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tioned at page 262, and equally well flowered. 
Of white flowers, there was the beautifully 
scented Gardenia florida, (the Cape jasmine,) a 
large bush five feet high, from Mr. Green. 
Then there was the no less agreeably perfumed 
Stephanotis floribunda, perhaps the best ever- 
green white flowered stove creeper in cultiva- 
tion : several persons sent plants of this, but 
we can only mention two from Mr. Robertson, 
on cylinder trellises, about eight feet high and 
four in diameter ; another six feet by three, 
from Mr. Carson, of Cheam ; and a smaller 
one from Mr. Catleugh. There was also 
Pavetta Caffra, an evergreen shrub, with oval- 
ish leaves, and heads of white flowers very 
neatly grown and well bloomed about two feet 
high, from Mr. Fraser ; a plant larger than 
this of Taberna? montana coronaria, from Mr. 
Robertson; and of Cyrtoceras reflexum, a plant 
with fine evergreen foliage, and drooping 
bunches of small starry whitish flowers, several 
plants from different persons. There were 
some plants of Allamanda cathartica, a fine 
stove climber with large yellow flowers ; one 
from Mr. Carson was on a cylinder trellis, 
seven feet by three ; and another from Mr. 
Ayres six feet by three. Enthales macrophylla 
is a very much branching twiggy plant with 
yellow flowers, with a dark-coloured blotch ; 
this was from Mr. Carson. Mr. Green had a 
very large fully bloomed Cactus — Epiphyllum 
•speciosum ; this was six feet high, and three 
feet across. Mr. Bruce, of Tooting, had a 
worked plant of Cereus flagelliformis, a stand- 
ard, with its long trailing stems hanging down 
towards the pot. Mr. Bruce also had a plant 
of the drooping stemmed Russelia juncea, with 
tubular scarlet flowers. From Mr. Fraser was 
a very neat plant two feet high, well flowered, 
of Franciscea acuminata (also known as F. 
Pohliana) ; this is a beautiful plant, with 
downy oblong leaves, and bunches of large 
flat purple flowers. 
Green-house Plants. — These were perhaps 
less showy than the class just named. The 
Phoenocomas and Aphelexes were numerous 
and well bloomed ; one small young plant of 
the former from Mr. Fraser was beautifully 
grown. The Pimeleas were very conspicuous. 
Many large plants of P. decussata, an old kind 
with small heads of rosy-pink flowers, were 
present. Mr. Hunt had one five feet high and 
as much in diameter ; Mr. Pope, of Wanstead, 
had one two feet by three ; and Mr. Robertson 
had some large specimens. Of P. hispida, a 
very handsome kind with large pale pink 
flowers, Mr. Hunt had a dwarf plant, two feet 
across. Mr. Hunt also had a P. spectabilis 
two feet and a half by three. There were some 
good Leschenaultias. Mr. Stanley had a plant 
of L. formosa, two feet by two ; Mr. Pamplin, 
of Walthamstow, had one of about the same 
size ; Mr. Ayres had one six inches high, and 
two feet across. Two beautiful plants of 
Crowea saligna came from Mr. Ayres and Mr. 
Fraser ; these were free grown plants six feet 
high, and full of large pink starry flowers. 
Mr. Fraser had a cylinder shaped plant of 
Sollya linearis, six feet by three ; this is an 
excellent green-house climber, with willow- 
shaped leaves and deep blue flowers. Of other 
useful blue flowers which may be had at this 
season, the arborescent Statices are worth 
notice. S. arborea was there from Mr. Fraser, 
with five panicles of bloom above its ample 
leaves ; and another plant from Mr. Robertson 
was rather better flowered. S. macrophylla 
is a similar and superior kind, of which Mr. 
Robertson had a neat plant. Messrs. Veitch 
sent Mirbelia ilicifolia, a bushy plant, with 
small prickly holly-like leaves, and purple 
flowers. Of purple-flowered Polygalas — whose 
blooms somewhat resemble a bird with ex- 
panded wings — there was P. oppositifolia, 
three feet by three, from Mr. Ayres ; P. acu- 
minata, two feet by three, from Mr. May ; and 
several specimens of P. cordifolia. The Coleo- 
nemas are graceful growing shrubs with slender 
foliage, and pink starry flowers. C. rubrum, 
five feet by five, came from Mr. Pamplin, and 
one of similar size from Mr. Fraser ; and C. 
pulchrum, six feet by five, came from Mr. 
Robertson. Mr. Robertson also had Erioste- 
mon buxifolium, a fine shrub, with box-like 
leaves, and delicate pink starry flowers ; also 
Boronia denticulata, a branchy plant three feet 
by three. A pretty little Epacris-like plant 
with heads of white flowers calledDracophyllum 
gracile, was sent by Mr. May, of Woodford. 
The best Azalea at the exhibition was A. 
Danielsiana, from Mr. Robertson, a bushy plant 
about three feet high, and full of bloom ; the 
leaves of this kind are small, and the flowers 
large, of a lively light red colour. We noticed 
some of the rare Cape species of Pelargonium — 
a very pretty family, deserving to share the 
attention excited by the fancy kinds. One of 
these was P. holosericeum, with oblong silky 
leaves, and crimson and blush coloured flowers ; 
another was the better known, but rare, P. 
(or Phymatanthus) tricolor, with narrow jagged 
leaves, and tricoloured flowers — scarlet, black, 
and white ; another is P. elatum, in the way 
of the last, but larger, and with less distinct 
colours ; P. quinquevulnera has broad, very 
deeply jagged (multifid) leaves, and flesh- 
coloured flowers, each petal with a dark pur- 
ple spot ; P. bicolor is something in the same 
way ; P. ardens is less shrubby in habit, with 
brilliant crimson flowers, spotted with maroon. 
Heaths. — The most remarkable of this 
transcendently beautiful tribe of plants were 
the following : — Erica metulnsflora bicolor, 
four feet by four, from Messrs. Fairbairn of 
