FOREIGN NOTICES, 



able buth for its fragrance and color, and under good management the above named Tarieties will 

 form handsome specimens. Young plants for this purpose should be started in a moist gentle heat 

 about March, and liberally shifted into thoroughly drained pots, when found necessary, frequently 

 pinching off the ends of the shoots, to keep tliem dwarf and compact. The lower shoots 

 should be tied down to the edge of the pots, and the remainder should be neatly regulated. The 

 plants should then be moved to a cool and more airy situation, and the syringe should be freely 

 used in line weather, and they should also be liberally supplied with water during the summer 

 months, by which time they will form large handsome specimens, and should be placed in the 

 greenhouse, where they will remain a long time in perfection. Manure water should be given 

 freely during the blooming season. — E. B., Gard. Chron. 



National Floricdltural Society, September 7. — Several seedling Dahlias were produced; Mr. 

 Dodds, of Salisbury, had Miss Herbert, bronzy pink, with light tip ; Lord Raglan, a flower like 

 Sir John Franklin, but lighter; and Mrs. Stowe, bright lilac ])ink, to which a certificate of Merit 

 was awarded. Mr. Wheeler sent blooms of Lord Bath, a deep maroon, good in form and substance, 

 and Primrose Peerless, a promising flower. Mr. Keynes sent Ruby Queen, a well formed medium 

 sized flower, to which a first-class certificate was awarded; Comet, plate yellow, and pink, slight- 

 ly striped with crimson, which received a certificate of merit; and Lady Folkeston, yellowish 

 buff tipped with bright rosy purple, which also received a certificate of merit. Mr. Rawlings 

 sent Miss Frampton, deep red ground with shaded white tip, good form and substance, and well 

 deserving the first-class certificate which was awarded to it. Mr. Pope, of Pimlico, exhibited 

 Omer Pacha, scarlet, and Mrs. Howard, light yellow, shaded and tipped with deep salmon ; a 

 certificate of merit was awarded to the latter variety. A few good seedling Hollyhocks came 

 from Mr. Parsons, of Welwyn, but as single blooms only of each variety were shown the judges 

 could not give any awards. Messrs. Dobson and Son sent a dwarf white Phlox, called Omniflora 

 compacta, to which a certificate of merit was awarded ; and blooms of a seedling light-colored 

 Verbena, called Fragrans. Mr. Cole, of St. Alban's, exhibited cut blooms of his very pretty pure 

 white bedding Calceolaria, Purity, a variety that should be extensively grown for bedding pur- 

 poses. Mr. Rawlings also exhibited his seedling Dahlias, Dr. Reid, dark purple, and Mr. Critchett, 

 deep scarlet. 



September 21. — Dahlias were again exhibited in considerable numbers. Tlie Rev. C. Fellows, 

 of Shottisham Rectory, near Norwich, sent eight varieties, consisting of Cossack, a brilliant car- 

 mine, full sized flower, with close, well-formed centre ; the Nigger, which is perhaps the darkest 

 flower grown, being nearly black, and smaller in the petal than Essex Triumph. Three blooms 

 of each of the above two varieties were shown, and both had certificates awarded them. Mr. 

 Fellows also sent 12 blooms of his Pre-eminent, a large deep purple, and very constant, but not 

 in a condition to receive any award. The other five were — Tasso, dark shaded puce, rather small, 

 but fine in petal and form ; Portrait, a light orange scarlet; Harbinger, an improved Shyloek, a 

 very deep flower; Agincourt, bright purple, and very promising; and Glonlyon and General 

 "Washington; the two latter not good. Mr. C. J. Perry, of Birmingham, was awarded a first class 

 certificate for his seedling fancy Dahlia, Baron Alderson, orange, tipped with white, Mr. J. S. 

 Prockter, of Bermodsey, sent three varieties — Fanny Russell, Empress, and Miss Russell. The 

 first named is a pretty fancy flower, of good shape and medium size, salmon bufl", tipped with 

 pale flesh color ; this is a neat, smooth flower, and had a certificate awarded to it. Empress i.* a 

 pretty light kind, something like Annie Salter. Miss Russell, lilac, is all that can be desired in 

 form, but has a loose imperfect centre, the petal standing upright instead of incurving. Lollipop, 

 exhibited by G. Holmes, Esq., is a large reflexed flower, with a high centre; the outline is very 

 good, being nearly half a globe, of a curious pinkish buff color. Three blooms were exhibited, 

 and a certificate was awarded to it, although a seedling of 1854. A first class certificate was 

 awarded to Mr. C. Turner, of Slough, for Espartero, a flower of great substance, smooth, and of 

 "■ood form; the centre is close and high; the petals small, close, and well-arianged, nine blooms 

 of this variety were exhibited. Dr. Reed, a dark maroon Dahlia, was exhibited by Mr. Rawlings, 

 and has some good points, but as exhibited there was not enough of it There were also nine 

 blooms of Holmes' Ringleader, exhibited in excellent condition. Mr. Holmes sent twelve blooms 



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