THE FLORIST. 
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OUR PINK REVIEW. 
Not for years has there been a more gratifying and encouraging 
Pink season than the past one of 1848; not only must it be pro¬ 
nounced a good season, blooms having been unusually large and well 
laced, but also a long one, setting in with the Royal Botanic Society’s 
June exhibition, and handsomely continued to their concluding one 
in July. The most critical observer cannot but admit that a vast 
improvement has been effected, and seedlings produced of high merit, 
1848 having fairly overrun the production of 1847, both numerically 
and meritoriously. Let us here enumerate from our Note-book, XX. 
(C. Turner), a flower fully described by us in a former Number, and 
of which we have seen at the several exhibitions no fewer than 56 
blooms, the bloom in the first pan at Slough being quite perfection ; 
colour, a soft purple. The Hon. Mrs. Herbert (Keynes), a dark 
purple lace, and full flower, petals of medium size. Jenny Lind 
(Harrison), alias Mary Ann (Reads), a flower of very good qualities, 
and one likely to please our northern friends; dark, heavily laced 
Narborough Nymph and Captain Tysson (Maclean) must be long 
prized. Mr. Edwards (Turner), of the rose-coloured class, full and 
fine. Mrs. Edwards (Keynes), also a sweet rose-coloured flower; a 
flower by Ellis of Woolwich, an improvement on Masterpiece, named 
Mary; King (Henbrey), dark and good, but thin. Harkforward 
(Smith), a beautiful purple. Lola Montes (Costar), an improvement 
on Gay Lad. To these add Morning Star and Nonpareil. We have 
also memorandums of two or three others, but were unable to find 
either the owners’ or the flowers’ names. Enough have been 
described to bear out the assertion, that the past has been a prolific 
season. Some of our readers may remark (as they have done on 
Mr. J. Edwards’s lists in our 2d and 3rd Numbers), that we should 
take a wider range, and report from the midland and northern coun¬ 
ties. The fault is not ours; we have attended personally not a few 
exhibitions, and at varied distances from the metropolis. The seve¬ 
ral reports of the late Pink Shows given in The Florist, are from per¬ 
sonal observation. Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham, and other 
places, must not think themselves neglected ; our disposition is to 
report all. We solicit the aid of volunteers from those quarters, and, 
should future circumstances justify it, we shall not forget our promise, 
and engage, from time to time, a full, and we hope an efficient staff of 
provincial correspondents; in the mean while contributions from our 
distant friends will be highly esteemed. To resume : the following 
varieties have appeared in winning stands, thus : Harriett (Kerr) 12 
times ; Rubens (Henbrey) 10 ; Melona (Hodges) 9 ; Gay Lad (Kirt- 
land) 8 ; Alfred Morrison (Costar) 8 ; Diana (Smith) 7; Prince Al¬ 
bert (Heartstone) 9 ; George Glenny (Bragg) 6 ; Oxoniensis (Smith) 
6 ; Alpha (Garrat) 6 ; Goliath (Smith) 6 ; Gem (Costar) 6 ; Great 
Britain (W r ard) 6 ; Henry Steers (Norman) 6 ; Lady Mildmay 
(Young) 6 ; Lord Valentia (Kirtland) 6 ; Omega (Unsworth) 5 ; 
Queen of England (Hale) 5 ; Whipper-in (Smith) 5. Let not this 
