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therefore much pleasure in recommending Mr. Paul’s Rose Cata¬ 
logue to the notice of all interested in the queen of flowers, feel¬ 
ing sure they will neither be disappointed by the descriptions 
given, nor in the stock Mr. P. here offers for sale. 
Retail Catalogue of New Plants offered by W .Bull, Nursery¬ 
man and New Plant Merchant, Kings Road, Chelsea. 
Mr. Bull here presents to the public a goodly list of rare and 
new plants, of home and continental origin, which well deserves 
the inspection of connoisseurs in new plants. 
Catalogue of Hyacinths and other Bulbous Roots imported and 
grown by B. S. Williams, Paradise Nursery, Holloway, 
London. 
Very complete and very good, with a capital list of Gloxinias. 
Catalogue of Hyacinths, ^c., imported and sold by Robert 
Parker, Exotic Nursery, Tooting, Surrey. 
Another excellent assortment of Bulbous Roots, &c., by Mr. 
Parker, late partner with Mr. Williams, and now established at 
Tooting, where we wish him every success in his undertaking. 
Barr ^ Sugden's Autumnal Catalogue, comprising choice 
selections of Dutch Cape Florjering Bulbs, ^c., by Barr 
and Sugden, 12, King Street, Covent Garden. 
The Catalogue of this new firm appears to have been got up 
with care, and the various articles offered for sale well selected 
and described. 
Prix Courant des Plantes des Serres et de Pleine Air, de Louis 
Van Houtte, Horticulteur a Gand, Belgique. 
A vast collection of plants is here offered to purchasers, culti¬ 
vated at M. Van Houtte’s establishment, which has a Avorld-wide 
celebrity for old, new, and rare plants. There is a capital index 
arranged for Nos. 87 and 88 of the Prix Courant, as well as the 
current issue, which will make these numbers valuable lists for 
reference. 
CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH. 
Azaleas and Camellias. —The greater portion of the stock of 
Azaleas will probably be well set for bloom, and all which are so 
should occupy a cool airy house. The plants will appear to be at 
rest after having set their bloom buds, but the roots will nevertheless 
be active, and the plants must be carefully attended to with water, 
keeping the soil in a healthy state, otherwise the bloom will not be 
what it should be. We aim at keeping plants which are making 
no perceptible progress at the top rather on the side of dryness at 
the root, but use every care to avoid any injurious excess, and 
especially against getting the soil too wet. Any plants which are 
still backward in the way of forming bloom buds should be kept 
