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rogues sliould make a clear sweep, and get into their own hands an insti- 

 tution intended for mutual benefits. No. If craft shows its head, let the 

 good men hold together, and defeat it, not by angry words, but by a tem- 

 perate but firm adherence to the rules, and take care at starting that one 

 rule shall be to provide for their alteration when necessary, at the annual 

 meeting, or some other suitable time when the whole of the members are 

 supposed to be present, so that it shall be in the power of none to change 

 the constitution by waving a harlequin's wand. Gardeners are peaceable 

 people, and they value association for its social uses as well as for 

 advancement in their profession. But earthquakes will happen, and we 

 must do the best we can by timely precautions, and the exercise of for- 

 bearance and prudence, so that when the shock does occur, Ave may be in- 

 structed but not injured by it. 



Tuose of our Mends who are in fear as to the Chrysanthemum shows, may 

 take comfort and stifle their alarms. The season has tried them, as it has 

 done most things ; but the fine weather of the last four or five weeks has 

 matured the wood, and brought the buds on rapidly and safely, and the 

 shows of the present month will be equal to any of former years. Stoke 

 Newington is, of course, already pregnant with its annual triumph : the 

 old Society, meeting at the Manor Rooms, will hold its show there on the 

 8th and 9th, and the new Society, meeting at the Rochester Castle, will 

 have its exhibition at Hackney. The East London Society will, as here- 

 tofore, meet at Albion Hall ; and the Tower Hamlets, Bermondsey, and 

 other metropolitan gatherings will take place in the same places of meeting 

 as in former years. At the (Temple Gardens, the early kinds already look 

 well, and have been improving rapidly during the past, fortnight. The 

 grand show there, will be on the Upper Terrace-walk as usual. The large 

 flowering kinds in that border are pictures of health and beauty. The 

 Crystal Palace will take many of the best plants from the local exhibitions, 

 and the furnishing stock of the Company's own plants, to fill up the tables, 

 are in the best trim possible for producing a splendid effect. Among the new 

 ones Augusta has, with us, been well out since the loth ; it is a charming 

 light flower, small, rather flat, imbricated, and even edged. The habit is all 

 that could be desired, and it holds its blooms conspicuously without drooping. 

 Arthur "Wortley and Mrs. Holborn will, doubtless, take the lead at 

 the shows among last year's flowers. Mrs. Turner, Musidora, and 

 Emily will be favourites among the new pompones, and Golden Queen of 

 England, now established as invaluable, will have its proper place among 

 the specimens. We advise those who visit Mr. Salter's show, at the 

 Versailles Xursery, Hammersmith, to inquire after Golden Lotus. This 

 has been kicked out of a good many collections because of its shyness ; but 

 it is the very best of its class to bloom under glass, and for conservatory 

 decoration may be had in bloom from November to the end of January. 

 Once more we protest against dressing, and counsel the framers of schedules 

 to enlarge the classes for flowers shown as cut, with a good length of stem 

 and natural foliage. Good blooms are not a sufficient test of culture. The 

 plants from which they are cut ought to be healthy and handsome, how- 

 ever spare, and give proof, from I i foot, of having had kindly 

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