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THE FLORAL WOULD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



mental ironwork which forms the external case (Fig. 2). In addition to 



this circulation of air through the stove, the upper part, indicated by 



skeleton lines in Fig. 1 , and by an 

 ornamental top in Fig. 2, consists 

 of a boiler, which, being filled 

 with water, gives off an amount 

 of vapour sufficient to render the 

 heat additionally wholesome ;but 

 by withholding water from the 

 boiler, in order to obtain a dry 

 heat, there is no injurious gas 

 produced, nor is it possible for 

 injury or accident to arise so 

 long as the draught is main- 

 tained by a proper kind of flue. 

 It will be seen that this is a 

 sort of combination of hot water 

 and Polruaise, and capable of 

 many other applications where 

 artificial heat is wanted besides 

 the heating of greenhouses. 

 Messrs. Musgrave Brothers, of 

 F; g- 2 - 59, High Street, Belfast, are 



the patentees, and to them we have pleasure in referring our readers 



who may wish for further information. 



NOTES OF THE MONTH. 



Ceystal Palace, Nov. 15. — This, like all the other chrysanthemum 

 shows of this year, was less attractive as a spectacle than would have been 

 the case in an ordinary season. The leading contributions were in every 

 sense excellent, and the honour's of the day were deservedly divided between 

 Messrs. Wiggins, Hutt, Bird, Paxton, Wortley, and Monk, but the third 

 and fourth prize subjects were, very many of them, altogether unfit for 

 exhibition, and the Compan3''s stock of plants for decoration were in few 

 cases either well grown or properly out. Many of the cut flowers were 

 below average size. Christine generally wanted colour, and there was not 

 such a thing visible either at this or any other show as a Bob in full bloom. 

 To the praise of the growers of this increasingly-popular flower, the diffi- 

 culties of a bad season had been boldly contended against, and there was so 

 much to admire and to delight, that in making up our notes of details, we 

 soon forgot the few spots on the sun in the enjoyment of his beams. In the 

 Amateurs' Class for six plants, large kinds, Mr. Hutt led off with a splendid 

 set, matched as if all were turned out of the same mould, and in even bloom 

 all over to the edge of the pots, as if grown by some rule of mathematics. 

 His plants were Golden Christine, Chevalier Domage, Defiance, Voltaire, 

 Annie Salter, and Dr. M'Lean. Mr. George, gardener to J. Nicholson, 

 Esq., Stamford Hill, came second with Prince Albert, which in its splendid 

 colour more than justifies our praise of it when it was first let out ; 

 Insigne, Aregina, Vesta, and Madame Camerson, a dwarfer lot than Mr. 

 Hutt's, and properly placed second, though showing the most skilful manage- 

 ment and taste. Mr. Wiggins was third with as bold a looking six as we 

 ever saw, and for appearance, more showy than any of the rest, but the 



