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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
June 9. 
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variegated Aphelandra, from Mr. Van Hontte’s, of Bel¬ 
gium. I understood it has not yet flowered, and have 
my doubts about its being an Aphelandra at all. Mr. 
Beaton has described it as being shown at Chiswick, 
and, therefore, I need not s^y any more about it. 
There was also a new plant, named Dietyanthus pavonia, 
allied to Ceropegia, with curious spotted flowers, but of 
no great value: it is a stove climber. Also a prettily- 
spotted Calceolaria, named T'iolaeea, a new species, with 
pale blue-lilac flowers, of a cup shape, spotted in the 
inside, on a yellow ground, with crimson spots My 
friend, Mr. Beaton, would say it was a desirable one for 
cross-breeding. This was from Van Houtte’s. Messrs. 
Henderson sent a new plant from Australia, named 
Dillwynia cinnabarina, with brown and orange pea¬ 
shaped blossoms, most abundantly produced upon the 
tiny plant. This is likely to prove an acquisition. 
New orchids were very scarce. Messrs. Rollison sent 
a new Jdiltonia, named pulchella , a desirable addition 
to that beautiful genus. It is in the way of M. spec- 
tabilis, with the pink blotches on the lip or labellum. 
ft is a desirable plant. Melrodoria atropurpurea came 
from Pine-Apple Place. The foliage is handsome, but 
the flowers are small, and of a dull dark purple, growing j 
in long spikes. 
In florists’ flowers, there were very few novelties 
worthy of notice. The best was a new Cineraria, named 
Eva. It had a dark disc, surrounded with pure ! 
white, tipped slightly with crimson. This is a pretty 
thing, and very desirable, its only fault being rather 
inclined to cup too much. Azalea Symmetry is a 
well-formed flower, but of a colour of which we have too \ 
many already. It is of a bright reddish colour. It is 
certainly the best-formed flower of that colour. Mr. 
Gaines had a seedling Calceolaria, named Negress, of j 
considerable merit. It is almost black, and very thinly 
spotted with yellow; form very good. The seedling j 
Pelargoniums though rich in colours, were not- suffi- I 
ciently new and striking to attract much attention ; 
probably in June one or two of them may be improved. 
The miscellaneous collections of greenhouse and stove 
plants were in excellent conditions. I note the follow¬ 
ing as being particularly well-bloomed, fine specimens. 
Pimelea spectabilis, *7 ft. by 7 ft.; a noble plant. 
Lesclienaultia formosa, 3 ft. by 3 ft.; covered with its 
pretty scarlet flowers. Allamanda neriifolia, 3 ft. by 3 ft. ; 
well-bloomed. Hoya imperialis, Oft. by 4ft.; a noble 
plant, with numerous heads of bloom. 
Pimelea mirabilis, 3ft. by 3ft.; very much like P. 
decussata. 
Eriostemon neriifolium, 5 ft. by 4 ft.; a fine plant. 
The Aplielexis genus furnished many fine specimens, 
especially A. purpurea macrantha. There was one fine 
Steplianotis Jloribunda, very full of its beautiful heads j 
of pure white sweet-scented flowers. 
Gonipholobium polymorphum, a finely-bloomed, neatly- | 
trained plant, came from Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing 
Park. From the same place came an enormous Epacris j 
ij randiflora, fi ft. by 9 ft. 
Pimelea Hendersonii, the best of the genus. There i 
were several fine plants well-bloomed, averaging 3 ft. by 
3 ft.; one specimen was 3 ft. by 5 ft. 
Boroniapinnata, a beautiful specimen, 3 ft. by 5 ft. 
Bossicea disticha plumosa, shown as a single specimen, 
was very finely bloomed, and densely grown, 5 ft. by 5 ft. 
Acrophyllnm venosum, well-bloomed; 3 ft. by 3 ft. 
Gompholobium barbigerum, a large evergreen bush 
covered with large yellow flowers. 
Ixora Javaniea, a very noble plant, with numerous 
flowers ; 6 ft. by 5 ft. 
