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THE FLOKIST. 



A, Regenfs Park, 14th May, 1851. E, South London, 25th June, 1851. 



B, South London. 2Sth May, 1851. F, Regent's Park. 2 July, 1851. 



C, Chiswick, 7 June, 1851. G, Vauxhall Gardens, 8 July, 1851. 



D, Regenfs Park, 11th June, 1851. H, Chiswick, 19 July, 1851. 



* Figure " 2 " denotes that the exhibitor shewed the same variety in two classes. 



The names with an asterisk are Amateurs; those without are Nurserymen. The figures prefixed to their 

 names shew their order as winners of prizes. 



In my opinion a seedling Pelargonium should never be let out the 

 first year, but kept back till the second, and then exhibited as a two- 

 year old plant ; and not less than two or three plants should be shewn 

 at a time. In this way one cjuld judge of their merits as plants fitted 

 for exhibition ; and at the same time it would do away with the many 

 disappointments to which the pubKc are subject under the present 

 mode of management. Let us hope that better times are coming. 

 Kent, Nov. I8lh. J. M. 



[In thanking our correspondent for his valuable returns, we must 

 iriform him that a portion of his letter could not be inserted, unless 

 his name had been attached to it. He does not appear to be aware 

 of the fact, that seedling Pelargoniums are scarcely ever exhibited the 

 first season in which they bloom ; and we do not know of an instance 

 of their being sent out without a second trial ; neither will new flowers 



