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lish papers the following accounts of the Dahlia exhibitions of the principal 

 Societies in England and Scotland. We regret to see, with many of our 

 cultivators, a tendency to neglect the cultivation of this splendid autumnal 

 flower, without which our gardens would be despoiled of their greatest or- 

 nament. It is true the dry summers of 1845 and 1846 were so fatal to the 

 fine blooming of the plants, that many were so much disappointed in their 

 cultivation as to discard them, or at least greatly reduce the number of 

 their plants ; but the past season has been so propitious to their growth that 

 we trust another spring to see the usual attention given to the selection of 

 the new kinds, w-hich have been proved to possess the real properties of 

 good flowers. 



Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. — Best twenty blooms. 

 Beeswing, Miss Vyse, Louis Philippe, Lady of the Lake, Caractacus, 

 Lily White, Vanguard, Cloth of Gold, SirE. Antrobus, Marchioness Corn- 

 wallis, Marquis of Aylesbury, Princess Radziville, Berryer, Queen of She- 

 ba, Mrs. Anderson, Marchioness of Lorn, Scarlet Gem, Empress of Whites, 

 Captain Warner, and Alice Hawthorn. — To Mr. T. Handyside, Glen 

 Nurseries, Musselburgh. 



Royal South London Horticultural Society. — Best twenty-four 

 blooms. Lady of the Lake, Beeswing, Yellow Standard, Beauty of Sus- 

 sex, Essex Triumph, Miss Sarah, Louis Philippe, Andromache, A'ictory of 

 Sussex, Lily White, Marquis of Aylesbury, Springfield Rival, Beauty of 

 Hants, Admiral Stopford, Empress of Whites, Captivation, Raphael, Non- 

 pareil, Essex Rosy Lilac, Princess Radziville, Mrs. Shelly, Captain War- 

 ner, Lady Stopford, and Standard of Perfection. — To Messrs. Cutter & 

 Shankey, Slough. 



West of England Dahlia Exhibition. — Best twenty-four blooms. 

 Lady St. Maur, Beeswing, Lady of the Lake, Gloria Mundi, Admiral 

 Stopford, Biondetta, Miss Vyse, Louis Philippe, Captain Warner, Mar- 

 chioness Cornwallis, Captivation, Beauty of Sussex, Queen of Roses, Non- 

 pareil, Queen, Essex Triumph, Yellow Standard, Standard of Perfection, 

 Bermonsdy Bee, Aurantia, Mrs. Shelly, Cassandra, Springfield Rival, 

 Princess Radziville. — To Messrs. Cutter & Shankey. 



Norwood Horticultural Society. — Best twenty-four blooms. Pul- 

 chella, Prometheus, Victorine, Metropolitan Queen, Mrs, Shelly, Chel- 

 tenham Queen, Model, Rosetta, Essex Triumph, Miss Vyse, Robusta, 

 Queen of the Isles, Erecta, Mary Anne, Scarlet Gem, Pride of Surrey, 

 Duncan, Beauty of Bath, Admiral Stopford, Essex Goldsmith, Standard 

 of Perfection, Alarm, and Bragg's Star. — To Mr. Gaines, of Battersea. 



Metropolitan Grand Dahlia Show. — Best twenty -four blooms. La- 

 dy Cooper, Madame Zellar, Cleopatra, Beeswing, Nonpareil, Alexandria, 

 Marquis of Bath, Miss Sarah, Hon. Careat, Standard of Perfection, Essex 

 Rosy Lilac, Raphael, Victorine, Caractacus, Griseldi's Eboracum, Conspi- 

 cuum, Rembrandt, Ophir, Mrs. Anderson, Queen of Roses, Minerva, Miss 

 Vyse, and Berryer — To Mr. Barnes, Stowmarket. 



Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society. — Best twenty-four 

 blooms. Marchioness of Cornwallis, Nonpareil, Essex Triumph, Yellow 

 Standard, Queen of Roses, Queen of Perpetuals, Standard of Perfection, 



