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green colour, except the youngest growth, which is of a red or 

 crimson tint. Very beautiful, and oue of the best for table deco- 

 ration. Requires the assistance of a stove temperature. 



HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 



j]VERYTHINGr in the horticultural world has been so 

 dull and cheerless duriug the last two months, that 

 there is very little of interest to write about. It is 

 true that during the mouth of November we had the 

 chrysanthemum shows, but they were all, with the ex- 

 ception of those held at Bristol and Liverpool, very much alike. 

 Some day or other the managers of the chrysanthemum societies in 

 and around the metropolis will, no doubt, follow the example of 

 their brethren at the towns mentioned above, and invite ornamental 

 leaved and miscellaneous flowering plants and fruit to their exhibi- 

 tions. The importance of not confining autumn exhibitions to 

 chrysanthemums has already been pointed out in these pages, there- 

 fore I will not occupy valuable space in going over the same ground 

 again. There was a great dearth of novelties at all the exhibitions, 

 for by the retirement of Mr. Salter from business through the 

 railway company taking his nursery, we have lost one of the very 

 best raisers of new varieties. The only new varieties exhibited 

 during the whole season were a few at the meeting of the Floral 

 Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, held in November, 

 and one at the exhibition held at Stoke Newington. For the benefit 

 of chrysanthemum growers generally I herewith subjoin the names 

 and descriptions of the best sorts staged upon the occasion referred 

 to. The best of the batch which came from Mr. Bull, of the King's 

 Road, Chelsea, was Jane Salter, a grand Japanese variety, with 

 flowers measuring about seven inches in diameter, and of a pleasing 

 shade of pink. Certainly a most valuable acquisition, because of its 

 early-flowering qualities, and therefore a fine companion to James 

 Salter, which is one of the most beautifully coloured varieties of the 

 Japanese section. The other variety shown by Mr. Bull was 

 Renown, a large finely-incurved flower of a buff or brownish orange 

 colour. Messrs. E. G-, Henderson and Son, of St. John's Wood, 

 had two good Japanese varieties that will ultimately become popular. 

 They were, Bismarck, large and double, with broad sword-shaped 

 florets of a dull orange hue ; and Erecta Superba, a grand flower of 

 medium size, but very full, and of a rich rosy crimson hue. At 

 Stoke Newington, Henry Little, Esq., of Cambridge Park, Twicken- 

 ham, exhibited a sport from Mrs. Hufiington, with flowers of a 

 similar colour to Lord Derby. The flowers are too small to admit of 

 its ever becoming popular, but it will nevertheless be useful for the 

 conservatory. Mr. Little is a most devoted admirer of the chrysan- 

 themum, and cultivates something like 300 varieties. The whole of 

 the plants are grown without stopping or training, and the results 



