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THE FLORAL WOULD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



heavy. Still, among these there are 

 some very useful and bea\itiful pro- 

 ductions, such as semicircular flower- 

 boxes witli perforated lids,baskets and 

 boxes for suspending, and pot 8 suitable 

 to receive plants for the side-board, 

 dining- table, or wherever the appear- 



ance of a common flower-pot would be 

 objectionable. People who wish to have 

 their windows and tables made attrac- 

 tive with plants in elegant receptacles 

 CHunot do better than make acquaint- 

 ance with these forms of imitative 

 pottery by visiting the houses named. 



ILLUSTEATED ELOEICULTUEAL JOUENALS. 



OuE favourite botanical work is 

 Verschaffelt's " L'lllustration Horti- 

 cole," issued by Verschafielt, of 

 Ghent, and obtainable in England for 

 a subscri, ti m of 14.s. 6d. a-year. It 

 is published monthly, and is richly 

 illustrated with coloured figures of 

 new plants, accompanied with de- 

 scriptions, which occasionally evince 

 considerable botanical and horticul- 

 tural knowledge. The editor is M. 

 Lemaire, an enthusiastic cultivator, 

 who possesses the happy art of blend- 

 ing the elegancies of erudition with 

 sound practical information. Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson & Son, of Welling- 

 ton Nursery, St. John's-wood, have 

 for some time past published a superb 



quarterly work, called " The Illus- 

 trated Bouquet," of which we have 

 Part XV. before us. This is a truly 

 magnificent work, chiefly devoted to 

 figures and descriptions of new 

 flowers. The present issue contains 

 plates of Imantophyllum miniatum. 

 Primula preniteus filicifolia rubra, 

 the new Strawberry Titien, and 

 Eeineckia carnea variegata. This 

 work is in small folio, and is published 

 at 7*. 6d. each number. Either of 

 these works is adapted for the draw- 

 ing-room table, and as we are fre- 

 quently asked to recommend serials 

 with coloured figures, we have much 

 pleasure in namin g these two as among 

 the best of the class. 



FLOWER SHOWS OF FEBRUARY AND JFARCH. 



EOYAL HOKTICULTUBAL SoCIETY, 



Febboary 25th. — This was the first 

 show of the season, and was essen- 

 tially a small one, but quite satisfac- 

 tory as to the quality of the contri- 

 butions. There was just enough 

 competition in hyacinths to give them 

 an interest, and to bring out by re- 

 markable contrast the qualities of 

 those shown by Messrs. Cutbush and 

 Mr. W. Paul, who fairly distanced all 

 other competitors. The hyacinths, 

 crocuses, and tulips were arranged on 

 one side the room, forming a bank of 

 flowers marvellously fresh and fra- 

 grant, and on the other side were 

 placed the miscellaneous collections of 

 spring flowers, novelties, and speci- 

 men furnishing plants. At the end 

 of the compartment, Mr. William 

 Paul set up a semicircular stand of 

 hyacinths, on which were upwards of 

 a hundred plants, admirably grouped 

 and containing many superb spikes of 

 flower. Messrs. Cutbush took the 

 lead in Class 1 for twelve hyacinths, ac- 



cording to custom ; tiiiirs was a truly 

 magnificent collection, so arranged 

 that every spike set ofl" the colours of 

 its neighbours, and so beautifully 

 even that they appeared as if formed 

 from the same model, although they 

 were of very difl^erent habit and 

 colour. Mr. W. Paul of Waltham 

 Cross was second. The prizes offered 

 by Messrs. Cutbush served to bring to 

 the show several good collections from 

 amateurs, the best of which was that 

 by Mr. A. Carr. 



Messrs. Cutbush were again first 

 in the class for a collection of twelve 

 pots of tulips; these, for the style in 

 which they were exhibited, the size 

 and colour of the blooms, all expanded 

 to the very point of perfection, and 

 the ample and healthy foliage, were 

 decidedly the best collection of 

 flowers at the show ; and formed per- 

 haps the finest lot of tulips ever exhi- 

 bited. Mr. W. Young, gardener to 

 E. Barclay, Esq., Highgate, toot first 

 prize for twelve pots of tulips grown 



