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in England. At pa<ie Ti those of the Birmingham and Oxford exhibi- 

 tions were given. The following have since been received: — 



Lytm Horlicullural Societxj. — Best 24 blooms — ISlary, (Dodds's,) 

 Warminster Rival, Mary of Little Park, Sir H. Fletcher, Miss Hor- 

 tense. Countess of INIoiton, Dr. Hawiry, Hermione, Secundus nulli, 

 Madonna, Victorv, Fisherton Rival, Coun'tess of Dunniore, Shakspeare, 

 fSriuibb's,) Ariadne, (Harris's,) Beauty of Lullingstone, Lord Nelson, 

 Glory of the West, (Dray's,) St. Leonard's Rival, Beauty of Belmont, 

 Exquisite, Blandina, (Drav's,) Marquis of Northam])ton, Sarah. 



Jishborne Floral and Horticultural Societtj. —Be^t 50 dissimilar blooms 

 —Lady Dartmouth, Shakspeare, Ruby, (Girlimr's,) Giraff'e, Conqueror 

 of Europe, Rose Incomparable, Beauty of Bedford, (Mayle's,) Queen 

 of Perfection, Springfield Rival, Elphinstone's Rosa sujjcrba. Sir Ed- 

 ward Sugden, Perfection, Metropolitan Perfection, purple Perfection, 

 (Elphinstone's,) Dodds's Mary, Metropolitan Avhite, crimson Perfec- 

 tion, purpurea su])erba, Adippe, Girliiig's white. Lord Liverpool, Mrs. 

 Long, Lord Derby, Conqnering King of Yello^^■s, Willison's Perfec- 

 tion, Rosa nuindi, Countess of Shetiield, Hector, Don Junn, Defiance, 

 Gem, Queen Eiizalieth. Glory, Clara, Phyllis, Vandyke, Premier, Mrs. 

 Harris, Mrs. Clifford, Juliet. Lady Georgiana, Milo, Levick's Triumph- 

 ant, Mrs. Wilkinson, Lady Heygate, Vicar of Wakefield, and four un- 

 known. 



Bedford Dahlia Shoio.—Best 24 blooms— Duke of Bedford, Napo- 

 leon, Lady Dartmouth, Juliet, Ruby, Suffolk Hero, SprinsrfieUl Rival, 

 Warminster Rival, Topaz, Conqueror of Europe, Granta, Glory of the 

 West, Addison, Lady of Oulton, Lilac Perfection, Madonna, Elphin- 

 stone's purjile Perfection, Sir "SValter Scott, Diadem of Flora, Paris, 

 Countess of Sheffield, Sir H. Fletcher, Dodds's Mary, Seedling. 



Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society. — Best 12 blooms. — Widnall's 

 Marquis ot^ Tavistock and Sylvia, Springfield Rival, Duke of Bedford, 

 Topaz, AVarminster Rival, Dodds's Mary, Exemplar, Conqueror of 

 Europe, and three seedlings to Mr. Widnall, 



North London Amateur Floricultural Society. — Best 12 blooms — 

 Glory, Beauty of Duhvich, Ipswich Beauty, Granta, Sir H. Fletcher, 

 Ruby, Sulphurea elegans, Mount Pleasant Rival, Springfield Rival, 

 Metropolitan Blush, Suffolk Hero, Harris's Conqueror. 



Oldham Dahlia Exhibition. — Best 24 blooms— Squibb's pnrple Per- 

 fection, Vandyke, Beauty of Lullingstone, Clara, yellow Perfection, 

 Dodds's Mary, Champion, Earl Grey, Alpha, lilac Perfection, Glory 

 of the West, Suffolk Hero, Sir H. Fletcher, Henrietta Temple, Victo- 

 ry, Jeffrie's Triumphant, Maria Edgeworth, Bianca, Springfield Rival, 

 Granta, Perfection, Gem, Prince of Orange, Napoleon. 



The above will give the dahlia cultivators in this country some idea 

 of the kinds which have taken the lead, the past season, in England, — 

 Ed. 



WidnaWs Princess Victoria. — This most su])erb dahlia, of which 

 ■we have incidentally spoken, is priced, in Widnall's Catalogue for 

 1838, at the same rate as Lady Dartmouth and the Marchioness of Ta- 

 vistock. This shows in what estimation it is held in England. — Id. 



Neio mode of propagating Plants by Cutlings. — A correspondent of 

 the Gardener^s Jlaga:ine gives the following as his mode of propaga- 

 ting plants. A common sized pot [No. 4,] is taken; in this a thumb 

 pot is turned upside down, exactly in the centre of the bottom; around 

 this the space is filled with small pebbles or potsherds; on top of these 

 moss and coarse sandy heath soil, and then the sand for the cuttings. 

 He says that "the channel which is given for the escape of all over- 

 watering, by the inverted pot, will be found to be most useful for such 

 species as arc liable to damp off; and, when the pots are plunged in gen- 

 tle heat, the vacuitv thus obtained, being filled with the moist warm va- 



