THE GRAND FLORAL EXHIBITIONS. 199 



less in the bigness of the flower, but not in doubleness of leaves 



(petals). 



11. The double white H— Hath smaller and fresher green leaves 

 than any other ; flowers snow white, very compact double. 



12. The single yellow //.—The flowers are of a sulphur white. 



13. The peach colour //.—Very neat and pretty. 



14. The single pink H. — A very abundant bloomer. 



AH these plants with single flowers grow naturally in the woods 

 and shadowy places of Germany, in many places, and some of them 

 in Italy also. The double kind hath been sent out of Italy, and was 

 also found in the woods near the Castle of Starnbeg, in Austria. 



I find them grow well in a sandy loam, the subsoil being sand. 

 They are thus in a favourable soil for enduring the severities of 

 winter. In order to provide for casualties, I grow two or three plants 

 of a sort in pots, which are kept in a cool frame during winter. I 

 have not, however, lost a single plant during the last three winters. 

 I obtained ripe seed at the end of June, 1844, and sowed it on the 

 18th of July. I retained the plants in their seed-pots until the end 

 of March this year, when I planted them out in a sheltered situation 

 at six inches apart ; they have now made pretty bushy plants, and I 

 intend them to remain in the situation they now are till they bloom 

 the next spring. I beg very respectfully to invite other persons to 

 attempt to increase the varieties by raising seedlings, and with a 

 special design to obtain double flowering ones. 



ARTICLE IV. 



THE GRAND FLORAL EXHIBITIONS OF THE METROPOLIS. 



Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park, June 4. 



With equal propriety may we apply to this exhibition of the Botanic 

 Society the assertion made in our last Number relative to the Chis- 

 wick Show of May 24, being the best that the Horticultural Society 

 ever had ; for here, too, the numerous magnificent specimens dis- 

 played so high a state of cultivation, that it appeared impossible that 

 many of them ever could lie surpassed ; and the increase upon last 

 year of the number of competitors was also so great, that it was found 



