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tender in the heart ; but when they are left thus late, by 

 the time they are rooted the days are considerably on the 

 turn, and they never fail to grow away without any check 

 whatever." 



Banksian Medals : To Mr. Davey, gardener to G. Smith, Esq., 

 of Colney Hatch, for fine bunches of Wilmot's Black Ham- 

 burgh Grapes, grown under glass, weighing respectively 

 2h lbs., 2£ lbs., and l£lb. To Messrs. Loddiges, of Hack- 

 ney, for various Orchids, comprising the scarce Stanhopea 

 bucephalus, Dendrobium rhombeum, a Dendrobium from 

 Java resembling D. Heyneanum, Angraecum bilobum, and 

 Oncidium incurvum. To Mr. Redding, gardener to Mrs. 



g Maryatt, of Wimbledon, for a compact and finely-bloomed 

 specimen of Odontoglossum grande. To C. B. Warner, 

 Esq., for a tall Oncidium unguiculatum, a new and distinct 

 species, not showy, but having the merit of remaining long 

 in flower. To Mr. Don, gardener to F. G. Cox, Esq., of 

 Stockwell, for various Orchids, especially a good specimen of 

 the brown-coloured Houlletia Brocklehurstiana. To Messrs. 

 Veitch and Son, of Exeter, for Hoya campanulata, a new 

 species, producing a bunch of some 16 or 20 bell-shaped, 

 waxy, cream-coloured flowers, each about the size of a 

 shilling. " It was sent to us from Java by Mr. Thomas 

 Lobb, and arrived in England in August, 1845. It ap- 

 pears to be a free bloomer, and is a plant of easy cultiva- 

 tion ; it has been treated as ordinary stove-plants are in this 

 establishment." Also to the same for a fine specimen of 

 iEschynanthus Lobbianus. " This we send to show what 

 an exceedingly free-blooming plant it is. When exhibited 

 at Chiswick in July it had not near so much bloom on it. 

 It is the same plant as was then exhibited, and has been in 

 flower ever since. We have had small plants in 4-inch 

 pots covered with flowers of this one as well as of pulcher 

 and radicans. The treatment they receive is the same as 

 that adopted with the older species. We are of opinion that 

 bottom-heat is very beneficial, and find plants grown 

 without it not blooming so freely as those receiving it." 

 Along with these was Fuchsia serratifolia, which was sent 

 in consequence of some people entertaining an opinion 

 that it is a shy bloomer. " We have this season had quan- 

 tities of plants in 5-inch pots not 12 inches high blooming 

 all over, and all our larger plants have flowered equally 

 freely. We attribute the failure of some parties in not 

 blooming it to arise from their growing it too freely, by 

 potting it in too rich a soil, and giving it too much pot- 

 room, and also in growing it in too warm a house. We 



