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Mr. Dalton, for a seedling tulip, called “ Princess Alice,'’ a 
bybloemen of good form, dark feather, and slightly flamed; 
and second-class certificates to the same, for another named 
“ Prince of Wales,” a bizarre, only a tolerable form, but pleasing 
colour. Mr. Dalton had also a box of seedlings, several of 
which promise to be useful flowers; second-class certificates 
to Mr. Henbrey, for a seedling Pansy, named “ Rajah and to 
Mr. Hart for another, called “ Consolation ; ” a similar certificate 
was given to a seedling Auricula, named “ Atlas,” from the 
Hon. and Rev. Robert Wilson, a useful green-edged flower. 
LITERARY NOTICE. 
A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of Orchi¬ 
daceous Plants, by J. Henshall. London: R. Groom- 
bridge and Sons. — A taste for the culture of these beautiful 
plants is very rapidly and widely extending. Any information 
on the subject is, therefore, well-timed, and must be useful. 
The first portion of the work before us is divided into five sections, 
treating briefly on the geographical distribution of Orchideae, 
and in cultivation of the construction of houses for them, and 
the advantage of having more than one devoted to the purpose : 
on heat and moisture, two most important agents in the preser¬ 
vation of these and all other vegetable forms, and on the effect 
of light. The remaining part contains 32 chapters of practical 
information on the management of above a hundred genera. 
We are not disposed to allow a maudlin sensibility to prevent 
our speaking in terms of commendation of this work. Mr. 
Henshall is an old correspondent and contributor to the journal, 
and in his communications to us has been necessarily brief; 
here, however, he has enlarged his remarks, and added much 
useful matter, sufficient to make his treatise a boon to horticuL 
turists generally. The “ getting up” is executed in a finished 
style at once neat and suitable. We shall probably introduce 
a specimen of the w T ork in our next Number. 
