24 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



SHOW OF CARNATIONS NEAR WOLVERHAMPTON. 



At a Meeting held at Ounsdale, Wombourn, near Wolverhampton, on the 

 27th of July last, the following prizes for Carnations were adjudged :— 

 Premier Prize — Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Abner Bullock. 



Scarlet Bisarres. — 1, Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Partridge; 2. Seedling, Mr. 

 Aston; 3, Seedling, Mr. Bullock; 4, Kinfare Hero, Mr. Aston; 5, Wild's 

 Perfection, Mr. Walford; 6, Seedling, Mr. Bullock. 



Crimson Bum-res. — 1, Seedling, Mr. Bullock; 2, Spitfire, Mr. Nicklin; 3, 

 Seedling, Mr. Walford; 4, ditto, Mr. Aston; 5, ditto, Mr. Walford; 6, ditto, 

 Mr. Aston. 



Scarlet Flakes. — 1, Bishop of Gloucester, Mr. Elliott; 2, Seedling, Mr. 

 Bullock; 3, Stanley's Union, \Jr. Richards; 4, Rob Roy, Mr. Downing; 5, 

 Lydia, Mr. Jones ; 6, Fair Ellen, Mr. Aston. 



Purple Flakes. — 1, Bellerophon, Mr. Aston; 2, Squire Clarke, Mr. Wal- 

 ford; 3, Cleopatra, Mr. Richards; 4, Turner's Princess, Mr. Aston; 5, Seed- 

 ling, Mr. Partridge; 6, Rosamond, Mr. Bullock. 



Pink Flakes. — 1, Lady Grey, Mr. Walford; 2, Sir George Crewe, ditto; 

 3, Seedling, Mr. Aston; 4, Howe's Princess, ditto; 5, Seedling, Mr. Elliott; 

 6, Lucy Maria, Mr. Bullock. 



Red Picotees.— \ , Vulcan, Mr. W. Wallace; 2, Sir Thomas, Mr. Walford; 

 3, Aliss Bevan, Mr. Downing; 4, Prince George, Mr. Partridge; 5, Elliott, 

 Mr. Elliott; 6, Hird's William the Fourtb, Mr. Walford. 



Purple Picotees. — 1, Isabella, Mr. Walford ; 2, Miss Emma, Mr. Wallace ; 

 3, Beauty of Northampton, Mr. Walford; 4, Hector, Mr. Aston; 5, Moon- 

 raker, Mr. Wallace; 6, Drucella, Mr. Aston. 



REFERENCE TO THE EMBELLISHMENTS. 



1. Chrysanthemum indicum, variety. — The Sulphur Yellow. This kind is 

 also called Early Yellow, Sulphurea, Sulphurea Superba, Brimstone, and 

 Straw coloured. It is one of the most graceful and handsome flowering 

 kinds, and merits a place in every collection. It comes into bloom at an 

 early period, before all others, excepting the quilled white. The flowers have 

 a very strong Chamomile scent. The leaves are very deeply indented, bav- 

 in" the lobes very distinct from each other, and the serrattures are sharp 

 pointed. This kind was introduced into this country from China by the 

 late Thomas Evans, Esq., of Stepney, having been brought over for him by 

 Captain Henry Wilson. 



2. C. indicum, var. Wheeler's Sanguinea. 



3. C. indicum, var. Wheeler's Expanded Crimson. Both the latter kinds 

 are hvbrids, recently raised in this country. They are a most valuable addi- 

 tion to this pleasing tribe of autumnal flowering plants. All the kinds may 

 be readily obtained at most of the public nursery establishments, at a very 

 moderate charge. Being of easy culture, the whole tribe recommend them- 

 selves to every lover of flowers. We cultivate about sixty kinds, and the 

 varieties in colour and form of flowers produce a most striking and beautiful 

 effect. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR JANUARY. 



Dahlias. — Seed should be sown any time about the latter end of the - 

 month or early in the next. The old roots should be potted and placed in 8 

 hotbed frame, or stove, for early flowering, or raising by slips. 



Roses. — Those growing in pots, if placed in the stove, will bloom about 

 the latter end of March. 



Tclips.— The beds will require sheltering from severe storms of hail, rain 

 tec, if such occur. 



