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THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
work, would it not be better to give those already in the country, stating 
where and at what price they are to be procured? 
My correspondent will find that some of her suggestions have been 
adopted in the last and present number. With regard to the plants I 
have figured, it is true that Paulownia and JDaubentonia are at present 
only to be had in Paris, from M. Le Blanc, Boulevard des Capucines, 
No. 19 ; but M. Le Blanc has, I believe, made arrangements with several 
nurserymen, particularly Messrs. Rollison of Tooting, to supply these 
plants to English customers. After the June number, I shall, however, 
only figure those plants which are readily to be procured in English 
nurseries. 
VISITS TO NURSERIES. 
Hyacinth Villa , Shepherd’s Bush , Uxbridge Road .— Mr. Corsten’s 
Hyacinth show, for so it may be called, though it is in fact a florist’s 
garden of hyacinths, has a very beautiful effect, the more so indeed 
because it is one that can be imitated by any one who chooses to procure 
the hyacinths. Among the flowers exhibited, decidedly the handsomest, 
according to my taste, was Queen Adelaide, a stately bulb, that looks 
indeed a queen; Queen Victoria and Victoria Regina are also very fine 
flowers, and Prince Albert, a rich dark purple, has remarkably large 
bells. Among others was a hyacinth very nearly black, which was 
appropriately named Plus noir que noir. The Due de Berri is remark¬ 
able as being of a golden orange, and Tubiflora is a very beautiful white. 
Altogether, I think no one could see Mr. Corsten’s bulbs without wishing 
for a parterre of hyacinths. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Tuesday , April 6.— Dr. Henderson V.P. in the chair. The meeting 
was attended by a larger assemblage of company than is usual even in 
these crowded rooms, and the exhibition of plants and flowers was unusu¬ 
ally splendid. The collection sent by Mrs. Lawrence contained, amongst 
others, fine plants of Dendrobium aggregatum, presenting an immense 
mass of yellow flowers, considered the finest specimen of this species ever 
seen in this country; Epidendron crassifolium , or ellipticum , in a state of 
health and beauty rarely witnessed; Maxillaria Harrisonia and M, 
