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with faint flakes of the same colour, fimbriated edges ; and kermesina splendida, 
rosy carmine cerise, the flowers being semi-double only. 
February 17th. —On this occasion, also, Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son made 
a very effective display with spring-flowering plants. A collection of Crocuses 
included Albion, striped; Giant, yellow; Elfrida, white ; Versicolor, striped; 
and Prince Albert, a very fine purple. A collection of twelve Hyacinths was 
made up of the following kinds: Queen of the Netherlands, Mirandoline, 
Mont Blanc, and Grandeur a Merveille, single white; Lord Wellington, double 
red; Garrick and Laurens Coster, double blue; and Duchess of Richmond, single 
red. A collection of forced bulbs included Vermilion Brilliant and Scarlet 
Van Thol Tulips, the former double the size of the latter, besides being of a 
very different formation; also, Yellow Prince, White Pottebakker, and Tour- 
nesol, double ; Polyanthus Narcissi, Belle Princesse, and States General, yellow, 
with orange cups ; and Gloriosa, white, with orange cup ; some Hyacinths, &c. 
Also a miscellaneous collection of flowering plants, comprising Magnolia 
Soulangeana, Franciscea eximia, double-flowering Plum, Rhododendrons, Aza¬ 
leas Louise Margottin and Queen Victoria, &c. 
Mr. Bartlett also had Hyacinths and*Narcissi, unnamed, and the following 
Tulips : White Pottebakker and Vermilion Brilliant, single; Rex Rubrorum 
and Yellow Tournesol, double. A collection of Gourds was shown by Mr. W. 
Young, of Highgate; also a group of six Dracaenas. Mrs. B. Hooke, of 
Fulham, sent four varieties of Cyclamen persicum; and from Mr. E. Robinson, 
gardener to Richard Benyon, Esq., of Reading, came the most interesting 
feature in the show—eleven plants of the Otaheite Orange, 18 inches to 2 feet 
in height, and from 12 to 18 inches in width, nice bushy plants, with very 
healthy foliage, and the fruit finely coloured. There were 111 fruit on the 
plants, one of them having fifteen on it. They were excellent specimens of 
Orange tree cultivation. 
Mr. W. Earley, of Digswell, had a collection of vegetables, containing Paul’s 
Crimson Beet, a very deep-coloured kind; Musselburgh Leeks, Green Top 
Stone Turnip, excellent Student Parsnips, ditto White Spanish Onions, early 
White Penzance Broccoli, Elford Rhubarb, an old but high-coloured sort; 
James’s Carrots, Jerusalem Artichokes, Digswell Prize Hardy Endive, a good 
stock of Green Curled, Prickly Spinach, Scorzonera, Salsafy, &c. Also six dishes 
of Apples of the following kinds: Golden Reinette, Dredge’s Fame, an 
excellent keeper; fine Cockle and Sturmer Pippin, Fearn’s Pippin, and Hert¬ 
fordshire Codlin. These had been kept in very dry silver sand. A small 
collection of vegetables also came from Mr. Beasley, gardener to Mr. Wood, 
Acton, in which was some very good Sea-kale. 
The conservatory is now very gay and inviting with spring-flowering plants, 
among which Hyacinths, Tulips, and Narcissi play an important part. They 
have been arranged with great judgment and taste bj’ Mr. Eyles. 
R. D. 
WELLINGTONIA GIGANTEA. 
A few years ago much fault was found with this noble and very ornamental 
tree, on account of its being apt, while in a young state, to lose some of its 
branches by fungus, &.C., and to have its young wood turn brown. Of late, few 
such complaints have been heard, but, on the other hand, statements as to its 
rapid progress in height and symmetry, its producing cones, &c., have been 
frequent. Have any of your readers seen perfect seed produced from cones saved 
in England, or indeed in any part of the Dnited Kingdom ? We have trees here 
which have produced cones for several years, but in size not equal to that 
