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were very fine, consisting of several collections. From Mr. Green was 
Azalea indica pallida, lilac ; A. Gladstanesii, A. Rawsonii, and speciosis- 
sima. From Mr. Falconer, gardener to A. Palmer, Esq., of Clieam, Daniels- 
iana, fine; Double red, Bianca, a fine white; Agnes, Theresa, and Emmelina. 
Mr. Robertson sent phoenicea, splendens, and pulchra, conspicua purpurea, 
and leucomegista, a very fine white. Mr. Gains, of Battersea, had also a large 
collection. Mr. Smith, of Norbiton, sent Edmondsii and modesta. A small 
collection was also sent from Lea Bridge Nursery. Messrs. Knight and 
Perry sent A. exquisita, a beautiful new kind, spotted with rosy purple, on a 
light ground. 
Collections of Cacti were present from Mr. Green and Mr. Bruce ; in 
Mr. Green’s collection were Epiphyllum Ackermanni grandiflorum, and 
E. coccineum caeruleum. In Mr. Bruce’s collection was a fine plant of 
E. speciosum. In Heaths the exhibition was fine; some of the plants were 
very large. Mr. Robertson sent a fine E. Cavendishii, Humeana, pretty; 
Westphalingia, and several varieties of ventricosa. From Mr. May were 
E. Humeana, very fine; Hartnelli, and Sprengelii. In the Nurserymen’s 
class, a collection of twenty plants was sent by Messrs. Fairburn, of Clapham, 
containing E. Cavendishii, E. ampulacea, E. tricolor, E. vestita coccinea, 
vestita alba, and E. ventricosa carnea, v. alba, and also v. coccinea minor. 
From Messrs. Rollisson some promising specimens of E. mundula; dilecta, 
good; Humeana, and Beaumontiana, with propendens and fragrans. Mr. 
Pawley also sent twenty Heaths; among them was a fine Cavendishii, perspicua 
nana, and Halicacaba. In the collection of tw r elve plants sent by Mr. Hunt w r ere 
Sprengelii, suaveolens, odora rosa, and sulphurea. That from Mr. Plumbley, 
gardener to C. F. Dimsdale, Esq., contained a splendid specimen of E. de- 
pressa, with mirabilis and perspicua, good. Messrs. Veitch and Son sent 
good plants of E. Alberti, vestita coccinea, Clowesiana, and several others, 
remarkably good. Messrs. Frazer sent a dozen kinds; among them were 
fastigiata lutescens, and Bergiana, fine. Mr. Barnes sent elegans, dilecta, 
and mundula. Mr. Bruce contributed fine plants of Cavendishii, princeps, 
and fastigiata. 
From Mr. Jack were fine plants of suaveolens, vestita, perspicua, and 
sulphurea. Mr. Taylor sent some fine plants ; and Mr. Dawson of Brixton 
also, Mr. Robertson sent a large E. propendens; Mr. Curtis, gardener to 
T. Allnutt, Esq., of Clapham, a smaller plant of the same species; Mr. 
Plumbley, a very good suaveolens ; Mr. Dawson, a very good mundula; 
Messrs Rollisson, a handsomely-bloomed Sprengelii. Of Rhododendrons 
Mr. Smith sent a splendid collection of eleven yellow varieties of a strong 
growth, and large trusses of blossoms; the finest of them were R. Burling- 
tonium aureum, a lemon colour with dark orange spots; flavum superbum, 
nearly of the same colour ; ornatum, same colour, tipped with rose ; and 
several others. Of single specimens of superior growth a great number of 
plants were exhibited. From Mr. Falconer was a noble Azalea indica va- 
rlegata; from Messrs. Veitch, Eriostemon buxifolium; Mr. Robertson, a 
Gastrolobium spinosum ; from Mr. Beck, a fine specimen of Aehimenes 
picta ; Mr. Bruce, Ixora grandiflora ; and Mr. Jack, Clerodendron infortuna- 
tum. New plants were not numerous, nor very remarkable. A new species 
of Sipbocampylus with bright red flowers was sent by Messrs. Veitch, who 
also sent Franciscea Pohliana; from Mr. Robertson, Daviesia cordifolia, a' 
pretty flower, but straggling habit. 
In the collections of Creepers Mr. Pawley produced Stephanotis flori- 
bunda ; Messrs. Frazer, Hardenbergia longi-racemosa; and Mr. Robertson, 
Gompholebium polymorphum. The Roses in pots attracted great attention. 
Mr. Beck’s collection contained some fine specimens. Nemesis, fine rose; Belle 
Allemande, large creamy yellow ; Caroline, light blush. Mr. Slowe, gardener 
to W. R. Baker, Esq., sent Bougere, Safrano, and Iiomaine, white with yel¬ 
low centre; Mr. Lane, of Berkhampstead, sent twenty-five varieties, in good 
bloom; from Mr. Ayres was a cut specimen of Noisette Cloth of Gold, a 
