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it was awarded a large silver medal. Mr. Edmonds, gardener to His 
Grace the Duke of Devonshire, at Chiswick, sent plants of Trichopilia 
tortilis , Hakea pugioniformis , and Polystachya refiexa , a new species with 
small pink flowers, differing in form from any yet known. Boronia 
ledifolia , a rare species with bright pink star-like flowers, and Mirbelia 
doribunda , loaded with bright violet-coloured blossoms, were sent by 
Messrs. Loddiges; the latter being exhibited for the first time in this 
country, a large silver medal was awarded to it. 
Among the fruit, Sir T. D. Acland exhibited some good specimens of 
the Cornish Gilliflower Apple, a rich high-flavoured fruit, but too little 
known. Mrs. G. Dowdeswell produced some fruit of the Physalis edulis , 
or Cape Gooseberry, raised in the open air against a south-west wall, in 
Worcestershire; and Mrs. Harwood exhibited two handsome lemons 
grown on a tree, the stem of which was only one inch in diameter, and 
which bore twenty more fruit. 
March 16.—The room was excessively crowded and oppressively hot. 
Among the plants were Doryanthes excelsa , which had flowered at the 
height of six feet, and which was very inferior in beauty to the descrip¬ 
tions given of it; Acacia vestita , a very beautiful, drooping-branched 
Acacia ; Pimelea spectabilis; Acacia myrtifolia; Erica aristata; and 
Epacris onosmcefolia. There were some beautiful specimens of Camellias, 
from Mrs. Lawrence, and a tray of forced roses from Messrs. Lane and 
Sons, of Berkhampstead. Several of these roses were very beautiful; 
particularly one with very rich dark crimson flowers, which is not yet 
named. The tea-scented roses were as fragrant as though grown in the 
open air. 
FLORAL CALENDAR. 
APRIL. 
This is a very busy month for gardeners; and, indeed, nature now 
proceeds with such rapidity that it is very difficult to keep pace with her. 
The seeds of hardy annual flowers are generally sown in this month in 
town gardens ; turf is laid down where required; lawns are rolled; box 
edgings are cut, and if necessary taken up and replanted; and roses are 
grafted or planted. Some of these operations belong properly to March, 
but they may all be safely performed in the first fortnight of February. 
The annuals which succeed best in town gardens are the following :— 
Large or tall kinds :—Malopc trifida grandifiora , dark crimson ; Goodetia 
rubicunda , rose coloured; and G. Bindley ana, pink and white; Chry- 
