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THE FLORIST. 
Mr. Charles Brown, Dulwich. Extra Prize : A Silver Cup, £10 10s. 
(This handsome prize was presented by Mr. Waite, jun., of Holtforn). 
12 best new Dahlias, Mr. Charles Turner, with Mrs. Church, Standard 
Bearer, Alice Downie, Village Gem, Elizabeth, King, Miss Pressley, 
Miss Watts, Loveliness, Peerless, Commander, Marion. 
Seedlings were shown in great numbers ; we will now merely enu¬ 
merate those that received Certificates, reserving to a future occasion 
our critical remarks. First-class Certificates were awarded to Flirt 
(Holmes) ; Chairman (Turner); Orb of Day (Church); Rosebud 
(Rawlings) ; The Chancellor (Shenton). Certificates were awarded to 
Star of the North (Harrison) ; Conqueror (Cook) ; Mentor (Briggs) ; 
Acme (Perry) ; Leonard (Wheeler) ; Chieftain (Bragg) ; Daughter of 
the Morning (Rawlings); Dr. Livingstone (Rawlings); Enchantress 
(Fellowes). 
The Morninq Chronicle reports that—“ With respect to the Dahlias 
generally—the great attraction of the exhibition—we have not space * 
to enter at length into their respective merits, but they were all, even 
those which did not obtain prizes, of the most beautiful description, 
rich and varied in character, and testificatory of the uncommon talent 
of the cultivators.” 
NOTES FROM PARIS. 
(Continued from page 275.) 
The improvements which have taken place in the city of Paris and its 
environs within the last few years are very great, and nothin^ so 
forcibly reminds the visitor of this as witnessing the cleanliness and order 
of modern Paris compared with what it was even twenty years back. At 
the former period the streets were the receptacles for all kinds of filth 
and rubbish, and in many places they were worn into ruts so as 
to be hardly passable; now they are a model of cleanness and comfort. 
This care of the public roads and thoroughfares is not confined to Paris ; 
wherever we went we found the roads macadamised and carefully 
attended to, and indeed equal, and in many parts superior, to the best 
roads in Britain. 
Bois de Boulogne .—The wood or park of Boulogne formerly con¬ 
sisted of masses of wood, principally Oak, Chesnut, Elm, and Acacia, 
mostly of small size, or what we should call in England coppice wood, 
interspersed with open common ground. It extends from the Triumphal 
Arch, at the top of the Champs Elysees, to the town of Boulogne-sur- 
Seine, some five miles, and may be as much in width. This wood has 
been, from time immemorial, the favourite resort of the Parisians on 
holidays and Sundays, but it is only within the last few years that it 
has been remodelled and embellished into its present form ; this as 
well as the improvements in Paris, has been carried out under'the 
immediate direction of the Emperor, who has done so much to beautify 
and adorn the French capital in so short a time, that the wonder is how 
it has all been got through so quickly and successfully. 
The Bois de Boulogne, as at present laid out and kept, though 
