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others from Mr. Jack, gardener to R. G. Loraine, Esq., and 
Mr. Slowe, gardener to W. R. Baker, Esq. 
The collections of six held some excellent specimens, par¬ 
ticularly those sent by Mr. May. They were Rondeletia 
speciosa, Ixora grandiflora, Aphelexis purpurea, Sprengelia 
incana, Leschenaultia formosa, and Erica ventricosa superba. 
The second collection was forwarded by Mr. Falconer, and 
others by Mr. Epps, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Cole, Mr. Glendinning, 
and Mr. Taylor. 
The first prize for twenty Heaths was awarded to Mr. 
Robertson : among them were perfect bushes of E. radiata, 
ventricosa carnea, Cavendishii, depressa, ovata grandiflora, 
perspicua nana, tricolor, &c. 
In the Nurserymen’s class for the same number, the best 
collection was sent by Messrs. Fairbairn ; in it were fine plants 
of jasminiflora alba, Halicacaba, tricolor, Savilleana, ven¬ 
tricosa breviflora, &c., the beauty of the whole materially in¬ 
creased by the presence of that extraordinarily fine specimen 
of Cavendishii of which they are the fortunate possessors. 
A third collection of twenty was shown by Messrs. Rollison. 
Groups of twelve Heaths were present from Mr. Green, 
Mr. Barnes, and Mr. Taylor. Mr. Green’s collection had pro- 
pendens, ventricosa alba, Cavendishii, Beaumontia, tricolor, &c. 
Collections of twelve were also shown by Messrs. Veitch and 
Mr. Frazer in the Nurserymen’s class. The former group con¬ 
tained, among others, Cavendishii, tricolor, metulseflora, Alberti 
rosea, Halicacaba, densa, &c. 
Collections of six were sent by Mr. May, Mr. Bruce, Mr. 
Jack, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Epps, and Mr. Glendinning. Mr. May 
also contributed a splendid plant of Massonii, which received 
the first prize for superior cultivation, and Mr. Dawson’s pul- 
verulenta, a singular pyramidal plant, the second. 
The large gold medal was awarded to Mr. Mylam for the 
best collection of twenty species of Orchkleae. These plants 
were truly magnificent; the most beautiful among them were 
Stanhopea tigrina with fourteen flowers, Saccolabium guttatum 
with nine spikes, Aerides odoratum major, bearing twenty-four 
spikes, Paphinia cristata, Oncidium leucochilum and pulvinatum, 
Odontoglossum grande, Brassia Wrayae and Lanceana. A 
second collection was sent by Mr. Robertson, and a third by 
Messrs. Rollison. 
