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THE FLORIST'S JOURNAL. 
ought to engage the attention of every one who attempts to 
raise and perpetuate new kinds. 
The reminiscences of pink-growing are always most interest¬ 
ing to us, associated as they are with names whose bare men¬ 
tion conveys an emotion to the breast of every true lover ot 
Floriculture : nor must we forget, that with attention to this 
flower originated that excellent and most beneficial idea of 
exhibiting flowers and plants in public competition, a connec¬ 
tion which deserves to be commemorated by all possible means ; 
for from the adoption of the plan, Horticulture may date its 
entire advancement; and no better or more desirable means can 
be employed to continue this remembrance, than so to raise the 
general character of the Pink as to ensure for it the prominent 
position it deserves in all future exhibitions. This it is deci¬ 
dedly entitled to, either for its intrinsic beauty or from the 
regard it ought to inspire as the foundation and foster-parent 
of all similar institutions. More than this we cannot wish it; 
but with less no thorough florist ought to be satisfied. 
Our illustration is a seedling of the present season, taken 
from the extensive and unique collection of Mr. J. T. Neville, 
of Peckham, a gentleman of whom we can only say, his name 
alone has ever been sufficient guarantee for any flower. 
Ed. 
HINTS TO AMATEURS. 
Now that the flowering season of most plants is leaving us, the 
amateur may fancy that his work is done for some five or six 
months; it may not therefore be amiss to remind him of some 
particular operations which require attention at this part of the 
year, and in fact cannot be done at any other time with equal 
advantage. 
First, then, Pelargonium seed should be sown at once, or the 
plants will not bloom in the ensuing season, and thus the trouble 
of keeping them tw r o seasons instead of one before their relative 
value can be ascertained is incurred by the delay of only a few 
weeks; there are besides several other seeds that succeed much 
better if sown now, than at any other period; those of all kinds 
