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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
to the public, are, we think that the West London Florist’s Association is an 
institution of a higher class, and calculated to produce more good in the 
knowledge and culture of flowers. It is a school of gardening of a very 
novel kind, in which the experienced instruct each other, and the unexpe¬ 
rienced acquire knowledge, theoretical, and more especially practical, from all 
their superiors in the art. It is, in fact, a new character of school, in which 
both teachers and scholars receive instruction without any invidious dis¬ 
tinction of the one class from the other. A subject is brought forward by 
some member at each meeting, and read by that member if he is present, or 
by the secretary if the member is absent: then the other members make 
their remarks upon it, approving or disapproving as they see cause, and thus 
the young members have the benefit of a number of their seniors in expe¬ 
rience, upon every one of the varied subjects brought forward; and these not 
theoretical ones, but the results of real practice. 
It is our intention, in future numbers, to report the floral proceedings of 
this x\ssociation as fully as our limits will allow ; but this month, the principal 
meeting was a business one, and what was done is of interest only to the 
members themselves. The common meetings are of a different character; 
and from the nature of the subjects, and the number and talent of those who 
take part in the discussions, they are very valuable. We sincerely wish that 
there were such an association in every place, where there are gardeners 
enough to form even a very limited one; and it were well that similar associ¬ 
ations should be formed by the members of other professions and trades. 
August. Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society. —The 
last Exhibition was held on Wednesday, at the Society’s gardens, Old Trafford. 
The first prizes awarded in each class:— 
FIRST CLASS. 
Dahlias, 24 distinct varieties...Thomas Appleby, gardener to Thomas Brocklehurst, Esq. 
Ditto, 18 distinct varieties... William Deas, gardener to P. Lucas, Esq. 
Ditto, 12 distinct varieties... James Taylor. 
Ditto, 9 distinct varieties...John Gaskell. 
Ditto, 6 distinct varieties...George Race. 
Pansies, 12 varieties, in pans...William Chorlton, gardener to P. M. James, Esq. 
Orcliideous Plants...Peter Norbury, gardener to H. H. Birley, Esq. for Renantlirea 
coccinea. 
Stove Plants...Thomas Appleby, gardener to Thomas Brocklehurst, Esq. for Costus 
Nepalensis. 
Greenhouse Plants...William Deas, gardener to P. Lucas, Esq. for Sisanthus rustinarius. 
Ericas... William Slow, gardener to John Knowles, jun. Esq. for Erica pulcherrima. 
Dark Pelargoniums...William Chorlton, gardener to P. M. James, Esq. for Lowndes’s 
Perfection. 
Light Pelargoniums... James Walker, gardener to R. W. Barton, Esq. for Alexandria. 
Fuchsias...William Deas, gardener to P. Lucas, Esq. for Fuchsia Chandelerii. 
Calceolaria...James Walker, gardener to R. W. Barton, Esq. for Purpurea. 
Herbaceous PI ts...Ditto, for Statice latifolia. 
Ornamental P. cults... William Deas, gardener to P. Lucas, Esq. 
Basket of Plants...Thomas Appleby, gardener to T. Brocklehurst, Esq. 
Basket of Cu Flowers... James Walker, gardener to R. W. Barton, Esq. 
SECOND CLASS. 
Dahlias, 36 distinct varieties...William Lodge, nurseryman. 
Ditto, 24 distinct varieties...Ditto, ditto. 
Orchidea or Stove Plants...Thomas Appleby, gardener to T. Brocklehurst, Esq. for Onci- 
dium lanceatum. 
Greenhouse Plants...Ditto. 
Basket of Plants...William Slow, gardener to John Knowles, jun. Esq. 
Pines,..Francis Macbeth, gardener to R. Mann, Esq. 
