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thoroughly rotted hotbed manure or leaf mould. They may now be placed 
upon cinder ashes in a cold pit or frame, kept somewhat close, and slightly 
shaded for a fortnight or so after having been shifted, and should then be 
very gradually inured to full exposure to sunshine, gentle rains, &c., the 
sashes, however, being always in readiness, so as to protect them from 
violent thunderstorms or hail, as well as from heavy or prolonged rainfall. 
A few of the shoots may now require to be topped, or they may be 
staked or tied down to the rim of the pots, in order to lay the foundation, 
as it were, of a specimen plant. In the training of the plants, however, 
avoid using more stakes than are absolutely necessary. 
By the end of June or by the beginning of July the plants ought to 
have become beautiful objects for exhibition, or for the decoration of the 
drawing-room or conservatory, &c. Such plants are also well adapted for 
suspending by wires, in ornamental baskets, in the last-named structure., 
or in the open air; for it must be remembered that the more they are ex* 
posed to light and air, the more brilliant will be the tints of their leaf¬ 
colouring 
Culford Hall Gardens. P. Grieve. 
NOVELTIES, &c., AT FLOWER SHOWS. 
' JCMTH spring has returned an abundance of spring flowers, of which 
g-p) a most interesting display took place at the Floral Committee, on 
March 3rd. Violets arQ always welcome, and new r Violets are 
rare : hence Mr. Graham’s Violet Victory , a new tree variety, which 
was again exhibited on this occasion, is sure to win popular favour ; 
its flowers are single, larger and better shaped than those of Czar, deep 
violet purple, and very fragrant, and the habit is tree-like, that of the Czar 
being spreading. The plant did not receive an award, being rather 
sparingly flowered ; but it must win one hereafter. At the same meeting 
W. Marshall, Esq., of Enfield, had his beautiful collection of Cattleya 
Warscewiczii , three of which, distinguished by popular names, gained first- 
class certificates; these were Juno , a large blush flower with very richly- 
coloured ruby-purple lip; Cleopatra, a large broad-petaled white, with 
finely-shaped high-coloured lip; and Tricolor, a smaller white, with a 
finely-coloured yellow and purple lip. Mr. Atkins had Cyclamen Count album, 
a good white variety, and quite an acquisition amongst these beautiful 
half-hardy flowers. Mr. Cross, gardener at Milcliet Park, showed a nice 
plant of the rare purple-flowered Lcdia elegans Tumeri, having ten flowers 
on the spike; this had a first-class certificate. Mr. Standisli, of Ascot, 
showed three distinct-looking green-leaved seedling Aucubas, named querci- 
folia, ilicifolia, and crassifolia. J. Bay, Esq., of Tottenham, sent Odonto - 
glossum intermedium, a form of 0. Alexandras (Bluntii), with a lip inter- 
