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as they have long done in the houses of the Chinese. In the collection 
of Lucombe, Pince, and Co., we were also pleased again to see that 
member of the Cytinece family, the Nepenthes distillatoria, or pitcher- 
plant, to which the Adelaide Prize Medal was awarded when shown by 
Messrs. L. and Co. in London. This is a truly singular plant and 
drew general attention : it may be thus briefly described: it has at the 
extremities of its long broad leaves a hollow vessel, exactly of the shape 
of a water-pitcher, with a lid at the top, which opens and shuts by a 
flexible hinge. It is understood that its favourite haunts are marshy 
situations, but the fluid which is secreted from its juices, and fills these 
pitchers, is pure and limpid water. Mr. Veitch also had many very 
curious and singularly fine specimens, among which were several 
Orchideous plants, and splendid Calceolarias, as also others that we 
shall by and by enumerate in a fuller manner. In the same way we 
must speak of the contributions of Messrs. Nott and Hewett, successors 
to Messrs. Dymond, nurserymen and gardeners, of this city ; of Mr. 
Geo. Craggs, jun., nurseryman and gardener, of this city ; and of Mr. 
James Manley, Heavitree. Nor ought we again to omit to say, that 
in this instance as on former similar occasions, to the disinterested and 
generous conduct of nurserymen and gardeners, the exhibition owed 
much of its splendour. 
The room on its opposite side was occupied by the beautiful and 
most liberal contributions of Mr. James Veitch, of Killerton and Mount 
Radford Nursesies, Exeter, in the distribution of which also much 
judgment was displayed. 
But one thing which attracted particular attention was a drawing 
exhibited by Mr. Veitch, of Clianthus puniceus, a hardy New Zealand 
plant of extraordinary beauty, lately introduced into the kingdom, and 
which promises to be one of the most valuable acquisitions in hardy 
shrubs introduced for many years: it is figured in the 7th vol. of the 
London Horticultural Transactions. 
Messrs. Nott and Hewett had a choice collection of Pelargoniums; 
amongst which were the Pelargonium Hericartianum, P. pavonium 
maximum , P. surpass Man of Ross , P. Black Prince , P. Rosalind , 
P. Statira , P. Zorab , P. Lucifer , P. Clarissa , P. Diomede, P. Lady 
Denby , P. Capt. Cook , P. Cicero , with other excellent sorts of this 
family. Also a choice collection of Roses, consisting of nearly 200 
distinct varieties. 
Two exceedingly rare and beautiful plants, the Pentstcmon speciosum 
and the Eucalyptus pulverulenta , exhibited by Mr. Craggs, were much 
admired, and particularly noticed by the committee. 
Mr. James Manley, Heavitree, presented a small but very select 
