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introduced on another stock. When potted, they should be watered 

 liberally, and introduced into dung heat and shaded. I find they 

 strike most readily in a cucumber bed, the pots plunged to their rims. 

 The compost I generally use is rich loam and rotten dung, the pots 

 well drained, and about tliree inches of soot at the bottom of the pot, 

 if a little old mortar, so much the better. I also find the Dahlia strike 

 very freely from single eyes, and much the best mode for summer 

 propagation when you wish to propagate valuable seedlings, as they 

 make strong plants by autumn. I also find Bigonias strike freely by 

 the same method. — A Practitioner. 



Great Trial Exhibition of Northern and Southern Car- 

 nations AND Picotees.- — This splendid sliow (for tlie North) was 

 held in the County Hall at Derby, on August 7th, 1850, and far 

 exceeded the previous exhibition of this class of flowers, which was 

 held at Slough a fortnight earlier. In connection with these exhi- 

 bitions tlie Midland Horticultural Society's was also held. The 

 number of stands were fifteen of ^f<'cZre blooms, thirtj'-six of six blooms, 

 and about one thousand shown in classes as sitigle blooms. The follow- 

 ing twenty-four kinds of Carnations were in the greatest number of 

 AViNNiNG Stands exhibited at Derby and at Slough, viz. — 



Admiral Curzon, scarlet bizarre — Twenty. Squire Meynell, purple 

 flake — Twelve. Flora's Garland, rose flake— Eleven. Lord Milton, 

 crimson bizarre — Eleven. Premier, purple flake — Nine. Firebrand, 

 scarlet flake — Six. Lord Rancliife, scarlet bizarre — Five. Jenny 

 Lind, crimson bizarre — Five. Lady Ely, rose flake — Five. Oberon, 

 rose flake — Four. Vivid, scarlet flake — Four. Duke of Devonshire, 

 scarlet flake — Four. Apollo, rose flake — Four. William the Fourth 

 (Wood's), crimson bizarre — Three. President (Martin's), purple flake 

 — Three. Ariel (May's), rose flake — Three. Prince Albert (Hale's), 

 scarlet bizarre — Three. King of Scarlets, scarlet flake — Three. 

 William the Fourth (Wilson's), scarlet flake — Three. Justice Shallow 

 — Three. Lovely Ann, rose flake — Three. Squire Trow, purple 

 flake — Three. Paul Pry, crimson bizarre — Three. 



Picotees. — [Mrs. Barnard, light-edged rose — Eighteen. Venus 

 (Headley's), heavy-edged rose — Thirteen. Alfred (Dodwell's) 

 heavy-edged purple — Twelve. Juliet (May's) light-edged purple — 

 Twelve. Queen Victoria (Green's), heavy-edged rose — Twelve. 

 Princess Royal, rosy-scarlet edge — Twelve. Prince of Wales 

 (Marris'), heavy red edge — Twelve. Isabella, heavy-edged red — Ten 

 .lenny Lind (Edmond's), light-edged red — Eight. Gem (Youell's), 

 heavy-edged red — Eight. Princess Alice, light purple edge — Seven. 

 Lorina, light-edged purple — Five. Mary (Dodwell's), light red 

 edge — Five. Miss Rosa, light-edged rose — Five. Miss Fanny Irby, 

 hea^y-edged rose — Five. Portio, heavy-edged purple — Five. Prince 

 Albert (Marris'), heavy-edged, purple — Five, Viola (May's), purple- 

 edged — Five. Duke of Rutland (Hollyoake's) — Four. Eliza (Sykes), 

 heavy-edged rose — Three. King James, heavy-edged red — Three. 

 I/Elegante, light purple edge — Three. President, heavy-edged red 

 — Three. 



