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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Pauline Labonte, Gloire de Sacre 

 Coeur, Madame Julie Daran, Lord 

 Raglan, Comtesse Chabrilland, Gloire 

 de Dijon, Adam, Jules Margottin, 

 Senateur Vaisse, Madame Willermoz, 

 and about a dozen more. 



Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 

 — Mr. John Fraser, of Lea Bridge 

 Road, put up a grand group, in which 

 were fine specimens of Acacia Drum- 

 mondi, Erica nitida, Epacris grandi- 

 flora, Dracama Cooperi, Statice Hol- 

 fordi, Acacia eriocarpa, Caladium 

 Veitchii, with the most beautifully- 

 formed sagittate leaf of all the Cala- 

 dium family, rich as it is in noble 

 outlines, a gem this of the first water ; 

 Polygala JJalmaisiana, Boronia pin- 

 nata, the noble Sphserogyne latifolia, 

 etc., etc. Mr. B. S. Williams sent 

 Pandanus reflexus, Pandanus elegans, 

 Yucca Stokesii, and other fine foliage 

 plants, with which were grouped 

 some glorious specimens of Amaryllis, 

 amongst them Marginata conspicua, 

 Ackermanni pulcherrima, Robustum, 

 a fine dark flower, Cleopatra, etc., etc. 

 Mr. Wheeler, gardener to J. Philpot, 

 Esq., of Stamford Hill, made a very 

 telling group with specimens of 

 Maxillaria Harrisoni, Azalea trium- 

 phans, Croton variegata, Eriostemon 

 pulchellum and lancifoHum, Tropaco- 

 lum tricolor, Phajus grandiflora, 

 Lachenalia quadricolor, etc., etc., all 

 superbly grown, and in perfection of 

 bloom and freshness. Mr. O. Rhodes 

 put up some huge specimen Ericas, 

 amongst them Hartnelli major, pro- 

 fusa, aristata, etc. 



Miscellaneous and Novelties. 

 —One of the most interesting of the 

 miscellaneous subjects was a collec- 

 tion of forced strawberries from Mr. 

 Kaile, gardener to Earl Lovelace ; 

 these were of huge size, fine in colour 

 and ripeness ; the varieties were 

 Empress Eugenie, Admiral Duudas, 

 General Havelock,and Biitish Queen. 

 Mr. John Newton, of Enfield, sent a 

 collection of apples in admirable con- 

 dition ; the varieties were Pearson's 

 Plate, flavour rich and piquant ; 

 Golden Russet, Nonpareil, Winter 

 Hawthornden, Ribston Pippin, very 

 highly coloured ; Eearn's Pippin, 



Scarlet Nonpareil, Golden Harvey, 

 Downton Nonpareil. Also a noble 

 sample of Baldry's Defiance rhubarb 

 from the open ground, the stems 

 stout, and fifteen inches in lengtb, 

 and a basket of excellent mushrooms. 

 Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, sent 

 Azalea Duke of Buccleuch, quite 

 new, and truly superb ; colour dark 

 red, petals very broad and smooth, 

 flower extra large, symmetrical, and 

 of great substance. From the same, 

 Philadelphus Mexicana, a neat- 

 habited shrub, with white flowers of 

 the ordinary Philadelphus type. If 

 hardy, invaluable ; in any case, well 

 worth cultivating for conservatory 

 purposes. From Mr. Wilson, gar- 

 dener to W. Marshall, Esq., a new 

 Tropajolum in the way of peregrinum, 

 the flowers dull orange, shading to 

 dull purple at the margin, the lip 

 opening greenish yellow ; not showy, 

 but elegant and interesting. From 

 the same, a grand specimen of Adi- 

 antum capillus veneris. From Mr. 

 Aldred, nurseryman, Kilburn, a col- 

 lection of Ansectochilus in beautiful 

 condition, also a collection of Cine- 

 rarias, and a collection of seedling 

 zonale geraniums. From Messrs. 

 Glendinning, of Chiswick Nursery, 

 a fine box of Camellia blossoms, com- 

 prising most of the species reported 

 on lately. From the same, a huge 

 specimen of Erica Sindryana, and a 

 number of coniferous trees for fur- 

 nishing the entrance, and for odd 

 purposes. From Mr. Shirley Hib- 

 berd, a collection of hyacinths, 

 amongst which were fine spikes of 

 Laurens Roster, Duke of Welling- 

 ton, Lina, Amy, Heroine, Mont Blanc, 

 Charles Dickens, Grand Lilas, etc., 

 etc. Also from the same, a box of 

 honey, grown at Stoke Newington. 

 The weight of the box was twenty 

 pounds, the comb comparatively 

 white and very regular, and the 

 quality in every respect equal to that 

 shown by Mr. Hibberd at the meet- 

 ings of the Apiarian Society, five 

 years ago, bo that the progress of 

 building operations at Stoke Newing- 

 ton has not yet seriously affected the 

 character of the honey grown there. 



