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THE FLOBIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[April, 
Red-edged Vabieties. 
Dr. Abercrombie (Fellowes), H. 
Dr. Epps, H. 
John Smith (Bower), H. 
Brunette (Kirtland), H. 
Picturata (Eellovres), II. 
Thomas William (Flowdy), L. 
Queen of Summer (Pellowes), medium. 
Mrs. Bower (Bower), L. 
Mrs. Gorton, L. 
Clara (Bower), L. 
Purple-edged Varieties. 
Mrs. A. Chancellor (Turner), H. 
Her Majesty (Addis), L. 
Zerlina (Lord), H. 
Clara Penson (Willmer),L. 
Tinnie (Dodwell), medium. 
Muriel (Hewitt), H. 
Mrs. Summers (Simonite), H. 
Baroness Burdett-Coutts (Payne), L. 
Minnie (Lord), L. 
Lizzie Tomes (Dodwell), medium. 
Yellow-ground Varieties. 
Alice Wait (Turner). 
Ne Plus Ultra „ 
Princess Beatrice „ 
Miss Abercrombie „ 
Lady Aitcliison ,, 
Princess Marguerite „ 
Flavius 
Mrs, Cavell 
Miss Watson „ 
Aurora „ 
—John Ball, Slough. 
GARDEN GOSSIP. 
f F the reissue of Paxton’s Flower Garden 
which has been appearing in monthly 
parts Messrs. Cassell & Co. have just 
issued the first volume in a handsome bind¬ 
ing which, together with the getting up of the con¬ 
tents, makes it quite a table book. The work was 
originally edited by Dr. Lindley, and took a high 
position in the botanico-liorticultural literature of 
its day. The reissue has been revised by Mr. 
Thomas Baines, and the object seems to have been 
to make it more of a garden and less of a botanical 
authority, and hence half the number of plates, 
those of the least interest from a decorative point of 
view, have been cast aside, and others represent¬ 
ing plants of a more ornamental character have been 
substituted. The new plates in this volume consist 
of 1 . Aerides crassifolium, 2. Spirma palmala, 
3. Dendrobium superbiens, 5. Boronia elatior, 7. 
Odontoglossum vexiUarium, 9. Nepenthes sanguinea, 
11. Nymphmi alba rosea, 13. Azaleas : Judith, 
Meteor and Silvio, 15. Bollea ccelestis, 17. Bho- 
dodendron A. B. Mitford, 19. Anthurium Andre- 
anum, 21. Pescatorea Klaboehorum, 23. Jasminum 
gracillimum, 29. Phalcenopsis intermedia Portei, 30. 
Chionodoxa Lucilice, 31. Ixiolirion montanum, 33. 
Pyrus Mains floribunda, 35. Senecio speciosus. The 
plates are of unequal merit, the new ones, how¬ 
ever, comparing favourably with the old ones re¬ 
tained, but unfortunately the whole are renumbered, 
so that references to the two editions will be very 
confusing. In the portion headed Gleanings and 
Memoranda the descriptions of many botanical 
plants are omitted and the space filled with notes 
on more recent popular plants. Altogether the 
coloured pictures and the useful cultural informa¬ 
tion given should commend the reissue to the notice 
of well-to-do persons who take an interest in their 
plants and gardens. 
— £The suit for the possession of the 
Royal Horticultural Gardens between the 
Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 and 
the Royal Horticultural Society was decided by the 
Court of Appeal on March 22nd, in favour of the 
Commissioners. Their Lordships (the Master of the 
Rolls and Lords J ustices Cotton and Lindley) held 
that the relation between the Commissioners and the 
Society was that of landlord and tenant, and not 
that of partners ; that the debenture-holders had no 
equitable rights against the Commissioners; and 
that the Commissioners were entitled to recover pos¬ 
session of the South Kensington Gardens from the 
Society, and their costs. The Gardens were to be 
given up to the Commissioners within four months. 
The debenture-holders lose their money absolutely. 
It new remains to be seen whether or not the Com¬ 
missioners will allow the Society such facilities as 
may be necessary for carrying on its work in the 
interests of Horticultural progress. 
— 3, descriptive Catalogue of Potatos 
has been published by Mr. Shirley Hibberd in 
the Gardeners’ Magazine (1882, 87). The 
list extends to 510 names of varieties, 140 of which 
are regarded as synonymous. The form, colour, 
size, quality, productiveness, height, and season of 
each sort are here tabulated, and the result is a 
valuable contribution to pur permanent records of 
the varieties of cultivated plants. 
— 3The International Potato Exhibition 
is to take place at the Crystal Palace in the 
ensuing autumn on September 20 and 21. 
— 'SJThe Camellia Guiseppina Mercatelli, 
figured recently in the Bulletin of the Horti¬ 
cultural Society of Tuscany, is a very fine 
variety, with white flowers of moderate size, 
sparingly striped with red, having the outer petals 
rounded and indistinctly crenulate, and the inner 
ones somewhat pointed. The flowers are very double, 
and symmetrically imbricated after the true florist’s 
model. 
— 5The Great National Horticultural 
Whitsun Exhibition of the Royal Botanical 
and Horticultural Society of Manchester is to 
be opened as usual on the Friday preceding the 
Whitsun week, during which it remains open. This 
year the date of the opening day falls on May 26th, 
and the show remains open till June 2nd. The 
schedule as usual offers liberal prizes, and the show 
will no doubt maintain its now established reputation. 
— {[[he Royal Horticultural Society 
lias announced and issued Schedules for a 
Grand Exhibition of Implements and Garden 
Structures, Tools, and Appliances, to be held 
at South Kensington. The.Show is to extend from. 
May 23rd to July 5th. The prizes consist of Medals 
and Certificates of Merit. There are 20 Classes in 
the Schedule, which, with a plan of the Exhibition 
ground, can be had of Mr. Barron, the Garden 
Superintendent. 
— 3The Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent 
Institution holds funded property to the 
