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the finest form, very full, and heavily laced with rose-purple. The 

 last Meeting of the Eojal Horticultural Society was devoted chiefly 

 to Fuchsias and Palms. The trade growers of Fuchsias were repre- 

 sented by Messrs. "Wright, of Lee, who were the only exhibitors 

 in the class set apart for nurserymen ; but the amateur growers 

 mustered in strong force, and the prizes in the class for twelve speci- 

 mens in eight-inch pots, and also for six in thirteen-inch pots, were 

 ly contested ; and the first prize in both classes was carried off 

 r. James, gardener to W. F. Watson, Esq., Isleworth, whose 

 mens, although not of large size, were marvels of cultural skill. 

 ae varieties staged by Mr. James, in the collection of twelve, were 

 3-ii -y Girl, Taglioni, Starlight, Lady Heytesbury, Catherine Parr, 

 A.valanche, Killiecrankie, Daniel Lambert, Weeping Beauty, and 

 Generous. Mr. James, it will be remembered, recently contributed 

 >er on Fuchsia Growing to the Floral Woeld, and no one who 

 the plants exhibited by him on the occasion referred to, could 

 4 )t his fitness to offer advice on the cultivation of this graceful 

 /ing plant. The competition in the classes for Palms was also 

 good, and equal first prizes were awarded to Mr. B. G. Williams, 

 C pper Holloway, and Mr. Linden, of Brussels, who has probably 

 the finest collection of Palms in existence. 



The Crystal Palace Bose Show, which was held on the 2-lth ulfc., 

 was rather below the average of former years, although a large 

 number of very fine blooms were staged. The principal trade exhi- 

 bitors were Messrs. Paul, Keynes, Turner, and Mitchell ; and a new 

 exhibitor, Mr. Baker, of Heavitree, Devon, carried off the lion's share 

 of first prizes in the division set apart for amateurs. Amongst the 

 new roses occurred a new English variety, Robert Marnoclc, a grand 

 dark flower, similar in character to Duke of Edinburgh, but more 

 darker in colour, raised and exhibited by Messrs. Paul and Son, 

 Cheshunt. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



MANaraNCr Roses. — A Tyro. — Spread the sweepings of the p'geon-honse over 

 the surface of the border, and the rains will wash its fertilizing properties down to 

 the roots. It can_be used in this manner quite fresh. The frond of the fern received 

 is not sufficiently developed to admit of our giving you its name. 



J. O'Donnell. — The flowers have nothing to do with the maturation of the 

 tubers, and the recommendation for their removal is given simply because the 

 energies of the plants must be diverted fiom their proper course if they have to 

 mature a crop of seed as well as the tubers. Several excellent papers on strawberry 

 culture, by some of the best praeticals living, have appeared in the Floral Woklo 

 within the last few years. Try Messrs. Barr and Sugden, 12, King Street, Covent 

 Garden, for the Tree Onions, as you have experienced a difficulty in obtaining them 

 elsewhere. . *; v-fi 



Christine Hippidey, Slone Easton. — The seedling rose may not flower for 

 another year or two. The plant must not be over-fed. We suppose that it is not 

 possible that you have taken up a sucker from the stock upon which the tree men- 

 tioned is worked. The trees are in a starving state, and the evils arising from 

 dtfective root-action have been increased by the uncongenial weather we have had. 

 There is no remedy for the grubs excepting hand-picking. The soil in which the 

 Lily of the Valley is grown has become exhausted, and the bed should be top- 

 dressed in the autumn with leaf-mould or well decayed manure. 



