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Sophronites grandiflora, Cymbidium Lowianum, Odontoglossum 

 Kossi majus, Ada aurantiaca, and Odontoglossum cirrhosum. 

 Dendrobium luteolum was also included, a pretty species with small 

 pale yellow flowers. The award' of a bronze medal was recom- 

 mended by the Committee for these plants. 



Mr.H. Cannell, Swanley, Kent, exhibited a group of white Primulas 

 in 5-inch pots. Some of the plants were more than 18 inches in 

 diameter. All were extremely luxuriant, each plant bearing a 

 number of umbels. He also exhibited cut flowers of twenty dis- 

 tinct varieties of Primula, some of which were very rich and clear 

 in colour. They were stated to have been grown with Cannell's 

 Invigorator or food for plants. A vote of thanks was awarded. A 

 peculiar little Primula was also shown, stated to be a h)brid 

 between the English and the Chinese Primroses ; the flowers were 

 small, and chiefly resembled the Chinese form. Mr. Chambers, 

 "Westlake Nursery, Spring Grove, Isleworth, was awarded a vote of 

 thanks for a good specimen of Ccelogyne cristata bearing about 

 fifteen spikes, each with four or five flowers. 



Messrs. Osborn and Son, Fulham, staged a group of plants, com- 

 prising Lillies of the Valley, Azalea amcsna, Lilacs, Polygonatums, 

 aud various Palms, chiefly Cocos "Weddelliana. A vote of thanks 

 was awarded. Mr. C. Green, gardener to Sir G. Macleay, Pendell 

 Court, Bletchingley, received a vote of thanks for Salvia alboccerulea, 

 the upper lip of the flower being yellowish white and the lower 

 deep blue, and for Cineraria Webbiana, a species from the Canary 

 Islands. The outer florets of the heads were narrow, spreading, 

 and bright purple. A similar award was accorded to Mr. Hudson, 

 gardener to H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton, for 

 cut blooms of Maranta "Warscewiczii. Mr. E. Wilson, gardener to T. 

 Parmer Hall, Esq., Effingham House, New Leatherhead, also re- 

 ceived a vote of thanks for a fine specimen of Dendrobium chryso- 

 toxum bearing five racemes of its beautiful yellow flowers. Mr. 

 Bann, gardener, Handcross Park, Crawley, sent a large male cone 

 of Encephalartos villosus about 2 J feet long, also a flower spike of 

 Dasylirion glaucum. Mr; J. Stevens, The Gardens, Trentham, 

 exhibited a remarkably handsome specimen of Lcclia anceps bear- 

 ing ten long racemes, each having four or five large and richly 



