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THE FLORIST. 
Airdale Beauty has been seen good in the north, but south it has 
not produced a good flower. Fairy Queen is a large peach-coloured 
flower, and of very fine shape, but is uncertain. Delta, a very good 
yellow, is also, unfortunately, inconstant. Sidney Herbert, Edward, 
Fenella, and Lord Cork, although they can only be deemed second 
rate, will be sometimes found useful. Fanny Dodds, Cardinal, Mont 
Blanc, Cavalier, Mrs. Critchet, Mrs. Edwards, Duke of Devonshire, 
and Brittle’s two flowers, Florence Nightingale, and Trinity Beauty, 
may be fairly set down as failures, not to be grown again. 
The fancies sent out last spring comprise some very excellent flowers, 
and, although early in the season, Lady Paxton comes with a hard eye; 
we must place her ladyship at the head of our list, to be followed by 
Charles Perry, Cleopatra, Conqueror, Fancy King, and Carnation. 
The general bloom of Dahlias has this year been not only unusually 
good, but has lasted unusually long, fully a month later than we are 
accustomed to see them. We saw a good stand of Dahlias exhibited 
on the 29th day of July, and now daily see many in good bloom. The 
Dahlia has thus contributed to make our gardens gay for no less a space 
than one-third of the whole year, or four consecutive months. 
CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH. 
Auriculas. —These should be quiet at this season ; give them 
sufficient water to keep them alive only; but keep them clean of all 
dead foliage, and give plenty of air. 
Azaleas. —Those intended to flower early should have a temperature 
of about 50 degrees by night and 60 degrees by day; they will also 
require attention in watering. Those for late flowering should have as 
much air as the state of the weather permits, and they should have just 
sufficient heat and water to keep them in a healthy state. 
Calceolar'ias.—^hxxxhhy and half shrubby kinds are now freely 
propagated in gentle heat; they also grow fast in an intermediate 
house, but like most soft wooded plants soon get infested with green-fly 
if not kept clean, and fumigated occasionally. 
Camellias. —Attend carefully to the watering of these ; give air when 
the weather is fair, but this house should on the whole be kept tolerably 
warm, without using too much fire heat. Most of the sorts that have 
had previous attention, with regard to fire heat, &c., will now be in full 
flower, and the general collection will be advancing into bloom. 
Carnations and Picotees. —These will now require going over, 
to clean them of all dead foliage, and slightly stir the surface of the soil ; 
give scarcely any water, but keep the lights off during fine weather. 
Cinerarias. —These plants will now require particular attention to 
keep clean; look over frequently, and pick off any decaying or decayed 
foliage, and sulphur such as have the mildew ; stand the plants as thin 
as your room will allow, so that they may get a free circulation of air 
through them ; place as near the glass as possible, and be careful not 
to let them have a cold frosty current, which will curl and disfigure the 
