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the depth of six inches, without any covering over them, and nothing more is 

 done to them till they are wanted for use. In the spring, if the past winter 

 has been very severe, it is found that a few fruit on the outsides of the shelves 

 are frosted, but that those within are in a good state. On the contrary, should 

 the winter have been very mild, the fruit on the outside are rotten, but those 

 on the inside are fresh and good. Nonpareils, and other apples, preserved in 

 this manner, have been repeatedly exhibited by Mr. H , at the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Meetings in May and June. We tasted some on May 5th, 

 this year, and found them excellent. The situation of the shed is open and 

 airy, and to this circumstance Mr. H attributes much of his success. 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



A Grand Florictdtural Exhibition will be held at the Surrey Zoological 

 Gardens on the 13th and 16th of June next. " Not being able to keep terms 

 with the Metropolitan Society of Florists," Mr. Cross has determined to have 

 a flower show of his own. In order that this may be well worthy of public 

 patronage, Mr. Cross himself gives fifty guineas in gold and silver medals for 

 certain defined objects, such as the best pair of orchideous plants, the best 

 twelve green-house plants, the best nosegay, &c., &c. Besides this, the 

 amount received as entrance money from exhibitors will be awarded, at the 

 discretion of the judges, for any rare and beautiful specimen not named in the 

 list. This last plan we think very judicious ; because it will serve to assure 

 every gardener that he will not carry to the exhibition any remarkably fine 

 specimen in vain. We are extremely happy to notice this new instance of the 

 excellent public spirit of Mr. Cross. He deserves every encouragement from 

 the gardening world ; and we hope he will receive it. We have already heard 

 of several eminent cultivators who have proffered him their assistance. The 

 gardens being situated in the midst of a dense population, and the queen and 

 other branches of the royal family being patrons, there can be no doubt there 

 will be an immense assemblage on the days of exhibition. We never hear the 

 Surrey Zoological Gardens named without feeling gratified at the humanising 

 influence on the minds of thousands who would probably never have been 

 able to reach the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park. The arboretum 

 in the Surrey garden has been enriched with several new specimens. It is in 

 a very thriving state, and does great credit to the gardener, Mr. Watts. Again 

 we wish Mr. Cross every success as an encourager of gardening. — Cond. 



Mr. Groom's Tidips. — We attended the private view of these beautiful 

 flowers at Mr. Groom's gardens, at Walworth, on May 11., and were very 

 much gratified with the brilliancy of the display. The flowers were, generally 

 speaking, finer than at the exhibition of last year. Among them, we noticed 

 fine specimens of our old favourites, Washington, Polyphemus, Louis XVIIL, 

 Brulante eclatante, Pompe de funebre, &c., with many new ones remarkable 

 either for their form or colour. The whole forms one of those exhibitions 

 which no flower-gardener or amateur should visit London without seeing. 



Guernsey. — We are happy to find in the Guernsey Star of May 4. that a 

 proposal is made for establishing a botanic garden in that island. The mild- 

 ness of the climate renders it particularly s-uitable for such an establishment ; 

 and the encouragement which the Guernsey Horticultural Society has met 

 with seems to promise it success. We observe, in the same paper, a Gar- 

 dening Calendar for May, published under the direction of the Society, and 

 adapted to the climate of the island. We think this an admirable plan for 

 directing and keeping up attention to gardening ,• and we think it well deserv- 

 ing of imitation in different parts of the country. 



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