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His different composts are for 



Light Loam, Half Loam, Half Peat 



Do. Rich do Half do. Half Vegetable Mould. 



or * do. § peat, and § old hotbed dung. 



Sandy Peat Peat and fine sand. 



Rich Sandy Loam 5 Dung to Sandy Loam. 



Strong Rich do 3 do. to a strong clayey Loam. 



Very Light do § Peat, and 3 Loam. Tulip. 



New Plants. — Mr. Young exhibited, at the London Horticultural Society 

 Meeting, a new plant similar in flower to a Fox-Glove, introduced from China. 

 From the Garden of the Society, Douglasi nivalis, an alpiue plant from Canada. 

 Aristolochia trilobata, remarkable for the long tails of the flower. Nemophila 

 insignis, pots of it in bloom, it is of a most beautiful blue. Berberis aquifolium, 

 the only hardy evergreen plant sent by the late Mr. Douglas. 



METROPOLITAN SOCIETY OF FLORISTS AND AMATEURS. 



At a Meeting of the Committee of the above Society, held April 14th., it was 

 unanimously Resolved, 



" That a die be piepared for a Silver Medal, to be presented to Provincial So- 

 cieties, for the purpose of being awarded to the cottager, who shall take most 

 prizes in the year for flowers; and that the following Societies be apprized that 

 they will receive one each as soon as completed, for such purpose, viz., Bristol 

 Bath, Cheltenham, Cambridgeshire, Wallingford, Sheffield, Yorkshire East 

 Riding, Swansea, with such others as may be determined on hereafter by the 

 Committee. I understand that any other Provincial Society applying to the 

 above committee for a Medal, for the purpose specified, will meet with immediate 

 attention. 



London, April 29th. J. C. C. 



LIST OF FLORICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL MEETINGS, 



TO BE HELD IN JUNE. 



Bath Royal Horticultural Society. — Pinks, Ranunculuses, and other 

 Flowers, Fruits, &c. on Thursday 23rd. 



Beverley and East-Riding of Yorkshire, Wednesday, June 8th. 



Bromley, Kent, June 18/h. 



Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society, to be held at Cambridge, on 

 Wednesday 8th, 15th, and '22nd. 



Cheltenham Horticultural Society, for Ranunculuses, Pinks, Fruits, 

 &c. on Tuesday 11th. 



Dorking (Surrey) Horticultural Society, for Geraniums, Ranunculuses, 

 Pinks, Calceolarias, Roses, and Fruits, on Saturday 25th. 



East London Horticultural Society, for Ranunculuses, &c. held at the 

 Salmon and Ball Inn, Bethnal Green, on Monday 13/ A. 



Hertfordshire Horticultural Society, to be held at Hertford, on Wed- 

 nesday 29th. 



London Horticultural Meetings, at the Offices in Regent-Street, on 

 Tuesday, June 7th and2\st ; and a grand Exhibition at the Gardens, on Satur- 

 day the I \lli. 



Metropolitan Society, for Roses, Ranunculuses, Pinks, and other Flowers, 

 to be held at Vauxhall, on Thursday 23rd. 



Reading Horticulture Society, on Tuesday 21st. 



Sheffield Horticultural Society. — Ranunculuses, Pinks, and other 

 Flowers, Fruits, &c. on Wednesday 22nd. 



Stamford Hill (near London) Horticultural Society, for Geraniums, 

 Roses, Ranunculuses, l'inks, Pansies, and other Flowers and Fruits, on Wednes- 

 day Klh, I5lh, or 22nd. 



Si m'.iiiv Pink Show, held at the Flower-Pot Inn, on Wednesdag 2<Mh. 



Tamworth (Staffordshire) Horticultural Society. — Roses, I'inks, Ranun- 

 culuses, 5.f Wednesday 29th. 



Woolwich Horticultural Society. — Pinks, &c. held at the Barrack Ta- 

 1, on Friday 17/A. 



