124. THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Lilac. — Jano, Jenny Austin, Lilac Queen, Criterion, Freemason. 



Dark Tipped. — Norah Creina, Pauline, Queen Mab, Prospero, Fanny Start. 



BEST BEDDING DAHLIAS. 



LigM. — Queen of Whites, Alba floribunda nana, Rawling's "White Bedder (new), 



Yellow. — Pluton, Duke of Newcastle, Golden Bedder, Golden Ball, Titiens, 

 Leah. 



Striped. — Mrs. H. Holborn, ver}' fine. 



Scarlet. — Beaute de Massifs, Ranunculseflora, Scarlet Tom Thumb, Sir J. Watts. 



Sose and Lilac — La Belle, Rose Gem, Scarlet Gem, Blonde, Amata. 



Crimson and Purple. — Tom Thumb, Captain Ingram, Gem of the Dwarfs, 

 Crimson Gem, Crimson Dwarf, Royal Purple, Zelinda, Gladiateur, Sambo, Flori- 

 bunda. 



A SELECTION OF POMPON OR BOUQUET DAHLIAS. 



Annie, Little Darling, Little Dear, Little Mistress, Little Naiad, lattle Philip, 

 Little Puss, Tom, Rover, Bessie, Lina Fairy Child, Pet of the Village, German 

 Daisy (good bedder), Pretty Polly, Pretty Gem, Conqueror, Crimson Beauty, Little 

 Wag. 



A SELECTION OF THE BEST FUCHSIAS. 



Arabella (early), Harry George Henderson f, Lizzie Hexham^f, Ben-e-Gloe, 

 Beauty *t, War Eagle*t, Enoch Ardenf, La Favouritaf, Lord Elcho, Rose of 

 Denmark, Lucy Mills, Mdlle, Tietjens, Minnie Banks*, Prince Alfredf, Father 

 Ignatiusf, Conspicua*t, Puritani, Blue Beauty, King of Doublesf, Brilliantissima*t, 

 Killiecrankief, Alba coccinea, Extraordinary, Carry Symes (largest white corolla 

 known). 



A SELECTION OF GLADIOLI FOR GROUPING. 



Aristotle, Brenchleyensisf, Bowiensisf, Chateaubriand, Cardinalis, Courant, 

 fulgensf, Daphne, Don Juanf, Dr. Andryf, Fanny Rougetf, Formosissimus, Flori- 

 bundus, Gil Bias, Gandavensisf, Imperatricef, Janiref, John Bullf, Madame Crui- 

 dere, Marsf, Mons. Blouetf, Mons. Vincheon, Mons. Georgeonf, Queen Victoria, 

 Triomphe d'Enghein. 



HOETICULTUEAL AFPAIRS. 



Exhibitions of Spring Flowers. — The first show of the season was that of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, on the 14th of March. This was followed by the 

 continuous exhibition of Messrs. Cutbush and Son, Highgate Nurseries, in the 

 garden of the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park, from the 21st to the 28th. 

 This, again, was followed by the continuous exhibition by Mr. William Paul, of 

 Waltham, in the garden of the Royal Horticultural Society, Kensington, from the 

 28th of March to the 4th of April, and which, therefore, is open at the time of the 

 publication of this notice. There has been held, in St. George's Hall, Liverpool, an 

 exhibition of Hyacinths and Spring Flowers, which proved successful, both in 

 respect of the quility of the subjects exhibited, and the support accorded by the 

 public. At these several meetings the principal trade exhibitors were Messrs. 

 Cutbush and Son, Highgate ; Mr. William Paul, Waltham Cross ; Mr. Davies, 

 Liverpool ; and Mr. Cutbush, jun., Barnet. In the Amateur classes, Mr. Steel, of 

 Hammersmith ; Miss Wilding, of Euston Road ; and Mr. Wiggins, of Isleworth, 

 have been the most successful. 



The varieties of Hyacinths that have taken the highest awards at these several 

 Exhibitions were : — Florence Nightingale, Gigantea, Le Prophete, Mrs. Beecher 

 Stowe, Von Schiller, La Grandeur a Merveille, Mirandoline, Snowball, Argus, 

 Baron Von Tuyll, Grand Lilas, Marie, Haydn, Lord Palmerston, Feruck Khan, 

 Garibaldi, King of the Blues, Solfaterre, Schiller, Macaulay, Mont Blanc, General 

 Havelock, Koh-i-Noor, Charles Dickens, and Garrick. 



New Hyacinths.— ^r. W. Paul brought forward Byron^ fine large light blue 

 bells and good spike ; Autocrat^ deep purplish black, fair-sized bells and spike, in 



