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The petals of this " eureka," this " venit tandem," are large and even, 

 each consisting of six segments, well rounded; the tuhe and anthers of a 

 bright buflf, the pistil of the purest white, and the ground colour of a dark 

 shining violet, surrounded with bright green edging, lightly powdered ; the 

 foliage large and indented ; and the j)edicels, eye, and stem of the best pro- 

 portions. The common enquiry has been, have you seen Mr. Dalmaine's 

 fine seedling? It is said to have been raised from Page's Duchess of Old- 

 enburgh, crossed by Lee's Colonel Taylor, but far superior to either. Colo- 

 nel Taylor, which has long been esteemed the leading flower, and the " pet 

 of the fancy," will now be supplanted by its own progeny; and the fine 

 seedlings of Goldham, Page, Laurie, Hogg, P*irker, and Smith (Mr. Dal- 

 maine's neighbour), will be completely thrown into the back ground. 



I beg also to inform you, that it has been resolved by the principal 

 florists' societies to furnish you with the lists of the different prize flowers, 

 and the names of the successful candidates, for publication in your forth- 

 coming FlonsCs Gazette in October. The late Mr. Middlecot's fine collec- 

 tion of auriculas, at Dulwich, has been lately sold by auction, and the rare 

 and choicer varieties fetched good prices. Yours, &c. — Young Bearslug. 

 London, April 14. 1828. 



London Institution , May 7. — A very interesting lecture on chimneys was 

 delivered by Dr. Birkbeck, in which the nature and uses of Mr. Hiort's 

 circular flues were pointed out and illustrated by models. By the use of 

 wedge-shaped sections of cylinders, the circular flue may be built in every 

 possible direction, and so as to form, in every case, a cylindrical tunnel, 

 which may be freed from soot, in the most perfect manner, by machinery, 

 without the aid of climbing boys. In order to have a clear idea how the 

 flue is built, the reader has only to imagine wedge-shaped flooring tiles, with 

 circular holes in them. {fig. 57.) If a flue, tunnel, or 

 drain under ground is to be built in a straight or per- 

 pendicular direction, the thin and the thick edge of the 

 wedges, or tiles, are laid against each other alternately 

 {fig- 58. a) ; if the flue or drain is to be turned to one 

 side, proceed to lay the i 

 thin edges all on one side 

 {b); and if the curve is to be very gentle, or 

 to be serpentine, use the thick or the thin 

 edges together, or alternately, as may be re- 

 quired to produce the line of direction pro- 

 posed (c d e). Mr. Hiort divides his wedge 

 tiles into four or five bricks, in order to effect 

 the above and other purposes more per- 

 fectly. But as we have already recom- 

 mended his book (Vol.1, p. 432.), and as the 

 subject is not altogether within our depart- 

 ment, we shall only farther say, that we think 

 his plan by far the greatest improvement that 

 has ever been made by any one individual in 

 the construction of chimneys ; that, if it v/ere 

 generally in use, there would scarcely be such 

 a thing known as a smoky room or a climbing 

 boy; and that government, after due en- 

 quiry, ought to purchase and throw open Mr. 

 Hiort's patent, and pass an act to compel 

 all chimneys to be built on his plan, or on 

 such other plan as shall be equally eligible 

 for being swept without the aid of climbing 

 boys; or, shorter and better, an act to forbid the use of climbing boys 

 under a very heavy penalty. Dr. Birkbeck adverted to the exertions of the 



