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COMPANION TO THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
Truce, and Mr. Turner’s Louise van Baden, were conspicuous for their 
beauty as clear and pure whites; the clearness of the latter, and its free¬ 
dom from any stripe or spot, which so often diminishes the beauty of the 
white Azaleas, were quite remarkable. Messrs. Cutbush, as usual, con¬ 
tributed some fine Hyacinths, and thus have prolonged the season for 
exhibition for fully a month. The collection of British Ferns by Miss 
Clarkson and Messrs. I very and Son were excellent, and amongst those 
of the latter well-known firm were some curious and interesting varia¬ 
tions of Athyrium Filioc-fcemma, or Lady-fern; including mucronatum and 
Iveryanum. Boses were, as usual, one great source of attraction, and fine 
boxes of cut blooms were exhibited by the Messrs. Paul, containing many 
of the new varieties to which we have drawn attention in our report of the 
Royal Horticultural Society’s exhibition. Amongst the miscellaneous 
objects contributed were nicely-bloomed plants of Tropceotum Ball of 
Fire, which we have figured in our Magazine, and for which a first-class 
certificate was awarded to Messrs. A. Henderson and Co., by whom it is 
being sent out; from Mr. W. Paul, Magnolia Linne; and from Mr. Tur¬ 
ner, of Slough, a very pretty Auricula, Pi'incess of Wales, a blue self. 
Mr. Bull sent Bougainvillea speciosa, bloomed in small pots, showing that 
under proper treatment this charming plant would be very valuable for 
winter decoration. Mr. Williams, of Holloway, had a fine plant of 
Phaleenopsis Schilleriana. From Mr. Veitch and Mr. Parkes came the 
handsome white Rhododendrons, Veitchii and Countess of Haddington. 
Mr. Perkins, of Coventry, sent the very fine scarlet Verbena, Lord Leigh ; 
and from Messrs. Bull, Henderson, and others, several new plants of in¬ 
terest, which our limited space forbids us to do more than merely notice. 
CATALOGUES. 
General Spring Catalogue, 1863, including New Dahlias, New Roses, 
New Verbenas, etc. Charles Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough. 
Gardeners ’ Fade Mecum, Plant Supplement. James Carter and Co., 
Holborn. 
To find the best of everything grown under the name of florists’ flowers, 
it has been long said, go to Slough, where the prince of florists has for 
years carried on his ever-increasing operations, and so this year we again 
And him in full force, his Catalogue for 1883 being richer than ever. 
In Dahlias we find him still pre-eminent, and although the prevalence of 
thrip for the last two seasons has somewhat deprived him of his power 
of exhibiting with such success as usual, yet his confidence in the excel¬ 
lence of the flowers sent out by him is such that he offers as a challenge 
to exhibit twenty-four of his flowers against the same number sent out 
by all the other growers for sale. We hope to see this accepted, as the 
conditions are very fair; the judges to be selected from the Floral Com- 
