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fine Strawberries, and new Black Hamburgh Grapes, the latter from 
Mr. Fleming, of Trentham. Vegetables, both foreign and English, 
were shown from the Royal Gardens, Frogmore, and from Covent 
Garden market. Hyacinths in pots came from Mr. Cutbush, of 
Highgate, who furnished finely-flowered plants of sorts whose names 
will be found in our report of the Edinburgh show in another page. 
Messrs. Veitch sent some finely-bloomed Camellias, consisting of Saccoi 
nova alias Augustina superba, a showy salmon pink kind, and also the 
better known light kind called Countess of Orkney. Some other 
Camellias were also shown, including a poor thing from N. H. Nugent, 
Esq. This was, however, not sent for its beauty, but to show a 
peculiar arrangement of its petals, which were so placed as to give the 
blooms a hexangular shape; this was, however, very incomplete. 
Hexangular Camellia flowers, we need not say, are not unfrequently 
met with in China, but whether they are natural or artificial is not, 
we believe, clearly ascertained. 
Of new plants, Messrs. E. G. Henderson sent MonochEetum ensi- 
ferum, a little greenhouse bush, from the high lying districts of 
Columbia. It has good sized pink flowers, which are produced in 
sufficient quantity to be tolerably showy, and even after the petals 
drop they leave behind them bunches of scarlet stamens, which still 
keep up a considerable amount of gaiety. Cut flower-spikes of 
Thunbergia laurifolia came from Messrs. Veitch. It is a stove climber 
with large showy blue blossoms, which when seen in the shape of long 
festoons from the rafters of a stove must be magnificent. A specimen 
of this plant was shown by Mr. Ingram, of Frogmore, a year or two 
ago. Of Cyclamens a magnificent specimen of persicum was shown 
by Mr. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., of Reading. Smaller 
plants of these showy spring flowers also came from Messrs. E. G. 
Henderson. Mr. Edmonds sent from Chiswick House six noble 
specimens of double white Chinese Primulas. Among other plants 
produced, those most deserving of notice were the Jasmine-flowered 
Rhododendron, the brilliant Correa cardinalis, and the shaggy Lady’s 
Slipper. These are all good things of their kind. 
Among miscellaneous subjects was a case of skeleton leaves and seed 
vessels, from J. Hawes, Esq., of Adelphi Terrace. Among them were 
Quaking Grass and Fern leaves, the latter especially “ well done all 
of them were, however, extremely beautiful. A picture-frame repre¬ 
senting a Convolvulus t-wining round a branch, carved in Pear-tree 
wood, was shown by Mr. Perry, of 38, North Audley-street; it enclosed 
a water-colour drawing by Van Huysum. Along with it were also 
daguerreotype representations of two celebrated wood carvings by the 
same eminent artist. 
Mr. Robinson, of Thames Bank, Pimlico, exhibited a model of 
a rising plant stage, on which plants may be lifted up close to the glass 
and lowered at pleasure ; this is effected by means of weights and 
pulleys, applied in the following manner. In small houses the stage is 
made to move up and down merely like a common window sash ; but 
in the case of larger stages, a capstan placed under the stage is employed 
in order to increase the amount of moving power. The plan promises 
