444 Foreign J^otices. — England. 



The dahlias which appear to have been the most successful in the 

 several classes, are the followinj:: — Bridesmaid, Widnall's Queen, 

 Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, Le Grand Baudine, Burnham 

 Hero, Lady Cooper, Pickwick, indispensable, Andrew Hofer, Duch- 

 ess of Richmond, Maid of Bath, Cattleutfh's Eclipse, ire.; the four 

 first, new ones of the |)resent year; and the others older and well 

 known sorts. Widnall's Queen has taken nearly all the prizes as 

 the best rose — Prince of Wales as the best yellow — Bridesmaid as 

 the best edged — P^ssex Trium|)hant as the best dark flower — Lewis- 

 ham Rival as the best white — Blooms!)ury as the best scarlet. 



Many of the old favorites yet continue to contest the palm with 

 the new ones. Ne Plus Ultra, Grace Darling, Rejrina, Rienzi, Hope, 

 Unique, Conservative, Virgin Queen, and Duchess of Richmond, ap- 

 pear in a great number of stands. 



In the whole of the successful flowers, there are not more than six 

 or eight kinds which have not been shown at the exhibitions of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society the past fall. A great portion 

 of the new seedlings advertised last spring have proved imworthy of 

 cultivation, and far inferior to the older sorts. This should be an ad- 

 ditional inducement to amateurs to |)urchase sparingly of those va- 

 rieties of which they have no knowledge but such as is contained in 

 an advertisement. It will also induce them to cultivate a greater 

 number of those standard kinds which are always sure to produce good 

 show flowers, rather than a great number of indifferent sorts, merely 

 to swell out a long list of names. 



Mr. Brown, of Slough, has been a remarkably successful exhib- 

 itor, and has taken ihe first prize at ten or more of the greatest ex- 

 hibitions in the kingdom. 



Seedlings. — The princi|)al seedlings of this year were shown at 

 the meetings of the Floricuitural Society, and at the Salt Hill Grand 

 Dahlia Show: the greatest number at the latter. Without attempt- 

 ing to condense the accounts of these exhibitions, which would re- 

 quire much labor, we give that of the Salt Hill entire, and extracts 

 from the other; and, after reading them, amateur cultivators will at 

 once see the relative merits of each of the seedlings exhibited. 



Sail Hill Shoxo. — Seedlings of 1841. Four blooms required to be 

 exhibited of each variety. Those selected for j)rizes were placed in 

 the following order: — 1. Bragg's Antagonist, white; this is a full 

 sized and finely formed flower, with good petals, and great purity of 

 color. In consequence of its being placed first by the judges, Mr. 

 Wildman's prize of five guineas, for the best seedling white of 1841, 

 was decided in its favor; and, as it obtained the first prize at the last 

 evening meeting of the Floricuitural Society, the point by the decis- 

 ion at Salt Hill is now settled. 2. Essex Triumi)hant (Turvill,) — 

 this noble flower is quite a model of perfection, fine in form and deep 

 in petals, with a centre high and finely developed; the color is a very 

 deep rich maroon, the petals are finely cupped, of good substance, 

 and well arranged. 3. Virgil (Mountjoy's,) — deep crimson, a flow- 

 er possessing a very fine form, with a good centre, and full depth of 

 petals. 4. Beauty of Sussex (Mitchell's) — this is a desirable flower, 

 and very striking tVom the peculiarity of its tints; the ground color of 

 the petals is a delicate rose, with a deep edging of mottled cherry col- 

 or; it is a good sized flower. 5. Empress of the Whites (Smith, of 

 Hornsey,) — better blooms than we had previously seen of this flow- 



