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From which the life, that fills ancrwarms 

 Its grateful being, first had birth. 



'Tis thus, though woo'd by flattering friends, 



And fed with fame (if fame it be). 

 This heart, my own dear mother, bends, 



With love's true instinct, back to thee ! " 



Rely on it, when a man's half-fried with heat and stung with mos- 

 quitoes, it is a very favourable time to remember his mother. 



The Erratic Man. 

 [To be continued.] 



HAMMERSMITH HEARTSEASE SOCIETY: 



ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING, HELD AT THE THATCHED HOUSE, MAY 2. 



After the long-continued ungenial weather, we were pleasingly 

 surprised to witness such a display of flowers as was produced on 

 this occasion. Some of the blooms were of extraordinary size ; and 

 the number of ^dsitors and exhibitors shewed in what favour this 

 pet of the Florist continues to be held. Nearly forty gathered round 

 Mr. Lidgard's mahogany after the exhibition, and, we learn, did as 

 much justice to his provision as they had previously done the flowers. 

 The following account of the winning collections, &c. will be accept- 

 able to our readers. 



Seedling, Mr. Beck (Turner), received a certificate ; also a prize 

 presented by H. Brown, Esq. for the best seedling of the day. It 

 is a yellow ground, of great substance of petal, and of velvety texture ; 

 perfectly smooth on the edge, and particularly flat. 



Nurserymen. — 1st prize, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough : Constella- 

 tion (Thomson), Queen of England (Fellowes), Disraeli (Hunt), Bellona 

 (Hooper), Mrs. Hamilton (Nasmyth), Rubens (Turner), this is a seedling not 

 out; Rainbow (Hall), Miss Edwards (Turner), Duke of Norfolk (Bell), Aurora 

 (Bell), Hector, Ophir (Widnall), Supreme (Youel), Zabdi (Thomson), Climax 

 (Bell), Privateer (Turner), Malvern, Duchess of Rutland (Thomson), Addison 

 (Turner), Almanzor (Le Messurier), Leader (Hooper), Lucy Neal (Scotcher), 

 Helen (Hunt), Mr. Beck (Turner), this is a seedling not out ; Emma (Lane), 

 Juventa (Hooper), Sambo (Hale), Goliath (Bragg), Thisbe, Milton (Major), 

 Duchess of Norfolk (Bragg), Polyphemus (Thomson), Mrs. Beck (Turner), 

 Mazeppa, Lord Hardinge (Gossettj, Gem (Turner). 



2d prize, Mr. Thomson, Iver : Climax, Constellation, Cremona, Disraeli, 

 Fire-King, Aurora, Duke of Norfolk, Emperor, Fair Flora, Ada, Armosa, Mas- 

 terpiece, Mrs. Hamilton, Snowflake, Miss Thomson, Elegant, Harmony, Juventa, 

 Rainbow, Polyphemus, Queen of England, Mars, Duchess of Rutland, Sambo, 

 Maria, Privateer, Paris, Samson, Penelope, Conductor, Caroline, Corsair, Ma- 

 tilda, Lady Franklin, Agamemnon, Jenny Lind. 



3d prize, Mr. Bragg, Star Nursery, Slough : Climax, Premier, Constellation, 

 Almanzor, Clio, Duke of Norfolk, Sir R. Peel {very fine), Juventa, Aurora, 

 Zabdi, Exquisite, Rainbow, Mrs. Bragg, Model of Perfection, Ophir, Lord Har- 

 dinge, Supreme, Lucy Neal, Great Brittiin, Caliston, Disraeli, Tartar, Milton, 

 Mrs. Hamilton, Viceroy, Polyphemus, Helen, Privateer, Mrs. Beck, Flying 

 Dutchman, Masterpiece, Queen of England, Duchess of Rutland, Emma. 



Amateurs' 24 Blooms. — 1st prize, Mr. Treacher, Wycombe : Juventa, Pre- 



