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a singular creeping Ficus-like plant from Manilla; from Messrs. Fraser 
came a new white-flowered Heath which promises to be an acquisition 
to that tribe of plants. Messrs. Ivery sent two new Azaleas, and Mr. 
Bull a great variety of plants, consisting of Palms, Ferns, variegated 
Begonias, double and single-flowered Petunias, some of them very 
pretty ; three kinds of Dracaena, the handsome Campolobotrys refulgens 
and pyrophylla, Aralia leptophylla, a pretty kind; the singular-looking 
Alocasia metallica, Sphaerostema marmorata, with silvery-blotched 
leaves ; three kinds of Caladium, Statice propinqua and profusa, Cissus 
porphyrophyllus, Theophrasta imperialis, the long spiny-leaved Hippo- 
mane longifolia, a glaucous variety of Araucaria Cunninghami, B,hopala 
cfenata, and a species of Cupania. Mr. Verschaffelt also showed some 
new plants, chiefly Begonias, and other things remarkable for the 
beauty of their leaves, among which the most conspicuous was Campy- 
lobotrys Ghiesbreghti. Captain Speke showed blooms of a handsome 
red and white-flowered Amaryllid from Central Africa; Messrs. Lee, a 
fine plant of Cordyline indivisa, and some pretty New Zealand Ferns. 
Messrs. A. Henderson & Co. furnished Rhododendron calophyllum, a 
large pink-tinged white-flowered kind, a dwarf yellow Wallflower, and 
the singular purplish blue-flowered Mantisia saltatoria. 
Among miscellaneous subjects w^ere some handsome stands of Pansies 
from Messrs. Downie & Laird; Tulips and Verbenas from Mr. Turner; 
a collection of variegated Begonias from Mr. Young, Highgate ; and a 
large Phaenocoma proliferum from Mr. May, Rugeley. 
Pelargoniums, especially the two first collections, both from nursery¬ 
men and private growers, were excellent. Leviathan, Fairest of the F'air, 
Candidate, Etna, Picnic, Vesta, Admirable, and Rose Celestial, in Mr. 
Turner’s group, which was placed first, were beautifully grown and well 
flowered. Messrs. Dobson had Governor-General, Fairest of the Fair, 
Una, Viola, Rosalie, Rose Celestial, Symmetry, R. Benyon, Eugene 
Duval, Fair Helen, Sanspareil, and Admirable. In the Amateurs’ 
class, Mr. Nye, gardener to E. Foster, Esq., sent among others, Rose 
Celestial, Fair Llelen, Flora, Sanspareil, Sir Colin Campbell, Fairest of 
the Fair, Saracen, and Vesta. Mr. Bailey, Shardeloes, contributed 
extremely well grown plants, dwarf and well flowered, both of ordinary 
and fancy kinds; their only fault was that the blossoms were rather 
small. Of fancy varieties those from Mr. Turner, to which the first 
prize was awarded, were also all that could be desired. Messrs. Dobson 
and Fraser likewise show^ed good collections. In the different groups. 
Cloth of Silver, Acme, Madame Rougiere, Circle, Formosissimum, 
Princess Royal, Attraction, and Lady of the Lake were conspicuous. 
Several Seedlings, which we hope to describe this month, were shown. 
PROPAGATING ROSES. 
I HAVE often heard it remarked by persons who have propagated the 
Rose, that the Hybrid Perpetual class could not be rooted from cuttings 
in the winter, but that all the other classes could be. I think this is a 
mistaken idea ; I have succeeded in propagating them equally as well 
