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I believe we shall find in the Primrose (when the best-coloured varieties are 
selected) one of the earliest and best flowers for spring bedding, and one whose 
fragrance on a sunny day in early spring is quite refreshing. On sheltered 
sunny banks in our woodlands and lanes no flower in early spring is so much 
prized as the Primrose, and this is followed by the Cowslip in the meadows. 
The Daisy, u the wee modest crimson-tipped flower ” of Burns, is another general 
favourite for spring bedding, and it likewise makes a fine edging to beds of 
?rimroses. The beautiful effect of these early spring flowers when massed 
together in beds is, in my opinion, far preferable to the glare and vulgarity of many 
of our bedding plants in the summer months.— William Tillery, Welbech. 
THE NOTTINGHAM PLANT PROTECTOR. 
INCE the original protectors were brought into notice by Mr. Eendle, many 
forms have been submitted for public approval by different individuals, and 
mostly, as is natural enough, improvements on the original design. We 
have already figured some of them, and we now add a woodcut of one com¬ 
pact and useful form, which Mr. Eendle states was exhibited for the first time at 
the Nottingham Show of the Eoyal Horticultural Society. u The patent grooved 
brick at the back is fixed on a wooden platform. The back is made of wood, and 
is moveable, so that the plants can be watered and attended to without touching 
the glass. These protectors are the best for summer or spring work, when much 
