THE METROPOLITAN MAT EXHIBITIONS. 
Lesehenaultia formosa, Franciseea acuminata, and Azaleas ; they were fresh, full, and profusely 
bloomed, and altogether in admirable condition. Mr. May had, as usual, Epacris grandiflora, a huge 
bush, now becoming, from its notoriety, very stale, and which, from being so intertwined in training, 
a friend suggested would make an excellent living aviary ; Pimelea spectabilis not sufficiently in bloom, 
Chorozema variuni and Lawrenceanum, Boronia serrulata and pinnata, Gompholobium polyrnorphum 
a nice bush ; Ixora javanica in fine condition, with some nice plants of Azalea, Pultenaca stipularis, 
Lesehenaultia, &c. Large collections came also from Messrs. Fraser and Mr. Paniplin. 
In the smaller collections, we noticed in Mr. Green's lot a most admirable Ixora coccinea, splendidly 
coloured — and which, after all, is the finest of the genus ; fine Epacrises and Leschenaultias, iEsehv- 
nanthus Lobbianus, Boronia pinnata, and Chorozema variuni. Mr. Taylor had a fine Adenandra, 
Hoya carnosa, Dracophyllum gracile, Pimelea spectabilis, and several Everlastings and Heaths. 
Collections of ten stove and greenhouse plants were produced in great quantity, and several new 
competitors made their appearance. Among the most remarkable plants, we noticed Franciscea 
macrophylla, a splendidly bloomed plant ; Adenandra speciosa ; and Oxylobium Pultenea;. Mr. Speed 
had a very compact group, in which was a plant of Clerodendron fallax in admirable condition, being 
dwarf, clean, and healthy, and splendidly bloomed ; Eutaxia pungens, Lesehenaultia formosa, Pimelea 
Hendersonii, and Tetratheca verticillata were also in fine condition. Mr. Croxford produced some very 
neat plants, especially Epacris grandiflora, Pimelea spectabilis and Hendersonii, and Lesehenaultia 
Baxtcri. Several small collections of plants were sent respectively by Messrs. "Williams, Over, Dods, 
"Watson, and Kinghorn. The Heaths were scarcely sufficiently in bloom, and, as previously remarked, 
they wanted colour. The plants, however, produced by Mr. Quilter's gardener were admirably culti- 
vated, and remarkably neat; as were also those from Mr. Cole, Messrs. Rollisson, Epps, and Fairbairn, 
who sent fine collections. The best kinds were : — Suaveolens, tortiliflora, ampullacea carminata and 
vittata, favoides elegans and purpurea (a fine kind), mutabilis, dilecta, mundula, vasiflora (one of the 
most elegant of Heaths), elegans, Sprengelii, Hartnelli, triumphans, Sindryana (a very pretty early 
kind), florida, primuloides, campanulata, Cavendishiana, depressa, aristata, propendens, and Thun- 
bergiana. 
Single specimens were less numerous than usual, still some splendid plants were produced. Messrs. 
Veitch sent Medinilla 
magnifica, a most re- 
markable plant ; Mr. 
Iveson, Indigofera de- 
cora, an elegant and 
useful plant ; Mr. Cole, 
Hovea Celsi ; T. B. Gra- 
ham, Esq., Erica Sindry- 
ana, a splendid plant ; 
Mr. May, Boronia serru- 
lata; Messrs. Fairbairn, 
Erica favoides ; and 
Messrs. Veitch, Rhodo- 
dendron jasminiflorum. 
At the Regent's Park, 
the most remarkable 
specimens were Lesehe- 
naultia formosa, from 
Miss Trail, and Pimelea 
spectabilis, from Mr. 
May. 
Of new plants, 
Messrs. Veitch sent 
Cantua dependens, thus 
described by Dr. Lind- 
lcy : — " The most glori- 
ous species that has yet 
reached us from the 
west ; a slirub as hardy as a Fuchsia 
. 
I>J KDBOH JASMIN U, 
and far more gay, because of the rich mixture of yellow and 
purple and violet in its long tubular flowers." Mr. Baumann, of Client, had Dcutzia gracilis, a dwarf 
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