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most successfully, viz.:— Climbing Victor Verdier , Comtesse d' Oxforde, Loins Van Houtte, 
Marquis de Castellane , Paid Neron , Princess Beatrice , and Princess Louise , all hybrid 
perpetuals ; the first and last climbing varieties ; and Belle Lyonnaise and Earl of Eldon , tea- 
scented. Tropjeolum Mrs. Bowman was a promising variety of the Lobbianum section, and 
looked well adapted for bedding purposes. Verbenas Emma Weaver, Lady Braybrooke , 
Lady Edith, Lady Gertrude, Mauve Queen, and Pluto were all of first-rate quality, large in 
size, stout in texture, and perfect in shape. There are other varieties of excellent properties, 
but those named were strikingly good. 
It will thus be seen that there is no lack of new flowers, and the products of 
the past year are fully up to the average of those of any year that has preceded 
it.—Quo. 
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A MODEL PLANT-HOUSE. 
Qffcl HOUGH originally designed and constructed for forcing purposes, the ac- 
A/Oj) companying figure represents a plant-house of the most approved structure, 
and which has, moreover, been marked by success in its use. It occurs in 
^ the gardens of classic Newstead, and was built by Mr. Messenger, of 
Loughborough. It is what is called span-roofed, with a pathway in the centre, 
and a bed 4 ft. 6 in. in width on each side, the bottom of this bed consisting of 
strong slate slabs, which can be raised or lowered at pleasure by means of brick 
ledges at the sides, so as to be brought up level with the top, or sunk so as to form a 
bed of soil or plunging material of any depth up to 2 ft. Under these beds are placed 
the hot-water pipes, here four in number, a portion of them being troughed to serve 
as evaporating pans. Beneath the pipes on each side is an air drain, supplied by 
shafts from the outside, and through these a copious supply of fresh air, as 
indicated by the arrows, may be secured in the worst of weather. The house is 
also ventilated through the side-lights and at the ridge of the roof, as indicated 
