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THE FLORIST. 
As we have said, a first-class certificate was awarded to this, although 
not a new flower. Messrs. Maule & Son, of Bristol, exhibited a very 
fine and well-grown specimen of Cypripedium insigne; this also 
received a first-class certificate. 
Mr. Salter, of Hammersmith, exhibited some striking varieties of 
Chrysanthemums, amongst them “ Little Harry,” to which on a former 
occasion a first-class certificate had been awarded, and which proved 
now that it had deserved the award; it was a medium sized golden 
yellow incurved flower, quite a ball in shape. The following, from the 
same raiser, were commended:—Canary Bird, Caractacus, and Golden 
Hermione ; of these we shall have more to say by and by. Messrs. 
E. G. Henderson & Son had a very nice collection of Tree Carnations, 
well grown and in good bloom, forming a pleasing adjunct to the con¬ 
servatory at a season of the year when flowers are scarce ; for these a 
special certificate was awarded. Nothing else of any moment was 
brought before the Committee, the season of the year being of course 
unfavourable to the production of novelties. 
Such, then, is an ordinary meeting, in the dull season, of this Com¬ 
mittee of Taste ; and now the scene shifts, and when the curtain rises 
next, we shall find ourselves in our new room at Kensington Gore, the 
full, true, and particular account of which we shall hope to give on some 
future occasion, satisfied if now it has been demonstrated that this 
Committee is so constituted, that the public may with confidence look 
to its awards, and believe that they will be given with judgment, wisdom 
and impartiality. 
Deal, Jan. 16. D. 
REPORT ON ANNUALS GROWN FOR TRIAL AT 
CHISWICK, 1860. 
Br Mr. Moore, Secretary to the Floral Committee. 
No. I. 
The experimental trials of annual flowers made during the past 
summer at the Garden at Chiswick, have doubtless, like those of other 
plants, been influenced in some degree by the unpropitious nature of 
the season, and therefore the opinions pronounced on the respective 
subjects may not be regarded as altogether final. Nevertheless, it was 
found that the majority of the plants belonging to this class acquired a 
very fair state of development, and some may even have preferred the 
moisture and comparative coolness which were prevalent, to the more 
heated and parching conditions of soil and climate which are the conco¬ 
mitants of ordinary summer weather. 
The observations embodied in this Report were made from time to 
time during the summer, the plants having been examined by the 
Committee, as they reached the flowering state. 
Acroclinium roseum. (Van Houtte.)—This pretty Swan River 
Everlasting, raised in gentle heat, and afterwards planted out, came 
into flower early, and continued for a considerable period in blossom 
