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COMPANION TO THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
whole strength and vigour of the plant into the three remaining buds, 
that will be one on each shoot for the plant to mature; continue weak 
manure as before, until the colour begins to show in the bud, when it 
should be dispensed with. 
By the first or second week in September the buds of many will begin 
to swell to a good size, and care must be taken to destroy every earwig 
possible, as they are quite as fond of Chrysanthemums as of Dahlias, and 
will destroy many buds if not caught and killed; the best traps are bean¬ 
stalks cut into short lengths. By the middle or end of September all the 
blooming kinds should be under glass. 
Sometimes during the early part of summer greenfly is troublesome; 
this should be carefully looked after and kept down ; my remedy is a 
pinch of Scotch snuff dropped into the heart of the shoot, and left to Trash 
out, and I have never known it fail.— IF. H., abridged from c Gossip of 
the Garden? 
SPUING EXHIBITIONS. 
Royal Horticultural Society , Wednesday, February 25, and Wednesday, 
March 18. 
While anxious to afford our readers some information upon the subject 
of the various exhibitions held in the metropolis, we feel the difficulty 
of doing so in any satisfactory manner. The space at our disposal is so 
small, that were we to enumerate the lists of prizes and the names of the 
productions exhibited, it would be quite exhausted; we must therefore 
content ourselves with pointing out a few of the most striking features 
of the exhibitions, especially bearing on that portion of horticulture to 
which our pages are devoted, leaving our readers to gather from our 
weekly contemporaries the more full information they require. 
The most remarkable features of the exhibition held on February 25 
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were the Hyacinths and Tulips, and although the day fixed was much too 
early, and the space appropriated to the show, wretchedly cold, yet owing 
to the skill and perseverance of our most eminent growers an excellent 
display was made j in Hyacinths, Messrs. Cutbush and Son, of Highgate, 
retained the position they have long held as growers of the Hyacinth. 
Mr. Win. Paul, on this occasion, however, running them very close. 
Anything more symmetrical than the tw T elve exhibited by the former gen¬ 
tlemen it is impossible to conceive, and arranged too with that eye to 
colour and effect which so effectually wins on judges of taste and refinement. 
Among them were Howard, Princesse Clothilde , Garrick, Mont Blanc, 
Grandeur a Merveille, Baron Von Tuyll, Schiller, Madame Hodgson, Grand 
Lilas, Charles Dickens; in the other groups shown were Solfaierre, 
Tubaflora, Lina, Macaulay , La Dame du Lac, and others. We hope before 
long to give a list of such Hyacinths as appear after due examination to 
be the most desirable. 
