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flowers. The spiny-stemmed Calamus dealbata, the silver palm of 

 Madagascar. Thrinax elegans, one of the most elegant of the 

 elegant race of miniature palms, with palmated leaves on smooth 

 slender stalks. RTiodea japonica aureo striata, with the leaves 

 distinctly striped with yellow. Trichomanes radicans, a remark- 

 ably fine specimen. Xanthosoma appendiculatum, a green-leaved 

 Arad, curious on account of the midrib abruptly terminating at 

 about two-thirds the length of the leaf-blade, at which point a 

 small leaf-like lobe was developed upside down on the under sur- 

 face, so that there appeared to be two leaves of unequal size set 

 back to back. Agave americana longifolia, a long-leaved variety, 

 considered inferior to the older variegated variety. The collection 

 also contained some large handsome bushes of the common 

 Aucuba,well furnished with berries, and smaller plants of the newer 

 varieties. To this collection the Lindley Medal was given, the 

 second awarded by the Society ; the first having been granted to 

 the fine group of Lycastce shown by Mr. Veitch at the December 

 Meeting. 



Mr. Veitch' s contribution was less extensive, but even more 

 attractive. It consisted of a large number of beautiful forms of 

 Lycaste Shinneri, varied by the intermixture of Epidendrum Skin- 

 neri, Odontoglossum cor datum, a fine mass of Angr cecum eburneum, 

 the exquisitely tinted CattleyaWarscewiczii delicata, which is said to 

 be the same as C. pallida ; Cattleya bogotensis, a variety of similar 

 character, but of deeper and richer lilac tint ; and Franciscea caly- 

 cina major, the most beautiful of all the Erancisceas, with violet- 

 coloured flowers, measuring 3| inches in diameter. 



Messrs. A. Henderson and Co., Pine- Apple Nursery, Edgware 

 Boad, sent a handsomely striped Fern, in the shape of a finely 

 variegated form of Lastrea Sieboldii variegata, the leaves of which 

 were streaked ail over transversely with creamy white. Erom the 

 gardens of J. Bateman, Esq., were contributed some cut specimens, 

 namely :— from Mr. Sherratt, gardener at Knypersley Hall, a spike 

 of Plialcenopsis amabilis, another of the long-tailed Angrcecum 

 sesqidpedale, with Dendrobium nobile and moniliforme ; and from 

 Mr. Stanton, gardener at Biddulph Grange, two species of Thibau- 

 dia, namely macrantha and bracteosa, the latter with elliptic acu- 

 minate five-nerved leaves, and deep-red flowers tipped with green. 

 Mr. Willcock, gardener to Dr, Patteson, St. John's "Wood, sent a 

 nice young blooming plant of the curious long-tailed Angrcecum 

 sesquipedale, and a plant of Barheria Skinneri. Mr. Williams, of 

 Holloway, contributed a new variety of Calanthe vestita, with the 



