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the hyacinth-house has been daily crowded with visitors, and, thanks to the 

 spirited proprietors, the London people have had within a short distance from 

 home a free feast of flowers, and such as is rarely equalled and never surpas- 

 sed. There were about 400 varieties, admirably arranged on a raised stage 

 in a lean-to house, shaded with Shaw's tiffany, where they formed a bank of 

 dazzling colour, and the comfortable temperature and moist atmosphere 

 brought out their delightful odour and added much to the charms of the 

 scene. The front sashes were dressed with green baize, and the pots with 

 moss, by which they were wholly concealed. It would amount to a mere 

 repetition of Messrs. Cutbush's catalogue were we to enumerate the kinds of 

 which the show consisted ; but the following list includes the most striking 

 varieties in each of the several classes, preference being given to single 

 flowers as, in the majoi'ity of cases, superior to double ones of the same 

 or similar shades: — White and blush : Elfrida, single, creamy blush, admirably 

 shaped ; Prince of Waterloo, double, pure white, fine spike ; Gigantea, pale 

 blush, single, very large bells; Grandeur a Merveille, pale blush, single; 

 Madame Van der Hoop, white, single, enormous spike ; Miss Coutts, single, 

 creamy blush; Orondates, single, white, large spike; Snowball, purest white, 

 single, beautiful form, very fragrant; Tour d'Auvergne, double, pure white. 

 Red aud crimson : Belle Quirine, single, flesh, striped carmine ; Florence 

 Nightingale, single, rose shaded with saffron, new and first-rate ; Duke of 

 Wellington, double, rose, splendidly proportioned spike ; Koh-i-noor, double, 

 crimson, extra fine ; Princess Royal, double, red, large bells ; Norma, single, 

 soft crimson, charming outlines, and fine scent ; Queen Victoria, single, pale 

 pink with deep rose stripes, fine spike ; Milton, single, deep crimson, novel ; 

 Lady Sale, single, dark red, large spike ; Solfaterre, single, orange-scarlet, 

 fine ; Susannah Maria, double, salmon-rose, noble spike. Lilac : Lord Clyde, 

 single, lilac tinged with purplish-brown, white eye, very fine ; Honneur 

 d'Overeen, single, bronzy-lilac, white eye, new; Prince Alfred, purple-lilac 

 edged with black, new and fine ; Lady Middleton, lilac-mauve ; Prince of 

 Wales, true mauve. Blue : Argus, single, indigo, white eye, pencilled, unique ; 

 Baron Von Tuyll, single, dark blue ; Charles Dickens, single, pale blue, fine 

 bells ; Grand Lilas, single, azure bine, splendid spike ; Orondates, single, 

 porcelain blue, an old and most valuable variety ; Baron Fitzallan, double, 

 porcelain blue, extra fine spike, and delightfully fragrant ; Laurens Koster, 

 one of the best double blues, very showy, and of fine proportions ; Sir Colin 

 Campbell, double, dark blue, shaded. Blade : Black Prince, very dark pur- 

 ple, single, superb spike ; Prince Albert, dark purple, but lighter than Black 

 Prince, single, and fine ; General Havelock, single, opens blue and changes 

 to nearly black, a bold flower. Yellow: Anna Carolina, single, clear yellow ; 

 Heroine, single, pale yellow. The old (so called) yellow varieties, such as 

 Louis d'Or, are going out of cultivation, and never were worth much. The 

 two named above are the best yellows out. 



New Horticultural Publications. — Mr. Moore is about to commence 

 a floral magazine, which is to be published by Mr. Reeve. It will comprise 

 coloured figures, and descriptions of new and rare plants, and. will be issued 

 monthly, at half-a-crown per number. Mr. R. Hogg is preparing to publish a 

 monthly work on fruit culture and fruit varieties, which is to be illustrated 

 by Mr. Fitch. 



Lecture ox the Rose. — Mr. Shirley Hibberd delivered a lecture on the 

 " History and Cultivation of the Rose," at the school-room, Grove Road, 

 Hornsey Rise, on the 12th. J. R. Scott, Esq., of the Council of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, presided, supported by W. Halse, Esq., — Brown, Esq., 

 the Rev. the Rector, and others of the resident gentry. There were many 

 ladies present and a good muster of working gardeners. In the course of the 

 lecture it was stated that the disputes on the merits of Manetti stock had re- 

 sulted in establishing its character as one admirably adapted for ungenial 

 soils, where roses on their own roots do badly. Worked plants were described 



