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sion annuals arc made about midsummer in a reserve ground, they may be 

 bad in good condition to transplant to the places from which the first have 

 been removed, and thus the display be continued till frost once more puts 

 an end to it. For silvery lines Venus's navelwort, Ccrastium tomen- 

 tosum, and variegated mint are excellent ; for a back row of deep bronzy- 

 purple Perilla nankinensis is most beautiful, and continues so to the end 

 of the season. In the list of annuals tried last year at Stoke Newington, 

 which will be found in the "Garden Oracle" for 1860, will be found epito- 

 mized notes on their culture and uses, which will prove of great value to 

 those who are now in dismay at the thinness of their stock and the lateness 

 of the season. One thing is certain — that there will be a large demand 

 upon the nurseries for bedding -plants, dahlias, and other decorative plants 

 that have been decimated by the winter, and, of necessity, prices will 

 range higher than they have done for several years past. 



NOTES OF THE MONTH. 



The New Flower-market, Covent Garden. — The great volunteer fete 

 gave occasion for opening to public view the splendid structure erected on 

 the south side of the Opera House, Covent Garden, for a flower-market. The 

 building is of glass and iron, and consists of two arcades on a ground-plan re- 

 sembling the letter L. "Where the two arms meet is a dome and lantern fifty- 

 eight feet in diameter, and ninety feet high in all. The arcades measure 

 respectively 228 feet and 100 feet; the width of the main arcades is seventy- 

 five feet. The cast-iron columns which support the roof are of a most elegant 

 design with ornamental capitals. The arches which carry the roof are trel- 

 lised, and have an airy, elegant, and yet substantial, character. The arrange- 

 ments for heating and lighting are most complete, so that it is likely to be 

 much used as a winter promenade, for which, when furnished with its proper 

 fragrant and gay commodities, it will be eminently suitable. The whole trade 

 in flowers now carried on in the market adjoining will probably soon be con- 

 centrated in this building, and the flowers will be displayed on raised banks 

 in the centre nave, with smaller ones in the side aisles. At present, very 

 few stalls have been taken, and, like all other similar enterprises, it will need 

 time to establish it. 



Horticultural Society. — A design by Mr. Nesfield, for the new gar- 

 dens at Kensington Gore, has been accepted. Plans of a main entrance on 

 the south-east and offices for the transaction of business have been approved 

 of, and the work of carrying them into effect is in active progress. The great 

 conservatory is expected to cost about £15,000. There were 518 new Fellows 

 elected during the months of January and February. The Editor of the 

 Gardener s Chronicle has generously presented the Society with a large 

 account for extra advertising, for which the Finance Committee have entered 

 on the minutes a vote of thanks. At the meetings of the Fruit and Flower 

 Committees the subjects brought forward of late were not of a nature to 

 interest many of our readers, and we have preferred to make these notes 

 brief to give space for matters of more practical importance. 



Messrs. Cutbush's Exhibition of Hyacinths. — We have frequently 

 referred to Messrs. Cutbush and Son, of Highgate Nurseries, as the most suc- 

 cessful, as well as the most extensive, cultivators of the hyacinth in the south 

 of England. The exhibition held during the past month at the Highgate 

 Nurseries has added lustre to the honourable fame of these celebrated grow- 

 ers, and perhaps there never was so good an exhibition of spring flowers, not 

 excepting even the great gatheriugs at St. George's Hall, Edinburgh, or at 

 the Botanic Society, Regent's Park. During the continuance of the show, 



