THE PALMYRA PALM. 
Bolbophyllum Lobbii ; and a species of Eurybia, a dwarf inconspicuous but very fragrant shrub. 
Missis. Henderson sent Gastrolobium cuneatum, a promising plant, and G. intermedium [?] with 
scarlet flowers. Mr. Franklin sent a species of Acineta, and Mr. Mylam had a Saccolabium with short 
spikes of white flowers with rose-coloured lip. 
The Pelargonium tent was a grand sight, and perhaps such a quantity was never before staged. 
Mr. Turner was again first in the new class with some remarkably neat plants, and his small dwarf 
Fancies were exquisitely neat and lovely. Fancies were also beautifully shown by Mr. Robinson and 
Mr. Cock. Seedlings were not less numerous than remarkable, and the following may be considered 
as an official report of the prizes both by the Pelargonium Fund and the Society — we speak of the 
Regent's Park only, the Horticultural Society having ceased to reward seedling flowers for several 
years past: — 
The prizes offered by the " Seedling Pelargonium Fund" were contested for on this occasion, on 
which the following raisers were contributors, and many varieties were represented by two, three, and 
four' plants : From Mr. Beck were Incomparable, Gem, Arethusa, Ambassador, Painter Improved, 
Cardinal, and Exhibitor ; from Mr. Story, Purity ; from Mr. Hocken, Nightshade and Honeybell ; 
from Major Foquett, Annette and Agatha ; from Mr. White, Charming May and Martile ; from 
Mr. Bragg, Jullien ; from Mr. Turner, Flying Dutchman, Vivid, Supreme, Little Nell, Proteus, Breba, 
Cynthia, Sheet Anchor, and Illuminator ; from Mr. Foster, Scarlet Eclipse, Shylock, Lablache, Opti- 
mum, Purple Standard, Rubens, Ariadne, Eurydice, Enchantress, Pulchrum, Lavinia, Melissa, and 
Pansy ; from Mr. Hoyle, Beatrice, Elise, Herald, Magnet, Gan3'mede, Remus, Chieftain, Azim, 
Colonel of the Buffs, and Van Tromp. The Censors, Messrs. Riley, Stains, Veitch, and Robinson, 
furnished the following award : First Prize, Magnet (Hoyle) ; second do., Purple Standard (Foster) ; 
third do., Elise (Hoyle) ; fourth do., Ganymede (Hoyle) ; fifth do., Scarlet Eclipse (Foster) ; sixth do., 
Arethusa (Beck) ; seventh do., Herald (Hoyle). 
Seedling Fancy Pelargoniums were shown in classes, the division of colours being — class A., light 
flowers, not darker than Modestum ; class B, rose flowers, not darker than Minerva ; class C, crimson 
flowers, not darker than Fairy Queen ; class D, dark, not lighter than Hero of Surrey ; class E, dark 
self, not lighter than Defiance : in these classes thirty-four varieties were shown. The censors made 
the following award — class A, none worthy ; class B, Mirandum (Ayres), a second prize ; class C, 
Formosissimum (Ayres), a first prize ; Perpetuum (Ambrose), a second prize ; Triumphant (Ambrose), 
a third prize ; class D, Superbum (Ambrose), a first prize ; Richard Cobden (Ambrose), a second prize ; 
Caliban (Ayres), a second prize (equal) ; Gipsey Queen (Ayres), a third prize ; class E, Captivation 
(Ambrose), a first prize ; Advancer (Ayres), a second prize. 
The Society's certificates were awarded to Ariadne (Foster), and Elise (Hoyle). A small silver 
medal was awarded to Magnet (Hoyle), for an exhibition of four plants ; the same variety receiving 
the Society's certificate at the previous exhibition. 
In Fancy Pelargoniums, Superbum (Ambrose), Captivation (Ambrose), and Advancer (Ayres), were 
selected by the Society's censors for certificates. 
The exhibition of Fruit in both gardens was, for this dull season, very fine ; it may be true the 
white Grapes were not so ripe as they ought to have been, and that the black ones were not finer than 
we had previously seen, still they were such as cannot be seen in any other country in the world. We 
regret we have not space for a detailed account, hut we must not omit to state that Mr. Ivison, 
gardener to the Dowager Duchess of Northumberland, sent fruiting plants of Nutmeg, Gamboge, and 
Vanilla ; also a Cinnamon tree in flower, with dry Cinnamon produced at Syon. — A. 
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THE PALMYRA PALM. 
ITiTlHE Palms are truly the princes of the vegetable kingdom. As a race, they are remarkable not 
IX less for the majestic aspect of their towering stems, crowned with gigantic foliage, and for the 
grandeur which they impart to the scenery in which they occur, than for their economical importance 
to mankind. Wine, oil, wax, flour, salt, thread, utensils, weapons, and habitations are among the 
most important of their products. 
The Palmyra Palm, Borassus Jlahclliformis of botanists, is one of the most noble of its race, and 
also yields many useful products to the inhabitants of those countries in which it occurs. It is one of 
the few species which are widely dispersed, being found all over India, both on the continent and in 
the islands, extending as far as 30" of north latitude. It forms a tree, with a trunk thirty to forty 
feet high, tapering upwards, and terminated by a great crown of fan-shaped leaves, which measure M 
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