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that a ]ilant in such f,'eneral cultivation as that alhidcd to should pass under 

 two ditlerent names ; hut there is no otlier mode of avoiding cases of this 

 kind tiiun by adhering to the principles and rules laid down by botanists. 

 The objections made to the name Daldia were made under a supposed dis- 

 covery of the fact, tliat the name Georgma had been ])reviously applied to 

 the same family of plants: see VII. 716. ; and because the laws ot botanical 

 nomenclature enjoin the employment of any name first a])plied, to the ex- 

 clusion of all others, (wcept vvliere new genera are formed out of old ones. 

 Our authority for adopting the name Georgijja was Mr. Sweet ; but, since 

 the above was in type, Mr. David Don has proved to us that the name Dahha 

 was applied one year before that of Georgi«a, and that, therefore, although 

 the latter name has been adopted in the Didionnaire (THistoire JVatitrelle, 

 the former ought to be retained. The name Dahlia, therefore, shall in fu- 

 ture be used by us, instead of that of Georgi??n ; and we thaidv Mr. Reynard 

 lor leading us to re-examine the subject. — Gard. Mag, 



[We have adopted the name Georgina ourselves, and were in hopes that 

 the name would have been retained; though from the tardiness with which 

 some of the botanists accepted of it, we were in doubt if it became estab- 

 lished. It seems now settled, as above stated, that the old name Dahlia must 

 take y)recedcnce, especially when so able a botanist has looked into the sub- 

 je(;t, and satisfactorily ascertaincid its correctness. From the variety of 

 FiUglisli periodicals which wo have lately received, we have made up the 

 following list of such Dahlias as have received the greatest number of 

 prizes at the various Floricultural and Horticultural meetings. We are glad 

 to perceive that many of the varieties which rank among those superior, and 

 with true Dahlia properties, are the same as have been exhibited at the Mas- 

 saehusetts Horticultural Society's room the past season. The Queen of the 

 Whites among the whites, and Countess of Liverpool among the scarlets, 

 were exhibited by several amateurs. Lord Liverpool, the finest purple, and 

 which will be seen has carried oft' the most prizes in its class, we flowered 

 last season to great j)erfection. Many of the varieties below, which rank first 

 in their class, are in several collections in this vicinity, and will probably 

 flower the coming stminier. — Conds.] 



While. — Queen of the Whites 27 prizes: Blush. — Blush Lilac 11 do.: 

 Edged. — Queen of Dahlias 24 do.: Spoiled. — Priestley's Enchantress 12 do.: 

 Lilac. — Royal Lilac 12 do. : Rose. — Widnall's Perfection 25 do. : Shaded. — 

 Belladonna 11 do. : Buff. — Maid of St. Leonard 10 do. : Striped. — Levick's 

 Commander in Chief 15 do. : Yellow. — Widnall's Jason 16 do. : Orange. — 

 Widnall's Prince of Orange 20 do. : Ruby. — Beauty of Camden 9 do. : Pur- 

 ple. — Lord Liverpool 15 do. : Scarlet. — Countess of Liverpool 21 do. : Crim- 

 son. — Springfield Rival 15 do.: Dark. — Lord Derby 11 do. The following 

 varieties, several of which we have seen, have also gained first prizes: — 

 Levick's Incomparable, Brewer's Fairy Queen, Picta formosissima, Linn's 

 fine Stripe, Squibb's pure Yellow, Widnall's Aurora, Dennisii, Plant's Pur- 

 ))iu-ea Perfecta, Lass of Richmond lliil, Prince George of Cumberland, Lady 

 Fitzharris, Cicero, Hall's Mogul, Brewer's Paragon of Perfection. 



Fanny Kemble Tulip. In the Floricidtural Cabinet, an excellent little 

 work, devoted exclusively to the cultivation of flowers, we find the following 

 account and descri[)tion (taken from Mr. Hogg's supplementary treatise) of 

 the above Tulip, accompanied with a i)ainting of the same. 



"Among the new Tulips raised from seed by our own florists, which have 

 been recently broken into color, there are a few, beyond all doubt, of ster- 

 ling merit, and worthy of every encomium ; but [ consider it the extreme of 

 folly to endeavor to create and inspire a longing for any flower, which, in 

 all probability, will not be gratified lor five or six years to come ; therefore, 

 every florist must not expect to find in nie a willing herald, ready to sound 

 the praises of any such new flower. A really good flower wants no bla- 

 zonry; it best bespeaks its own j)raise, and the fame of it soon gets abroad; 