Tetratlieca ericatfolia. —There was a good specimen 
of this rather new plant. A learned botanist writes 
* The first figure denotes the height, the second the diameter of the 
plants. 
me “ The Tetratlieca, from Swan River, appears to 
be an undescribed species, approaching in habit to 
T. epilobioides (Sleetz), and T. hirsuta (Bindley), but 
differing from both in the shortness of its peduncles, 
as well as in the form of its anthers, and its tetramerous 
flowers. From the true T. ericaf olia it is distinguished 
by its downy stems and germen, as well as by the form 
of its leaves and other characters.” The plant was well 
grown, and finely bloomed ; 2 ft. by 2T ft. 
j The Indian Azaleas were in fine condition ; for a 
; description of the best I must refer to Mr. Beaton’s 
! account of the Chiswick Shows, as they were most of 
1 them there. 
Cape Heaths were numerous, and well-bloomed. 1 
The Cavendish Heath, of this fine species, there was 
about half-a-dozen, or more, scattered through the tents, 
some of them as much as 0 ft. high and 5 ft. through, f 
noted the following also as being very fine :—■ 
E. elegans, 3 ft. by 3 ft E. ventricosa coccinea minor, 
3 ft. by 2^ ft. 
E. Beaumontia, 3 ft. by 3 ft. E. preponderis, 3 ft. by 
3 ft. E. mutabilis, a low, spreading, dense bush, pro- ! 
fusely bloomed, 2 ft. by 3 ft. 
E. perspicua nana, 3 ft. by 2£ ft. E Jlorida, a scaice 
species, 3 ft. by 2 ft. 
E. Bergiana, densely bloomed, 4 ft. by 4 ft. E. 
tortilefiora, 3 ft. by 2-1 ft. 
E. suaveolens, 3 ft. by 3 ft.; this is a Heath with sweet- 
scented flowers. E. tricolor Wilsonii, a fine species. 
E. vestita coccinea, a splendid bush, 3 ft. by 3 ft. E. 
vestita rosea, a small plant, densely bloomed, 2 ft by 2 ft. 
Ixouas. —’These fine stove plants were shown in a 
collection of four species. Though they were respect¬ 
able, yet I cannot but remark that of late years the 
specimens of Ixoras have not been exhibited so fine, 
neither in growth nor bloom, as they used to be. 
Tall Cacti. —Theso gorgeous flowers were shown in 
fine condition, and w r ere very attractive. 
Orchids. —I never saw these beautifully singular 
plants shown in better condition, both as regards 
growth and bloom. There were four collections of 
twenty-five each; one of eighteen ; one of sixteen ; and 
four of eight each ; in all 14(1 plants, all in flower, and 
not a bad plant amongst them. An orchid grower will 
easily conceive what a grand sight was here. I noted 
the following as being particularly fine— Phalcenopsis 
grandiflora, with scores of its snow-white, moth-like 
blossoms. Dendrobium nobile, several large plants, 
4 ft. by 4 ft. Aerides odorata, with thirty spikes. A. 
crispum, nine spikes. Cattleya Mossice, several fine 
plants. Cattleya Shinnerii, highly - coloured, and nu¬ 
merously flowered ; the noble Phaius Wallicliii, with 
twelve spikes. Saccolubium guttatnm, with twelve spikes. 
The Trinidad Butterfly plant, with seven blooms. The 
beautiful, highly-coloured Lcelia cinnabarina, with six 
long spikes. Stanhopea tigrina, with its strange, fleshy, 
dark blossoms; and Stanhopea oculata. Oncidimns in 
great numbers, as well as the rarely-seen Epidendrum 
bicornutum, with its beautiful snow-coloured blossoms ; 
also the beautiful and gay Dendrobium Paxtonii, and 
D. Devoniamm. I might lengthen this list, but the 
above were the most remarkable for growth and bloom. 
Florists’ Flowers. — These were in fine feather, 
fresh, and bright. The Roses in pots taking the first 
rank in point of merit. 1 never saw them so fine, the I 
plants were large, and the flowers magnificent. Rich 
scarlet or crimson Roses were not numerous, Geant des | 
Battailes taking the lead, and Paul Ricaucl treading upon 
his heels, Chenedolle bringing up the rear nobly. In 
yellows, the old Persian was the best in colour, and was 
well bloomed. Devoniensis had noble flowers with a 
yellowish tinge; many of the flowers measured five 
inches across. Niphetos was fine, but almost white from 
being forced. Rose is a colour difficult to describe; of 
