FLORAL EXHIBITIONS. 
243 
pleasure. Will Mr. Barty kindly lay us under an obligation by a favo¬ 
rable mention, we will ensure a hearty welcome to our pages. Did not arrive 
till too late. 
We are greatly indebted to Mr. J. R. Judge for his many favours, all of 
which duly arrived. Gradually reduce the supply of water given to the 
Crinums, but do not cut off the leaves ; you need not fear for the foliage of 
next year. An article on Eranthemum shall appear shortly. 
Picottee growers will be happy to hear Mr. Giddins is again in the field ; 
he informs us he has seven new flowers this season: Princess Royal PP, 
Queen Victoria Rose P, Miss Johnson, Rose P, Matilda Rose P, Lydia 
light RP, Conservative heavy RP, and Sir R. Peel, heavy RP. 
A Subscriber, Rochester. We can recommend the following twelve 
Pelargoniums, Comte de Paris, Warrior, Lifeguardsman, Sylph, Priory 
Queen, Climax, Diademetum rubescens, Victory, Raffael, Elisa superbe, 
Matilda, and Louis Quatorze, as fine show varieties. The culture of 
Tropseolum tricolorum is a subject of too much interest to be glanced at, 
we therefore reserve it for an entire article, which shall appear in time for 
spring operations; in the mean time (if not already done) dry off the root 
by gradually withholding the supply of water; preserved; quite dry through 
the winter on a shelf in the greenhouse, keeping it in the same earth in which 
it has been growing. 
FLORICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. 
North Herts and South Beds Horticultural Society. 
Carnation and Picottee Show, Sun Inn, Hitchin, July 29, 1842. 
Twelve Carnations, 1s£ Prize— Mr. F. Barringer, Bedford : Ely’s 
Duke of Richmond, Ely’s Lord Milton, Ely’s Duke of Bedford, Ely’s 
Lovely Ann, Barringer’s Apollo, Puxley’s Prince Albert, Paul Pry, Lydia, 
Wilson’s William Fourth, Hale’s Prince Albert, Queen of Sheba, Hepworth’s 
Albion. 2d Prize— Mr. Garratt, Codicote : Seedling, Bishop of Glo’ster, 
Headley’s Achilles, Hogg’s Champion, Duke of Roxburgh, Wilson’s 
Harriett, Duchess of Devonshire, Alfred the Great, Gregory’s King Alfred, 
Queen of Sheba, Wiles’s Perfection, Garratt’s Lord Dacre. 
Twelve Picottees, 1st Prize— Mr. Garratt: Brinklow’s Perfection, 
Russel’s Incomparable, Duke of Wellington, Hogg’s Miss Campbell, 
Wilson’s Pluperfect, Sharp’s Invincible, Miss Neville, Wood’s, John’s 
Prince Albert, Wood’s Queen Victoria, Seedling, Wood’s Triumphant. 
2d. Prize —Mr. Barringer: Ely’s Grace Darling, Ely’s Princess Royal, 
Brinklow’s Perfection, Nulli secundus, Barringer’s Hebe, Royal Briton, 
Orson’s Eliza, Gidden’s Miss Hennell, Wood’s Queen Victoria, Sharp’s 
Hector, Sharp’s Duke of Wellington, Duchess of Sutherland. 
Six Carnations, 1st. Prize— Mr. William Pope, Biggleswade: 
Wilson’s William the Fourth, Queen of Sheba, Don John, Paul Pry, 
Bishop of Glo’ster, Lord Milton. 2d Prize— Honorable F. D. Ryder. 
