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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A question as to self-fertilisation having been asked, Mr 

 Hibbeed said he did not intend to convey the idea of self- 

 fertilisation in its literal sense, for everyone could see the busy 

 bee in its work of fertilisation. But he was sure there was a 

 great deal of self-fertilisation going on among Dahlias, and this 

 might also be seen among Hollyhocks. 



THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE DAHLIA. 



By Mr. C. Hakman Payne, F.E.H.S. 



" Essai sur la culture, la nomenclature et la classification des 

 Dahlia," par MM. Jacquin freres, marchands grainiers, fleuristes 

 et pepinieristes, &c, &c, suivi du catalogue general des varices 

 de Dahlia qu'ils cultivent dans leurs etablissemens. (Paris, 

 1828.) 



" Memoire sur le Dahlia et sur sa culture," par M. le Cte. 

 Lelieur de Ville-sur-Arce, &c, &c. (Versailles, 1829.) 



" Essai sur la culture, la nomenclature et la classification des 

 Dahlia," par MM. Jacquin freres, marchands grainiers, fleuristes 

 et pepinieristes, &c, &c, suivi du catalogue general des varietes 

 de Dahlia qu'ils cultivent dans leurs etablissemens. Deuxieme 

 edition. (Paris, 1830.) 



" The Annual Dahlia Register " for 183G ; containing par- 

 ticulars of the introduction of the Dahlia into this country, mode of 

 cultivation and management, the properties of a good flower, 

 arrangement of stands for shows, show flowers, &c, &c. Upwards 

 of fifty highly coloured figures of dissimilar Dahlias, consisting 

 chiefly of very superior new flowers, with catalogues of growers ; 

 also specimens of several old flowers, with an alphabetical index 

 of 700 varieties of the Dahlia, and an account of exhibitions held 

 in England and Jersey in 1835, by an Amateur. (London, 1836.) 



" A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Dahlia," 

 by Joseph Paxton, F.L.S., H.S., Editor of the "Magazine of 

 Botany," &c. (London, 1838.) 



" Traite pratique de la culture du Dahlia," par Joseph Paxton, 

 &c. Traduit de l'anglais, precede de lettres sur le meme sujet 

 par M. A. de Humboldt et M. A. de Jussieu, membre de 

 l'Academie des Sciences. (Paris, 1839.) 



