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which are of a deep maroon, the Prairie Bird, from Mr. Beck, 
a flower of good form and substance, somewhat resembling the 
Queen of the Fairies, but expanding well. In Calceolarias, first 
prize to Mr. Standish ; his best seedlings were Matchless, Trum¬ 
peter, and Nico. Second prize to Mr. Gaines. 
Seedling Verbenas, from Mr. Smith, of Hornsey, a certificate 
to one named the Duchess of Sutherland, a delicate pink flower 
with a small rose-coloured spot, a very pretty variety. Several 
good seedling Pinks were shown ; those selected for rewards 
were Ward’s Great Britain, a red, with rose leaf, good lacing, 
a large flower well filled in the crown, and Turner’s Master¬ 
piece, a delicate rose, lacing regular and unbroken, flower 
large and full. 12 specimens of Henderson’s Queen Victoria, a 
light fancy Pelargonium, had a very pleasing effect, as also 
another of great beauty, resembling a rose-coloured Sweet- 
william, the name of which we did not obtain. Among the 
seedling Petunias, there was a good white named Alba Magna. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Hortus Amatus. — Add to your collection of stove plants the following, 
which may be considered first-rate: — Clerodendron Kamrpferi, C. infor- 
tunatum, C. squamatum, Ixora rosea and crocata, and Rondeletia speciosa. 
Enquirer. —Loam is the staple earth for growing Cacti; rotten manure 
and leaf-mould should be added in proportions of about one half the quantity 
of loam used; plenty of fine sharp sand, and pieces of broken pots, are 
also essential. 
T. S. — From what we can learn, glass is not likely to be cheaper, until 
an importation from the Continent brings down our manufacturers’ prices. 
Tyro. — Nothing can be easier than the management of exotic ferns: 
they require the usual temperature of a plant stove, plenty of water, and 
shade, during the summer, and to be repotted about once a year. 
A box of Calceolaria blooms, from a correspondent at Ipswich, by some 
accident did not reach us till too late for last Number, and so withered that 
it was impossible to form an opinion of them. If not too late, we should 
like to see them again. 
X. T. — There is a peculiar orange tint about the seedling Petunia 
No. 5. that renders it very desirable. Do your best to increase the stock of 
it: the others are too nearly like varieties already out. 
Subscriber. — We expect, in the course of a couple of seasons, to find 
Calceolarias exhibited with stripes as clearly defined as those of the Carna¬ 
tion. Mr. Plant, of Cheadle, already advertises something of the kind ; and 
we are aware of a few others in a collection at Southampton. The florist 
moves by strides now-a-days. 
A Sub. from No. 1. — There is a sameness about your Antirrhinums that 
spoils their beauty; they approach too nearly quadricolor and its thousand 
varieties. 
