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Cattleyas — Mossise, ■with, twenty flowers ; MossiEe aurantia, a fine variety, with the base of the lip deep 
orange-coloured ; and C. Sldnneri, with thirteen trusses, some of them bearing five or six flowers each ; 
another group came from the garden of Mrs. Lawrence. Groups of fifteen were sent by Messrs. 
Veitch, RoUisson, and Dobson. The former lot had a beautiful plant of Vanda insignis, of which 
we have an engraving in preparation ; and there was also a Cattleya Mossiae, with upwards of a 
score of fine flowers, the curious, greenish, Grammatophj'Umn multiflorum, with three long upright 
racemes of expanded flowers, and one more raceme to come : and a remarkable Dendrobium nobUe. 
Messrs. PioUisson had Cypripedium Lowii, Leptotes serrulata, and Acineta Barkeri. Mr. Dobson had a 
fine Dendrobium nobile. Smaller groups were sent by Messrs. Carson, Blake, Kinghorn, Ivison, Green, 
Brian, and Gerrie, and a large specimen of Dendrobium Calceolare came from Mr. Colyer's garden, at 
Dartford. 
Pelargoniums were brought in very nice condition, and, for the most part, admirably grown, short 
and stocky, with noble blooms, just elevated over the foliage ; this was especially the case with those 
produced by Mr. Cock, of Chiswick ; Mr. Parker, of Roehampton : and in the fancy class, by Mr. 
Robinson, of Pimlico ; others were 
shown by Messrs. Beck, Gaines, 
Staines, Ambrose, and Moseley. The 
most distinct, and strictly well-grown 
sorts, we saw, are noted below : — 
Pearl, Zanzummim, Rosy Cii'cle, Sala- 
mander, Rosamund, Mont Blanc, 
Cuyp, Pietum, and Painter. Cape 
Pelargoniums were shown by Messrs. 
Parker, Staines, and Malyon. A few 
Calceolarias were shown, and a good 
assortment of Cinerarias, chiefly con- 
tributed by the Messrs. Hendersons, 
Salter of Hammersmith, and Lane 
of Berkhampstead. 
The Roses in pots were very fine, 
those produced by Mr. Lane, espe- 
cially so. The contributors to this 
department of the exliibition, were 
Messrs. Lane, Paul, and Francis, and 
Mr. Terry, gardener to Lady Puller, 
of Youngsbmy ; Mr. R. Rosier, and 
A. Rowland, Esq. The most re- 
markable plants were. Baron Pre- 
vost, Paul Perras, Duchess of Suth- 
erland, Chenedole, Queen, Adam, 
Moire, and Armosa, in Messrs. 
Lane's gi-oup ; and Madame de St. 
Joseph, Dr. Marx, Cels multiflora, Madeleine, Comte de Paris, Clementine Seringe, and Harrisoni, 
contributed by Messrs. Paul ; besides which, Mr. Prancis had a good Paul Perras ; Mr. Roser, Baron 
Prevost, and Aubernon, in fine condition ; and Mr. Terry, a well managed plant of Noisette Lamarque. 
Mr. Green had a collection of Cacti, among which, Epiphyllum speciosum elegans, and coccineum 
grandiflorum ; the former with deep rose-pink, the latter with rich scarlet flowers, were conspicuous; 
and with them was a good plant of the rare and very elegant E. RusseUianum. Collections of 
Aphelexes, were sent by Mr. Cole and Mr. Green, the former of whom had Aphelexis sesamoides, 
humihs, humilis grandiflora, spectabilis grandiflora, grandiflora, and Hehchrysum argentemn. Mr. 
Green had a variety, called sesamoides rosea. Messrs. Garraway & Co., of Bristol, conti'ibuted some 
hybrid Hippeastrmns of great beauty ; they consisted of " Acramanni pulcherrima," with large, deep 
crimson flowers; amoena rosy, longitudinally veined, and having a white central band on each division 
of the flower ; marginata odorata, crimson, the segments of the perianth with a narrow even margin 
of white, and marginata venusta, crimson, with a broader irregular white margin, and a central 
white band. An interesting group of Lycopodiums, was contributed by Mr Williams, and consisted 
of L. csesium, coesium arboreum, Willdenovianam, umbrosum, Louisianum, cii-cinatum, stoloniferum, 
and denticulatum. 
SACCOLAEIUM PBiEMOKSUM, exhibited by S. Rucker, Esq. 
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