548 Foreign Notices. 



Flesh, yellowish white, fine, crisp, and very tender : Juice^ 

 abundant, rich, sweet, and high-flavored : Core, small, some- 

 what open : Seeds, medium size, broad, and plump. Ripe 

 from November to January. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Foreign Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



Dahlias and Dahlia Exhibitions of 1848. — The close of the season reminds 

 us of our usual summary of information upon tiie dahlia, which will guide 

 amateurs in their selections of varieties for the coming year. According to 

 the reports of the exhibitions in the English gardening papers, the season 

 for the dahlia has been favorable, and the display beautiful beyond any 

 preceding year. Much more interest has been taken in the culture of this 

 splendid flower, and, as the prizes have been liberal, the competitors have 

 been numerous, and the specimens remarkably perfect. We proceed to 

 give the names of the winning flowers, at the most prominent exhibitions 

 near London : — 



Royal Horticultural Fete at Salisbury. — Best twenty-four blooms. 

 Yellow Standard, Nonpareil, Beeswing, Marquis of Worcester, Lilly white, 

 Aurantia, Optimus, Boule de Feu, Queen, Dr. Graham, Dazzle, Sh^lock, 

 Essex Triumph, MarchionessofCornwallis, Walter Hilson, Princess Radz- 

 ville, Admiral Stopford, Gloria Mundi, Marquis of Aylesbury, Standard of 

 Perfection, Capt. Warner, Queen of England, and Mrs. Anderson, — to Mr. 

 Keynes, Salisbury. 



Royal South London Floricultural Society. — Best twenty-four 

 blooms. Beeswing, Golden Fleece, Captivation, Miss Vyse, Sir R. Peel, 

 Privateer, Box, Minn, Nonpareil, Essex Triumph, Yellow Standard, Rich- 

 ard Cobden, Toison d'Or, Louis Philippe, Conspicua, Berryer, Mrs. Ander- 

 son, Andromeda, Capt. Warner, Princess Radzville, Queen of Roses, Black 

 Prince, Shylock, and Gem, — to Mr. Turner, of Chalvey. 



Norwood Flokicultural Society. — Best twenty-four blooms. Mar- 

 quis of Ailsa, Venusta, Goliah, Vivid, Mary Anne, Erecta, Ariel, Toison 

 d'Or, Queen, Lady Leicester, Walter Hilson, Victor, Prometheus, Mont 

 Blanc, Caractacus, Cleopatra, Miss Vyse, Crocus, Essex Triumph, Gem, 

 Lady of the Lake, Gloria Mundi, Princess Radzville, and Cardinal, — to Mr. 

 Gaines of Battersea. 



North London Floricultural Society. — Best twenty-four blooms. 

 Toison d'Or, Mrs. Shelly, Lady of the Lake, Beeswing, Andromeda, Ath- 

 lete, Dr. Graham, Scarlet Unique, Yellow Standard, Golden Fleece, Stan- 

 dard of Perfection, Nonpareil, Sylva, Aurantia, Marquis of Aylesbury, Miss 

 Vyse, Gloria Mundi, Shylock, Minn, Box, Marchioness of Cornwallis, 

 Scarlet Gem, and Capt. Warner, — to Mr. Argent, Stoke Newington. 



