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THE FLORAL WORLD AXD GARDT:!? GUIDE. 



be put in pans and be shut up. Old 

 hands at propagating will probably 

 prefer to use dung-heat, and save 

 time thereby. Respecting this, the 

 best of all ways in propagating, it is 

 only needful to remark, for the in- 

 formation of beginners, that such 

 things as roses should not be put in 

 heat immediately they are removed 



from the parent plants. Prepare the 

 cuttings carefully, and dibble them 

 into damp sand in a shady place, and 

 there keep them fresh by occasional 

 sprinkling. They -will require about 

 twelve days to form a "callus," and 

 when that is formed, they should be 

 potted separately, and be put on a 

 sweet moist bottom-heat. S. H. 



FLOWER SHOWS OF JUNE AND JULY. 



RoTAL HOETTCULTCTRAL SoCIETT, 



June 17th. — This show contained 

 several points of great interest. On 

 this occasion Sir \V. Dilke's prizes 

 for dinner-table decorations were com- 

 peted for, a large number entering 

 the lists, the contributions being 

 judged by ladies. Although so many 

 subjects were exhibited, there were 

 none to equal the original designs of 

 Mr. March, and the winning designs 

 were all modifications of his. Another 

 point of great interest in this show 

 was the Pelargoniums which were ex- 

 hibited in such exti'aordinary fine 

 condition by Mr. Nye, gardener to 

 E. B. Foster, Esq., Clewer Manor, 

 that they were the centre of attrac- 

 tion ; the plant of that fine old variety 

 Sanspareil, was a marvel of excellent 

 culture, and the others were remark- 

 ably fine — they were Rose Celestial, 

 Desdemona, Viola, Etna, Ariel, 

 Fairest of the Fair, Lord Clyde, and 

 Perdita. 



Orchids were shown in great 

 numbers, and were admirably done. 

 Mr. W. Mil ford, gardener to E. 

 McMorland, Esq., Haverstock Hill, 

 was first with twenty, all of which 

 were beautiful. He had a finely 

 bloomed plant of Odontoglossum 

 phalfenopsis, a Cattleya species of a 

 beautiful pale rose colour ; besides 

 good plants of Brassavola Digbyana, 

 Barkeria melanocaulon, Cypripedium 

 grandiflorura, C. villosum, Cattleya 

 lobata, A^'anda Batemanii, Van da tri- 

 color superba, and brides odorata. 

 The other successful exhibitors were 

 Mr. G. Baker, gardener to A. Bassett, 

 Esq., Stamford Hill ; Mr. C. Penny, 

 gardener to W. H. Gibbs, Esq., 

 Regent's Park; Mr. J. Green, gar- 



dener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart. ; 

 Mr. S. Woolley, nurseryman, Ches- 

 hunt ; Mr. F. Lovell, gardener to 

 H. E. Gurney, Esq.; and Mr. J. 

 Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq. 



Stove and Greenhouse Plants, and 

 plants with fine foliage, were very 

 numerous ; the Allamandas, Kalo- 

 santhes, Epacris, Pimeleas, Ixoras, 

 and few Azaleas, were in excellent 

 bloom, and exhibited excellent train- 

 ing. Mr. T. Whitebread, gardener 

 to H. Collyer, Esq., was first with 

 fifteen charming plants : Ixora java- 

 nica, Rondeletia speciosa, Pleroma 

 elegans. Erica Cavendishiana, Epacris 

 miniata splendens, Ixora coccinea, 

 Polygala Dalmasiana, Dipladenia 

 crassinoda, Vinca alba rosea, Pimelia 

 mirabilis, and Adenandra fragrans. 



Hoses in pots were principally 

 shown by Messrs. AVm. Paul, Francis, 

 and Terry. The finest plants were 

 Paul Ricaut, Coupe d'Hebe, Juno, 

 Mutabilis, Great Western, Paul 

 Perras, L.tlia, Anna Alexieff", Caro- 

 line de Sansal, Souvenir de la Reine 

 d'Angleterre, Charles Lawson, Mad. 

 Domage, Duke of Cambridge, La 

 Reine, Mad. Willermoz, Mad Hec- 

 tor Jacquin, Chenedole, and Vicom- 

 tesse de Cazes. 



Messrs. Eraser, of Lea Bridge 

 Road, had an unique stand of cut 

 Paeonies, which were produced in su- 

 perb style, and made a very charm- 

 ing display. Mr. C. Turner, of 

 Slough, had a stand of exeellent 

 Pinks, three blooms each of Elcho, 

 Titiens, Princess of Wales, and Car- 

 dinal. Messrs. Low and Co., of 

 Upper Clapton, obtained a first prize 

 for a splendid specimen of Alocasia 

 Lowii; this charming plant was 



