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only to be placed in pots, or attached to blocks of wood, with a little 
sphagnum moss tied over their roots, and they will take care of them¬ 
selves. But to our report. Of collections of twenty-five plants, the 
best was that shewn by Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. Rucker, Esq. of 
Wandsworth, who shewed the beautiful Bletia campanulata ; Vanda 
insignis; the Duke of Devonshire’s Dendrobe, with a glorious spike 
of beautiful blossoms; the somewhat scarce Dendrobium Dalhousia- 
num, with a good spike of buff, dark brown, blotched flowers ; the 
sweet white-flowered Aganisiapulchella; Broughtonia sanguinea, with 
two noble heads of flowers ; Phalsenopsis amabilis ; the ivory-flowered 
Cymbidium eburneum, bearing four blossoms ; Epidendrum bicornu- 
tum ; and Zygopetalum rostratum. The next group came from 
Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter. It contained Cypripedium barbatum; 
Phalsenopsis amabilis, and its large variety; Saccolabium guttatum, 
with two charming flower-spikes ; Saccolabium miniatum ; Dendro¬ 
bium macrophyllum, a fine plant with eight flower-spikes; Dendro¬ 
bium formosum, and another white-coloured Dendrobe from MouL 
mein.—A collection of fifteen plants, very well grown, w r as produced 
by Mr. Williams, gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq. of Hoddesdon. 
Among these we noticed a beautiful Dendrobium moniliforme ; Ca- 
lanthe bicolor, ornamented with numerous spikes of brown and white 
flowers; Oncidium sphacelatum, with thirteen flower-spikes; Den¬ 
drobium cserulescens, three feet by three ; Zygopetalum rostratum, 
and the yellow-flowered Dendrobium Ruckeri.—Two groups of six 
plants were exhibited, one by Mr. Plant, of Stratford ; the other by 
Mr. Dobson, gardener to Mr. Beck, of Isleworth. In the former w r ere 
Cattleya Mossise ; Epidendrum crassifolium, with upwards of twenty 
flower-spikes; Saccolabium guttatum; and Calanthe veratrifolia, 
bearing twelve spikes of white blossoms. Mr. Dobson’s group com¬ 
prised Epidendrum crassifolium, Saccolabium guttatum, Broughtonia 
sanguinea, the best variety of Oncidium ampliatum, and O. strami- 
neum. For specimen Orchids, a first prize was aw r arded to Mr. 
Green, for a capital Dendrobium nobile, two-and-a-half feet high, and 
as much through; 2d. to Mr. Plant, for Vanda cristata; 3d. to 
Mr. Williams, for Camerotis purpurea; and an extra prize for a 
large and good Dendrobium nobile. As rare Orchids, Mr. Williams 
also shewed Lselia majalis, with one fine flower on it, and Epidendrum 
bicornutum. 
In regard to Cape Pleaths, we have only room to state, that some 
nice seedlings raised by Mr. Story w 7 ere shewn by Messrs. Veitch, of 
Exeter. Although, in the main, too much like Aristata, these were 
improvements in the right direction. The one we liked best was 
named Devoniana, which was rewarded by a medal, as was also one 
named Dulcifiora, a large pale red variety, having the shape of Am- 
pullacea. A certificate was also given to Messrs. Henderson, for Sin- 
dryana, a seedling in the way of Hiemalis. 
The exhibition of Roses in pots, as respects their bloom, was 
excellent—never finer as a whole. We consider that the plants of 
Messrs. Lane and Dobson were such as they ought to be; and we 
hope Messrs. Paul and Francis will allow us to tell them, that if they 
hope to compete with their brother nurseryman from Berkhampstead, 
