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in blooming during the summer season it will be invaluable for seeding 

 being one step in advance in the right direction ; skill and perse- 

 verance must complete the rest. John Salter, F.H.S. 

 Versailles Nursery, Hammersmith Turnpike. 



PLANT CULTURE. 



Is not "Observer" in error as regards the assertion that "Messrs. 

 Veitch and Son sent out Cantua buxifolia and Cantua dependens ?" 

 It strikes me that Dependens was the name originally given when the 

 plant was shewn (always in cut specimens), and that it was subse- 

 quently rechristened Buxifolia by Dr. Lindley. I received it from 

 the Exeter Nurseries at sending-out time, at a cost of 11. 2s., and 

 in my little way grew it to a fair-sized bush ; yet I regret to say it 

 has never bloomed : the fault may have been mine, still " Observer" 

 would lead me to infer that I was not alone ; thus, wanting either 

 patience or knowledge, I cast the plant to the rubbish-heap ; which 

 tends to confirm the argument as set forth by " Observer," that many 

 instances could be cited where plants, although possessing much 

 merit, have been by unsuccessful treatment prematurely discarded, 

 and points to the importance of the remark, that nurserymen, in in- 

 troducing new plants, should give as much of their history as possible, 

 pointing out their native habitats, necessary culture, and other in- 

 formation for the promotion of successful management. One would 

 think that the knowledge of this or that plant being generally seen 

 well done was in itself ample reward for the task of undertaking to 

 teach. As regards a Florist's flower, I knoiv the interest and gratifi- 

 cation felt on beholding a fresh " let out variety" liberally staged at 

 an exhibition, especially if it happens to be one of whose early his- 

 tory one has some knowledge ; it maybe that our plant millionnaires 

 disdain to seek the bubble reputation of a Florist : the very practice 

 touched upon in another article this month goes far to shew that 

 Florists do strive to attain a correct estimate of the qualification of 

 their seedlings under varied culture : so it should be with all. 

 Holloway. J. Edwards. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Two excellent winter- salads were produced on the 18th ult. at 

 the meeting in Regent Street — one by Mr. Fleming, gr. to the Duke 

 of Sutherland, at Trentham ; and the other by Mr. Burns, gr. to 

 Earl Stanhope, at Chevening Park, Sevenoaks. Mr. Fleming had 

 blanched Chicory, Batavian, and other Endive, Water-cresses, white 

 and red Turnip Radishes, Wood's early frame Mustard and Cress, 

 American Cress, Normandy Cress (a large-leaved kind, very different 

 from that usually so named), Corn Salad, a brace of Sion-House 

 Cucumbers, Malta and Hammersmith Cabbage Lettuces, Beet, Bur- 

 net, Chervil, and Celery. Mr. Burns sent Beet, Celery, Radishes, 

 Corn Salad, curled and Batavian Endive, Mustard and Cress, Ameri- 



