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THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



fitting representatives. The whole show was a credit 

 to the exhibitors, and the liberal list of prizes, amount- 

 ing to nearly 1000Z., displayed the liberality and public 

 spirit of Manchester. It may be interesting to state 

 that the special prizes offered by that munificent patron 

 of Horticulture, Sam. Mendell, Esq., for the best plants 

 in the Exhibition, were awarded to Ixora Colei, exhi- 

 bited by Messrs. Cole and Son, of Manchester, and to 

 Sanacenia flava, exhibited by Mr. Baines. The whole 

 arrangements of the Exhibition were carried out in a 

 manner which reflected the highest credit upon all 

 concerned ; the palm of praise being clearly due to Mr. 

 Findley, the able curator of the Botanical Society under 

 whose auspices the Exhibition was held ; and indeed, 

 as far as we have seen, the Northerners completely 

 beat us Southerners out of the field in the manner in 

 which they enter into any enterprise of this character. 

 There is far more warmth and energy amongst them 

 than with those who live in a more favoured climate, 

 where the difficulties attending the growth of plants 

 bear no comparison with those experienced by the 

 lovers of gardening in the North. 



GARDEN ECONOMICS. 



GREEN FLY, AND THE METHODS OF ITS 

 DESTRUCTION. 



If we were to believe all the statements made as to 

 the various compounds, powders, liquids, &c, for get- 

 ting rid of this pest, we ought never to be troubled 

 with it ; and yet, after all, we very much question 

 whether anything is equal to the old plan of fumigating, 

 and whether anything is better than the various forms 

 of tobacco. We have tried several, and we believe that 

 good tobacco-paper is the most efficient cure for the 

 enemy. Various machines have been also recom- 

 mended for using the preparation, but, although many 

 of them are ingenious and many expensive, we find none 

 to be better than the very simple contrivance known so 

 largely and so well as "Appleby's Fumigator and we 

 venture to say that with this and abundance of his 

 compound paper, the pest can soon be got rid of — 

 indeed it need never appear — for if the house be fumi- 

 gated occasionally, there need be no fear of its harbour- 

 ing the enemy. The Fumigator is very simple, and no 

 inconvenience whatever need be felt by those who use 

 it. It may be lighted, and left in the house to do its 

 own work. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Catalogue of Bedding and other Plants. Jarnes 

 Carter, Dunnett and Beale, 237 and 238, High Hol- 



born. — The extensive seed business of Messrs. Carter 

 gradually necessitated the addition of a nursery to 

 supply the orders received, and no more remarkable 

 instance of the rapid growth of such an establishment 

 can be adduced than the Forest Hill Nursery belonging 

 to this firm ; for from thence not only have there been 

 immense quantities of plants sent out, but some very 

 remarkable seedlings, especially amongst the Tricolor 

 Geraniums, have emanated from thence. We need only 

 mention Prince of Wales and Mrs. Dunnett to bear out 

 our assertion. The catalogue now before us contains 

 an extensive assortment not only of what are popularly 

 known as bedding plauts, but also of stove and green- 

 house plants — ferns, herbaceous plants, succulents, 

 &c. ; while the abundant testimony given throughout 

 their pages of the satisfaction experienced by those 

 who have obtained plants, will be a sufficient guarantee 

 of the excellence of their stock ; for it will be borne in 

 mind that cheap bedding plants may be very dear, if 

 they are not well managed. 



A Retail List of Beautiful and Rare Plants. Wm. 

 Bull, Seed Plant Merchant, King's Road, Chelsea, 

 S.W. — An extensive catalogue of a very valuable col- 

 lection, illustrated with numerous woodcuts, and a 

 large frontispiece of Mr. Bull's Winter Garden. Not 

 only are there detailed descriptions of the many new 

 and rare plants which Mr. Bull has introduced for the 

 first time, but a large number of the most valuable 

 introductions of recent years. No one desirous of 

 adding to their collections should be without this very 

 extensive and interesting catalogue. 



Catalogue of Cheap Bedding Plants. Thomas Samp- 

 son, Preston Street, Yeovil. — i\lr. Sampson's establish- 

 ment is well known in the West of England for the 

 marvellous cheapness and excellence of the bedding 

 plants sent out from thence. We have here geraniums 

 and other plants at 2s. per dozen ; while others of a 

 more valuable character, such as Mr. Sampson's 

 own seedling, Amazon, will attract the attention of 

 growers. 



Spring Catalogue. E. G. Henderson & Son, Wel- 

 lington Road, St. John's Wood, N.W. — A most excel- 

 lent catalogue from a firm which has brought into notice 

 some of the most valuable bedding plants that we 

 have. 



flotirrs to GTorrcsponTacnts. 



B. T. asks how he is to prevent cockroaches in his orchid house. 

 We can assure him, on the authority of Mr. Petch, the able gardener at 

 Manley Hall, that Griffith Hughes' Oriental Powder will completely 

 eradicate them ; it is manufactured by the inventor at Cateaton Street, 

 Manchester, and is very cheap. One or two doses is quite sufficient to 

 clear the house infected by them. 



