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variegata, with narrow leaves striped with cream-colour. Messrs. 

 Carter & Co. had three good plants of Phalamopsis amabilis in 

 fine bloom. Mr. Stevens, of Ealing, showed Variegated Zonale Pe- 

 largonium Achievement, a kind with smooth leaves, having a broad 

 bright crimson and black zone on a yellow ground. Mr. Cripps, 

 Tunbridge Wells, sent a beautiful collection of cut blooms of 

 Clematises, including Star of India, violet purple, striped with 

 rosy purple ; Marie Lcfebvre, very large, delicate French white, 

 striped with deep lilac ; Madame Van Houtte, very large, pure 

 white ; and Sensation, also large, pale blue. Mr. Cripps likewise 

 exhibited Gupressus Lawsoniana flava, a variety with a golden 

 tinge on the young growth. Mr. Standish, Eoyal Nurseries, 

 Ascot, sent a collection of seedling Grladioli, which included the 

 following novelties : — William Menzies, rosy carmine, with faint 

 flakes of white, the throat pencilled with purplish crimson, and 

 forming a close and effective spike, having sixteen expanded 

 flowers at one time ; Lady Alice Sill, a novel-looking flower, 

 having a pale ground marked and feathered with bright deep 

 lilac, the throat stained with rosy violet ; and Lord Kenlis, bright 

 orange-red, with conspicuous lemon throat, and a light stripe up 

 each segment of the flower, a fine and attractive exhibition 

 variety. Messrs. E. Gr. Henderson & Son exhibited some finely 

 flowered Standard Veronicas, among which V. purpurea violacea 

 was conspicuous, being apparently a robust free-growing kind, 

 with strong spikes of flowers of a beautiful violet-purple colour. 

 The other Veronicas exhibited were Madame Boucharlat, Azurea 

 superba, Lelfossiana, and Meldensis. Messrs. Henderson also had 

 a collection of Lantanas, of which JVe plus ultra, Alba lutea grandi- 

 flora, Julius C&sar, and Madame Lufog were the best. 



October 15. — Mr. Bull contributed on this occasion an in- 

 teresting collection of plants, among which were JEncephalartos 

 gracilis, a graceful-looking species, with long, slender, downy 

 stems, on which the narrow leaves are arranged in a somewhat 

 pectinate form ; Aucuba japonica mascula marmorata, a mottled 

 variety, bearing considerable resemblance to the ordinary Aucuba, 

 but having the colours more intense and therefore better con- 

 trasted ; A. japonica foemina grandis, a noble species, with large, 

 broad, green, glossy foliage. Mr. Bowie, gardener, Cliillingham 

 Castle, sent a new Lobelia, named Little Gem, a compact-growing 

 kind, with white blossoms broadly edged with blue, which wa3 

 much admired. 



