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of Liege, Laving the flowers sessile, or without much stem. There is also mentioned a Tree Pink 
having an nnder-shrub-like form, growing from five to six feet high, and which was grown on a trellis 
against a wall. It appears evident that the Dwarf Pink was unknown before the 19th century; and 
it is not less clear that this interesting creation originated in Belgium. The Dwarf Pink is, indeed, a 
remarkable plant, and confined to the banks of the Vesdre and the Weay, two rivers of Verviers and 
Spa. All the dwarf varieties formerly belonged to the series known as bizarres, the petals being 
fringed: but at the present day it is the custom, at Verviers, to make all indistinctly dwarf. Thus we 
see dwarf bizarres, dwarf picotees, dwarf flakes, and so on. 
There is, however, in cultivation, particularly in the trade, a race of Pinks having flowers smaller 
than those of the primitive species. They are generally rose pimple, red, striated, or white; rarely 
yellow, or varied in the ground. These Dwarf Pinks would thus seem to claim kindred with the old 
bizarre, from which they are derived. At the recent exhibition of Pinks, held under the auspices of 
the Horticultural and Agricultural Society of Verviers, we had occasion to notice the excellent manage¬ 
ment which these Dwarf Pinks receive in that quarter. Of these, the productions of Messrs. L’Enfant 
were particularly deserving of notice. M. Barhon, also, had two specimens, the one having 184 
flowers, and the other 178. These were indeed astonishing productions, combining all that is grateful 
in odour, elegant in form, and ornamental for the drawing-room conservatory. 
The Dwarf Pinks of Verviers grow about four inches high : the stems are crowded with blossoms, 
the number of the flowers being very great; the corolla of a delicate rose colour, with the variations. 
The aroma of these flowers is very agreeable, and nothing can be more suitable for the boudoir or par¬ 
lour. To produce a specimen such as those alluded to, requires about three years of careful cultivation. 
These Dwarf Pinks are usually grown in pots, painted outside of a deep green colour, and from five to 
six or seven inches unde at the rim. The most favourable .aspect for them, if grown at a window, is 
that where they may have full exposure to the sun for the greater part of the day. The reflected 
warmth of the window-sills is also beneficial to then- roots. The pots are not quite filled ’with soil, 
but to within about an inch of the rim; and, as the leaves extend, and cover the border or rim, a 
humid atmosphere is maintained around the stem or neck of the plants. 
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Horticultural Society. November 5. Messrs Veitch, of Exeter, sent a good plant of the very showy Calanthe 
vestita; along with a single pseudo-bulb, bearing a single bloom of a small alpine form of Coelogyne, named 
maculata; the flowers were pale blush, with a yellow lip, beautifully spotted and bordered with purple. Messrs. 
Henderson, of Pine-Apple Place, sent small plants of the new Pimelea macrocephala, a robust free-blooming 
kind, which may probably prove useful for exhibition. A beautiful small blush-flowered Burlingtonia, from 
Demerara, with blossoms hi dense spikes, sent by a gentleman from Manchester, was awarded a Banksian medal. 
Mr. Salter, of Versailles Nursery, Hammersmith, had a new Pentstemon, apparently a variety of Hartwegii; the 
flowers are cream-coloured, with a red border to the limb. Mr. Hamp, gardener to I. Thorn, Esq., of Lambeth, 
had some finely bloomed plants of Epiphyllum truncatum, and with them three seedlings, of which one, inter¬ 
mediate in colour between the species and the violaceous variety, may prove worth cultivating. From the 
Garden of the Society were plants of the following:—Veronica Andersoni, an interesting hybrid, raised by 
J. Anderson, Esq., of Mary field, between speciosa and salicifolia, and remarkable for having the upper part of the 
spike of blossoms purple, while the lower half is white ; Angelonia moschata ; Solanclra lsevis ; Lyperia pinnati- 
fida ; a small scarlet-flowered Salvia, named pulchefla; Dendrobium Gibsoni, and various others. 
There was some good fruit produced. Of Pine-Apples, Mr. Ingram, gardener to her Majesty, sent two fruit 
of the smooth Cayenne, weighing seven pounds eight ounces, and seven pounds three ounces, admirable looking 
fruit. This variety possesses the recommendations of being not only one of the most easily grown of the large 
sorts, but also one of the best sorts as to flavour. Mr. Bray, gardener to E. Lousada, Esq., of Sidmouth, sent a 
Providence of eleven pounds’ weight, to which a certificate was given. There were also some Queens, the largest 
weighing four pounds fourteen ounces. Of Grapes, Mr. Slowe, gardener to W. B. Baker, Esq., of Bayfordbury, 
sent a bunch of llamburghs, weighing four pounds form oimces, a fine bimch, quite ripe, but quite red. Mr. 
Martin, gardener to Sir H. Fleetwood, sent three handsome bunches of Vest’s St. Peters, the heaviest weighing 
one pound fourteen ounces; along with some unripe Muscats. Mr. Darns, of Oakhill, sent some well-ripened 
Muscats; another sample of greenhouse grown Muscats, from Mr. Forsyth, gardener to Viscount Barrington, 
were small. Some fine Van Mons Leon le Clerc Pears, were sent from Mr. Davis. Mr. Milne, gardener to 
Lord Clare, sent a sample of French Crabs, the produce of 1849. 
Of miscellaneous articles, Mr. Fry, of Lee, Kent, sent a dish of peas, from plants which had been mildewed, 
and had been cured by sulphur. It seems established as a general fact, that sulphur is a specific against the mildew. 
Mrs. Dickens, of Hereford Street, Old Brompton, exhibited a very interesting series of flowers, partly executed on 
rice paper. 
