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tin tubes recommended by Dianthis, of Maiden, painted or onpainted ; 1 

 think they are deterred either by the cold smooth surface, or by the smell of 

 the tin ; wooden tubes of a similar form and dimensions appear more eligible, 

 though they are not so durable. Some persons place on the tops of the stakes 

 small inverted garden jx>ts, known round London by the name of thumbs, 

 loosely filled with a Iktle dry moss or hay, into wliich the insects retire at the 

 approach of day or of wet weather; these rather unsightly objects, of conrse, 

 will require to be examined frequently, and the insects found in them des 

 troyed ; 48 or 32 sized pots fixed on the stakes, will protect the blooms from 

 the sun and rain, which are intended for exbibttion, because it helps to pre 

 scrre their freshness of colour the longer. 



T. Hogg will be obliged to the Conductor of the Florist's Magazine, to 

 correct an error in his letter of June loth, respecting that admirable (lower, 

 the Springfield Rival Dahlia; it was raised by George Link, gardener to 

 Mr. Perkins, the Brewer, at Springfield, in Surrey, instead of near Kromley, 

 in Kent; and Mr. Inwood, in consequence of the improper interference of 

 the person named Ulennv, was obliged to pay in money and Dahlias to 

 the amount of £10 lOs. for it instead of JC5 3s., the sum first agreed ou. 



PaddiHylon, Sept. G, 1833. 



EXHIBITION OP FRUITS AND FLOWERS AT THE LONDON 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS. 



The third and last public exhibition for the year took place on Saturday, 

 July 20, in the Society's Gardens at Chiswick, distant from London five 

 miles. The individual articles ticketed amounted to nearly four hundred, 

 which were arranged with considerable taste by Professor Lindley, and Mr. 

 Monro, the head gardener, in an immense tent, capable of containing at least 

 .000 persons at a time, who moved round the tables in succession to iuspeet 

 and examine these various productions of nature; the display of both was 

 grand and gratifying to the view, and afforded much satisfaction to the com- 

 pany, which amounted, it is supposed, to 2,000 persons, consisting of the 

 principal Nobility and Gentry then in London, the greater portion of whom 

 were Ladies; the atteudauce also of nuiserymen, florists, and the gardeners 

 of the members was very considerable. The aim and object which the Society 

 seem to have in view, in opening the gardens for these public exhibitions in 

 honour of Pomona and Flora, in the three pleasant months of May, June 

 and July, to which every gentleman, gardener, and florist in the kingdom are 

 at liberty to send the productions of their own gardens whether they belong to 

 it or not, is not only to aflbrd an agreeable recreation to the members and 

 their friends when the town is in general full of company, but to encourage 

 and excite a spirit of rivalry and competition among all growers and culti- 

 Tators, by awarding their honorary medals to those who shall produce and 

 exhibit the best specimens of fruits, with distinction of size, flavour, and other 

 properties; and to such also as shall produce the most i)erfect blossoms of 

 flowering shrubs, either cut or growing on them in pots, and the same of 

 plants and flowers in general. At each of these exhibitions, three large Silver 

 Medals and six lianksian ditto were awarded, wliich I think might be increa- 

 Ked to four of the former and six of the latter, when the competitors are 

 numerous, as was the case in July, some of whom were heard to mnrniur and 

 Fay, " that thea- was little ehancc of getting a medal amongst so many that 

 •h.wcd." 



The gardens seemed in good order, perfectly clear of weeds; the trees and 

 oniunu'ntal shrubs looked healthy, but many of them seem to have outgrown 

 their confined situation ; there appeared, however, a deficiency of flowers 

 particularly of the new and choicer kinds of annuals which used to have so 

 gay an appearance there. It is to be hoped that the Council, if they mean to 

 continue those jiublic exhibitions, whieh aflord so nmeh pira.sure and are no 

 well attended, will not sulltr their pailcrret of (lowers to be thus neglected - 

 they oujiht, on (lie contrary, in (he Inn' spirit of gallantry, for the sake of 

 thoK Ladies who aie members as well as for the sake of their other fair visitors. 



