THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE, 
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have now to say that the second edition is completed, and forms a 
handsome octavo volume of over GOO pages. It comprises chapters 
on fruit-culture, and lists of fruit varieties, with disquisitions on 
stocks, seedlings, climates, soils, and other cognate matters. The 
hand of the master is everywhere visible, and it is quite certain 
that we have now a trustworthy guide to the fruit garden, which 
must be consulted by those who are not content to be the victims 
of the many strange delusions that have been current of late years 
Those who wish to purchase the “ Orchardist,” must order it of Mr. 
Scott, Merriott, Somerset. The “ Canadian Fruit, Flower, and 
Kitchen Gardener,” by W. D. Bendle, Esq., published by J. 
Campbell and Son, Toronto, is an important addition to the literary 
products of the Dominion. In a neat octavo, freely illustrated, the 
author describes the course of culture adopted in Canada for the 
production of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and, as a matter of 
course, the culture differs in many particulars from that which obtains 
in England, owing to the ditterences of climate between the two 
countries. “ The Gladiolus,” by Eev. H. H. Dombrain (Iteeve and 
Co.), is a handy shilling treatise on the cultivation of this favourite 
flower. The author is one of the best judges and most experienced 
cultivators of the gladiolus. 
HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 
YAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. — Exhibition of Auricclas, 
Azalbas, and Roses, May 7 and 8. — The exhibition of Auriculas, 
Azaleas, and Roses, on the above-mentioned dates, was of the most 
satisfactory character. The Azaleas and Auriculas were exceedingly 
good ; but the Roses were simply magnificent ; and the specimens of 
the latter exhibited by Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, have never been equalled. 
Several interesting groups of miscellaneous plants were also contributed. In the 
first-prize collection of twelve roses in pots, Mr. Charles Turner presented mag- 
nificent specimens of Beauty of Waltham, Anna Alexieff, Celine Forestier, Victor 
Verdier, Paul Verdier, Paul Ricaut, Madame de St.-Joseph, Alfred Colomb, Charles 
Lawson, Souvenir d’un Ami, Souvenir de la Malmaison, and General Jacqueminot. 
In the first-prize group of six, from the same exhibitor, the varieties staged were 
Madlle. Therese Levet, John Hopper, Victor Verdier, La France, Miss Ingram, and 
Marechal Vaillant. The plants were remarkable for their immense size, the large 
number of flowers with which they were furnished, and the extreme richness of 
the foliage and the freshness of the flowers. Messrs. P.aul and Sons, Cheshunt, 
were second in the great class for twelve, and had, amongst others, fine examples of 
Madlle. Therese Levet, Dr. Andry, Madame de St. Joseph, Madame Victor Verdier, 
and Horace Vernet. The amateurs’ classes for Azaleas were well filled, and the 
plants were mostly presented in very good condition. In the class for six, the first 
prize was awarded to Mr. Hetherington, Clapham Park, who presented tall, pyra- 
midal specimens, somewhat stiffly trained. The competition in the amateurs’ class 
for three was exceedingly good, and in the first-prize group, contributed by Mr. 
Ward, gardener to F. G. Wilkins, Esq., occurred a splendid specimen of the showy 
Azalea sinensis, which is not grown so extensively as it should be ; Mr. Ward also 
had Louise Margottin, white striped with pink, and Due de Nassau, deep rose. 
The display of Auriculas was exceedingly interesting to the general visitor, as 
well as to the fanciers of these beautiful flowers. Mr. Charles Turner was awarded 
the first nrize for a collection of twelve show varieties, which consisted of Turner’s 
Rev. F. D. Horner, green edge ; Beeston’s Apollo, grey edge ; Turner’s Charles 
June. 
