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particularly fine and very numerous. Among them the col¬ 
lection of our friend, Mr. Green, deserved particular remark, 
containing beautifully grown plants of -all the leading varieties. 
Most conspicuous was A. variabilis very finely bloomed; some 
Indicas ; and his single specimen, A. Gladstoniana. Collections 
of Azaleas were shown also by Mr. Jackson of Kingston, Mr. 
Barnes of Bromley, Mr. Smith Norbiton, and Mr. Falconer. 
The best miscellaneous collection of plants was shown by Mr. 
Goode, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence of Ealing Park, containing 
some fine plants of Boronia, Euphorbia, Ixora, Hovea, Azaleas, 
Rhododendrons, Cytisus, Acacia, Elichrysum, Cacti, Gloxinia, 
&c. 
Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill of Bromley, had also a 
very good collection, in which we may mention as particularly 
fine plants of Ixora coccinea, Erica aristata major, Euphorbia 
splendens, Azalea variabilis, Pimelea decussata. Another large 
collection was shown by Mr. Redding, gardener to Mrs. 
Marryatt, containing Rosa Devoniensis, Azaleas, Smithii coc¬ 
cinea, A. speciosa rosea, A. indica alba, A. rosea, and A. va¬ 
riabilis; Hovea celsi, Casaurina campanulata, Maxillaria 
Harrisonia, Tropeeolum tricolor, and a promising seedling Cine¬ 
raria. Small collections were also shown by Mr. Green, Mr. 
Goode, Mr. Pawley, and Mr. Jackson, in whose collection we 
noticed Kennedia longiracemosa, K. glabrata, Hardenbergia ma- 
crophylla, Boronia serrulata, Tropeeolum, a fine plant of Anci- 
dium Phelpsianum, and Azaleas, &c. 
The specimen plants were very numerous and beautiful, par¬ 
ticularly Mr. Falconer’s Lechenaultias biloba and formosa, Mr. 
Green’s Azalea Gladstoniana, and Erica IJartnelli, Mr. Chalmer’s 
Platilobium parviflora, Euthales macrophylla by Mr. Standish, 
and Zichya coccinea by Mr. Allnutt. Orchideous plants were 
shown in collections of six species, Mr. Paxton, Mr. Hunt, and 
Mr. Barnes. Among them were some finely-grown plants, but 
nothing to notice as new or particularly scarce. 
The geraniums were very fine and so numerous that we cannot 
attempt to name them all; they were shown by Mr. Gaines, 
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whose collection of twelve contained Diademetum rubescens, 
Emperor, Raffael, Grand Turk, Elisa superb, Matilda, Juba, 
Climax, Grace Darling, Alicia, Mabel, and a seedling. Mr. 
Bromley’s twelve were Discount, Climax, Diademetum ru- 
