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with deep crimson. Mr. "W. Paul exhibited a beautiful group of 

 Nosegay Pelargoniums, which attracted much notice. Prom Messrs. 

 Veitch and Sons came Cattleya Manglesii, a cross between Harri- 

 sonice and Mossice, with broad deep lilac-rose petals and a small 

 fringed lip with a yellowish centre ; it is an acquisition. Dahlias 

 were shown by Mr. Keynes and Mr. Bawlings. Of those pro- 

 duced by the former, Clare Simons (blush-white with purple tips) 

 and Butterfly (dull bronze with purple stripes) were regarded as 

 first-class sorts ; and John Sladden, evenly formed, deep maroon, 

 from Mr. Pawlings, was adjudged second-class. Mr. Todinan 

 showed Verbena, King of the Bedders, a free-flowering crimson, 

 of good habit for beds, and likely to be useful; and two other 

 Verbenas, named respectively Earl of Padnor (orange-scarlet with 

 yellow eye) and Fanny Martin (large rosy pink) , were selected for 

 approval from a group shown by Mr. Eckford. 



September 4. — One of the most remarkable plants exhibited, 

 Amaryllis Josephines, came from Mr. Bull. Prom the crown of 

 the bulb had risen a stout thick stem, about 2\ feet in height 

 surounded by a noble candelabrum-like head of not very showy 

 flowers ; but the general appearance of the plant was so striking, 

 as to render it well worth cultivation. Mr. Bull likewise exhi- 

 bited Caladium annihilator, with leaves prettily marbled with red 

 and white. Mr. Smith, gardener to S. H. Norris, Esq., Altrin- 

 cham, showed a spike of Benanthera coccinea, cut from a plant 

 which was in full flower in the spring of last year, and which bids 

 fair to blossom again in 1867. Messrs. Osborn sent a magnificent 

 specimen of Statice Frostii, a noble variety in the way of Solfordii, 

 but deeper-coloured. Prom Mr. Hartland, Lough Nurseries, 

 Cork, came a small plant and cut twigs of the yellow variegated 

 variety of Wellingtonia gigantea aureo-variegata ; it is a hand- 

 somely marked golden variegation and appears to be thoroughly 

 fixed. Messrs. Veitch and Sons contributed, among other things, 

 the handsome Marmita Lindeni and 31. roseo-picta ; JEuonymus 

 macropliy Hits, with handsome glossy green leaves ; and examples of 

 the charming Retinospora obtusa aurea. Mr. Cripps furnished Des- 

 onodium penduliflorum, a purplish pink-flowered hardy shrub, be- 

 longing to the Pea family, and remarkable for its graceful habit. 

 Prom Mr. Cunningham, Burton-on-Trent, came a compact-growing 

 variety of Ivy-leaved Pelargonium, with creamy-edged foliage, 

 named L' elegante. Messrs. E. Gr. Henderson and Son contributed 

 a well-grown fine-flowered example of Agalmyla staminea, a creeping 



