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rieure, George the Fourth, Armosa, Coupe d’Amour, and Thornless Blue— 
Mr. Frettingham. 
Third ditto — Fulgens, King of Roses, Armosa, George the Fourth, Ma¬ 
dame Hardy, Duke of Devonshire, New Bath Moss, Old Moss, Kleber* 
Reine de Provence, Aspasie, Reine de Belgique, Crimson Perpetual, Brennus, 
Antinous, Cramoise Superieure, Charles Duval, Crested Moss, Luxembourg 
Moss, Cambronne, Hypocrate, Madame Plantier, Lady Stuart, and Julia— 
Mr. Spencer. 
Best amateur’s twelve blooms — Fulgens, Armosa, Petite Pere, Belle 
Ellen, Madame Plantier, Tourtonell, Bell Parabere, Duchess d’Orleans, 
Queen of Roses, Las Casas, Beaute Etheriel, and Tollie Fontaine — Mr. 
William Cooke. 
Second ditto — Triomphe d’Angers, Fulgens, Ne-plus-ultra, Catel, Lilac 
Queen, Old Moss, Unknown, Rivers’s George the Fourth, Velours Episco- 
pale, Tuscany, Juliana, and Unknown — Mr. Taylor. 
Third ditto—’Madame Laffay, Brennus, Armosa, Duke of Devonshire, 
Y elours Episcopate, Provence, Belle Isidore, Fulgens, Lord John Russell, 
Camuset Carne, and two Unknown — Mr. S. Moore. 
CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 
By far the greater number of our wild plants have flowered ere 
now, but still enough are to come to repay the assiduous col¬ 
lector. Composite and Chenopodiaceae furnish numerous ex¬ 
amples this month; and also Juncese and Cyperaceae, both in 
flower and fruit, the examination of the latter being so neces¬ 
sary to determine the species in the two last-named orders. 
All the species and varieties of Mints are in perfection, and to 
those who are fond of fine-drawn distinctions in characterising 
plants, they will afford an ample feast; in fact, they seem to 
vary with almost every slight variation of locality. Of doubtful 
or rare plants several are marked as flowering now. Swertia 
perennis is one, said to have been found a long while ago in 
Wales; and still retained in our Flora, although few would be 
found hardy enough to insist on its right to be kept there. 
And there are several other plants in the same predicament, 
and perhaps no subject would be more interesting than the 
searching the given habitats for such plants, and settling their 
claims to be included in our native Flora. Mr. Babington, in 
his excellent “ Manual,” has distinguished such plants, so that 
they may be easily referred to, and thus an important step has 
been taken towards the clearing our lists of the names of such 
as have not a good right to be considered as truly native. 
In the Flower-garden the chief points of attention are to 
