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white edges, and a preponderance of grey and green edges. Of Selfs 

 there were Oxonian and JMango. In white edges, Pillar of Beauty, 

 Smihng Beauty, and Catherina. Grey edges consisted of Cheetham's 

 Lancashire Hero, Squire Chihnan, Duke of Cambridge, Ringleader, Ne 

 Plus Ultra. Conqueror of Europe, Privateer, Lady Mildmay, Napoleon, 

 and Liberty. Ot" green edges, there were Smith's Britannia, Lovely 

 Ann, Prince of Wales, Apollo, Lord Nelson, and Conductor. 



Mr. Gaines sent a large collection of cut Mimulus, some of which 

 were very pretty. 



FiiuiT. — The season has been so unfavourable for forcing, that a 

 large quantity could not reasonably be expected. Some good things, 

 however, were placed on the tables. A nicely swelled and coloured 

 Queen Pine from Mr. Price, a Jamaica from Mr. Clements, and a 

 smaller Moscow Queen from Mr. Fleming, were selected for prizes, as 

 was a well grown Providence from ]\Ir. Robinson, gr. to Lord Boston. 

 Black Grapes were shown pretty numerously ; by far the best were 

 those shown by ]\Ir. Clements, from Oak-hill ; next came Mr. Slow, 

 My. Dods, Mr. Fleming, &c. In white Grapes a dish of Frontignans 

 from Mr. Breadley were first ; these were ripe and coloured, which 

 could scarcely be said of the others. Mr. Fleming had three dishes of 

 JPeaches and Nectarines, and with only one competitor ; these were 

 fully ripened and finely coloured — a great deal to say, with the season 

 we have had. Strawberries were, generally speaking, fine ; a collection 

 of three dishes from Mr. M'Ewen, Arundel, contained some well-grown 

 and coloured fruit of the British Queen, Eleanor, and Victoria ; there 

 were besides capital samples of Keens' Seedling, which is still one of 

 the best forcing Strawberries we have. Two Persian Melons were 

 shown by Mr. Fleming, and one by JMr. Robinson ; and well-grown 

 Cherries by Mr. Ingram, of the Iloyal Gardens, and Mr. Fleming. 

 We must conclude by noticing a brace of fine Cucumbers, the " Hima- 

 laya," shown by Mr. Roser, of Streatham. 



WINTERING FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



I BEG to thank you for your article on wintering florists' flowers, most 

 of which is as applicable to the low grounds and exposed situation of 

 north-east Lincolnshire, in parts of which you may travel for twenty 

 miles without seeing a tree of ordinary size to break the east winds, as 

 it is for your own more metropolitan neighbourhood. Will you, however, 

 permit me to add to it a caution or two arising out of some mistakes, 

 from the consequences of which I am now suftering ? In the first place. 

 Auriculas, you say, are easy to winter ; and so they are ; and I rather 

 wonder at your visitors objecting to them that tliey are otherwise. 

 Being an Alpine plant, and of considerable elevation, their constitution 

 is susceptible of great cold without injury, at least under proper conditions, 

 that is, as you state, if they are dry ; and also, I would add, if they are 

 protected either with their natural snow or with a proper equivalent for 

 it. When in pots under glass they are deprived of their snow covering 



