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figure in an early number. Peonies and' Iris are also grown in large 
numbers and great variety; and, as they are so easy of cultivation, we 
hope that they may ere long be more generally grown than they are at 
present. The very varied collection of Iris shown by Messrs. Barr and 
Sugden at the last show of the Royal Horticultural Society attracted 
considerable attention; and the curious colours existing amongst them 
are not be found in any other tribe. We need hardly add, that visitors 
may be assured of meeting with the utmost attention from Mr. Salter ; 
while there, they will also be able to see the most extensive collection of 
variegated hardy plants probably in the kingdom. 
CATALOGUE. 
A General Catalogue of Neiv, Beautiful, Rare, and other Plants, offered 
by B. S. Williams, Paradise Nursery , Seven Sisters Road, etc., etc., 
Holloway. 
A most abundant List, containing not only novelties, but all old-esta¬ 
blished varieties of merit. Mr. Williams’s name is so well known as one 
of the most successful cultivators of Orchids, that we need hardly say 
that while his collection is most extensive and varied, the plants, as w r e 
can testify from personal visits, are in the very height of health. Amongst 
the newest in this beautiful tribe we have noticed fine varieties of Cypri- 
pedium, var. Bayanum, Stonei, and Insigne Maulei. There is also the 
beautiful Cattleya Warneri, Phaleenopsis Schilleriana, etc. The exotic 
and hardy Ferns are also very beautiful, the list comprising all the best 
of the new varieties and species introduced lately amongst us. Several 
of the plants which have been figured in our Magazine have come from 
this Nursery, such as Amaryllis Unique, Achimenes Mauve Queen and Car- 
minata, Petunia, Floiver of the Bay, and Rosa Belle Forme j and we may 
add that there are few persons who grow ornamental plants but will find 
their desires met in the very extensive list which Mr. Williams has put 
together for their information. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS.—JULY. 
Greenhouse .—Pelargoniums will now be going rapidly out of bloom, 
and as they get past their prime, it will be desirable to get the wood well 
ripened: withhold, therefore, water, and let them have the full influ¬ 
ence of the sun. It is better before taking off the cuttings to let the 
plants have a good fumigation, as this will keep the young plants clean ; 
as the summer flow 7 ers will be mostly out of the way, those w r ho have 
taken care to provide themselves with a good supply of Achimenes and 
Gloxinia will find the advantage of so doing now. On these, with 
Fuchsias, Balsams, shrubby Calceolarias, and a few 7 other things, the 
