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the flowers forming: exquisite rosettes. 

 From Messrs. E. G. Henderson and 

 Sons, St. John's Wood, a grand col- 

 lection, amongst them the elegant 

 Filicifolia, rather past its prime; 

 Carminata splendens, large carmine, 

 single, very beautiful, and quite dis- 

 tinct in colour from all other primu- 

 las ; An em on a? folia, a curiosity, the 

 leaves dull dusty green, pubescent, 

 finely divided, flowers lively pink in 

 large bunches. The most novel plant 

 in this collection was a variegated- 

 leaved Sinensis, the foliage richly 

 coloured greyish-amber, the flowers 

 lively pink ; this will be a great ac- 

 quisition for spring decoration, and 

 probably a difficult variety to do. 

 Mr. Wetherell f ent a fine lot of seed- 

 ling cinerarias, amongst them several 

 grand crimson selfs, and some finely- 

 formed bold and brilliant whites, with 

 heavy crimson margins. One of the 

 greatest attractions was a collection 

 of 120 cyclamens from Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson and Sons, in such a style 

 of getting up as is rarely seen. The 

 deliriously soft haze of colour of this 

 great mass of plants gave it a peculiar 

 distinctness, as a feature amongst so 

 many more striking forms of vegeta- 

 tion and stronger tones of colouring, 

 and their perfume made one forget 

 for a time the discomfort of the chilly 

 tent, as if the "sweet south" had 

 come at last laden with odours from 

 a " bank of violets." In this collec- 

 tion were all the varieties of persicum, 

 including, of course, the accepted 

 type, which muet be the basis of 

 comparison in judging the rest. Pal- 

 lidum is whiter than the type, rather 

 smaller, the base lively rose. Album 



is the finest white, and it is all white 

 — a remarkably pure and beautiful 

 cyclamen. Rubrum, rich lilac-rose, 

 almost magenta, extremely beautiful. 

 Koteum coccineum, not well named, 

 like the last, but a shade paler ; Mar- 

 ginatum, soft hazy rose, rich carmine 

 base. Numbers of the lovely little 

 Atkinsi were used to fill in between 

 the large plants of persicum, making 

 a sort of pavement of jewels. Among 

 the miscellaneous contributions was a 

 complete set of species and varieties of 

 Aucubas, from Mr. Bull, of Chelsea. 



United Hortictjltubal So- 

 ciety. — This newly-formed Society 

 has before it the prospect of great 

 success and usefulness. The pro- 

 moters, from the first, determined 

 that the exhibitions should be held 

 in some suitable place in the heart of 

 the city of London, so as to be con- 

 veniently situated for the residents in 

 every district of the suburbs of 

 the metropolis. To find a suitable 

 place so situated has proved a se- 

 rious task ; in fact, it appears that 

 no really suitable place exists in the 

 city, and those few that might be 

 adapted for the purpose are no more 

 obtainable for flower-shows than the 

 caverns of the moon. At the time of 

 writing this, nothing has been defi- 

 nitely determined as to the locality of 

 the exhibitions, but it is probable 

 that for some time to come they will 

 be held in Albion Hall, London Wall. 

 The dates fixed for exhibitions during 

 the present year are the following: — 

 April 11, May 9, June 6, June 20, 

 July 18, August 1, August 15, Sep- 

 tember 12, September 26, October 10, 

 November 14, December 12. 



WINTEE ELOWEEING OE TEEE CAENATIONS. 



These superb winter flowering plants 

 are notusually wellmanaged in private 

 establishments; and several correspon- 

 dents having simultaneously made 

 inquiries about them, particulars of 

 their management have been obtained 

 from one of the most eminent culti- 

 vators, who for many years past has 

 had extensive experience with them, 

 being under contract to supply a cer- 



tain number of flowers daily during 

 the season to a leading firm in Covent 

 Garden Flower Market. 



The plants are propagated from 

 cuttings of two or three joints in 

 length ; the first are put in early in 

 the month of March, and afterwards 

 a few other batches for succession to 

 the middle of April. They root 

 quickly and certainly on a moist dung 



