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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



pressed in the pencilling of its colours. Though " the servant is not 

 greater than his lord," the command is to " do justly and to love mercy ;" 

 and He who hath formed of one flesh all nations of men that dwell upon 

 the face of the earth, will visit with indignity those who consume the 

 labourer's strength, and reward him insufficiently. 



Fair dealing always pays best in the long run. Let those who want 

 skill pay for it liberally ; give the gardener a chance of improvement before 

 you condemn him as a disgrace to his order, and when he sees that you 

 have an interest in his welfare, he will show in his conduct the magical 

 working of the law of kindness. 



NOTES OF THE MONTH. 



Highgate Gardeners' Society. — A very interesting meeting was held 

 on the 23rd of December, in the National School-room, Highgate, for the 

 formation of a gardeners' society. The Rev. the Rector presided ; and there 

 were present a large number of the gardeners of the district, besides numerous 

 resident gentry and amateurs. After the chairman had expressed the grati- 

 fication he felt at being present to inaugurate a society which would bring 

 together, for purposes of mutual benefit and friendly intercourse, a class of 

 operatives who occupied a highly privileged place in society, he called upon 

 Mr. James Cutbush to read the rules, upon which it was -proposed by Mr. 

 Shirley Hibberd, that the rules be adopted, subject to discussion seriatim. 

 A long discussion ensued, and some amendments proposed by Mr. Eagle 

 were adopted. The subscription is fixed at 5s. per year, and 2s. 6d. a year 

 for cottagers. There is to be an annual summer show, and if the com- 

 mittee can arrange for a spring or autumn show in addition, thej r will do so. 

 We heartily wish success to this good beginning, and hope that good 

 neighbourship may prosper hand-in-hand with horticulture at Highgate. 



CATLOW'S GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE BOTANY. 



Two volumes of the very pretty series of 

 popular scientific books projected by Mr. 

 Reeve, have just been re-issued by the 

 Messrs. Routledge, who are the proprietors 

 of the series. They arc admirably pro- 

 duced in all respects, and well calculated 

 to increase and improve a taste for gar- 

 dening ; and whether wc regard their 

 botanical or horticultural features, there 

 is every reason why we should compli- 

 ment their fair authoress on the excel- 

 lence of these works.* They are each 

 enriched with twenty faithful portraits of 

 favourite llowers in colour ; and by the 

 help of these pictures and the accompa- 

 nying descriptions, the merest beginner 



* " Popular Garden Botany; or, Descriptions 

 of Hardy and Half-hardy Plants, introduced into 

 the Plower Garden." By Agnes Catlow. — 

 " Popular Greenhouse Botany ; or Descriptions 

 of Exotic Plantu, introduced into the Green- 

 house." By Agnes Catlow. London : Routledge 

 and Co. 



has a safe guide to a selection of plants 

 for garden and greenhouse decoration, as 

 well as plain instructions as to culture 

 and propagation. The volume on the 

 Greenhouse includes Ferns, New Holland 

 Plants, Liliums, greenhouse and stove 

 Climbers, Cape Bulbs, Succulents, the Hi- 

 biscus and varieties ; Timelias, Lesche- 

 naultias, Ericas, Orchids, and all the 

 popular furnishing and decorative plants 

 that require to be partially or wholly pro- 

 tected from the rigours of our climate. 

 Though the plates are all good, they vary 

 somewhat in their merit ; the best in this 

 volume are Anigozanthos tyrianthinum, 

 a difficult subject for the pencil ; Hibis- 

 cus grossulariaefolius ; Eriostemon interme- 

 dium; Leschcnaultia arcuata, most beau- 

 tiful ; and Ipomsea simplex. This last 

 named plant is described as one of the 

 Ipomseas most worth cultivating. It 

 needs only a small pot, placed in a green- 



