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THE FLORISTS JOURNAL. 
have been suggested by Mr. Groom’s tulips, but they are equally 
applicable to every department of floriculture. 
Though Mr. Groom excels in tulips, they are not the only 
flowers which have profited by his skill and attention. His col¬ 
lections of anemonies and ranunculi are extensive and choice; his 
pelargoniums are also very superior ; and some seedlings, flowered 
for the first time this year, are ample in their blooms, and exqui¬ 
site in their colours. The more splendid of the lily tribe, and the 
amaryllis and calceolaria, together w r ith a number of others, have 
been objects of his attention, and he is in possession of numerous 
hybrids of first-rate quality. A visit to such a nursery is a means 
of great enjoyment to every person of taste, and it has this advan¬ 
tage, that the flowers address themselves to the understanding as 
well as to the eye ; for one cannot contemplate them for any length 
of time without thinking of the art by which they have been 
brought to their present perfection, and also of that exquisite 
adaptation of their natures to the art which is applied to them. 
Indeed, we know of few means of spending a leisure hour more 
pleasurably, and with more mental profit, than a visit to a collec¬ 
tion of flowers, made with a view of understanding as well as seeing 
them ; and we may add, that for this purpose no collection can be 
better adapted than that of Mr. Groom, and no florist can be more 
able or willing to give his visitors every reasonable information. 
This, however, is not quite enough ; for the grand object never to 
be lost sight of in viewing a collection, is to increase the number 
and heighten the beauties of the flowers in the collection at home. 
ON THE CULTURE OF THE ABUTILON STRIATUM, 
BY R. PLANT. 
Among the many, and, in some instances, very beautiful 
additions made to our catalogue of plants, within the last few 
years, this one is certainly destined to maintain a high place. 
It is a native of the southern part of Brazil, having been found 
on the Organ Mountains, by Mr. Gardner, and also the Rio 
Negro, in the Banda Oriental, by Mr. Tweediei 
As it is now becoming pretty well known, and will, doubtless, 
be in the hands of many this season, I am induced to offer a 
