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plant of the same, trained on a large flat 
circular trellis ; these were all beautifully 
bloomed. Of another splendid creeper, the 
Allamanda cathartica, there were some good 
plants ; Mr Fraser had one seven feet high, 
covered with large bunches of trumpet-shaped 
bright yellow flowers ; and there were other 
plants from Mr. Ayres and Mr. Carson, of 
about the same size. Mr. Robertson had a 
very neatly bloomed plant of Schubertia 
graveolens, a white-flowered creeper, a good 
deal resembling the Stephanotis, and which is 
sometimes called Physianthus auricomus. 
Much of the beauty of the exhibition was at- 
tributable to the plants here named. 
Green-house Plants. — The most conspicu- 
ous among these were some magnificent plants 
of Kalosanthes, better known perhaps as 
Crassula, sent by Mr. Ayres and Mr. Fraser. 
Mr. Ayres had K. coccinea, and K. c. media, 
and Mr. Fraser had K. c. nitida, and K. e. 
grandifiora miniata ; these are slight varieties 
of each other ; the plants were about two and 
a half feet high, and three feet across — some 
rather more, some rather less — and were 
covered with large heads of crimson flowers : 
the stem of the Kalosanthes is covered with 
short fleshy leaves in four even rows. The next 
remarkable plants were some specimens of Sollya 
linearis, from Mr. Fraser, one six feet high, 
and the other three, and trained on a cylinder- 
like trellis ; these plants were covered with 
little bells of an intensely deep and clear blue 
colour : no collection of climbing plants should 
be without this Sollya, which is the best of its 
genus. A large plant of Phcenocoma prolifera, 
with crimson everlasting flowers, and whose 
leaves have the appearance of little woolly 
knots along the branches, was sent by Mr. 
Robertson ; this, which is difficult to grow, 
was in robust health, and perfectly feathered 
down to the pot ; it was four feet across and 
as much in height. Another everlasting, the 
Astelma eximia, which has large leaves thickly 
covered with close white wool, and bunches 
of crimson flowers, came from Mr. Bruce. 
Of shrubby Veronicas, Mr. Ayres had a large 
bush of V. salicifolia, four feet high, and quite 
bushy ; this has pendent spikes densely set 
with pale lilac flowers : a large plant of V. 
speciosa, came from Mr. Balston, of Poole ; 
this kind has dense upright spikes of purple 
flowers. Mr. Robertson had a neat plant of 
Roella ciliata, a shy growing species, which 
has large bell-shaped pale-blue flowers with 
a black centre ; there were some other neatly 
grown plants of the same. From Ealing there 
was also a beautifully grown Epacris miniata, 
two feet high ; this is a new kind lately sent 
out by Messrs. Loddiges, and differs from 
E- grandifiora among other things in the tube 
of the flower being scarlet instead of rose- 
crimson. An old plant, with pale-blue flowers, 
the Plumbago capensis, was sent in good con- 
dition and of large size, by Mr. Catleugh, of 
Chelsea. A very large Clethra arborea-^-a 
plant something like an arbutus with branch- 
ing spikes of white bell-shaped flowers — came 
from Mr. Young. Chironia floribunda, witli 
gay glossy pink flowers, came from Mr. Carson. 
Of Leschenaultia formosa, a little heath-like 
shrub, with oddly shapedcrimson flowers, good 
dwarf well-bloomed plants, were sent by Mr. 
Stanley, Mr. Ayres, and Mr. Green. The some- 
what rare Iochromatubulosafrom the Society's 
collection was placed on the tables. Lisianthus 
(or Eustoma) Russellianus — a plant interme- 
diate between the classes of stove and green- 
house — was sent in a well-grown state, by 
Mr. Green. 
Heaths. — The heaths were very fine, as 
well as numerous, but we must only name 
a few of the most striking specimens. E. 
Irbyana, four feet through, came from Mr. 
Dawson of Brixton ; a smaller plant was con- 
tributed by Mr. Hunt, of Bromley; and 
a very nicely-grown one, two feet high, and 
a yard across, was sent by Mr. Taylor, of 
Streatham. Plants of E. Savileana, mostly 
small but full of bloom, came from Mr. May, 
of Beckenham, Messrs. Fairbairn, of Clapham, 
and Mr. Hunt. E. Parmentieri rosea, a gay 
kind not seen at former shows, came from Mr. 
Ayres and Mr. Robertson. Mr. Green had 
a large E. Shannoniana, a very beautiful kind. 
From Mr. Fraser and Mr. Hunt, were good 
examples of E. infundibuliformis ; the latter 
plant was two and a half feet high, and four 
feet through. E. jasminiflora alba, a very 
beautiful kind of the swollen-tubed class, was 
in its perfection ; Mr. Green, Mr. Epps, Mr. 
Fraser, and Mr. Hunt had excellent plants of 
large size. The rare E. obbata, Mr. Hunt 
had three feet high and as much through ; 
and a smaller plant was sent by Mr. Robertson. 
A large E. Aitoniana was sent by Mr. Daw- 
son ; and a good example of E. togata, from 
Messrs. Fairbairn. Mr. May had a large 
E. princeps ; and a large E. Ewerana came 
from Mr. Young. E. retorta, retorta major, 
tricolor and its varieties^ ampullacea, eximia, 
ferruginea, depressa, and gemmifera, were 
shown in a finely bloomed state. 
Orchids. — These were numerous, but not 
so fine as in June, if we except the Stan- 
hopeas, which are now getting in flower. 
There were good plants present of the follow- 
ing species of thisbeautiful genus : — Stanhopea 
insignis, tigrina, and a var., oculata, and some 
vars., graveolens, and a var., quadricornis, 
eburnea, venusta, and Wardii pallida ; the 
plants varied with from two to five and six 
expanded flowers. From Mr. Falconer, of 
Cheam, were two remarkable plants ofRenan- 
