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class certificate for a medium -sized byblccmen Tulip, named Mr. 

 Smith, and a second prize for a rose Tulip, named Princess Helena. 

 Mr. Gaines had some nice Calceol 'Has ; and Mr. Lockner sent a 

 pretty Verbena, an improvement on Desdemona. In a stand of Ver- 

 benas from Mr. Smith of Hornsey Road, we remarked trusses of the 

 beautiful varieties Shylock and Purple Rival. A first-class certifi- 

 cate was given to Mr. Hunt for his Pansy Pandora. 



DAHLIA-TABLE. 



I SHALL be pleased if the accompanying plan of a Dahlia-table is of 

 any service to your readers. It is of very simple construction, and 

 easily applied. By merely inserting a wedge between the table and 

 the stake, you can raise the plate to any height required. Two or 

 more tables can bo put on one stake, and turned to any point of the 

 com})ass. By my invention I can table six flowers in less time than 

 it took me to do one by the old method. 



Hill Top, West Bromwichy Staffordshire. 



Owen Jones. 



Under- PART of Table. 



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Spindle inch thick, two 

 inches Avide at base, 

 hole inch square; table 

 of pine eight inches dia- 

 meter. 



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Tables fixed on Stake. 



CANTUA BUXIFOLIA. 



A VKRY elegant flowering greenhouse shrub, of easy cultivation, and 

 capable of being trained into a neat bushy form. It has rather small 



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