178 BRIEF REMARKS. 



one of Mr. "Waterer's Azaleas and Rhododendrons, which are still in 

 bloom. 



The Royal Botanic Society's Garden in the Regent's Park now 

 has a plantation of Roses, Messrs. Lane, Paul, and Rivers having con- 

 tributed collections to be bloomed there, after the manner of the 

 Azaleas and Rhododendrons, each having the management of their 

 own collection, and, if found necessary, they are to be shaded when in 

 bloom. There is, as usual, a fine display with the Rhododendrons and 

 Azaleas. 



The Royal South London Floriadtural Society's exhibitions are 

 very much improved during the last two seasons, and in what are 

 termed florists' floicers they are greatly in advance of the Horti- 

 cultural and Royal Botanic exhibitions. 



The formation of the National Floricultural Society, for testing the 

 merits of hybrid flowers, &c, is an useful acquisition, and its regula- 

 tions are much preferable to any t hat have preceded it with which we 

 have been acquainted. The Society lias not calculated upon pleasing 

 everybody, and already there are fault-finders, who direct attention to 

 glaring defects in certai.i flowers that have had high encomiums given 

 to them ; we know of none, and think such remarks are uncalled for. 

 It by no means follows, that no flower is of excellent quality because 

 it has not been presented at this Society's meeting and had such 

 approval, but we think none that are of an inferior character will have 

 the recommendation of the censors. 



Auriculas. — The following new seedlings are said to be of first- 

 rate excellence, and ought to be in every select collection : — 



Beeston's Apollo. — Ground colour a very rich dark, and regularly 

 edged with a lively green. The proportions are remarkably correct 

 and handsome. Liyhthody s Richard Hcadly. — A grey-edged variety, 

 the ground colour is black, and the paste good : very superb. 



Polyanthus. — Wheatleys Lord John. — Flower large, very dark 

 ground, rich yellow edging, and a perfect circular centre. A new and 

 superb variety, deserving a place in every collection of these lovely 

 flowers. Bellis perennis plena. — The new German and Belgian va- 

 rieties, comprising 130 named kinds; many of them exqui.-itely neat 

 and handsome, are admirably adapted for edgings inside of flower beds, 

 or to form an edging alone, or grown in patches in the borders, or in 

 pots. If one bed had an edging of crimson, another of white, rose, 

 scarlet, mottled, and other sti iking shades of colours, they would have 

 a pretty effect. And their perpetual blooming increases their merit. 



Newly Broke Tulips. — "When seedling Tulips bloom the first 

 time, the far greater part come a self colour, excepting the base, which 

 is either yellow or white. They are said to have broke, when instead 

 of coming a self-colour, they come with stripes. Mr. Gold ham, of 

 Islington, is denominated the father of the Tulip fancy, and this season 

 many of his seedlings have broken, and several of them possess proper- 

 ties of first-rate excellence, exquisitely beautiful, and most strikingly 

 distinct from any others. Mr. Smith, a newly-broke seedling, was 

 shown at the Surrey Gardens. It is a Byblomen, possessing very 

 good properties. Another, named Princess Helena, a Rose. 



