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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



Of Rare Hardy Ornamental Plants, a large collection was furnished by Messrs. Veitch 

 and Son, from Chili and Japan ; a like group from Mr. Standish, collected by Mr. Fortune ; 

 and the same from Mr. Bull. 



In the Miscellaneous class a large number of plants, &c, were staged. Mr. J. Salter, of 

 Hammersmith, had variegated hardy herbaceous plants ; Mr. B. S. Williams, the same, also 

 Ancectochilus and ornamental plants ; the last-named from Mr. Hutt, gardener to Miss B. 

 Coutts ; variegated plants from Messrs. Veitch & Son, foremost among which were huge 

 vases of Caladium Veitchi, Alocasia mctallica, and A. macrorhiza variegata from Ceylon, and 

 a new Amaranthus named melancholicus ruber, from Japan, for bedding purposes, and said 

 to be hardy; the same from Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, and also from Messrs. Carter & Co., 

 Holborn, who had their Fuchsia Meteor, and a handsome specimen of Coleus VerschafFelti. 

 From Mr. Daniels, Syncombe House, Henley-on-Thames, came a large bunch of Bougain- 

 villasa spcciosa, in fine flower ; cut Roses from Messrs. Paul & Son, W. Paul, and H. Lane 

 and Son ; cut Pyrethrums from Mr. Salter ; English and Belgian Pansies from Mr. Bragg ; 

 and stands of twenty-four Tulips from Messrs. Norman, Woolwich, and Turner. A large 

 number of seedling florists' flowers were staged for the inspection of the Floral Committee. 

 Mr. Turner had seedling Pelargoniums — Royal Albert (Hoyle), a very large flower of fine 

 form, rosy salmon with dark top petals and white centre, being marked by the strongest in- 

 dividuality. Mr. G. Smith, Islington, had Petunia Eliza Mathieu, which fully deserves all the 

 encomiums passed on it. A well- formed and free-flowering white Azalea, with an occasional 

 stripe of carmine, came from Mr. B. S. Williams ; a white-foliaged bedding Geranium named 

 Snowball, from Mr. Bull, evidently a sport from Flower of the Bay; and from Messrs. 

 Downie, Laird, & Laing, of Edinburgh, came a singular seedling Pansy, named Aurea 

 marginata, a yellow ground variety, with a deep belt of crimson purple, and margined round 

 the flower with yellow. While it will be an addition to the Fancy kinds, it will be rivalled 

 by others in that unique class, by tho eccentricity of its marking, while it will be surpassed 

 by then- showy and striking colours. 



It is to be regretted that the weather proved so " unpropitious. The announcement 

 already made respecting the sale of tickets, proves that the Horticultural Society were already 

 placed beyond the reach of pecuniary loss owing to the state of the weather. Quo. 



REVIEW. 



The Amateur's Rosarium; a Manual of Directions regarding the Culture, Propagation, and 

 Varieties of the Rose. By the Rev. R. Wodhow Thomson. Edinburgh: Paton & Ritchie. 



The author of the "Amateur's Rosarium" is evidently not an arm-chair gardener. He 

 is one who not only knows what he his writing about, but has practised with his own hands 

 all that he has written. Like the Rector of Rushton he is an amateur indeed, for he loves his 

 Roses, he has experienced the pleasures they impart, and, like a true philanthropist, his desire 

 is that others shall enjoy the same advantages as he has done. In his j)reface he says : — 

 " He would conclude by recording the intense pleasure which Rose culture has afforded to 

 him. It has tended to relaxation, in the midst of important professional duties. It has aided 

 in the maintenance and restoration of health, and it has wiled away many a weary hour, in 

 a Way exempted from any risk of that censorious gossip, which other relaxations in the case 

 of a clergyman are apt' to engender. He will therefore be well pleased if he should be 

 instrumental in adding to the number of Manse Rosariums." 



In this admirably written work the author details, in clear and simple language, the 

 complete management of the Rose garden ; and we commend it most heartily to the perusal 

 of our readers. 



Dye Apples. — The west-country papers contain accounts of the advance in the price 

 of Apples in Somersetshire and Devonshire, owing, as they state, to a demand which has 

 sprung up in Lancashire for this fruit; the acid obtained from which having been found 

 valuable as a mordaunt to fix the colours of their manufactured articles. Will any of oux 

 Lancashire correspondents kindly inform ns as to the facts of the above ? We presume 

 tho acid named is malic acid, and as this principle is found in larger quantities in some 

 varieties than others, we might j)robably assist them in determining which are the most valu- 

 able varieties for their purpose. The question is an interesting one to pomologists, as open- 

 ing up a new field tor enterprise; for if the demand is likely to be a permanent one, those 

 varieties found to be specially adapted for this use should be the object of an increased 

 propagation. 



