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THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



be the difference between the level of the supply S, and the outfall 0. 

 If these approximate too closely to a dead level, then the flow will be so 

 sluggish that the water will soon get foul. There is always one resource 

 available for remedying defects of level or supply, and that is, to raise or 

 depress O, so as to quicken or slacken the flow of water towards it, and 

 to secure the possibility of altering at any time, there should be a 

 quick fall from the outlet to the drains, brooks, ditches, etc., etc., that 

 are to receive the waste. S. H. 



EXHIBITION'S OF CHRTSANTHEMUMS. 



Although we have had such a de- 

 lightfid summer, which has brought 

 ns an almost unprecedented abun- 

 dance of general crops, the season 

 has not been considered by chrysan- 

 themum growers favourable for that 

 particular flower ; and the reason of 

 this is, that the dry weather which 

 occurred during the early part of the 

 summer was just at the time when 

 the chrj-santhemums make their most 

 vigorous growth : they wei*e there- 

 fore kept in check, and at last made 

 their growth so late, that man)' plants 

 which usually open in the early part 

 of November have refused to bloom 

 at all, and the buds have rotted ofl" 

 when half expanded. This has been 

 the case very generally round London, 

 and only those who have greenliouses 

 and fire heat at command (which 

 makes them to a certain extent inde- 

 pendent of the season) have been able 

 to get their flowers properly bloomed 

 in time for the metropolitan shows. 



The cultivation of the chrysan- 

 themum has, however, received a 

 great impetus by the formation of the 

 Amalgamated Metropolitan Chrysan- 

 themum Society, who have made the 

 experiment of a monster chrysan- 

 themum show, which took place at 

 the Agricultural Hall, Islington, on 

 November 11, 12, and 13, and proved 

 a very fine and successful exhibition. 

 The building is admirably adapted 

 for a promenade, and the London 

 public are indebted to the promoters 

 of the scheme for establishing an 

 agreeable festival at the dullest period 

 of the whole year. The music pro- 

 vided was in good taste, and well 

 adapted to the occasion ; the grand 

 organ played its part at intervals, 



several volunteer bands performed 

 during the day, and each evening an 

 excellent concert of vocal and instru- 

 mental music added to the enjoyment 

 of the visitors. The display of plants 

 and flowers was, perhaps, as fine as 

 has been ever brought together under 

 one roof. The plants were staged 

 on long tables running almost the 

 entire length of the hall, with wide 

 spaces between for promenading ; 

 along each side of the hall was a fine 

 bank of palms, ferns, and other plants 

 with ornamental foliage, which had 

 been kindly furnished for decoration 

 by various nurserymen. The cut 

 blooms were arranged on long tables 

 in the galleries ; these were staged in 

 great numbers, and generally with 

 considerable skill, most of the stands 

 being selected with good judgment, 

 and the individual flowers placed so 

 that they displayed each other's 

 beauties to the greatest advantage. 

 Both plants and flowers were mostly 

 very fresh, and admirably produced. 

 In the former department the gentle- 

 men's gardeners occupied the fore- 

 most position ; but the amateurs were 

 not far behind. The finest collection 

 of sis plants in the whole exhibition 

 were those shown by Mr. Glover, 

 gardener to E. C. Lepage, Esq., Tulse 

 Hill, Brixton ; they were grown as 

 bushes, and were marvels of excel- 

 lent training and profuse blooming. 

 Prince Albert, in this lot, was a marvel 

 of colour, and conspicuous for its 

 beauty ; Chevalier Domage was a 

 mountain of gold ; Dr. Maclean a 

 superb mottled rose; Vesta, Jewess, 

 and Trilby were all fine examples of 

 perfect cultivation. Mr. Howe, of 

 Stoke Newington, exhibited a superb 



