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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S JUNE EXHIBITION. 
Aphelexis spectabilis grandiflora, were good specimens of moderate size. The blemishes of the 
collection were an Allamanda, drooping from too sudden exposm-e, a fading Pimelea spectabilis, and 
an x\zalea variegata, in which the well-bloomed body of the plant was spoiled by unbloomcd growth 
beyond. Mr. Colyer's plants were beautifally fresh, and possessed great merit throughout, though 
wanting the monster specimens, captivating to the eye, found in the rival gi'oup. Here, however, was 
a fine Allamanda Schottii ; Dipladenia 
crassinoda, admirably bloomed: two very 
fine Ixoras, crocata and coccinea, freely 
bloomed ; Clerodendron fallax ; a lovely 
Pimelea Hendersonii ; Chironia gluti- 
nosa, brilliant with its deep rose-pink 
blossoms ; a good Stephanotis flori- 
bunda ; Aphelexis spectabilis grandi- 
flora. Messrs. Fraser and Pamplin also 
had collections of twenty ; in the former 
of which was a fine specimen of Rhyn- 
cospermum jasminoides, a showy plant 
of Hibbertia Cunninghamii, and Lach- 
noea eriocephala. Groups of fifteen 
were sent by Mr. Green, gardener to 
Sir E. Antrobus, and JNIr. Gerrie, gar- 
dener to Sir J. Cathoart, the former of 
whom had a massive Lcschenaultia for- 
mosa, Allamanda grandiflora, very well 
flowered ; and a fine Ixora coccinea. 
Among the smaller groups were scat- 
tered many fine examples of cultivation ; 
those which especially attracted our 
notice were the following : — Tetratheca 
verticillata, dwarf, and a fidl yard in 
diameter, from Mr. liinghorn, gardener 
to the Eaid of Kilmorey ; Acrophyllum 
venosum, small, but freely grown and 
flowered, together with a well-flowered Gompholobium polymorphum, from Mr. Bruce, gardener to B. 
Miller, Esq. ; a very dwarf Clerodendron fallax superbum, with two large panicles of flowers from Mr. 
Speed, of Edmonton ; Pavetta Cafii-a, Dracophyllum gracile, and Aphelexis spectabiHs grandiflora, from 
Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Coster, Esq. ; Pimelea Hendersonii, from Mr. May, gardener to E. Good- 
hart, Esq., Mr. Epps, of Maidstone, and Mr. Stanley, gardener to H. Berens, Esq. ; Mcdinilla 
speciosa, and a dwarf Ixora fi-om Mr. Carson, gardener to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq. ; a dwarf 
Ixora, from i\'Ii-. Hamp, gardener to J. Thorn, Esq. ; Actus graciilima, from Mr. Malyon, gardener 
to T. Brandram, Esq. ; Bossirea linophyUa, fi-om Mr. Stuail, gardener to T. Huggins Esq., 
Norwood ; and Coleonema pulcluum, from Mr. G. Young, gardener to C. Barron, Esq. Among 
the specimen plants were Polygala Dalmaisiana and Lcschenaultia biloba grandiflora, fr-om Mr. May, 
gardener to Mrs. Lawrence; Indigofera decora, Platycerium grande, and Nj-mphcea cccrulea, from 
Mr. Ivison; and a Coleonema pulchrum, from Mr. Terry, gardener to Lady Puller. 
The best lot of Cape Heaths came from Mr. Smith, gardener to W. Quitter, Esq., of Norwood, whose 
plants were large, cleanly grown, well matched as to size, and in full bloom j the most attractive plants 
were vestita alba, vestita coccinea, elegans, and suaveolens among the larger specimens, and bruniades 
rather smaller in size. Mr. Cole had a nice collection, in which were conspicuous plants of mutabflis 
and Cavendishiana ; and Mr. Leach's group, which though good were too uneven in size, contained 
a large Cavendishiana, and a neat jasminoides. Among the Nurserymen's plants, Mr. Epps had 
striking specimens of vestita coccinea, propendens, and splendens ; and good collections including 
many fine specimens were sent by Messrs. Veitch, RolHsson, and Fairbaii'n. There were some very 
pretty groups of small plants shown in 11 -inch pots. 
Among the seedlings, was a fine Epiphyllum named platypetalum from Mr. Hoyle of Reading ; 
it is a large rich deep crimson variety, with remarkably broad thick petals, and will become a very 
showy and favoui-ite sort. Mr. Epps had a seedling Erica, named tricolor Eppsii, a distinct and very 
fine variety, with short thick tube much inflated at the base, and there deep red, the throat green, the 
ArHELEXis SPECTABILIS GRANDIFLORA exhibited by H. Colyer, E<q. 
