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My flowers are forced in hot-houses and forcing-pits. I want a conservatory 

 merely to place them in for exhibition when in full flower ; and should like to 

 know what mode of heating a house yon think best agrees with Geraniums, &c. 

 during the winter. 



Norwich. E. D. L. 



REMARKS. 



Hammersmith Heartsease Society. May 31. — The first show was held at 

 Mr. Lidgard's, and if we may judge from the numerous competitors and the 

 beauty of the flowers, the society is in a fair way of becoming useful to the 

 growth of that very interesting flower. The following is a list of the prizes: — 

 First Class Amateurs, 24 blooms; first prize, 3/., to Mr. Edmonds, Wands- 

 worth, for Grand Duke of Russia, Delicata, Lady Peel, Mulberry Superb, 

 Eclipse, Miss Stainforth, Vivid, Beauty of Hitchen, Yellow Defiance, Jewess, 

 Curion, Tippoo Saib. Duke of Devonshire, Edmonds' Freak, Una, Robespierre, 

 Imogene, Russian Duke, Herbert, Flora Superb, Miracle, Desirable, Prince 

 Albrrt, and Giantess. Second prize, 1/. 10s., to Mr. Bridges, Hampton, for 

 Rival Duke, Bridges' Purple Perfection, Imogene, Lady Pee!, Hamlet, Lane's 

 Purple, Jehu, Jewess, Delicata, Yellow Defiance, Pratt's Queen. Eclipse, Miss 

 Stainforth, Brown's Eliza, Curion, Marmion, River Lee Rival, Fairy Queen, 

 Olympia Superb, Pontiff, Angelina, Bridesmaid, Robespierre, aud Grand Turk. 

 Third prize, 1/., to Mr. Bridges, Carshalton, for Grand Duke of Russia, Vivid, 

 Eclipse, Pearl, Giantess, Alpha, Bridges' Falconer, Bridges' Charshalton Hero, 

 ditto Mrs. Bridges, ditto Lady Peel, ditto Cream, Henby's Sambo, Diogenes, 

 Eringa, Page's Wellington, Curion, Jewess, Sovereign, Champion, Warren's 

 Jewess, Lady Fuller, Baroness, and Bathonia. Fourth prize, 15s., to Mr. 

 Gillingham, Turnham Green, for Vivid, Miss Stainforth, Eclipse, Peter Dick, 

 Miracle, Jewess, Grand Duke, British Queen, Flora Superb, La Superba, Ultra " 

 Flora, Beauty of Hitchen, Lane's Wellington, Juliet, Lane's Coionation, Prince 

 Albert, Colonel Dundas, Amulet, Olympia. Argo, Sylph, Launcelot. Fifth 

 prize, 10s., to Mr. Bragg, Slough, for Cook's Standard, ditto Perfection, Countess 

 of Orkney, Ion, Launcelot, Curion, Mulberry Superb, Maid of Honour, Brown's 

 Croesus, Lidgard's Jewess, Vivid, Thomson's Prince Albert, Invincible, Bathonia, 

 Hule's Launcelot, Miss Nugent, Cook's Prince Albert, Garrick, Champion, 

 Figaro, Miss Nugent, Duke of Devonshire, Boldero, and Jewess. Nursery- 

 men's, 36 blooms; first prize, 11., to Miss Moirntjoy, of Ealing, for Dr. Lindley, 

 La Superba, Azrrrea, Thomson's Warrior, ditto Mabel, British Queen, Captivation, 

 Bloomsbury, Miss Stainsforth, Beauty of Hitchin, Silverlock's Prince Albert, 

 Thomson's Desirable, Jewess, Jehu, Flora M-Donald, Curion, Duchess of 

 Richmond, Eclipse, Delicata, Nymph, Sir J. Sebright, Duchess of Oldenburg, 

 Lane's Coronation, Thomson's Yellow Defiance, ditto Boldero, ditto Chevalier, 

 ditto Ultra Flora, ditto Olympia, ditto Vivid, Smith's Beauty of England, 

 Mountjoy's Negro, Flora Superb, Launcelot, Rival White, Ealing Hero. 

 Second prize, 1/. 10s., to Mr. Brown, of Slough, for Cook's Prince Albeit, ditto 

 Perfection, ditto Defiance, ditto Invincible, ditto Royal Standard, ditto Mulberry 

 Superb, Brown's Countess of Orkney, ditto Jewess, ditto Curion, ditto Croesus, 

 ditto Oberon, ditto Sarah, ditto Admirable, ditto Ion, ditto Midas, ditto Figaro, 

 ditto Nymph, Thomson's Eclipse, ditto Jehu, ditto Miss Stainforth, ditto Cowper, 

 ditto Corunna, ditto Delicata, ditto Warrior, ditto Duke of Devon, ditto Diadem, 

 Miss Nugent, King's Sulphurea elegans, Ruby, Village Maid, Jewess, Peter 

 Dick, Bathonia, Amulet, and Admiral Keppel. Third prize, 1/., to Mr. King, 

 of Iver, for Invincible, Diogenes, King's Alert, Ealing Hero, Jehu, La Superbe, 

 Mi^s Stainforth, Great Western, Jewess, Eclipse, Lady Campbell, Indian Chief, 

 R. Burns, Curion, King's Sulphurea elegans, Carlo Dolce, Lane's Coronation, 

 ditto Juliet, Transport, Victory, Splendidum, G.antess, Boldero, St. Paul's, Grand 

 Duke, Miracle Brutus, British Queen, Sir J. Reid, Rapid, Champion, Olympia, 

 Garrick, Dr. Lindley, Lane's Queen Adelaide. Fourth prize, 10s , to Mr. Henby, 

 of Croydon, flowers not named. First Seedling prize, 7s. 6</., to Mr. Cook, for 

 Alicia, a very beautiful white. Second prize, 7s. 6d., to Messrs. Mnuntjoy, of 

 Ealing, for Zebra. Third and fourth prizes, 5s. and 3s. 6rf., to Mr. Downton, 



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