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Conspicuous among seedling Dahlias, of which several were 

 shown, was G-em, shown by Mr. Pope, a neat purplish crimson 

 heavily tipped with white ; this was considered first-class. Lord 

 Lyon, a good deep purple, like a pure Lord Derby ; Valentine, 

 white tipped with purple ; Elambeau, yellow, heavily edged with 

 warm brownish red, all from Mr. Turner ; Hon. Mrs. Grerald 

 "Wellesley, white, heavily edged with purplish crimson, from Mr. 

 Bragg ; Mrs. Burgess, violet shaded crimson, from Mr. Burgess ; 

 a kind called Salmon ; Aurora, rosy lilac, from Mr. Bawlings ; and 

 Vanguard, maroon tinged in the centre with violet, from Mr. 

 Wheeler, were all regarded as second-class. 



September 22. — Mr. Young, gardener to R. Barclay, Esq., and 

 Mr. Bartlett, showed groups of miscellaneous plants, amongst 

 which were fine examples of Sedum Fabaria, a most useful plant 

 for the decoration of the greenhouse and conservatory in autumn. 



October 2. — The most remarkable subject exhibited at this 

 meeting was a cut specimen, from J . Bateman, Esq., of the mag- 

 nificent Cattleya Doviana from Costa Bica, This is a plant of 

 wondrous beauty, with large flowers like G. labiata, the sepals 

 buff, the petals straw-colour, and the lip throughout of a rich 

 mulberry-purple veined all over with golden lines. Mr. Bull ex- 

 hibited Cypripedium Schlimii, a singular and rather pretty kind, 

 with branched inflorescence and white blossoms mottled and 

 flushed with rose. Mr. Bull also showed a beautiful variety of 

 the tall herbaceous group of Lobelias called Buby, with broad 

 segments to the flower, which are of a deep rich ruby-colour, and 

 quite novel. Messrs. Veitch and Sons had a fine specimen of 

 Lapayeria rosea, together with Sarracenia purpurea and its highly 

 coloured reddish-brown variety called 8. atropurpurea ; also a 

 collection of Orchids, among which were various beautiful varieties 

 of Cattleya, chiefly hybrids raised by Mr. Dominy. Messrs. Erancis 

 and Co., of Hertford, produced a variety of common J asmine, hand- 

 somely variegated with gold ; it was stated to be a seedling, which 

 had not only variegated leaves, but also a variegated stem. It was 

 mentioned that a similar form of the same Jasmine, with the same 

 description of variegation, was grown twenty years ago in the 

 garden of the late Mr. J. C. Loudon, at Bayswater, where a bud of 

 the variegated sort had been inserted in a common Jasmine ; and 

 although the bud did not take, the stock, by inoculation of the sap, 

 afterwards broke out into the form of variegation the bud was 

 intended to supply. Mr. Batley, of Eugby, exhibited a Felargo- 



