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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Lindsay ; Byblcemens, Slater's Earl of "Warwick, Triomphe d'Lisle, Duchess 

 of Sutherland; Bizarres, Groom's Mr. F. Perkins, Vivid, May's Prince Albert. 

 There were some very good blooms in the best of the losing stands, Mr. Batten, 

 florist, of Clapton, exhibited a stand of twenty -four blooms, all but five of 

 which were shown at Cambridge on the 23rd, and were in capital condition 

 still. Subjoined is a list of his blooms : — Duchess of Sutherland, R. (Groom) ; 

 Duke of Devonshire, Biz. (Sanders); Commodus, Byb. (Delaforce) ; PlutofF, 

 Biz. ; Cleopatra, Byb. ; Omar Pacha, Byb. (Batten) ; Sir H. Smith, Byb. 

 (May) ; Plantagenet, Byb. (Hooker) ; Optimus, Biz.; Triomphe Royale, R.; 

 Sir J. Paxton, Biz. (May) ; Gregg's Pose, P. ; Tariff, Biz. ; Washington, 

 Byb. ; Polyphemus, Biz. ; Willis's King, Biz. ; Barnivald ; Ulysses (May) ; 

 Bell Form, P.; King, Biz. (Delaforce) ; Cataline, R. ; Emperor of Austria, 

 Biz. ; Lord Palmerston, Byb. (Batten). 



Lecture on the Pose. — Mr. Hibberd delivered his lecture on the " Cul- 

 tivation of the Pose" before the members of the Sydenham Floricultural 

 Society, on the 7th ult. The chair was taken by the Rev. W. English. The 

 vote of thanks to Mr. Hibberd was proposed by W. Hereman, Esq. The 

 lecture was again delivered before the members of the Brixton, Streatham, 

 and Clapham Society, on the 28th. 



National Rose Show. — This is postponed to July 12th, on account of 

 the severity of the season, and the consequent lateness of the bloom. 



Floeal Hall, Covent Garden. — There was a tasteful and liberal dis- 

 play of flowers on the occasion of the opening of this handsome structure on 

 the evening of the 12th of June. Her Majesty graced the hall with her 

 welcome presence, and, as a matter of course, beauty and fashion added their 

 charms to the superb floral display. The exhibition was thrown open to the 

 public on the two following days, and was eminently successful as an attrac- 

 tion to sightseers as well as the connoisseurs of flowers and the students of 

 contrast and harmony of colour, in which the exhibition set forth some 

 striking lessons. 



THE VALUE OF TOWN SEWAGE. 



The towns are eating up the country ; 

 the population increases, and the soil is 

 being worn out. Better for the endur- 

 ance of England's greatness and prospe- 

 rity when the old cesspools were in 

 fashion, for the land was not then so 

 largely robbed ; the mysterious waggons 

 that moved by night restored the balance 

 between the country and the town ; now, 

 the waggon must take off its wheels, hoist 

 sails, and go to Peru for a substitute for 

 night-soil ; and we pay double, first to 

 supersede the cesspool with expensive 

 works, then to get the guano safe to our 

 shores. Cheap food and plenty of it are 

 out of the question while such a state of 

 things continues. But it is only at the 

 last stage that the new plan fails. We 

 don't want to go back to the old cesspool, 

 which one man would have cleansed at 

 the proper time, and another would 



neglect till it poisoned himself, his family, 

 and his neighbours ; but we want the 

 new system completed, and Mr. Isaacs is 

 one who believes it can be completed, so 

 as to restore to the land at least a part of 

 that which we incessantly abstract from it. 

 " That it contains fertilizing matter of 

 the best description, too, must be admitted, 

 when its constituents are considered ; 

 indeed, were other evidence wanting, its 

 putrefactive nature should alone be suf- 

 ficient to assure us that it is highly 

 charged with decomposed animal and 

 vegetable matters, than which no better 

 fertilizer can be applied to the land." 

 Yes, Mr. Isaacs, it stinks, and every 

 gardener and farmer will pronounce it 

 to be valuable for that very reason ; for 

 the nose is the best witness on this par- 

 ticular question of the value of town 

 sewage. — City Press. 



