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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
in some instances a single application may be insufficient, when 
it should be repeated till the desired effect is produced, in¬ 
attention to this being the frequent cause of disappointment. 
The style is clear and concise, just the manner in wffiich such 
things should be written, and we recommend it to our amateur 
friends as likely to assist them in many difficulties. 
Orchidaceous Plants— Messrs. Groombridge 8$ Sons will 
publish, early in May, Mr. Henshall’s work on the Cultivation 
of Orchidaceous Plants. 
J. C. Ottey’s Trade Catalogue for 1845.—We are often 
annoyed at the egregious blunders contained in the Catalogues 
which emanate from nurserymen of even considerable standing, 
and regret very much that so little attention is paid to this por¬ 
tion of their business. The one before us is however a pleasing 
exception, the typography is correct in, we may say, every par¬ 
ticular, and the descriptions ver}^ accurate, we only wish they 
were extended to all the plants enumerated, as should be done 
in every case ; the trade list would then become a useful vehicle 
to convey to the purchaser an idea, beyond mere names, of what 
he is buying, and serve to direct his selections. 
FLORAL INTELLIGENCE. 
royal south London floricultural society. 
The first show for the season of this Society took place on 
Wednesday, April 23rd, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. 
The number of productions was somewhat limited, though some 
especially fine plants were among them. We may enumerate 
particularly an immense plant of Erica favoides, from Messrs. 
Fairbairn, of Clapham, a nice E. aristata major, from Mr. Dick¬ 
son, and a pretty specimen of Acacia cordata, from Mr. Wood, 
of Norwood. In the collection of Mr. Pawley, of Bromley, 
which obtained the Adelaide Cup, were superior specimens of 
Erica vestita rosea, E. Hartnelli, E. perspicua, Euphorbia 
splendens, a plant of Pimelea spectabilis, together with other 
Heaths and Azaleas, &c.; several of them, however, we think 
would have been far better at home for at least a fortnight 
