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best of the yellows. There were also of noteworthy sorts — Mary, 

 white with finely shaped flowers ; Princess Mary of Cambridge, 

 grayish blue, of large size ; Sir E. Landseer, a dark puce, and 

 another of the same name, a clear rose-pink ; Hogarth, a delicate 

 but lively pink, of good quality, and Orion, a deep violet purple, 

 with white eye, remarkable for the smooth segments of its flowers. 



March 20. — Mr. W. Paul exhibited several new Roses, among 

 which were Dr. Lindley, a noble crimson of deep tint and finely 

 shaded ; also Black Prince, a deep velvety crimson, to which latter 

 a first-class certificate was awarded, as also to the same grower 

 for the Hyacinths named Vunxbaak, Sir Henry Havelock, and 

 Bird of Paradise. Mr. Toombs, gardener to "W. S. Roots, Esq., 

 furnished an acquisition in the shape of a double-blossomed, com- 

 pact, free-flowering variety of Primula filicifolia, called rubraplena. 

 Messrs. "Windebank and Kingsbury, Southampton, also contributed 

 a group of Chinese Primulas,in which P. alba gig ant ea, P. magnified, 

 a purplish crimson, and jP '. filicifolia rubra, a very fine salmon rose- 

 coloured, were conspicuously good. A finely grown example of 

 Dendrobium speciosam was furnished by W. W. Buller, Esq., 

 of Strete Raleigh, Exeter, who stated that he had flowered it in a 

 warm greenhouse in which Pelargoniums were kept. The only 

 secret in regard to its successful cultivation was, he explained, not 

 to shade it, but on the contrary to let it have as much light as 

 possible. In an interesting collection of plants from W. "Wilson 

 Saunders, Esq., was included Nicotiana wigandioides, a stately 

 variety of tobacco, with large elliptic leaves, and loose branching 

 panicles of handsome creamy-yellow flowers. 



Mr. Berkeley made several remarks on the specimens exhibited, 

 amongst which the following seem most worthy of being recorded. 



A plant of Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum was exhibited, in 

 which there was a lateral fusion of spikes, similar to what so 

 frequently takes place in Asparagus and the Ash-tree. A case of 

 similar fusion in the Holly, where it is less frequent, was exhibited 

 at one of the spring Meetings. A remarkable point, however, in 

 the Orchids was, that, in consequence of the fusion, the leaves were 

 double the usual breadth. A portion of a letter, from George 

 Chichester Oxenden, Esq., was read, in which he writes that the 

 rare Lizard Orchis is still to be found in some of the Kentish woods. 

 A specimen in 1860 attained the height of 31| inches, and bore fifty 

 perfect flowers. A plant of SoncJius platglepis, one of the suftruti- 

 ticose species, was sent by Mr. Wilson Saunders. OrobancJie minor 

 had established itself on the roots of this species in his conservatory, 



