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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
It is enriched with coloured plates and wood engravings, and is as 
worthy to adorn the table as to occupy an honourable place upon 
the shelf in the most select horticultural library. The second edition 
of Scott’s Orchardist, now publishing, is a remarkable work of its 
class. It represents the most complete collection of hardy fruits in 
the country, that of Mr. John Scott, of Merriott, Somersetshire; 
and the ripest judgment and experience in fruit-culture, that of Mr. 
John Scott himself, who has devoted years to his collection of mate- 
rials for the purpose. As a fruit list it is invaluable, and must 
become the text-hook for nurserymen, and those amateurs who grow 
large collections of fruits. But the essays on cultivation, training, 
selecting and multiplying fruit varieties, are equally important, and 
establish the industrious author in the high position of a benefactor 
to the horticulturists of Britain. The Illustrated Catalogue of 
Poultry Appliances, issued by Mr. F. Crook,, of 20, Motcombe 
Street, Belgrave Square, is a substantial work of 54 pages, con- 
taining descriptions and figures of poultry-houses, aviaries, pheasant 
feeders, bone-crushers, egg-cabinets, and other useful and elegant 
accessories to the country house. It may be obtained by application 
through the post, free of charge, by supplying a penny stamp to 
cover its conveyance to the applicant. The Catalogue of Agricul- 
tural Implements, issued by Mr. J. Le Butt, of Bury St. Edmunds, 
Suftblk, is a capital thing of its kind, and may prove useful to many 
of our readers. It may be obtained through the post, gratis. — — 
The Garden Oracle for 1873, by Shielet Hibbehd, will prove, we 
hope, a welcome guest in many a household ere the year is out. It 
contains a new classified list of greenhouse and conservatory plants, 
descriptions of all the new plants, flowers, and fruits, and a series 
of selections of garden seeds, hardy fruits, florists’ flowers, and other 
horticultural requirements for 1873. 
HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 
OTAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, December 4.— The meeting of 
the Floral and Fi-uit Committees held on the above date was, for the 
season, unusually attractive. Prizes were offered for herbaceous plants 
for the decoration of the flower garden in winter, tree-carnations, chry- 
santhemums, and hardy berry -bearing plants. The prizes were mostly 
well contested, and, in addition to the competitive collections, several fine miscella-. 
neous groups of plants were exhibited by several other exhibitors. The competition 
for the prizes offered for twelve winter-flowering carnations was very spirited, and 
the first prize was awarded to Ur. Charles Turner, of Slough, for a collection in 
which were well-flowered examples of Avalanche, white ; King of the Belgians, 
pink; Valiant, scarlet; Vestal, white; Aletta, pink and scarlet; Prince Christian, 
deep rose-pink ; Purity, white ; Rosy Morn, deep rose ; Blanche, white ; Alice, 
rose ; Minerva, blush-tinted pink ; and Empress of Germany, white, large, and fine. 
Mr. W. Lee, Arundel, Sussex ; and Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, Wellington 
Road, St. John’s Wood, were second and third respectively, and staged neat groups 
of plants. Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son were the only exhibitors of hardy 
herbaceous plants, and were most deservedly awarded the first prize. The collection 
included a fine specimen of the variety of the Christmas Rose known as Helleborus 
niger autumnalis maxima, which is far superior to the common form, the flowers 
being much larger and of finer quality. The first prize for hardy evergreens 
bearing berries was awarded to Mr. George, gardener to Miss Nicholson, Putney 
Heath, who staged a neat well-matched group, in which were well-berried speci- 
