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separate and blend what is useful with what is good. Oh ! my young friends of the blue 

 apron, follow if you will the advice of the poet, and walk day and night with the beautiful, 

 spread out your fostering arms and shelter the innocent Lilies ; but do not, oh ! do not forget 

 the useful Beans. 



F. Chitty. 



EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE AWARDS, &C. 

 {Continued from page 38.) 



Ehododendron Countess op Haddington. — Mr. Parker, Tooting ; First-class Certifi- 

 cate, March 19. — A dwarf bushy vigorous-habited variety, evidently bred from It. Dalhousice, 

 the leaves small, stout, dark green, convex- ciliated ; the flowers large, long-tubed, of great 

 substance, somewhat drooping, and of a delicate blush white. 



Ehododendron Denisonii. — Mr. Bousie, gardener to Lord Taunton, Stoke, Slough : 

 First-class Certificate. April 9. — A hybrid raised " from R. Dalhousice, crossed with mixed 

 pollen of R. Edgivorthii and R. Gibsoni.'' It is a very fine variety, lacking fragrance ; the 

 leaves flatfish, elliptic-oblong ; the large, long-tubed campanulate flowers pure whito, with a 

 lemon stain towards the base. 



Ehododendron Lady Bowring. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: Second-class Certificate, 

 May 21. — A fine hardy sort; flowers shaded, rosy pink, the upper segment finely spotted ; 

 good trusses. 



Ehododendron Lady Lopez. — Messrs. Veitch and Son : Commendation, May 21. — A 

 hardy variety, the flowers in moderate trusses, pale lilac ; the upper segment blotched with 

 deep chocolate. 



Ehododendron McNabii. — Mr. Bousie: Commendation, April 9. — A hybrid from 

 R. ciliatwm, crossed with It. Edgworthii. Not so fine as JR. JPrineess Alice, but a handsome, 

 dwarfish plant, with smooth, elliptic leaves, and large blush white shortly campanulate 

 flowers. 



Ehododendron ochroeeucum. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: Second-class Certificate, 

 May 21. — A distinct hardy variety, of fine habit ; the flowers large, creamy white, the 

 upper segment spotted with green. 



Ehododendron Princess Alice. — Messrs. Veitch & Son : First-class Certificate, 

 March 19. — A hybrid raised between R. Edgworthii and R. ciliatwm, of dwarf habit, with 

 clean-looking, small, flat leaves, and moderate-sized, bell-shaped flowers ; white, with a flush 

 of pink outside, and delicately scented, like those of its parent, R. Edgworthii. 



Ehododendron sesteriantjm. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: First-class Certificate, March 

 19. — A fine hybrid, of rather tall habit, with convex, oval, oblong, acute leaves ; the flowers 

 pure white, about three in a head, very large, and much expanded, with broad, rounded, 

 obtuse segments. Between R. Edgworthii and R. Gibsoni. 



{To be continued.) 



JUDGING DAHLIAS. 



In your last Number a person signing himself " V." has thought fit to make a cowardly, 

 and what I shall prove to your readers to be a most untruthful, attack on my character as' a 

 Judge of Dahlias. During the last ten years (if memory serves me right), I have been but 

 three times a Judge in the classes in which Mr. Keynes has been an exhibitor — St. James's 

 Hall, Beading, and at South Kensington last year. At only one of those places was Mr. 

 Keynes placed first. 



At Bishop Auckland last year I exhibited Dahlias for Mr. Keynes, and, therefore, could 

 not have been a J udge on that occasion. 



I now take my leave of " V.," by telling him that slanderers ought to have good memories. 

 Ashton Court, Bristol. "W". Dodds. 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



Conservatory. 

 Now that the plants have commenced growing, pay 

 the greatest attention to all their wants. Shift at 

 once any tha t may require a larger pot. Be careful 

 not to overwater newly-potted plants. Maintain a 

 moist growing atmosphere hy occasionally sprinkling 

 the paths and vacant parts of the house, and syring- 



ing lightly plants not in flower. These should be 

 done at times when the house is not likely to be 

 visited. Ventilate freely in fine weather, but in bad 

 weather guard against cold draughts, as delicate 

 flowers are soon injured. Unless in case of cold 

 frosts or very dull wet weather, fire heat will scarcely 

 be required. Remove every plant as soon as the 



