

FOREIGN NOTICES. 



noKTiouLTUKAL EXHIBITION AT CuiswioK, JoLT 9. — We take the following extracts from 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle: 



Rose* (cut) were shown in abundance, and maintninin;^ as they did their freshness and fragrance 

 well, they formed, as they generally do in July, a higlily attractive feature of the show. Col- 

 lections of fifty varieties were produced l>y Messi-s. Lane, Pail, Francis, Clauke, and Wilkinson, 

 and of twenty-five varieties by Messi"s. Tkrry, Evans, Rowland, Blsbv, Sage, Munro, Blcktrolt, 

 and Gair. Among the different exhibitions we remarked excellent blooms of Provins or Cabbage: 

 iladame Henrietta, large rosy pink ; Cristata, bright rose. Gallica : Ijizarre Marbre, mottled 

 crimson ; Boule de Xanteuil, reddish crimson ; Keaii, brillinnt carmiiir ; graiulissima, bright crim- 

 son ; Lalitie, mottled crimson ; Shukspeare, shaded deep crimson; Triomphe de .Jaussens, blight 

 crimson. Alba: Due de Luxembourg, white, with a blush center. J/i/brid China: Brennus, 

 bright carmine; General Jacquimot, large shaded lake; Lady Stuart, blush. Hybrid Bourbon : 

 Clu'-iiedole, dark crimson ; Comtesse Mole, pink ; Comtessc de Lacepede, blush ; Coupe de II6be, 

 pink; Great Western, red ; Paul Perras, pink; Paul Rieaut, deep carmine. Damask: Ism6ne, 

 white; Madame Zoutman, creamy white. Ili/br id Perpetual : Amandine, jdnk ; Baronne Hallcz, 

 fine crimson ; Baronne Prevost, very large pink ; Dr. Marx, rosy carmine ; Caroline de Sausal, 

 beautiful blush ; Clementine Seringe, large shaded blush ; Cornet, bright pink ; Duchess of Suth- 

 erland, beautiful blush ; Earl Talbot, deep rosy pink ; Gcant des Batailles ; General Negrier, 

 blush ; Jacques Lafitte, pale carmine ; Comte de Paris, pale crimson ; Madame Trudeaux, beauti- 

 ful carmine ; Miss Pepin, large delicate pink ; Queen, rose ; Robin Ilood, rosy pink ; Soleil d' 

 Austerliz, carmine ; William Jesse, crimson, tinged with lilac ; Comte llobrinsk}-, bright crimson. 

 Bourbon: Souvenir de la Malmaison, creamy white, with a blush center; Acidalie, French white; 

 Bouquet de Flore, rose ; Souchet, deep crimson ; Dupetit Thouars, ditto ; Leveson Gower, car- 

 mine ; Paul Joseph, purplish crimson. Tea: Devoniensis, creamy white ; Niphetos, pale lemon; 

 BougOsre, rose ; Elise Sauvage, yellow ; Saffranot, fawn. Noisette : Lamarque, pale lemon ; Aim6e 

 Vibert ; and Solfaterre, sulphur. 



Messrs. Lane showed boxfuls of Geant des Batailles and Paul Rieaut, both in beautiful condi- 

 tion, more especially the latter, which is one of the best Roses we have ; Messrs. Pavl had a 

 seedling Moss whieh is distinct and promises to be an acquisition. 



Xew Plants. — The most important of these was the beautiful Ceratostema longiflorum, from 

 Messrs. Yeitcii. The same nurserymen also sent Philesia buxifolia and a pretty hybrid A^eronica 

 called variegata. It was in the way of V. Andersoni, but the flower-spikes were tipped with 

 pink instead of violet. Messi-s. Lee sent Begonia Prestoniensis ; Mr. Selkirk, of Porters, near 

 Barnet, furnished a large specimen of the handsome Lapageria rosea, producing some dozen 

 flowers; and Messrs. Henderson sent Gaylussaeia i)ulehra, a promising plant from their nursery 

 in Wellington Road, along with a yariegated Anauassa, Iloya Sieboldi, and one or two other 

 plants; Mr. Taylor showed the common Arum Dracunculus in this class, and Mr. Green an Ixora, 

 called neriifolia. 



Varnlsh for Iron-work. — Locksmiths and others, says the Home Companion, working at the 

 forge are accustomed to blacken the articles intended for railroads by making them red-hot, and 

 burning on them some linseed oil. This plan, which is practised to improve the appearance of 

 the articles and to protect them from rusting, is not economical nor always successful : it fails 

 when the combustion of the oil has been too great. By the following process a varnish is made 

 without the above disadvantages, which gives to the articles a better appearance : Dissolve, in 

 about two pounds of tar-oil, something more than half a pound of asphaltum, and a like quantity 

 of pounded resin ; the mixing is performed hot in an ii-on kettle, care being taken to prevent any 

 contact with the flame. When cold the varnish is poured into a vessel and kept for use. These 

 varnishes are for out-door wood and iron-work, not for japanning, leather, or cloth. Oil var- 

 nishes are used for patent leather, and copal for japanning metal. — Builder, in London Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle. 



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