THE FLORIST. 
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in number. This is highly necessary, as one bloom may very much 
deceive a Censor. 
Let the Censors enforce this rule, and not allow what was de¬ 
manded by one of the growers, that, as is sometimes done in Dahlias, 
two blooms and one bud should suffice. Let the Censors insist on 
the three bona fide blooms, or disqualify the seedling. No seedling 
ought to be exhibited for a certificate the year it is raised, and it is 
hard if a grower cannot get stock enough the second season to secure 
him three blooms. 
But I must conclude. Hoping that the duties of a Censor may, 
in some such fashion as above detailed, be made clearer, and his 
difficulties diminished, I trust he will always enter the tent w r ith a 
clear head and eye, unshackled and unbiassed, fully determined to do 
justice between individuals, and, above all, to the public. 
Yet one word more for the Committee. They must give the 
Censors plenty of time, and to do this, they must enforce their own 
rules, and clear the tents earlier. 
As a general practice, rules, when made, should be strictly en¬ 
forced, or there is an end of all order. I hope this point will not be 
overlooked by the South London. J. H. G. 
HAYTHORN’S HEXAGON NET. 
As warm advocates for the use of such an article for blinds to green¬ 
houses, and for covering fruit-trees, strawberries, &c., we call the 
attention of our readers to Mr. Havthorn’s advertisement in our 
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Advertiser. The article itself exceeds in utility any we have be¬ 
fore met with. A woodcut of a similar net appears in a previous 
number. 
FLORAL MONSTER. 
I have just seen in a garden in this town a w r hite lily about the 
usual height, with a flat stem two inches wide, just above the ground, 
three inches in the middle, and increasing to 4 \ and 5^ just below 
the crown of flowers on the top. The stem is perfectly solid, half¬ 
inch thick, and has the appearance of fine reeds joined together 
Siamese fashion. The width of the bunch of densely crow'ded 
flowers crowning the one stalk is eleven inches, its depth nine inches. 
It is a very handsome monster. Are such things frequent with the 
lily ? We often see this form assumed by Asparagus, but I never 
before observed it in the plant in question. 
Cirencester , July 11 th. 
