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of that variety. Dr. Julliard is another acquisition for exhibition, 

 being a bold, fine Rose, but of the old-fashioned colour. 



The novelties were scarce. A seedling H. P., Lady Shelley, 

 exhibited by Mr. Mitchell, of Piltdown, Sussex, is a fine large 

 shaded crimson ; but whether a foreign or an English production it 

 was not stated. Messrs. Paul produced Moss Princess Alice, which, 

 as your plate will shew, is quite distinct — a lilac-tinted pink, deeper 

 in the centre, and shading off to white. Its habit also appears robust. 

 They had also a box of Bourbon Prince Albert, which gave a better 

 idea of it than what had been before exhibited. Its colour is that of 

 Cornice de Seine et Marne, but larger and a better shape. The most 

 beautiful box of the season was, however, Messrs. Lane's Paul Ricaut, 

 which for shape and colour has never been surpassed. To Bourbons, 

 Louise Odier, a bright rose-colour, with very stout petals, was the 

 only recent addition. 



Nothing at the exhibitions was more striking than the Roses in 

 pots. The size which the plants have attained, and the masses of 

 flowers with which they were covered, made them one of the most 

 attractive features of the earlier shows. It is difficult to particularise 

 whose specimens out of any collection were best, as they were so 

 generally good. The only plant that could be considered in any de- 

 gree superior to its compeers was a very fine plant of Devoniensis, in 

 Mr. Francis's collection. Mr. Terry's Persian Yellow was a finer 

 specimen of pot-rose culture than we think was ever before seen. 

 Mr. Busby had a not very large but an exquisitely bloomed plant of 

 Geant des Batailles, all the blooms (and there were plenty of them) 

 being so bright. Messrs. Lane's Coupe d'Hebe is, however, the best 

 plant of all the collections ; and this year it was indeed magnificent. 

 Magna Rosea was nearly equal to it. Juno was also beautifully 

 bloomed ; and a plant of Madame Fontaine, a small white, was a 

 mass of blossom. Auguste Mie, from the beauty of the compara- 

 tively young plant exhibited, will soon be a favourite. 



In Messrs. Paul's, that beautiful Tea, Madame de St. Joseph, 

 again made its appearance ; but so evenly excellent w T ere the plants 

 exhibited, that it was impossible to make a fair selection ; and, as a 

 whole, it may be said that the Queen of Flowers is now taking a 

 position (thanks to the energy of the growers and the encouragement 

 given by the societies) to which she is fairly entitled. 



Ealing. C. G.Wilkinson. 



AURICULAS. 



Allow me to say a few words in reply to your correspondent, 

 Iota, in reference to my method of using bones in the cultivation of 

 the Auricula. 



I have employed bones, as described in the April number of the 

 Florist, for several years, and have never sustained any injury 



