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certificate. Mr. Barnes, of Stovvmarket, exhibited four blooms of a seed 

 ling named Boule de Fue, form excellent, eye well up in the centre, the 

 florets rather quill too much to be perfect, color an orange red ; it received 

 a first-class certificate. Mr. Barnes also exhibited a fancy variety named 

 Jenny Lind, which received a first-class certificate, a very promising flower, 

 all the properties being tolerably good, color white and maroon. A first- 

 class certificate to Mr. Turville, for a seedling named Fire King, flower 

 large, form good, florets beautiful in shape and of firm texture, eye a trifle 

 too low, color a fiery orange scarlet: this variety should be grown in every 

 collection, for its splendid color. A first-class certificate to Mr. Collison, 

 Bath, for a seedling named Sir Robert Peel, a handsome-shaped variety, 

 with a beautiful formed eye, color a point against it, being a dull scarlet. 

 A first-class certificate to Mr. Smith, Hackney, for a seedling named Yel- 

 low Perfection, flower rather small, form good, florets beautifully shaped, 

 of good substance, and smooth on the edges. A first-class certificate to Mr. 

 Rudd, for seedling named Jenny Lind, a promising flower, possessing most 

 of the properties, color a white self. 



This report comprises all the information we can glean from our foreign 

 papers, and the fancier will be at no loss in a selection of kinds in purchas- 

 ing plants. — Ed. 



BELGIUM. 



Exhibition of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Brussels, Oc- 

 tober 1, 1847. — The annual f(6tes for the celebration of the national inde- 

 pendence, commenced on the 23d September, and continued until the end 

 of the month ; these were gala days ; all the world seemed congregated at 

 Brussels. Concerts, plays, archery, and cross-bow shooting ; races, re- 

 views, dancing, illuminations, and various amusements, daily succeeded each 

 other ; the eclat was further increased by an exhibition given by the above- 

 named societies, thus uniting the utile el dulce ; the government also placed 

 several additional prizes at their disposition. The show was held at the 

 ancient palace of the Prince of Orange, near the Park, and was daily 

 thronged with visitors, who could not fail to be highly pleased. The flor- 

 ists and nurserymen of Belgium are not one iota behind their brethren of 

 England either in skill or enterprise, and in the present instance have nobly 

 sustained their reputation ; it is more particularly to their part of the exhi- 

 bition that I shall confine my observations ; not that the agricultural part 

 was less interesting, but simply because it is out of my province. I may, 

 however, say, en passant, that there were upwards of two hundred and 

 thirty exhibitors of cereals. The suite of apartments devoted to the show 

 consisted of eight or nine rooms on the ground floor ; these were entirely 

 filled with " Cereals, fruits, plants, cut flowers, and vegetables,'' arranged 

 with excellent taste ; bands of music were stationed in a tent in the court, 

 and performed daily from eleven till four o'clock, during which time the 

 public were admitted gratis. The middle of one salon was devoted to the 

 various kinds of grain, which were shown in the straw ; three rooms were 

 completely occupied with samples of potatoes, consisting of almost every 



