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aromatica , Oncidium pictum ; three or four varieties of 0. luridum , O. 
dorsale , and O. Jiyans , and Dendrobium pulchellum , all of them handsome 
specimens. Also Epacris pungens , E. prostrata , Acacia Cunninghamii , 
and A. juniperina ; Corraea speciosa , a very large plant, well covered with 
bloom ; and a collection of Heaths, among which were, A. Willmoriana , 
melanthera , ignescens , carinata , Linnceoides superba , Echiijlora carnea , 
and concolor. Mr. Edwards, gardener to the Duke of Devonshire, sent a 
large plant of Acacia cordata , and a beautiful variety of Rhododendron. 
Flowers of an extraordinarily large variety of Camellia were exhibited by 
Mr. James Prianla, of Guernsey, named by him the Marchioness of 
Exeter, some measured five inches and a half diameter, although partially 
faded, the flowers having been sent up last week by mistake. A plant 
of this handsome variety, which had been forced into flower, was shown 
from the garden of S. Rucker, Esq., of Wandsworth,in which the colour 
was much brighter, although the flowers, in consequence of their forced 
development, had not obtained the size of those produced in Guernsey. 
Heartseases, and Camellias were also exhibited by several persons; and 
Mr. Silver, gardener to the Rev. H. Pole of White Waltham, near 
Maidenhead, sent a fine specimen of Rhodanthe Manglesii; Messrs. Lane 
and Son, Berkhampstead, a collection of roses in three boxes, containing 
a great number of fine varieties, also a very pretty standard rose in a 
pot, the tea-scented Belle Allemande ; Mr. Ivery of Peckham Rye had 
some very handsome varieties of seedling Cinerarias, of several shades of 
blue, red, and white, remarkable for their bright colour and size, par¬ 
ticularly one, of which the petals were very large, and of a pure white. 
Among the new plants, were from Mr. Groom, of Walworth, a new 
and handsome variety of Chorizema; from Valentine Morris, Esq., a 
variety of Epidendron , with large white flowers; from Messrs. Veitch, 
and Son, Exeter, Stylidium Drummondii , and cuttings of new species of 
Thomasia and Cassia; from H. Lucas, Esq., F.H.S., a bloom of a 
seedling Epiphyllum, raised from E. Jenkinsonii ; from Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co., Exeter, a hybrid Azalea, called A. prcecipua , more clear 
and beautiful than any other hybrid; and from Mr. Rickets, a hybrid 
Aloe, between the partridge-breast and the tongue Aloe, bearing the 
warts of the latter, with the marks of the former species. A pretty 
glass stand for preserving cut flowers was shown by Messrs. H. and 
R. Underhill, of Cross Street, Hatton Garden, consisting of three pieces, 
—a vase to contain water, a tube to hold the flower, and a glass-shade 
to cover it, and with the edges resting in the water so as to keep a 
constantly moist atmosphere surrounding the flower. 
