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the job, and asked if he allowed me to take poundage. He seemed 

 rather bothered at first ; but when I told him wliat I meant, he said, 

 *' Gardener, take it now, and I'll talk to you about it another time." 

 And so he did, and gave me tiventi/ pounds a-year more wages, and 

 told me always after that, at buying to do as well for him as 1 should 

 for myself; and tell the tradesmen, that it was not to be paid by them 

 any more. And so he did with the butler and the coachman ; and 

 we all liked it, for they said there always seemed something under- 

 hand about it ; and so there is too, and I wonder masters don't know 

 better, and pay fair good wages, and do away with these things. 

 'Tisn't in human nature to make bills small, when the larger they 

 are, the better for him that pays them. It can't be expected that a 

 man that gives nothing shall get orders, when another man allows 

 poundage. Give good full wages, say I, and you'll get the best of 

 servants, or else change them. 



[To be continued.] 



ROYAL SOUTH-LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



May 28. — There w^as an interesting show on this occasion ; and 

 the day being fine, there was a fair attendance. One tent was filled 

 with stove and greenhouse plants, contributed by Messrs. Over, 

 Hamp, Stanly, Fraser, Pam.plin, and Hook. A second tent was oc- 

 cupied by Azaleas, Cape Heaths, and Calceolarias ; and a third by 

 Pelargoniums and \''erbenas. 



Tulips were furnished in quantity, and very good, considering 

 the season. In the Amateurs' Class, for 12 varieties, the first prize 

 was awarded to J. Edwards, Esq., of Wace Cottage, HoUoway, for 

 nice blooms of MadameVestris, Cerise Blanche, Optimus, Polyphemus, 

 Cleopatra, Triumph Royal, Platoif, Byzantine, Claudiana, and Pilot. 

 Mr. Betteridge, who was second, had Gbry of Abingdon, Mountain 

 Sylph, Elthiron, Lady Exeter, Polyphemus, M. Catalani, Roi de 

 Siam, Vivid, Triumph Royal, and Holmes's King. Nurserymen : 1st 

 prize to Mr. Lawrence of Hampton, for Strong's King, Thalia, 

 Aglaia, Norah Creina, Jefirey's Elizabeth, Everard, Cleopatra, Brown's 

 Polyphemus, Pandora, Lawrence's Rose Lucetta, Vivid, and Catalani; 

 2d, to Mr. Turner of Slough, for Queen of the North, Triumph 

 Royal, Mary Lamb, Polyphemus, Alcon, Heroine, Pilot, Princess 

 Royal, Catalani, and Strong's King. 



Heartsease. — First prize to Mr. Turner, for Constellation, Lucy 

 Neal, Almanzor, Disraeli, Bellona, Mrs. Hamilton, Duke of Perth, 

 Lord Walsingham, Sir R. Peel, Eustace, Constantino, Thisbe, Ophir, 

 Ophelia, France Cycole, Mr. Beck, Climax, Zabdi, Duchess of Rut- 

 land, Leader, Madame Sontag, Ibrahim Pasha, Queen of England, 

 Addison, Caroline, Rainbow, Sambo, Supreme, Milton, Master Lacon, 

 Princess, Polyphemus, Mrs. Beck, Viceroy, and Jenny Jones. In 

 the Amateurs' Class the first prize was won by Mr. Betteridge. 



For Seedlings, Mr. Norman of Woolwich w^as awarded a first- 



