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the rows occasionally in dry weather. "Watering should, if possible, he 
avoided, as it does more harm than good. 
6. Shading .—Sometimes the weather in May is very dry and hot; at 
such times shading becomes absolutely necessary. A light framework 
should be fixed over the bed and covered with light canvas or calico. The 
plants should have abundance of air and light, but be shaded from the 
heat of the midday sun. 
7. Taking up the Roots .—By the end of June, or soon after, the greater 
part of the plants will appear brown and dry ; the roots should then be 
taken up. It is best to take them up singly as soon as they are ripe. Cut 
them off and place them in an airy place to dry; when fit, store away in 
bags and boxes. When all are taken up, dried, and stored away, nothing 
more remains to be done until the return of the planting season. 
Stourton. M. Saul. 
NOVELTIES, &c., AT FLOWER SHOWS. 
As the great shows are over for the season, my range of Novelties 
will be confined to the Meetings of the Floral Committee—by no means the 
least interesting of the horticultural gatherings held during the year. Last 
month I brought before the notice of the readers of the Florist and Pomo- 
logist the claims of Mr. W. Paul’s handsome golden-foliaged Cupressus. 
At the Meeting of the Floral Committee on the 1st of October two other 
variegated forms of Cupressus Lawsonuma were produced by Mr. Thomas 
Cripps, Tunbridge Wells: one, flam, a handsome golden-tinted plant, to 
which a first-class certificate was awarded, and nivea, a silvery variety, not 
yet sufficiently developed in character. But for their rich and rare beauty 
the prime feature of interest at this Meeting was the seedling Clematises 
shown by Mr. Cripps; With the exception of two of the darkest-coloured 
kinds, seedlings, or, perhaps, hybrids of C. Viticella, the others were seed¬ 
lings of C. lanuginosa. First-class certificates were awarded to Star of India, 
a flower in the way of C. rubella, but deeper in colour, the ground violet, 
with a reddish purple band along each segment of the flower; to Maria 
Lefehvre, white, delicately tinted with mauve, and having a stripe of pale 
mauve along each petal; to Madame Van Houtte, pure white in colour, large 
in size, and extremely handsome ; and to Sensation, of a rich shade of 
mauve, a very large and striking flower. The whole of the batch were of 
fine quality, but only cut, and, in many instances, solitary blooms were pro¬ 
duced, so that no conclusions as to the habit of the plants could be drawn. 
Besides those named there were:— The Czar, a flower coming nearest to 
Star of India in point of colour; Triumphant, Gloria Mundi, Forget-me- 
not, Lady Camden, Guiding Star , Beauty of the Bower, and Captivation; Pul- 
cherrima, in the way of Maria Lefehvre ; and the following pure white 
flowers— Adelina Patti, Mrs. Nasmyth, and Annie Wood. In the way of 
Ferns, a first-class certificate was awarded to Lastrea lacera, a handsome 
hardy robust-growing evergreen Japanese Fern, from Mr. Bull; and to 
Gymnogramma peruviana laciniata, a heavily-powdered Silver Fern, of a good 
habit, with dissected fronds, from Mr. Parsons, of Danesbury. Aspidistra 
elatior angustifolia variegata, from Mr. Bull, is said to be a hardy plant suit¬ 
able for rockwork; the narrow green leaves are heavily striped with pale 
yellow ; it was awarded a first-class certificate. 
Some varieties of Veronica Andersoni, the plants grown as standards on 
stems 3 to 4 feet in length, were shown by Messrs. E. Gf. Henderson & Son, 
