17*2 BRIEF REMARKS. 



" As long as the severe frost lasts the frame is covered with litter or 

 straw, which is removed at all times when the plants can enjoy the 

 benefits of the sun's rays. So soon as the cold is no longer to be 

 dreaded, tlie above protections are removed, and the plants, whose 

 shoots are already apparent, are left perfectly free to all atmospheric 

 influences, and finally treated like other perennials. Tiiey must be 

 very sparingly watered during the ripening of the seed, and should 

 great rains follow after the seeds are gathered, tliey must be protected 

 by the frames, to prevent the rot. The roots are to be taken up 

 towards the end of July, and the rhizomes cleaned and separated ; 

 afterwards tliey may be left exposed on shelves, in a very airy dry 

 place, tmtil the moment of replanting." 



[Descriptive lists of kinds are given in this Magazine, last year's 

 Volume, pages 152, 274.] 



BRIEF REMARKS. 



Royal South London Floricuxtural Exhibition. — This 

 (usually denominated the Tulip show) was held at the Surrey Gardens, 

 on the 23rd of May. The specimens of plants were superb, and 

 evidenced tlie very superior skill of the cultivators. We cannot, in 

 our present number, enumerate the various productions presented, and 

 must reluctantly reserve it for another. The Tulip blooms were not 

 so good as last year's collection ; no doubt the flowers had been 

 injured by sudden frosts in an early stage of growth, and showed the 

 propriety, for future years' management, oi every tiighVs protection, in 

 cold weather. The following kinds were exhibited. 



1st Prize, for 12 blooms, ]Mr. Lawrence — Madame Vestris, Tago, 

 Lady Sale, Selim, Rasa Biiuica, Musidora, La Bella Nanette, Violet 

 Alisanda, Vivid, Catalani, Due deBoufers, Hamlet. 



2nd Prize, Mr. Turner — Madame Vestris, Bolivar, Musidora, 

 Hamlet, Lac, Holme's King, PlatofF, Catalani, Triumph Royal, Poly- 

 piiemus. Queen, Talma. 



3rd Prize, Mr. Batten — Platoff, Alcorn, Triumph Royal, Lawrence 

 Friend, Brankaster Pet, Cerise Blanche, Fanny, Walker's King, Poly- 

 phemus, Fleur de Dames, Mary, Hercules. 



4th Prize, Dr. Bushell — Aglaia, Globe, Duke, Roscius, Triumph 

 Royal, Abercrombie, Commodeus, Bacchus, Ponceau, Mont Blanc, 

 Roi George, Brilliant. 

 . Many other stands were exhibited. 



Extra prizes were offered for amateur flowers only : — 



1st Prize of 3/. (given by Mr. Lawrence) Mr. Wallace, for — Duke 

 of Devonshire, Rose Emily, Lawrence Friend, Fabius, Aglai, Bijou 

 des Amateurs, Croesus, Lord Hawksbury, David, Platoff, Polyphemus, 

 Unknown. 



2nd Prize, 21., Mr. Bellender — Fabius, Lady Exeter, Ambassadeur, 

 Madame Catalani, Musidora, Sir E. Codrington, Triumph Royal, 

 David, Platoff, Polyphemus, Reine des Flora, Madame Vestris. 



ord Prize, 1/., Mr. Gurney — Rose Aglaia, Roscius, Platoff, Triomphe 



