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frosts. By whom this splendid sort was raised I cannot say. I 

 bought it accidentally with some others of Messrs. Knight and Perry 

 of Chelsea; and I am happy in finding that Mr. Veitch, jun., has still 

 a fine stock of plants at the Exotic Nursery. I would advise all 

 who love the hardy varieties of this family to possess at least a plant 



Of it. TllEVERBYN. 



[If our correspondent will kindly turn to page 65, vol. v., and 

 page 146 of our present year's volume, he will find that the Rhodo- 

 dendron has not been forgotten by us. On the contrary, we are 

 always happy to put on record any thing of interest regarding this 

 charming shrub, the value of which can hardly be overrated. The 

 great fault of high-coloured Rhododendrons has hitherto been their 

 not flowering sufficiently late to be out of the reach of frost, which in 

 severe springs have invariably destroyed their blossoms. But now, 

 as " Treverbyn" remarks, thanks to the skill and perseverance of those 

 who have given attention to the raising of hybrids, flowers not more 

 remarkable for their brilliancy of colour than for their fine shape have 

 been put upon plants which bloom sufficiently late to escape early 

 frosts. We may, therefore, henceforth expect that this showy ever- 

 green will become even a greater favourite than it ever yet has been ; 

 and our correspondents may rest assured that we shall be but too 

 happy to give any thing of interest connected with the genus a pro- 

 minent place in our pages. — Ed.] 



STOKE-NEWINGTON CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 



Nov. 17. — The Seventh Annual Exhibition of this Society was held at 

 the Manor Rooms, Stoke Newington. The meeting was most suc- 

 cessful, both for flowers and company, the day being exceedingly fine 

 — quite an exception for November. 



We have seen a few stands a trifle superior to any exhibited on 

 the present occasion ; but there were no bad ones ; and, on the whole, 

 we consider it the best exhibition that has taken place of this flower. 

 The Anemone-flowered kinds, however interesting on, the plants, are 

 but poor subjects to show in a cut state, and do not deserve an espe- 

 cial prize ; not so the beautiful Pompons. These are yearly increas- 

 ing in estimation, and were certainly the most interesting objects of 

 the day. Mr. Robinson's plants of the class were the best speci- 

 mens of Chrysanthemum growing we have seen. These plants were 

 clothed with foliage to the pot, and about as much through as they 

 were high, viz. from 18 inches to 2 feet, and beautifully flowered. 

 We give the names and colours of them below. The individual 

 blooms were also clean and fine ; and this has been accomplished in 

 what may be termed the smoke of London. The Pompons shown in 

 a cut state, in bunches, were also very attractive. These should be 

 shown in three spikes, or branches, in a bunch, without reference to 



