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THE FLORIST. 
Collections of twelve Stove and Greenhouse plants were shown by 
Messrs. Cutbush of Barnet, Fraser of Lea Bridge, Jackson of Kingston, 
and Glendinning of Turnham Green. In the first group were Statice 
Holfordi, a white Epacris, the beautiful Erica vestita rosea, Azaleas of 
different kinds, various Heaths, among which was a noble specimen of 
Hartnelli, and Boronia tetrandra. Messrs. Fraser had the yellow 
Sempervivum lineolare, a pretty plant, which one seldom sees ; the 
blue Leschenaultia, a Gompholobium, the Java Ixora, Statice imbricata, 
the white Azalea Fielderi, and Medinilla magnifica. Among Mr. 
Jackson’s plants was one of the best examples of Meyenia erecta we 
have yet seen exhibited. It was a compact bush literally covered with 
large showy violet, yellow, and white blossoms. Mr. Glendinning had 
a pretty Erica propendens, various Polygalas, Eriostemons, Epacrises, 
Allamandas, and Azaleas. 
Stove and Greenhouse plants in tens came from Messrs. Barter, 
Peed, May, Carson, Baxendine, Kaile, Morris, and Hamp. In these 
groups we observed Poly galas of different kinds, Everlastings, Heaths, 
Chorozemas, Pimeleas, Epacrises, Boronias, a most beautiful Franciscea 
confertiflora covered with flowers, various sorts of Azaleas, among which 
was a magnificent white one from Mr. Carson; Adenandra fragrans, 
Pimeleas, Clerodendron splendens. It may be worthy of notice that 
Mr. May’s plants, though they had travelled all the way from Mr. 
Spode’s place in Staffordshire, viz., 124 miles by railway, looked as 
fresh and well as if they had been just removed from the nearest 
greenhouse. Among them was a magnificent specimen of Erica depressa 
well flowered and covering the pot with its branches. It also contained 
a fine Azalea Criterion, with an unusual amount of colour in it. 
Collections of six Stove and Greenhouse plants came from Messrs. 
Peed, Clarke, Chilman, Williams, and Tegg. These were made up of 
the usual materials, such as Azaleas, Eriostemons, Polygalas, Ever¬ 
lastings, Heaths, among which was a fine plant of the seldom seen E. 
tortiliflora ; Chorozemas, Pimeleas, and Adenandra fragrans. 
Orchids were in good condition. In groups of twenty plants Mr. 
Gedney, gardener to Mrs. Ellis, sent beautiful specimens of Lycaste 
Skinneri, Dendrobium nobile, densiflorum, albo-sanguineum, and 
macrophyllum, Cattleya Skinneri, Phalsenopsis amabilis and grandiflora; 
the rare Cypripedium villosum and C. barbatum, the rich orange Lcelia 
cinnabarina, the beautiful L. purpurata with large white blossoms 
stained with purple, a large Phaius Wallichi, and Vanda suavis. From 
Mr. Woolley, gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., came a pale yellow 
Bifrenaria, Cattleya intermedia, the White Butterfly plant, the Rhubarb - 
scented Dendrobium macrophyllum, nobile, Lcelia flava, with no fewer 
than nine heads of flowers on it; Chysis bractescens, the yellow Cattleya 
citrina, and Arpophyllum giganteum, with little purple shell-like flowers 
arranged on long spikes with the greatest possible regularity. Mr. 
Keele, gardener to J. Butler, Esq., of Woolwich, sent Trichopilia 
suavis, the charming Dendrobium Devonianum, D. Farmeri, and D. 
aggregatum, Schomburgkia tibicinis, and Chysis bractescens. 
Of groups of sixteen plants the best came from Messrs. Jackson, of 
Kingston, who sent Cattleya Skinneri and intermedia, the yellow 
