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structed to decide upon the price at which new productions ought 
to be sent out, and also to grant certificates under their hands, 
containing a true statement of the real merits of such flowers, 
which, I apprehend, would be an ample guarantee to purchasers ; 
the public would not then so often see the announcement of new 
varieties going out with a character of “ first-rate,” which after 
being thus introduced, bloom, then sink into oblivion, and are 
heard of no more. 
I anticipate that my suggestion will meet with the decided 
opposition of those parties who are in the habit of sending out, 
annually, numbers of seedlings, by which florists’ flowers have of 
late increased in quantity more than quality ; but, if such persons 
had been purchasers of worthless varieties at a high price, I think 
they would be as anxious as myself to have a standard adopted, 
for testing the merits of new flowers. 
As exhibiting in classes is the adopted mode of testing the 
merits of flowers singly, let them be thrown open so as to admit 
all the best blooms, whether of one variety or several; and at 
once set aside the narrow principle which dictates the placing of 
secondary sorts, for variety’s sake ; then we shall soon perceive, 
that, in many points, the interests of florists will progress as 
rapidly as they have of late retrograded. 
Florxsta. 
Rugby, Oct. 18, 1841. 
THE FLORIST’S LETTER BOX. 
We would by no means advise “ W. D.” to heat his green-house by means of 
one of Dr. Arnott’s stoves, even though it should give out the required degree 
of heat, and distribute it uniformly over the house, of both of which we have 
doubts. A species of distillation is carried on in these stoves, as is proved by 
the condensation of impure water in one part of them, of which we have 
heard frequent complaints when they are used in common apartments. We 
have reason to believe also that they give out a vapour which is injurious both 
to animal and to vegetable life ; and this of itself is strongly against their use 
