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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — FIRST EXHIBITION FOR 1846. 
Exhibition was a Cyrtopodium punctatum, 
from Mr. Scott, of Leigh Park, Havant ; this 
splendid plant stood not less than eight feet 
high, with nine branching panicles of yellow 
spotted flowers, each of which must have con- 
tained some hundreds of blooms ; towering 
above them were ten crests of its noble palm- 
like foliage. 
New Plants. — Of these there was rather a 
paucity. The most remarkable, as evidenced by 
the award of prizes, was an Orchid, from the Rev. 
J. Clowes, of Broughton, Manchester, called 
Oncidium phymatochilum ; this, we learn from 
Loddiges' catalogue, was introduced from Brazil 
in 1843 : it bears flowers more singular than 
showy ; they are very numerous, on much 
branched panicles, the sepals and petals are 
very long and narrow, and hang downwards by 
their own weight ; they are of a pale greenish 
colour, spotted with brown ; the lip of the 
flower is white and yellow spotted : altogether 
it looks like a small flowered Brassia. Messrs. 
Veitch had a new species of Saecolabium, from 
Java ; it appears to differ in its long prasmorse 
(bitten) foliage, and has densely flowered 
drooping racemes of white and purple flowers. 
Messrs. Veitch also had Eranthemum var'iabile, 
not a new but a very rare stove plant, from 
New Holland, with handsome variegated leaves, 
and thin panicles of purplish lilac flowers, in- 
dividually not unlike those of the Persian lilac. 
Messrs. Veitch also sent a Cinchonaceous 
plant, called Rhodostoma gardenioides ; it is a 
shrubby plant, with ovate leaves, and bunches 
of dingy white, small, tubular flowers. Mr. 
Robertson had Hydrolea spinosa, also old, but 
rare ; it is a diffuse growing undershrub, with 
deep blue flowers, and though a tender plant, 
is worth trying out doors, in warm situations. 
Mr. Dods, of Cliefden, sent DysophyllasteUata, 
(see Ann. of Hort. p. 333.) Mr. Cameron, 
of Birmingham, sent Chloraa virescens, a ter- 
restrial Orchid, with greenish yellow flowers ; 
Anthericum paniculatum, a plant with very 
long, narrow leaves, and blue scilla-like 
flowers, on a tall, upright stem ; and a species 
of Goodia, with trifoliolate leaves, and large, 
yellow, butterfly-shaped flowers. Mr. Fair- 
bairn, of Wandsworth Road, had Polygala 
Dalmaisiana (see Ann. of Hort. p. 130), a 
hybrid between P. grandiflora and P. cordi- 
folia. Epiphyllam superbum, from Mr. Hoyle, 
of Guernsey, appears to be a hybrid in the way 
of Ackermanni ; it has brilliant coloured 
flowers with a purple tinge. 
Seedlings. — The Pelargoniums were the 
most important among these. Three of Mr. 
Beck's varieties of 1845, described at p. 568 
of the Ann. of Hort., and to which certifi- 
cates (the only rewards given to seedlings of 
the current season) were given last year by 
the Royal Botanic Society, were here rewarded 
by medals ; these were, Competitor, Patrician, 
and Hebe's Lip : the high character of these 
flowers is, therefore, well attested. Another 
of 1845, from Mr. Beck, was also rewarded; 
this was called Bacchus, and was one of the 
pale rose class. Mount Etna, one of Hoyle's 
seedlings, rewarded here last year, was again 
honoured by a certificate : it is chiefly remark- 
able for its brilliancy of colour. The rest 
were all seedlings of the present year. There 
were six fine and very promising ones from 
Mr. Hoyle, of Guernsey : one called the 
Governor-General, was a very large, bold 
flower, of good properties, and of a rich crim- 
son colour, with dark veiny top petals. Ex- 
quisite was also of a crimson cast of colour : 
the rest — Corsair, Abd-el-Kader, Oliver Crom- 
well, and Scipio, belong to the rose and pink 
class. Mr. Catleugh had a neat rosy-coloured 
one, named Agricola ; Mr. Smith, of Batter- 
sea, had Gipsey King ; Mr. Gaines, of Batter- 
sea, had Admiration and Sir H. Smith ; Mr. 
Miller had Isabella and Pickwick. All these 
six latter were of the rosy class, and are by 
no means bad varieties. Of Calceolarias there 
were many produced, but few of any marked 
merit. Mr. Kinghorn, of Twickenham, had, 
however, three fine ones — Masterpiece, yellow 
ground, with deep maroon irregular markings ; 
Puissant, dark orange ground, with dark 
reddish-brown markings ; and Julia, cream 
colour, with irregular crimson spots ; these 
were all large and of good form, especially the 
first, which was rewarded. Mr. Gaines' Lord 
Hardinge was rewarded ; it is of a bright 
crimson maroon ground, with yellow markings. 
Mr. Gaines' Lady Smith, lemon colour, with 
deep crimson markings, is also a good variety. 
One called Duke of Cambridge, from Mr. 
Holmes, of Sudbury, was rather novel ; it had 
a cream ground colour, with purple maroon 
markings. Mr. Green's La Polka was re- 
warded, but it was not in form quite to our 
taste ; it had a yellow ground, with dark 
markings, surrounded by a broadish belt of 
clear yellow. There were several very hand- 
some seedling Rhododendro7is from Mr. Wa- 
terer, of Knap-hill, but as they were unnamed 
we regret our inability to distinguish them ; 
one with large red flowers, and one or two 
light-coloured ones were very beautiful. 
We may just mention that the Pelargoniums 
were excellent for the season, averaging from 
one foot high and two feet across, to two feet 
high and three feet across, according to the 
style of growing ; they were beautifully flow- 
ered. The pot Roses were not so good as we 
had expected, though the plants were cleanly 
grown, with four or five stems, from one to 
two feet high, and well furnished down to the 
pots with healthy foliage. 
