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the " purity" principle being strictly adhered to. In another season 

 we hope to see more attention paid to arranging the blooms in the 

 stands by the exhibitors. 



We have only to add, by way of conclusion, that the meeting 

 for 1853 will be held at Nottingham, and that a Committee has been 

 appointed to carry it into effect. We have every confidence in the 

 result, as the gentlemen entrusted with the arrangements have had 

 great experience in such matters. 



NATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



May 27. — Mr. Stains in the chair. Pelargoniums were staged 

 by Messrs. Beck, Story, and Ambrose, and cut blooms by Mr. Ayres. 

 A certificate of merit was awarded to Empress (Beck) ; colours ver- 

 milion, with rich crimson shaded spot ; form good ; distinct and 

 desirable. A fancy variety named Magnum Bonum (Ambrose) was 

 similarly rewarded ; upper petals crimson purple, lower petals pen- 

 cilled and shaded with crimson violet ; form and substance good. 



A Cineraria named Beauty of Hamilton Terrace received a label 

 of commendation, being distinct in colour and general appearance, in 

 the way of Lady Hume Campbell. Calceolarias were exhibited by 

 Messrs. A. Henderson and Co. : one called Heywood Hawkins was 

 promising. 



Azaleas and Ericas were contributed by Messrs. Henderson ; and 

 Pansies, Fuchsias, Tulips, by T. H. Brown, Esq., Mr. R. Drake, 

 and Mr. J. Edwards. Mr. J. Hodge was elected a member. 



June 3d. — Mr. Lidgard in the chair. Calceolarias were shewn 

 in considerable numbers, and some of them were of great promise. 

 Labels of commendation were awarded to Heywood Hawkins men- 

 tioned above ; it is a half- shrubby dwarf kind, free-flowering, yellow 

 ground, uniformly marked with rich brown crimson ; to Fascina- 

 tion, novel in colour, a shaded flamed red, moderate form, good 

 habit ; to Araminta, yellow ground, heavily marked with crimson, 

 form good, habit second rate ; to Fireball, new in colour, orange 

 scarlet on a yellow ground, outline good, smooth, of average size. 

 These were contributed by Messrs. Henderson of the Wellington 

 Road. Pansies : a certificate of merit was awarded to Mrs. Rouse 

 (Bragg), white ground, purple belting, and upper petals of the same 

 shade ; Daphne (J. H. Brown) was of good bright colour, and in 

 many respects desirable. A label of commendation was awarded to 

 a fancy Pelargonium named Ariel, of which the censors reported that 

 if it maintained its properties when more in flower, it would doubtless 

 receive a higher award. This came from A. Henderson and Co. 

 Some breeder and other Tulips were sent by Mr. Willison of Whitby. 



June 17 th. — J. J. Colman, Esq., of Norwich, in the chair. At this 

 meeting there was a large attendance, and the room was full of good 

 flowers, of which we can only find space for a notice of the leading 

 varieties in each class. 



