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THE FLORIST. 
or small. Amongst the Lycopodiums, the most adapted for orna¬ 
mental purposes are Africanum, umbrosum, Schottii, coesium, lepi- 
dophyllum, Wildenovi,stoloniferum, inequalifolium, Martensi, tlexuosum, 
circinale, cordifolium, and apodum. Everything was in good health and 
keeping, which reflected great credit upon the good taste of the worthy 
proprietor, and also upon the able manner in which his gardener, Mr. 
Westland, had performed the charge intrusted to his care. A. 
VERBENA POT. 
Being a cultivator of Verbenas in pots, I have found it exceedingly 
tedious to tie them out, either to sticks or trellis, and during the warm 
weather, it required so great an amount of time, that I turned my 
attention to remedy the ill convenience. 
By way of experiment I had a few pots made, with very large 
tops, similar to the one here represented, so as to admit of my pegging 
the plants down to the soil, as if grown in a bed. The advantages of 
this pot are two-fold. First, it allows the plant to exhibit its natural 
habit. Secondly, the pot being so much smaller below, considerably 
lessens the weight, and curtails the amount of soil, thus preventing the 
plant making too great a top. 
In short, I am of opinion that these pots only require to be known to 
be universally appreciated. Albert Deam. 
Colchester. 
BRITISH POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
March 4. —Mr. Hogg in the chair. Of Pears, Mr. Hill, Keele Hall, 
Staffordshire, sent Josephine de Malines, well grown and coloured ; the 
flesh however was hard and coarse, and without flavour: the same may 
be said of Ne Plus Meuris, but Beurre Ranee was tender and melting, 
juicy and well-flavoured. It should be mentioned, however, that when 
