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which art and skill (having done all that apparently 
could be done) had no control, namely, owing to 
the long continuance of dull weather, many of the 
plants were not so perfectly blown as they doubtless 
otherwise would have been. 
The Pot-roses justly excited the admiration and 
agreeable surprise of all beholders, and, consider- 
ing the adverse season in which they thus early 
attained to such a high degree of perfection, their 
successful management reflects the highest meed 
of praise on their cultivators. 
In the short period that has elapsed since the 
happy idea of growing roses in pots occurred, their 
cultivation in this attractive way has arrived at a 
higher degree of excellence than the most sanguine 
admirer of the “ Queen of flowers ” could have pos- 
sibly anticipated ; but superlatively beautiful as 
were the Hybrid perpetuals and other roses, there 
was yet a specimen of the yellow Banksian rose in 
a pot, which seemed to outvie the rest, and arrest 
the particular attention of every visitor. This 
variety we have frequently known to be discarded 
from collections of climbing roses on account of its 
supposed shy-blooming tendency, but in this 
instance was to be seen the somewhat magical 
transformation of a yellow Banksian rose from the 
climbing propensity to a symmetrical bush, 
literally clothed with clusters of transparent yellow 
blossoms. 
Referring to Pelargoniums, we must not omit to 
notice the class called French or fancy sorts. Mr. 
Gains exhibited a collection of these, which, in point 
of cultivation, were the most perfect specimens we 
ever beheld, being nearly a yard in diameter, and 
yet not more than a foot or fifteen inches in height, 
and covered with a profusion of gay flowers. Their 
appearance deservedly induced the encomiastic 
remarks of every admirer of the popular family to 
which they belong. From their dwarfish, compact 
habit, and the profusion with which they bloom, 
these fancy kinds seem admirably adapted for 
flower garden display in summer. 
New or very rare plants were very scarce at this 
exhibition, and but few of those brought there, 
possess much claim to specific notice. 
Rhododendron campanulatum superbum . This 
beautiful hybrid was produced by Mr. Jackson of 
the Kingston Nursery, Surrey, and, being hardy, 
will prove a valuable acquisition to the American 
garden. It is a noble trusser, the foliage good, and 
slightly ferrugineous beneath. The individual 
florets are expansive, of a transparent, waxy white 
colour ; the upper portion of the corolla being dis- 
tinctly studded with rich crimson, and the throat 
spotted with numerous dark-brown spots. It was 
the opinion of Doctor Lindley, however, that this 
seedling is more allied to Rhododendron ponticum 
than to the bell-flowered rose-bays. 
Rhododendron Marie Taglioni. This seedling, 
exhibited by Mr. Gains of Battersea, will doubtless 
prove, under good cultivation, an interesting addi- 
tion to the hardy list, from having compact trusses 
of white flowers, extensively dotted with black 
spots, rendering it more curious than beautiful. 
We also noticed several hardy hybrid Rhododen- 
drons from Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting, the best of 
which appeared to be R. Grisewoodiana, a fine 
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trusser, with delicate florescence, richly marked with 
purplish crimson, and having ferrugineous leaves. 
Calceolaria grandis. This Peruvian shrub, 
another of the numerous introductions of Messrs. 
Yeitch of Exeter, was decidedly the most interest- 
ing novelty at the Horticultural Society’s meeting. 
The habit is perfectly shrubby, and had the speci- 
men exhibited been divested of its inflorescence, it 
would most easily have been mistaken for a fuchsia, 
instead of a fruticose slipperwort — the semi-her- 
baceous habit of throwing up its numerous woody 
stems in conjunction with its opposite branch- 
lets and leaves, fully warranting the assump- 
tion in the absence of flowers. It appears to 
be a most abundant bloomer ; the flowers which 
are produced terminally on the laterals, are 
transparent yellow, but too closely resemble the 
gaping development of the old Calceolaria bicolor, 
to be regarded as intrinsically beautiful. It will, 
doubtless, prove a most useful adjunct to the list 
of flower garden decorative plants, as well as a good 
greenhouse bush. It was introduced by Messrs. 
Yeitch, through their own collectors, from Peru. 
Viola lutea. This single-flowering, bright yellow 
violet is quite hardy, and although a pretty thing 
enough, it possesses no remarkable attractions. 
It may, however, prove a valuable agent for 
hybridisation with other varieties, and thereby 
produce some deserving novelties. 
The flowers are clear yellow, conspicuously 
erected by long peduncles above the foliage, and, 
being hardy, will be found a very useful spring 
flowering plant for the flower garden, or, if grown 
in pots, for the decoration of the sitting-room vase. 
Introduced from Patagonia by the Messrs. Yeitch. 
AEschynanthus speciosus. A large specimen, of 
straggling growth, of this fine stove plant was 
shown by Messrs. Yeitch, bearing numerous fas- 
cicles of beautiful orange-scarlet flowers. Like the 
majority of Gesneraceous plants, of which few 
approximate this in general beauty, it is not diffi- 
cult to cultivate — requiring the same treatment as 
other soft-wooded stove plants. 
Anguria Makoyana. A curious-looking cucur- 
bitaceous plant, with leaves like a cucumber and 
red flowers on long peduncles, but of no great 
beauty, was exhibited as a new plant by Messrs. 
Rollisson, of Tooting. Also, from the same 
establishment, Talauma mutabilis, a pale yellow 
flowered Magnoliad. 
Boronia tetrandra. A variety of neat compact 
habit, with foliage resembling, but not so long as, 
B. pinnata, and lilacine flowers abundantly, pro- 
duced from the axillae of the leaves. Although 
not on a par with some other members of the 
beautiful genus Boronia, it will doubtless prove 
a good exhibition plant, when grown to full 
specimen size. 
It was exhibited by Mr. E. Henderson, of the 
Wellington-road Nursery. 
Boronia spathulata. A new semi-frutescent plant, 
with pale pink flowers, and apparently an abundant 
bloomer. 
It may be considered a pretty addition to the 
family, and although not prepossessing enough to 
be deemed first rate, we think it will ultimately 
prove to be a very useful specimen plant, 
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