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ornamental. Mr. Lane, gardener to J. H. Palmer, Esq., sent a large and 
handsome seedling Calceolaria , the colour of which was light yellow, with 
a broad deep-purple blotch : a certificate of merit was awarded to it. 
Mr. Maxted, gardener to J. F. Burnett, Esq., had a certificate for a Wel¬ 
lington Cantaloup Melon, which he had cut so early as the 13th of April. 
A Banksian medal was awarded to Mr. Yare, gardener to 0. F. Meyrick, 
Esq., for dishes of forced Cherries and Raspberries, both of which were 
excellent; a Banksian medal was also awarded to Mr. Chapman, for some 
black Hamburgh Grapes, which were in excellent state. Mr. Davis, 
gardener to Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., exhibited a handsome blood-red 
Pine, a basket of well-forced Keen’s seedling Strawberry, and a dish of 
large Dutch Sweetwater Grapes. Mr. Henderson, gardener to Yiscount 
Milton, sent two monstrosities, one a cluster of bulbs produced at the top 
of the scape of Ornithogalum longibracteatum , after it had flow T ered and 
ripened seeds; and the other a bud formed across the cut end of a flower 
stalk of Epidenclron Harrisonii. Miss Nichols, of Barnsbury Park, 
exhibited a good drawing of Dahlias; and Messrs. Bailey, of Holborn, 
sent two galvanic plant protectors. The chief objects of interest from the 
garden of the Society, were Pimelea Hendersonii , a pretty pink- 
flowered plant; Philibertia graciles ; and Stanhopea saccata , with cut 
flowers of Sowerbcea laxijlora , and Hardenbergia macrophylla. 
Mag 4.—-The finest plants were decidedly those of Mrs. Lawrence; 
and among them was a beautiful Cytisus, from the Philippine Isles, with 
pendent branches and white flowers; and a splendid jD<?w drobium densiflorum ,, 
with a profusion of dark yellow flowers. A specimen of Zichga coccinea 
trained over a trellis, a plant of Kennedia nigricans , with a number of 
almost black flowers, and Genista canariensis , were from the garden of 
G. C. Ridge, Esq., to whom a silver Knightian medal was given. 
R. Barchard, Esq., exhibited five well-grown Hydrangeas , and a good 
specimen of Polygala oppositifolia, trained as a standard, which gained a 
certificate of merit. Two beautiful Cinerarias were sent by the Rev. 
G. Rous. A handsome seedling Epiphyllum, and a basket of flowers of 
a seedling Gloxinia , raised from G. caulescens , of a remarkable size, were 
exhibited by Sir E. Antrobus; a certificate of merit was awarded to him. 
A fine specimen of the double-red Indian Azalea was sent by W. Wells, 
Esq.; it gained a Banksian medal. Mr. J. W. Parks exhibited several 
seedling Cinerarias , and W. Harper, Esq., sent Acacia verticillata , and a 
white Indian Azalea , that had been grown in a house, heated during the 
winter by one of Joyce’s stoves. From Sir P. G. Egerton were a spe¬ 
cimen of his seedling Cactus , exhibited at the last meeting, and a flower 
of another, much superior from its remarkable property of opening nearly 
