MAY. 125 



The woodcuts contain: 1. a whole plant, and a single flower of the natural 

 size, of Angroccum virens ; 2, a cluster of flowers with one leaf of Echites pel- 

 tata ; 3. flowers and leaves of Clematis indivisa, var, lobata (Hooker) ; 4. leaves 

 and flowers of Linum grandiflorum ; 5. leaves and flowers of Eriocnema niar- 

 nioiatum ; 6. a single flower of Oncidiuni serratum ; 7. flowers and leaves of 

 Tropseolum Dickerianum ; 8. a small branch of Gonolobus Martianus ; 9. a 

 small branch of Lardizabala biternata ; 10. Stanhopea cirrhata ; 11. Stanhopea 

 ecornuta; 12. Stanhopea tricomis; 13. Warrea Candida, a single flower of each. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. J. Houlston. 



WHICH ARE THE BEST, THE NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN 

 RAISED FLOWERS; 



AND FIRST, CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES ? 



I WELCOME Mr. Edwards's challenge to try this question by exhi- 

 bitions, as proposed by him at p. 97 ; and as an earnest of such 

 welcome, 1 beg you to hand him my name and two sovereigns ; for 

 I am quite sure I can collect as much amongst my neighbours. I 

 believe it only requires such an exhibition to convince very many 

 that the assumed differences of opinion do not exist, and that both 

 North and South are much more unanimous than most imagine. 

 We are constantly hearing, " This is a Northern, this is a Southern, 

 this is a Midland county's opinion." Now let us meet on one 

 ground, with the objects before us on which it is presumed there is 

 no unity, and I will engage we shall all be found much more unani- 

 mous than we give one another credit for, merely because we have 

 had no fair opportunity afforded us for the interchange of ophiion, 

 such as the proposed exhibition will give us. It has been too much 

 the practice hitherto for interested parties to raise and perpetuate 

 differences amongst Florists ; let us hope those days are gone, never 

 to return ; and that by a more frequent and friendly communication, 

 a more kindly spirit may be promoted and allowed to prevail, one 

 more in harmony with our (ought to be) refining pursuit. In this 

 spirit let us assist in providing the necessary funds for these exhi- 

 bitions. 



As each contributor to the fund is desired to name one for the 

 office of judge, and as I am on the north of the boundary-line, I 

 propose Mr. Wood of Nottingham, although I have a bone to pick 

 with him, for he has more than once puzzled me with his " Full 

 enough for the North," when, expecting a haycock, I have found the 

 variety in question rising about 25 or 30 degrees only instead of 45. 

 As for the place, any would do for me ; but as I see the good folks 

 of Derby are bestirring themselves, why Derby let it be. 



Nottinghamshire. 7i, 



