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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
Vincas, Lobelias, Campanulas, Verbenas, Convolvuluses, &c. Then there 
are Orchids, Cactuses, Ferns, Gloxinias, Lycopodiums, and Ivy-leaved and 
many other Pelargoniums. Each of these has its admirers, and all of them, 
and many others, may be had exceedingly beautiful in baskets. But for 
gracefulness of habit, continuity of bloom, facility of cultivation, and cer¬ 
tainty of result, commend me to the family of Achimenes. Next month I 
will treat of its management, and of the varieties best adapted for this 
purpose. 
Hcirdwicke House, Bury St. Edmunds. D. T. Fish. 
NOVELTIES, &c., AT FLOWER SHOWS. 
The meeting of the Floral Committee on the 19th ult. produced a rare 
and beautiful show of Orchids , a good few being varieties produced for the 
first time. Messrs. Low & Co., of Clapton, received a first-class certificate 
for an Oncidium closely allied to 0. pelicanum; the segments of the flowers 
were rounder and smoother on the edges, and it was without the slight 
brownish lines traced on those of 0. pelicanum. The same exhibitors 
received a second-class certificate for an Oncidium imported from New 
Grenada; it was in the way of 0. sphacelatum, and was of a very showy 
character, the habit of the plant being also remarkably good. Messrs. Low 
and Co. also contributed a very interesting display of Oncidiums. Mr. Jas. 
Anderson, of Meadow Bank, Glasgow, sent up a spike of the small but very 
rare Oncidium nubigenum, a somewhat remarkable fact connected with which 
is, that it was discovered at a greater elevation than any other Orchid—- 
some 14,000 feet above the level of the sea. A first-class certificate was 
awarded to Messrs. Low & Co. for a variety of the pale yellow Odontoglossum 
maculatum, named superbum, a fine and distinct variation, the segments being 
stout and well-shaped, the brownish tint being much darker than is usually 
observed in 0. maculatum, and the border of the lip being toothed, with 
the marginal spots following the outline. Dr. Pattison, of St. John’s 
Wood, had Odontoglossum Warnerianum, a small plant bearing a prima facie 
resemblance to 0. Cervantesii. A variety of Odontoglossum nebulosum came 
from J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham; it was considered to have considerable 
merit, but was too far gone in blooming; it will probably be seen again 
under more favourable circumstances. W. W. Buller, Esq., of Exeter, 
exhibited a new Dendrobe, unfortunately in very bad condition, but of 
which Mr. Bateman entertained a high opinion, and recognised its distinc¬ 
tive merits by naming it Dendrobium Bullerianum; it bears a strong resem¬ 
blance to D. Devonianum, but is without the fringed margin belonging to 
that species. A magnificent spike of Lcelia superbiens was furnished by Mr. 
Anderson, of Meadow Bank, the flowers massive in build and richly 
coloured ; and from the same came cut specimens of Batemannia Beaumontii, 
the representative of a genus named after Mr. Bateman by the late Dr. 
Lindley; also the leathery-flowered yellow Vanda gigantea, and the new 
lilac-flowered Epidendrum Cooperianum. 
A second-class certificate was awarded to Messrs. E. G. Henderson and 
Son for the Brazilian Grijjinia Blumenavia, a pretty Amaryllid, belonging to a 
shy-flowering family ; it has foliage resembling a Vallota, and white flowers 
with a bar of rose-colour on each segment. Messrs. Veitch & Sons gained 
a similar award for Asplenium diforme, an evergreen bipinnate species from 
New Zealand and Norfolk Island, which will make a pretty basket Fern for 
