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THE FLORIST. 



These trials have been made with autumnal-blooming Roses only — 

 hybrid perpetuals for the most part ; and it is by no means impro- 

 bable that in other localities different results might be obtained. My 

 situation is near the south-eastern coast; my soil a rich adhesive 

 loam, resting on a sub -stratum of undrained retentive clay. Will any 

 amateur take up this interesting subject, institute fresh experiments, 

 and give the floricultural community the benefit to be obtained by the 

 publication of the results ? 



I subjoin a list of the varieties with which the beds are now filled, 

 and from which I am still enabled (Oct. 11) to cut a handsome 

 bouquet every morning. 



Hybrid Perpetual. 

 Aubernon. 

 Auguste Mie. 

 Augustine Mouchelet. 

 Baronne Hallez. 

 Baronne Prevost. 

 Caroline de Sansal. 

 Comte de Montalivet. 

 Comtesse Duchatel. 

 Dr. Marx. 



Duchess of Sutherland. 

 Ge'ant des Batailles. 

 Jacques Lafitte. 

 La Reine. 

 Lady Alice Peel. 

 Louis Buonaparte. 

 Madame Aimee. 

 Madame Guillot. 

 Madame Laffay. 

 Madame Pepin. 

 Madame Trudeaux. 



Pius IX. 



Reine des Fleurs. 



Robin Hood. 



Sidonie. 



Standard of Marengo. 



William Jesse. 



Bourbon. 



Acidalie. 



Ceres. 



Dupetit Thouars. 



George Cuvier. 



Henri Lecoq. 



La Gracieuse. 



Madame Margat. 



Menoux. 



Souchet. 



Souvenir de la Malmaison. 



China. 



Mrs. Bosanquet. 



A. S. H. 



SLOUGH AMATEUR DAHLIA SHOW. 



Sept. 26. — As many varieties continue in perfection much longer than others, 

 it may be interesting to know the names of the winning kinds at this late season. 

 Late planting will not prolong the beauty of some sorts, Sir F. Bathurst for in- 

 stance ; on the contrary, the second and third crops of blooms are the best of 

 very full flowers. The first and second stands on this occasion were equal to 

 any we have seen this season, Mr. Robinson's being exceedingly neat. The 

 second stand contained a large full flower of Alice, shown in the back tier. 

 There is no question as to the quality of this variety when caught, or of its un- 

 certainty generally. 



12 Blooms. — 1st. Mr. J. Robinson, Pimlico, with Plantagenet. Triumphant, 

 Wellington, Morning Star, Mr. Seldon, Sir C. Napier, Queen of Lilacs, Abso- 

 lom, Shylock, Standard of Perfection, Alice, Red Gauntlet. 2d. Mr. Jeffrey, 

 Hedgerley, with Mr. Seldon, Whittington, Alice, Plantagenet, Mrs. Seldon, 

 Amazon, Bob, Malvina, Essex Triumph, Wellington, Edmund Foster, R. Cob- 

 den. 3d. Mr. Prockter, Bermondsey, with Sir R. Peel, Mrs. Bacon, Red 

 Gauntlet, Queen of Lilacs, R. Cobden, Mrs. Seldon, Wellington, Fame, Lilac 

 King, Morning Star, Wellington, Bishop of Hereford. 4th. — Dyson, Esq., 

 Stoke, with Sir C. Napier, Yellow Standard, Queen of Whites, Queen of Beau- 



