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November 5. — Messrs. Veitcli & Sons exhibited a charming col- 

 lection of flowering plants, consisting chiefly of Orchids, among 

 which were the beautiful Vanda caerulea, Cattleya maxima, as well 

 as some unusually beautiful varieties, the ever-flowering Ly caste 

 Skinner i, Dendrobium bigibbum, and Lcelia prcestans ; Dracaena 

 Macleayii, a beautiful plant with deep greenish-olivaceous or 

 bronzy-silvery leaves, and Aphelandra Boezlii, a showy species with 

 brilliant orange-scarlet blossoms and broad silvery foliage, with a 

 twisted petiole. Messrs. E. & A. Smith produced a deep crimson- 

 scarlet Tropceolum, called Mrs. Treadivell. 



December 3. — One of the most' interesting features of this 

 meeting was a collection of Japanese Chrysanthemums, from Mr. 

 Salter, of Hammersmith: Bed Dragon, Aurantium, Comet, and 

 Wizard, were especially and deservedly admired. Of these the 

 first has thread-like petals of a warm red colour, tinged with 

 gold ; the second, on the contrary, is remarkable for the breadth 

 of its massive yellow petals ; while in Comet, again, occurs the 

 thread-like form, fringed with reddish brown ; and "Wizard is a 

 dark crimson, with a small yellow eye. Tarantula, a yellow sort, 

 also deserves notice, on account of its hard button-like centre, 

 and long, narrow, sprawling florets which surround it. These 

 varieties, though so different in colour, are said to have been all 

 raised from Chrysanthemum roseum pmctatum ; and from them 

 others possessing more merit may doubtless soon be expected to 

 be obtained. They cannot be called florist's flowers, but for ordi- 

 nary conservatory decoration they will be found invaluable. Mr. 

 Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., brought a charm- 

 ingly rose-spotted variety of Odontoglossum Alexandras, called 

 Bowmanii ; it was the finest variety which has yet been shown. 

 Messrs. E. C-. Henderson sent blooms of a finely formed white 

 sport from the Princess of Wales Chrysanthemum, named Beauty 

 of St. John's Wood. Erom the same firm, as well as from Mr. 

 Eorsyth and Mr. George, came a collection of cut blooms of 

 Chrysanthemums. 



