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Stark, mu'soryman, of Ediu- 
a violet-scented yellow Cheiran- 
green antarctic beech, with Thuja orientalis glauca, a very promising kind, and a very broad-leaved 
variety of Qncrcns Ilex. From the same place we also noticed some remarkably fine seedling- 
Heaths, apparently crosses with aristata, Sprcngclii, Massoni, ferruginea and some of the more difficult 
of the hard wooded kinds; among which, E. Hanburj-ana, cinnabarina, Baruesii, and Ruckerii 
received prizes ; and with these was a fine Azalea indica, of pure wliite colour and good form, called 
Vesta, and a Rhododendron, called Bianca, blooming in a four-incli pot. A plant, not for compe- 
tition, was also placed upon the table 
fi-om Mr 
burgh; 
thus, called Marshallii, a plant of con- 
siderable promise, producing flowers of 
fine form and good substance, which we 
hope to figure very shortly. Other new 
plants were present, but none calling 
for special remark. 
Heaths were plentiful, and some of 
remarkable excellence. The greatest no- 
velty was Erica vhidis, in the collections 
of Messrs. Rollisson, and W. Quilter, 
Esq. It is a green-coloured species, of 
the vestita group, and apparently of 
fi-ee growth, though it has not been seen 
about London for a number of years past. 
Mr. Leach, gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., 
had a noble group, among which E. 
elegans, metula;flora, tortiliflora (true), 
mutabilis, and aristata major, were spe- 
cially remarkable. The subjoined en- 
graving represents E. vasa^flora, perhaps 
the finest plant in England, profusely 
studded with its gay pink, vase-like 
flowers. Messrs. Veitch sent a noble 
plant of E. metulajflora, with tricolor 
verna, a great improvement upon eximia; 
and a good plant of tortiliflora. Jlessrs. 
Fairbah-n had good plants of mutabilis, 
Sindryana, finely coloured, and sua- 
veolens. 
ERICA vasjEflora : exhibited by S. Kucker, Esq. 
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Of Azaleas a noble bank of gorgeous plants extended the whole length of one of the long tents, and 
though the whole were fine, Mrs. Lawrence's plants were pre-eminently so ; and when we say that six largo 
vans were required to convey the twelve plants, some idea may be formed of then- size. They were dense 
bushes of the finest lands, sheeted with bloom, but trained without the formality which characterized 
some of the collections. Messrs. Eraser had a noble, but too formal group, and Mr. Green and Mr. 
Falconer had also some fine plants. Smaller plants were sent by Messrs. Lane and Mr. Daniels. 
The Orchids, as was to be expected on such a day, were not numerous. The most remarkable 
plant was perhaps Mr. Dobson's Dendrobium nobilc, which was scarcely inferior to Messrs. Lucombe 
& Co.'s plant, before-mentioned. With it was a finely bloomed and coloured plant of Cattleya Skin- 
neri, with Burlingtonia rigida, and Dendrobium fimbriatum, and speciosum. Mr. Schroder sent a 
nice mass of Dendrobium densifiorum and pulchellum, with Vanda cristata. In Mrs. Lawrence's 
group, we noticed Vanda insignis, and Dendrobium formosum ; and IMr. Williams, gardener to C. B. 
AVarner, Esq., had fine plants of Dendrobium macrophyllum and densifiorum, Saccolabium miniatum, 
Cattleya Skinneri, rather pale, with C. Mossiee, and Cypripedium barbatum. 
The Pelargoniums, with two or three exceptions, were good ; but when we say that Mr. Cock, of 
Chiswick, eclipsed himself, it may be inferred that he sent the finest group which even /le ever 
produced. The plants were clean as a new pin, with splendid foliage, and noble trusses of flowers 
regularly distributed over the entire plant. What rendered them more meritorious was, that this 
perfection was obtained almost without a stake being seen, and the plants wore a natural character, 
much, as a matter of taste, to be approved. As compared with these, Mr. Beck's stand, though 
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