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with glittering green glands, called Maurandya Barclaiana ; 

 among the fruit was a fine specimen, from Lord Grantham's 

 garden, of the Papaw, a tropical fruit never ripened in England 

 before, 



September ISth. 



The exhibitions of this day were chiefly confined to a display 

 of Dahlias, which for magnificence exceeded any thing of the 

 kind we ever witnessed before. The large meeting-room was 

 filled with masses of the richest and most lively colours. In 

 the whole, eight hundred and fifty-one varieties were shown, 

 among which the finest were from the garden of William Wells, 

 Esq., of Redleaf ; but where all are so excellent, it is almost 

 invidious to particularize. The time will be remembered by 

 many of our readers when gardens in the autumn contained 

 little besides marigolds, sun-flowers, and sweet-peas ; by the 

 aid of dahlias and chrysanthemums the autumn has now be- 

 come the liveliest season of the year, and the beauty of the 

 flower-garden is only destroyed by the severest of the winter 

 frosts. Among the grapes upon the table was a remarkably 

 excellent yellow-berried kind, from Portugal, from the garden 

 of Mr. Holford, of Hampstead, which was quite new to 

 this country. Apples, nectarines, peaches, and pine-apples 

 abounded. 



October 2nd. 



Among the flowers was a fine bunch of ranunculuses, from 

 Mr. Groom, of Walworth, a rare sight in October ; they were 

 obtained by having been planted in July and carefully protected 

 by tulip-shades when coming into flower. The season for 

 softer fruits being nearly over, pears and apples formed the chief 

 display ; of these a vast number, upwards of one hundred and 

 eighty of the latter, were upon the table : the Blenheim orange, 

 or Woodstock pippin, pomme gris, scarlet nonpareil, court- 

 pen du plat, golden reinette, and packhorse apples ; and Chap- 

 man's, Marie Louise, and brown beurre pears, appeared to us 

 to excel all their rivals. The famous glpux morceau and 

 beurre d'Aremberg pears were also exhibited, but were not 

 ripe. 



