144 THE FLORIST. 



Now God condescends to use all this language with respect to his 

 garden, the Church. Whatever grace there is in any persons, what- 

 ever pleasant thing there is in any of God's people, it is all from him ; 

 and therefore they are represented as saying, " Let my Beloved come 

 into his garden ;" and the immediate answer is, " I am come into 

 my garden." The gate is barred against enemies, but wide open to 

 the Owner. Again, whether the north wind blow over this garden, 

 or the south, — that is, whether rough adversity, or soft prosperity, 

 visit God's people, — something is to be seen in them, and issues from 

 them to his glcry and praise. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



March 20th. — Dr. Jackson in the chair. The subjects exhibited 

 on this occasion which more immediately concern the florist were 

 an interesting collection of Hyacinths from Messrs. Henderson's 

 Nursery, Pine-Apple Place. 



Of Blues it comprised Emicus ; Prince Van Saxe Weimar, double; L'Ami 

 Coeur ; Vulcan ; Richard Coeur de Lion ; Le Plus Noir ; Graaf Van Nassau ; 

 Tubal Cain ; Charles Dickens, William the First. — Pale blue, with lighter 

 tubes: Laurens Koster, double ; Grande Vidette (one of the best); A la Mode, 

 double ; Orondates ; Passe Tout; Prince Frederic, double. — White: La Can- 

 deur ; Madame Talleyrand ; Virgo ; States General ; Helene ; Victoria Regina ; 

 Grande Vidette (one of the best). Bed: Van Speyke; L'Eclair ; Appelius ; 

 Panorama ; La Dame du Lac ; Talma ; Lord Wellington ; Waterloo, double ; 

 Norma. — Black, or nearly so: Prince Albert. — Plum-coloured: L'Unique, a 

 very desirable variety on account of its colour. 



Messrs. Veitch shewed Camellia Storyi, a variety somewhat re- 

 sembling Imbricata. It is described at p. 101 of our first Volume, 

 and we are glad to find that it still maintains the favourable charac- 

 ter there given of it. 



April 3d. — W.W. Salmon, Esq. in the chair. A beautiful exhibition 

 of cut flowers of Rhododendrons came from the Dowager Duchess 

 of Northumberland's garden at Sion. These had compact heads of 

 flowers as large as those of the red Rhododendron arboreum, and 

 exhibited the most exquisite delicacy of colour. The three best were 

 Clivianum, Syonense, and Percyanum. The two first-named kinds 

 were delicate pink, with the upper petals of each flower richly 

 covered with deep crimson spots. Percyanum was somewhat smaller, 

 and free from spots, but veined with deeper pink. It was stated 

 that they had been obtained by crossing Catawbiense, or the white 

 Pontic Rhododendron, with the white Rhododendron arboreum. They 

 have been found to be quite hardy ; they had been growing in the 

 open border until the flower-buds were about to open, when they 

 were lifted, and flowered under glass. This practice, or that of cover- 

 ing the plants where they grow, so as to give shelter to the flowers, 

 which are apt to be injured by the weather, was recommended in 

 all cases where fine blooms are required. Messrs. Henderson, of 

 Pine- Apple Place, again exhibited a beautiful collection of Hyacinths. 

 The double ones are marked with D, the single ones with S. 



