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Title: The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening
Year: 1850 (1850s)
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Subjects: Horticulture--Periodicals Gardening--Periodicals Fruit-culture--Periodicals Floriculture--Periodicals.
Publisher: London: Houlston and Stoneman
Contributing Library: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, McLean Library
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tesfrom half a score subjects that have very im-properly obtained them elsewhere. A newmode of encouraging amateur cultivators hasbeen adopted by Mr. Hamilton of Cheapside.He has offered a prize, or rather series ofprizes, for the best collection of annuals, thebest melons, and the best cucumbers, that shallbe brought or forwarded to him on a givenday; and many who have hardly confidenceenough to show in public gardens, are prepar-ing to exhibit on the occasion. A generalmeeting of gardeners, amateurs, and nursery-men is called for the 29th of May, in London,and it is expected to be fully attended. Theobject is to adopt measures for the furtherencouragement of floriculture. MYANTHUS F1MBRIATUS. Myanthus Jimbriatus, Morren (fringedflowered Myanthus).—Orchidacese § Vandea?-Catnsetidse. This fine and showy orchid has been intro-duced to, and cultivated in Belgium ; and thefollowing is the substance of an account of itpublished by Professor Morren, in a Belgian MYANTHUS FIMBRIATUS. 281
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Myanthus Jimbriatus. periodical, the Annates de la Botanique deGand: — This beautiful plant particularly gracedthe horticultural exhibition held at Brusselsin September 1848. The judges consideredit so superior to all the others among theinnumerable fine orchids brought forward—soelegant in itself, that instead of awarding to itthe silver-gilt medal as offered in the sche-dule, they made an extra award of a goldmedal. During the three days of the exhi-bition, more than 100,000 persons were de-lighted with this strange and admirable plant,which filled the room with its odour. The intelligent owner and cultivator of thisremarkable production was M. Legralle-DHavres of Anvers, a gentleman who, toge-ther with his lady, has long been known asamong the most distinguished promoters ofhorticulture in Belgium. Some months after the exhibition abovealluded to, the same species flowered withthe Chevalier Heynderycx, president of theSociety of Ghent; but while the flowers ofM. Legralles plant

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