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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
the casements of cottages. Thirdly, the Tea-scented Rose, which 
is also from China, and has been much used in crossing, being 
more fertile than most of the autumnal roses. It is among the 
cross progeny of this that the finest of our yellow China Roses 
are formed. The Noisette, the Musk, the Miniature, the Macart¬ 
ney, and the small leaved, are the chief remaining sections; but 
each section would require a separate paper, even for a mere 
outline. 
ON FLOWER SHOW 7 S. 
BY MR. PLANT. 
At the present season, whilst the all-engrossing topic with 
horticulturists is the Flower Shows, a few remarks on their 
design and tendency, together with the many modes adopted for 
carrying out that design, may not, perhaps, prove uninteresting. 
The original object, or the philosophy, as it may be called, of 
meetings for exhibition and comparison of individual skill, arises 
undoubtedly from a desire to improve by exciting to emulation ; 
and for this purpose better or more suitable means could not 
have been employed. Flower Shows were at first confined to 
exhibitions of florist’s flowers alone ; but having now entered on a 
wider field, namely, Horticulture as well as Floriculture, a more 
extended range is open to them for improving the general tone of 
gardening wherever they are instituted ; and that their value in 
this respect is duly appreciated, is shown by the vast number 
monthly and weekly advertised throughout the kingdom—appre¬ 
ciated by the noblemen, gentlemen, and others who may be the 
founders or patrons, as evinced (generally) by their desire to 
increase or enrich their collections, or, what is of more conse¬ 
quence, the means of so enriching them, by giving their gardeners 
more improved plans, and more ample and efficient assistance 
in working out the various details connected therewith—appre¬ 
ciated by nurserymen and commercial gardeners, as evinced by 
their readiness to attend as judges, sometimes at a great loss of 
time, and by their willingness to contribute both as members and 
exhibitors ; and to them it is of much immediate advantage, as a 
means of giving publicity to their various productions—and last, 
