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HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 
annually raised, and of that i'o\\\ how many 
disappear altogether. In May, 1841, at the 
Horticultural Society were Gaines' Rising 
Sum, Catleugh's Prince of Waterloo ; in 
.June, Foster's Favorite. Garth's Queen of 
Fairies; in July, Wilson's Enchantress. In 
May, 1842, were Garth's Symmetry, Gaines' 
Amulet ; in June, Foster's Sultana, Sir R. 
Peel, Nestor, and Sunshine, Bock's Leonora, 
and Meteor, Posset's Model of Perfection ; in 
July, Foster's Lord Chancellor, and Actaeon, 
Pamplin's Count d'Orsay, and Prince of 
Wales, Garth's Constellation, and Gaines' 
Duchess of Sutherland. There was at this 
time a Seedling-testing Society, whose prizes 
were awarded during this month as follows, 
viz. — To Foster's Sultana, Actason, Flambeau, 
Milo, and Eros, Garth's Constellation, Pamp- 
lin's Prince of Wales, and Sir Isaac Newton. 
To this date trusses only Avere shown. The 
following were exhibited as plants:— In May, 
1843, at the Horticultural Society were 
Beck's Zanzummim, and Susanna ; at the 
Koyal Botanic, the above two, and Theresa, 
Foster's Zanzummim, and Hybla ; in June, at 
the Horticultural, Foster's Phaeon, Duke of 
Devonshire, and Robustum, Lyne's Princess 
Alice, Ingram's Corinthian ; in July, at the 
Horticultural, were Foster's Psyche, and at 
the Botanic, Pamplin's Lord Nelson. In 
May, 1844, at the Horticultural, were Foster's 
Dr. Lindley; at the Botanic, Beck's Master 
Peel, Lurida, and Chastity ; in June, at the 
Horticultural, Foster's Sir J. Broughton, and 
Exactum, Hoyle's Titus, Beck's Desdemona ; 
at the Botanic, Foster's Orion, and Miss Peel, 
Cock's Hector ; in July, at the Horticul- 
tural, Gaines' Duchess of Leinster ; at the 
Botanic, Beck's Aurora, Silverlock's Emperor 
Nicholas, and Staines' La Polka. — Gardeners' 
Chronicle. 
Sowing Exotic Seeds. — A convenient 
plan to adopt is to take shallow pots, about 
six inches across, well drain them, and fill to 
within about an inch of the top with fine soil, 
consisting of peat and loam, the latter pre- 
ponderating, both tolerably dry, and with sand 
enough intermixed to make the whole appear 
sandy : this should be gently pressed smooth 
in the pot, and marked into four divisions ; 
a portion of each packet of seed, properly 
labelled, is then to be sown, either in one, or 
in two of these divisions, according to the 
quantity of plants required ; selecting seeds of 
nearly equal size to be sown in the same pot, 
in order that the same depth of soil as cover- 
ing may be proper for all. The labels should 
be placed close together in the centre, exactly 
facing the division in which the corresponding 
seeds are sown. The pots should be placed 
in a mild hot-bed, and the soil covei'ed and 
shaded so as to prevent its dying, by using 
a little clean moss, or something equally 
effectual. The least quantity of water that 
will suffice to keep the soil from getting dry 
will be found most desirable ; the covering 
and shading will, in a great measure, prevent 
dryness. Avoid steam, by frequently airing 
the frame, and when the seedlings are fairly 
up, transplant them into small pots, or prick 
them out into larger ones, as may be most 
convenient. — Gardeners' Journal. 
The Properties of Carnations. — Mr. 
Bates and Mr. Glenny, the two individuals 
who have discussed, and differed upon, the 
perfection of a Carnation, have come to the 
conclusion that both are right. The principal 
objection of Mr. Bates was, that Mr. Glenny's 
standard was not likely to be attained ; that 
in fact it was not in the nature of a flower to 
attain it ; whereas Mr. Bates's standard could 
be attained, and had occasionally been reached. 
In a personal examination of the various 
grounds for each of their opinions, not long 
since, both these gentlemen came to the con- 
clusion that Mr. Glenny's standard would be 
the most beautiful, if it could be ever reached ; 
and Mr. Glenny showed that the only differ- 
ence between them all through the piece, had 
been that he had gone all the way with Mr. 
Bates, but when Mr. Bates stopped, Mr. 
Glenny went on further. Mr. Bates has been 
elected a judge of the Metropolitan Society. 
ACHIMENES PEDUNCULATA. — This plant, 
though handsome in its flowers, has usually the 
disadvantage of srrowins; tall and strao'trlin";. 
Cuttings, taken off and rooted, and then grown 
three or four together in a pot, are said to lose 
much of this undesirable habit, and to form 
dwarf, bushy plants, with larger and superior 
coloured flowers. Cuttings taken off at inter- 
vals through the season will keep up a supply 
of blooming plants. , 
Rhododendrons. — The late severe winter 
has tested the comparative degrees of hardiness 
in the different varieties of hybrid Rhododen- 
drons. The crosses between R. ponticum 
and R. arboreum, such as Smithii, &c, are to 
all appearance quite dead; but possibly they 
may again shoot up from the bottom. Those 
raised between R. Catawbiense and R. ar- 
boreum do not appear so much injured in 
either wood or foliage; but, on opening the 
blossom buds, the embryo flower is found to 
be destroyed. The varieties raised between 
R. maximum and R. arboreum are apparently 
but little injured; and those between R. cau- 
casicum and R. arboreum still less; so proving 
the tw r o latter crosses to be considerably the 
hardier, and therefore best adapted for out-door 
cultivation in this country. [The hybrid 
called Alta Clerenee, has proved with us as 
sound and hardy as any of them, and the 
place not a little exposed either.] 
