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aesort; but,as/a means. of instruction and.intelligent recreation, is.uni- 
wversally acknowledged... ., |... : 
A few of the more important new plants that have lately been added 
to.the ¢ollection, by the late Mr. Barter and others, will next occupy 
attention. 
HORTICULTURAL FETE AT BATH. 
THE first grand horticultural fete of the Bath Hanoverian Band Com- 
“mittee took place on May 9, at the Sydney Gardens, in that city. The 
‘day was most propitious ; indeed, in this respect, the Committee had 
“their usual luck. The display of plants, cut flowers, and. fruit, was 
“extremely grand, particularly, considering the unfavourable weather 
“which preceded the exhibition. It is not too much to say that the 
“Chinese Azaleas, whether as regards size of specimens or profusion of 
<bloom, could not ‘be surpassed, even in the metropolis ; nor were some 
~ of the collections of stove and greenhouse plants, Roses, and ornamental 
“foliaged plants, behind the above. Taken altogether, the exhibition 
was highly creditable to the skill of the Bath horticulturists. We have 
not space to enumerate the principal prizes, but we are glad to record - 
how well the liberality and public spirit of the committee of manage- 
ment was responded to by exhibitors. 
REPORT. ON THE VARIETIES OF GARDEN BEET, 
GROWN AT CHISWICK IN. 1859. 
 Nutting’s Selected Dwarf Red (Nutting).—Leaves 9 to 12 inches 
high, dark blood-red. , Roots chiefly underground, 94 inches in cireum- 
ference; flesh dark red, sweet, without the disagreeable earthy flayour 
of which many kinds of Beet partake. | Baked, the flesh 1s deep crimson 
of smooth close texture; remarkably sweet. and, well flavoured, and 
without the earthy flayour, above alluded to. An excellent. variety ; it 
- was decidedly the best of the varieties brought together on this occasion, 
. both. in appearance and quality, and was moreover remarkably true, 
_.. Shorts Pine-apple (Turner); Syn: Pine-apple Dwarf Red 
_(Veitch).—Leaves 6 or 7 inches high, dark purple; stalks tinged with 
dull orange. Roots 8. inches in circumference, the surface obtusely 
furrowed ; flesh. deep crimson. Baked, the flesh is of a dull deep 
-» crimson, tender, mild, sweet and well flavoured, though with a slight 
earthy taste. This excellent variety is remarkable for its dwarf compact 
habit, and for its, uniformity and apparent fixity of character. It was 
raised. by Mr,,Charles Short, gardener to Sr William Beauchamp 
_ Procter,, Bart., Langley. Park, Norwich, and was introduced to the 
- notice of the public by Mr. Turner, of Slough, who in 1854 distributed 
seeds of it for trial, under the name of Short’s Beet. It was subsequently 
_ sent out by, Messrs. Henderson & Co. as the Pine-apple Beet, and has 
“also been. known. as the Pine-apple Compact ‘Topped, and Short’s 
Compact, Topped... It is no, doubt.one of the best kinds at. present in 
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