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THE FLORIST, 
witness the last Chiswick exhibition, where one collection was removed three 
times before it was finally staged ; and necessarily so, if display was to be attained. 
But some improvements might undoubtedly be effected; we shall urge them 
upon the garden committee previous to the issue of a new schedule. If we 
have a little tempered down our correspondents’ communication, we believe it 
will be approved of by them. We have also withheld their names, thinking it 
unnecessary to attach them, answering, as we do, for their respectability and 
high standing as florists.— Editor.] 
OUR TULIP RAMBLE. 
During the Tulip season this year we inspected the collection of 
Mr. Groom, as our readers are, indeed, already aware, and a gorgeous 
display greeted us. Two hundred and thirty-five rows of mostly 
valuable and excellent varieties, in good condition (for so trying a 
season), must be seen to be fully appreciated. Of Bizarres, Strong’s 
King, Everard, and Marshal Soult, were the most prominent; Vic¬ 
toria Regina (two bulbs in one hole) fully represented the Bybloemen, 
the feathering being light, and regularly laid on each petal; white 
pure, and contrasted well with the dark glossy markings. These two 
blooms, for shape, substance, markings, and purity, were considered 
the gems of the collection. Roses were represented by two sweet 
blooms of Cerise blanc and a bloom of Lachases (an imported Tri- 
omphe Royale). 
In the collection of Mr. J. Edwards were some good blooms, 
especially of Cleopatra, Lord Hawkesbury, Lalla Rookh, Pandora, 
Queen of the North, General Bournavelde, Gloria Mundi, Albion, 
Arlette, Lac, and Triomphe Royale, &c. For fifty rows, we were 
struck by the number of blooms. Upon close examination, however, 
it was discovered that very many holes contained two bulbs, a prac¬ 
tice, the policy of which is doubtful. 
At the Star Nursery, Slough, a good strain of flowers was 
apparent; but arrangement of colours and heights had not been 
sufficiently attended to, and an irregular head of bloom was the 
result. Let “ care and perseverance” be our motto in this particular, 
or confusion and mixture will follow. 
At Chalvey, Mr. Turner was found to have made his dehut with 
a neat and clean strain of many old favourites, intermixed with some 
gems from the North. Mary Lamb and Prince Albert are of a good 
class, and may be improved by another year’s growth: the general 
bloom was good, but rather below the average size. 
Our esteemed contributor J. Hunt, Esq. continues to maintain 
his reputation as a cultivator of the very highest order. His collec¬ 
tion of twelve blooms, exhibited at the late meeting of the Royal 
South London Floricultural Society, demonstrated the fact beyond 
dispute. 
Mr. Lawrence, of Hampton, has achieved his annual compact yet 
vigorous growth. This collection, for quality, arrangement, and high 
keeping, vied with any we have yet seen. The following were 
