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extent to which variety may be introduced into these flowers. There 
is another kind of Azalea, called ovata, deserving of notice. It was 
originally brought from China by Mr. Fortune, and is found to be per¬ 
fectly hardy. It is worth while for those interested in such matters to 
see whether there could not be varieties obtained of different colours 
from this species, which it must be admitted is extremely handsome. 
—Prizes were offered for small collections of Stove and Greenhouse 
Plants, and as examples of cultivation the plants produced could not be 
surpassed. They are medium sized, and much more convenient for 
moving about than enormous plants, which are going out of fashion. 
Jardinieres, or the arranging of a variety of plants in baskets, is a mode 
of exhibition that has only just been introduced. Two are before the 
meeting which do great credit to those who have contributed them. 
One is from Mr. Craik, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, at Stafford 
House ; but there is another, which I think beats it—it is from Mr. 
Macintosh, nurseryman, Hammersmith. It is more varied, the colours 
are better contrasted, and as a whole very beautiful. There seems no 
doubt that the matter of dressing up plants in this way will soon 
become common. In each case the exhibitors have taken care to conceal 
the pots. Among miscellaneous objects deserving of notice are two or 
three specimens of Orchids. Mr. C. B. Warner has sent a Dendrobium 
which has been published in the ' Botanical Magazine’ under the name 
of D. nobile pallidiflorum, and might have been derived from a cross 
between D. nobile and D. cucullatum. We have a Vanda from Mr. 
Jackson, of Kingston, which serves to show that all Vandas are not 
handsome. We are accustomed to think them all worth cultivating, 
but here is an exception. It is said to be from Assam, and is 
unquestionably a new species. From the same exhibitor is a variety of 
Lycaste Skinneri, with large white flowers. Of Fruit, there are some 
fine examples of Beurre Ranee Pears, from Mr. William Hill, gardener 
to Ralph Sneyd, Esq., of Keele Hall, Staffordshire, and some May 
Duke Cherries from Mr. Shuter, gardener to the Earl of Wilton, at 
Heaton Park, near Manchester. There is also some fruit of the Loquat 
of China, which is now grown at Malta and in the South of France. 
It is much esteemed by some, but hardly any opinion can be formed 
of it from the samples before the meeting, as they must have been 
gathered before they were ripe; the plant is hardy, but there is no 
probability of obtaining fruit from it in this country, as it flowers in the 
autumn. There is a certain genus of little plants called Epimediums. 
Mr. Bateman, of Biddulph Grange, in Cheshire, finds that they are 
hardy and very pretty. His garden, near Congleton, is famous for 
plants of this description, and he has forwarded a collection; with it he 
has sent a specimen of a hardy Bamboo. There is nothing that we 
want so much as these sort of plants, to contrast with the lumpish 
round-headed shrubs of our gardens. This one has been standing all 
the winter in Cheshire. We have thus evidence of its being an ever¬ 
green. There is a little black Bamboo, from China, perfectly hardy ; 
for 35 years it has been growing out of doors near London. There is 
another, under the name of Arundinaria falcata, that attains a great 
size; specimens of it from Devonshire were exhibited here some time 
