 

 the frauds of certain dealers in glass ; and Mr. "Wilmot, of 



