THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. Gl 



Yorkshire Hero, "Walker's Improved Eegent, Gryffe Castle, Headly's 2sonpareil, Late 

 Rose, Fluke. 



Radish. — For frames, Wood's Early Frame ; for general use, Beck's Scarlet 

 Short-top, Scarlet Olive-shaped, White Olive-shaped, Turnip (red and white). 



Ehubaub. — Myatt's Victoria, Myatt's Linnaeus, Johnston's St. Martin's. 



Spinach. — For spring sowing, Round-seeded ; for summer and autumn sowing, 

 Prickly-seeded. Spinach Beet is very productive, and lasts the whole season. New 

 Zealand Spinach is a fine vegetable for hot dry soils. 



ToMATOE.s, — Farley's Defiance, Ilathaway's Excelsior, Keye's Early Prolific. 



Turnip. — To sow in spring, Early White Strap-leaved, Short-top Six-weeks ; 

 to sow in summer, Veitch's Red Globe, Beck's Golden Stone and White Dutch ; to 

 ecw in autumn, Jersey Navet, Green-top Six- weeks, Chirk Castle. 



Vegetable Makhow. — Hibberd's Prolific and Prince Albert. 



HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 



■jESSRS. DOWIIIE, LAIRD, AND LAING will hold an exhibition of 

 Hyacinths, and spring-flowering plants generally, at the Crystal Palace, 

 Sydenham, in March next. The exhibiiion will commence on the 2 1st 

 prox., and continue for a fortnight. 



Professor Aoassiz, the well-known naturalist and philosopher, died 

 recently in America at the age of 07. 



The Inner Life of Plants formed the subject of a very interesting paper read 

 before the December meeting of the Royal Society, by Professor J. B. Sanderson, 

 M.D., F.R.S. The author of the paper gave a rather full account of his recent 

 discovery respecting the electrical phenomena wl-iit-h accompany the irritation of 

 certain leaves. 



The ExHUiiTiON of Fungi at South Kensington, in October next, is to be on a 

 larger scale than in previous years. 



The Royal Botanic Society will hold five exhibitions in its Gardens in the 

 Regent's Park, during the year, and the dates of these are as follows : spring exhi- 

 bitions, March 2.5tli and April 22nd ; summer exhibitions, Miy20th, June 10th and 

 2ith. In addition to these a special evening fete will be held July 8th. 



The Royal Horticultural Society will hold nine exhibitions during the year 

 in its Gardens at South Kensington. The dates of these are : spring exhibitions, 

 March 18th, April 15th, and May 13th ; summer exhibitions, June 4tli and 5th, 

 July 1st and 15th ; autumn exhibitions, September 2nd and November 11th. 



The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society will hold its great 

 National Horticultural Exhibition in the gardens at Old Traflford, from May 22nd 

 to 29th. Owing to the comprehensive character of the schedule, and the high 

 value of the prizes, this exhibition will probably be the best held in the United 

 Kingdom this year. 



The Life of the Vegetable is in some part elucidated by the experiments of 

 M. M. A. Barthelemy, reported on in the Comptcs liendus, No. 78. 



A Meeting of the Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society was held 

 in the Council Room at South Kensington on the 8th ult., to consider the question 

 of establishing fur the male Fellows the right of voting by proxy ; and a resolution 

 in the form of an instruction to the Council, to prepare a bye-law giving the right 

 to vote by proxy was carried by a large majority. The Council alone have the 

 power to propose new bye-laws ; and as they decline to act upon the instruction 

 conveyed in the resolution passed by the meeting, the matter remains in abeyance 

 for the present. 



The .\nnu.\l Meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held in the 

 Council Room on Tuesday the 10th inst. ; Chair to bo taken at 3 p.m. 



A Honet Fair is announced to be held at the Crystal Palace on the occasion of 

 the Great Exhibition of Fruit and Flowers in September next. A schedule of prizes 

 to be offered for Honey, etc., will be issued shortly; and it is hoped by the pro- 

 moters to establish an annual honey fair, to aflTord be.;-keepers greater facilities for 

 the disposal of their honey than at present exist. 



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