THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



MARCH 1st, 1842. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



DAHLIA SUPERFLUA var. (Superfluous Dah/ia, Garden Varieties.) 



Composite. Syngenesia Superklua. 



[Named by Antonio Joseph Cavan'lles, a Spanish Botanist, in compliment to 

 Andrew Dahlj a pupil of Linnaeus, and a celebrated Botanist in Sweden.] 



Attila (Whale's), a seedling raised by Mr. W. R. Whale, of Elcot, 

 near Newbury, in Berkshire, who has raised some of the best Dahlias 

 in cultivation. The description Mr. Whale gives is, " that it is a fine 

 round flower, possessing great depth of petals, and he can recommend 

 it with great confidence as a first-rate show flower." 



ARTICLE II. 



FLORICULTURAL GLEANINGS— No. 6. 

 DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS ON A FEW CARNATIONS. 



BY MR. WILLIAM HARUISON, SECRETARY TO THE VEI.TON FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



At this season of the year, when the florist's stock is spell bound 

 under a deep covering of snow, and the thermometer is standing 

 considerably below the freezing point, little remains to amuse the 

 leisure hours of the florist but the reminiscences of the past season, 

 and his anticipation of that which is forthcoming, and the commence- 

 ment of which a few fleeting months will soon bring. In the ab- 

 sence of out-of-door attractions, I therefore sit down to fulfil my 

 promise of offering to the readers of the Cabinet a few descriptive 

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