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and the habit of the plant less disposed to straggling, and more dwarf. It was in the collection 
Messrs. Veitch exhibited at the late Horticultural Exhibition in the Society's Gardens, Chiswick. 
Rhododendron, w. At the nursery of Messrs. Standish and Noble several fine hardy 
hybrid varieties of this splendid genus have recently been in flower. Mr. S. has, after many years, 
succeeded in producing richly coloured flowers, and the plants bloom so late that they are not 
injured by the frost. One of the specimens, R. Standiskii, has fine trusses of deep crimson, with 
a violet tint, well spotted on the upper petals. Another, R. Nobleanum, has handsome well-formed 
flowers of a bright rose, and has a broad stripe of pure white down the upper petal into the throat, 
and forms a good truss. The foliage of the various specimens is fine, broad, and of a rich green, 
very superior to any of the hardy varieties in cultivation. 
Rosa anemoneflora. A curious three-leaved species, having clusters of small pale blush 
flowers ; the outer petals, five in number, are broad, while the centre is filled with a mass of narrow 
petals, giving the bloom much the appearance of a double Anemone. It was introduced by Mr. 
Fortune, from China, and flowered for the first time in the nursery of Messrs. Standish and 
Noble, Bagshot. 
Scutellaria incarnata. Another of Messrs. Veitch's importations, very similar in habit to 
the varieties in cultivation, but having very bright rosy purple flowers, in form and growth like 
S. coccinea. This species will be a good addition to our collections, from its colour. 
At the recent fetes in the Royal Botanical Society's Garden, Regent's Park, and the Horti- 
cultural Society's Garden, Chiswick, we noticed the following specimens well-flowered and grown : 
— Aerides odorata, fine, with upwards of sixty spikes of bloom ; the plant about four feet high, 
and same in diameter. Saccolabium guttatum, with nineteen spikes of bloom and equally fine 
specimen, were in the collection of Mr. Wray, gardener to J. J Blandy, Esq., Reading. Mr. Mylam, 
gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., Wandsworth, had a fine specimen of Aerides odorata; Mormodes 
aromaticum, with spikes of flowers eighteen inches long, which, though not fully expanded, were 
sufficient to jshew the merit of cultivation ; Lcelia rnajalis, very fine lilac flower, with a richly 
spotted labellum ; Vanda teres, fine specimen six feet high, with upwards of thirty flowers well 
developed ; Cymbidium pendulum, with scape three feet long, flowers large, and well-coloured. 
Aspasia lunata, Messrs. Rollisson had this pretty species well flowered, and several varieties of 
Stanhopea. Achimenes patens, we saw a fine variety of this charming plant exhibited by Mr. Dobson, 
gardener to E. Beck, Esq., Isleworth. Allamanda cathartica, there were several fine specimens 
of this plant ; the largest^was in the collection of Mr. Carson, gardener to — Farmer, Esq., Nonsuch 
Park, Surrey. The flowers, however, were not so fine as a smaller specimen exhibited by Mr. 
Green, gardener to Lady Antrobus, Cheam Park : Mr. G. had also a handsome specimen of Gompho- 
lobium splendens, covered with pure, bright, yellow flowers, forming a very attractive plant. Cattleya 
itrina, Mr. Jack, gardener to G. Lorraine, Esq., Carshalton, had a well developed flower of this inter- 
esting little species, pale yellow, and labellum slightly deeper in colour. Cattleya superba, Mr. 
Warner's collection afforded an opportunity of seeing this very handsome species in good flower, as 
well as a fine specimen of Oncidium citrosmum in excellent condition. Mr. Jack had a very fine dark 
variety of Stanhopea tigrina in good flower. Hindsia longiflora and H. longiflora alba, Messrs. 
Henderson, of Wellington Road Nursery, had these plants, so difficult to cultivate, in good flower ; 
and Messrs. Henderson of Pine-apple Place, had a very fine specimen about four feet high, in very 
good flower of H. longiflora alba. Mr. Lane, of Berkhampstead, exhibited a superb Moss Rose, 
the colour rich crimson, of excellent form, and the most delicious fragrance. 
Trop^eolum speciosum. At the late fete in the Gardens of the Horticultural Society, Chiswick, 
Messrs. Veitch exhibited this remarkable and very handsome species in excellent flower ; it 
belongs to the pentaphyllum section of these beautiful creepers, and has flowers an inch and a half 
in diameter, of a brilliant scarlet, that, added to a very neat foliage, will make this species one of 
the most deserving of extensive cultivation. The plant is quite new to our collections. 
