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in, when they are housed for the winter. The advantages of manure 

 or guano-water to the greenhouse Azalea is, that the blossoms are 

 much finer, and tlie petals of better texture ; and I find that by the 

 use of manure-water the most deciduous kinds retain their foliage 

 through the winter, and are well clothed with foliage when in blossom, 

 wliicli I consider adds much to the beauty of the plant; even the old, 

 but now rare one, " Flore pleno," under tliis treatment, is an ever- 

 green, and although one of the most delicate of Azaleas, it will bear 

 guano ^\ater as well as any of the more robust kinds. When it has 

 not been con^enient for me to have tlie manure-water previously pre- 

 pared for the Azaleas, I have placed a jiiece of guano, about the size 

 of a walnut, on the surface of the soil, and watered upon it from time 

 to time, and I never found any bad effects from this practice. — 

 ( Gardeners^ Chronicle). 



jMk. Gkoom's Tulips. — The present season has been unfavourable 

 to a fine display of Tulips. This fact, tlie last South London Flori- 

 cultural Show amply ))roved. It is certain the flowers were injured 

 before opening (very likely at an early stage of their growth) by the 

 sudden severe frosts tiiat occurred, notwitlistanding, however, ihis 

 circumstance and the prevalence of dry north-easterly winds, which we 

 have experienced, Mr. Groom has liad a good exhibition of this 

 favourite flower. His best bed, 120 feet long, and containing not 

 less than two thousand flowers, has been nearly as fine as we have ever 

 seen it in any former year. The following favourite sorts were in good 

 condition when we saw them. JBizurres : Polyphenms, Duke of 

 Devonshire, Catafalque, Emperor of Austria, Nourri Effendi, Marshall 

 Soult, Strong's King, Platoff, Everard, Pompe, Garrick, Optinius, 

 Prince of the Netlierlands, Countess of Wilton, Louise, Lord John 

 Russell, Earl of Lincoln, and Duke of Norfolk. JB/jhlcemens : Vic- 

 toria Regina, Laurence's Friend, Rubens, Louis XVI., Iniperatrix 

 Floruni, Michael Angelo, Earl of Haddington, Violet, Alexander, 

 Duke of Buccleugii, Claude, Monte, Bijou des Amateurs, Desdemona, 

 Bloemart, Homer, Lady Sale, and Camarine. Hoses: Duchess of 

 Siitlierland, King of Saxony, Cameuse de Crai, Cerise Blanche, La 

 Teiidresse, Claudiana, Emily, Aglaia, Lady Peel, Catalani, Triomphe 

 Royal, Cerise Belle Forme, and Ponceau tres Blanc. Dr. Horner and 

 Prince of Wales, new bizarres, are promising flowers. 



Paksies. — Mr. Edwards, of Wace Cottage, Holloway, attended the 

 celebrated Pansy Exhibition recently held at Hammersmith, and in the 

 " Florist " he gives a list of the best kinds then shown. 



White-ground Varieties. — Queenof England (Fellowes) ; Almauzor 

 (Le Messurier) ; Helen ( Hunt) ; Mrs. Beck (Turner) ; Miss. Thomson 

 (Th(mison); Duchess of Rutland (Thomson) ; Penelope (Tliomson) ; 

 Caroline (Tliomson) ; Sir R. Peel (Bragg), very fine ; Climax (Bell) ; 

 Princess (Turner) ; Ariachie (Cook) ; Mrs. Hamilton (Nasmyth). 



Yellow or Straiv-g round Varieties. — Constellation (Thomson) ; 

 Bellona (Hooper), a large variety; Rubens (Turner); Miss Edwards 

 (Turner), an early flower; Duke of Norfolk (Bell), tlie boldest 

 flower in cultivation ; Supreme (Youell) ; Addison (Turner) ; Leader 



