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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[January, 
a Summer Exhibition ot Plants and Flowers, May 
17; an Evening Pete, June 21; and an Exhibition 
of Plants, Elowers, and. Fruit, July 5. 
— Turing 1882 the Exhibitions at the 
Alexandra Palace, bearing on Horticulture, 
will include a Permanent Exhibition of Appli¬ 
ances used in Gardening matters, such as Machinery, 
Tools, Garden Furniture, Garden Ornaments, Build¬ 
ings, Designs, &c., and medals will be awarded to 
noteworthy articles. Every Saturday there will be a 
Flower Mart; every Bank Holiday a Grand Flower 
Fair; and Bose Fairs weekly during July and 
August. There will also bo held the following Special 
ExhibitionsIn April, Hyacinths; May, Hardy 
Azaleas, Clematis, and Pot Boses; June, Ehododcn- 
drons; July, Boses; September, Gladioli ; October, 
Gourds; and November, Hardy Fruits. Prize Ex¬ 
hibitions are intended to take place monthly, the 
subjects selected being—in Januar}', Hardy Trees 
and Shrubs, and Fruit; February, Spring Flowers; 
March, Spring Flowers and Camellias; April, Forced 
Vegetables, Hyacinths, &e.; May, Tropical Plants 
and Pot Boses; June, Decorative Exhibition and 
Pelargoniums ; .1 uly, Grand Bose and Fern Show; 
August, Lilies and “Geraniums,” and Gooseberry 
Show; September, Autumn Flower Show^—Holly¬ 
hocks, Gladioli, Dahlias, &c.; October, Gourd and 
Grape Show; November, Hardy Fruit Show; Decem¬ 
ber, Chrysanthemums, Hardy Trees, and Fruits. 
— !Et the annual meeting of the National 
Rose Society it was arranged that a show 
should be held at Bath, in the end of June ; 
one in London, at the Eoyal Horticultural Society, 
on July 4; and a third at Darlington, on July 21. 
— & presentation has recently been made 
to Mr. E. S. Dodwell, on the occasion of his 
removal, through failing health, from London 
to Oxford. It was at once an expression of sympathy 
on the part of his brother florists, and a slight 
recognition of his successful labours amongst florists’ 
flowers, especially the Carnation and Picotee, as 
well as of his services in other departments of 
floriculture, not the least important of which has 
been the establishment of the Southern branches of 
the National Auricula, and the National Carnation 
and Picotee Societies. The fund subscribed, 
amounting to 100 guineas, clear of expenses, has 
been handed over to him, with the following reso¬ 
lution :—“ The Committee of the Dodwell Tes¬ 
timonial Fund, in instructing the Treasurer to 
transmit to Mr. E. S. Dodwell the amount which 
has been subscribed, accompanied by a list of the 
Donors, desire to give expression to their feelings 
of hearty sympathy with their friend in his bodily 
sufferings, and to signify their ardent hope that he 
may speedily be restored to health, and spared to 
attend at their floral gatherings for many years to 
come.” Mr. C. Turner acted as Treasurer, and Mr. 
T. Moore as Secretary. 
— & second volume on Bulbs and Bulb 
Culture by Mr. D. T. Fish, and also a trea¬ 
tise on the Walnut and other Nuts (Bazaar 
Office) have recently been published. We cannot 
endorse all Mr. Fish’s conclusions, as, for example, 
where, in treating of Dahlias, he tells us that “ JD. 
Decaisnecma is another species of the coccinea type,” 
which is very wide of the mark; and there surely 
must be some confusion of ideas about the name 
“Iris acornsgraminifolia ” which we find doing duty 
in a list of beardless Iris well worthy of cultivation, 
and which is described as “ a small grass-like leaved 
species of great delicacy and beauty,” but which surely 
is no Iris at all, but a member of the Araceous, or, 
as some have it, the Orontiaceous order. Never¬ 
theless Mr. Fish’s handbook may he usefully con¬ 
sulted for many cultural hints. 
— Horticultural Buildings. We are 
informed that Her Majesty has been graciously 
pleased to accept a copy of Mr. Fawkes’ new 
illustrated work of reference on the construction of 
Horticultural Buildings, recently published. 
3The Horticultural Directory for 
1882 (171, Fleet Street) is this year issued at 
half its former price, without any diminution 
of its contents, and appears to have been carefully 
revised throughout. It, however, wants extension, 
many well-known gardens being omitted: for ex¬ 
ample, Henwick Grange, which has for some years 
been noted for its fine exhibition specimens, is not 
included. 
— $n the temperate house at Kcw there 
has been during the past autumn quite a dis¬ 
play of the beautiful Dahlia imperialis. The 
plants were about 8 ft. or 10 ft. high, and at the top 
of each stout stem was a loose head of flowers averag¬ 
ing about a dozen on a plant. The flowers being 
large, of a delicate blush tint, and pendulous, had a 
peculiarly beautiful appearance, being set off by the 
large handsome foliage. This system of treatment 
seems to he the only way of growing this tender Dahlia 
with any degree of satisfaction, as it is too late for 
outdoor culture, and too tall for any but lofty houses. 
The Dahlia excelsa requires similar treatment. 
— ®Me (Jardener’s Year-book for 1882 
(171, Fleet Street) is one of the indispensable 
reference books of the gardener’s library, and 
is this year fully up to the average in merit and in 
utility. 
$ti iiflcmonatu. 
JFIr. Henry Sanderson, florist, Whalton, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, died recently, at the age of 
29 years. Owing to ill-health he was prevented 
from following the occupation of his father, and 
since 1871 has devoted himself to the cultivation of 
florists’ flowers. The gold-laced Polyanthus was his 
special delight. He commenced the cultivation of 
this favourite old flower with a few plants of Buck’s 
George IV., Burnard’s Formosa, and Stead’s Tele¬ 
graph, which were the sole remains of some twenty- 
six varieties cultivated by his father. Amongst 
his seedlings were William IV., a useful pale red 
ground flower, and Formosa Improved. Since pro¬ 
ducing these he has flowered some thousands of 
seedlings, of which only about thirty w r ere selected— 
some, it is said, being of a very high order of merit, 
equal to the best, and superior to most of the named 
varieties now in cultivation. Mr. Sanderson also 
devoted much time to the Auricula, and the Carna¬ 
tion, Picotee, Pansy, Aster, and Marigold were 
subjects of his care. He was one of the most success¬ 
ful exhibitors of florists’ flowers in the North of 
England, and was greatly respected and esteemed by 
all florists who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. 
