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of a large gathering of the gardeners and gentry of the district. There were 

 seven booths tastefully arranged for the display of the various subjects. 

 The first booth on the right on entering the ground was filled with fruit- 

 trees in pots, and upon the whole they looked as if they had come from a 

 district very far north, for none of them were ripe, though the trees were in 

 the best state of health. Most of these were from Messrs. Lane, of Berk- 

 hampstead. The next tent was devoted to ornamental foliage plants, among 

 which ferns and lycopods were very conspicuous. The contributors of 

 foliage and stove and greenhouse plants were — Lord Southampton, R. L. 

 Bevan, Esq., H. O. JSTethercote, Esq., Messrs. Lane, and Messrs. Wood and 

 Ingram, of Huntingdon. In this tent we only saw one Lilium, and that 

 had but one flower on it. There were some fine pyramid Fuchsias, among 

 them Lord Clyde and Solferino looking magnificent. Many of the subjects 

 were tallied with numbers instead of names, and where names appeared 

 they were often misspelt or illegible. This is a point for committees to 

 think of in preparing schedules, "in the next tent was a good collection of 

 hothouse fruit and vegetables. Mr. Chalmers, gardener to Sir Eobert Peel, 

 had some splendid grapes and a superb pine-apple ; he deservedly carried 

 off the first prize for six dishes. Some of the vegetables sent by the gar- 

 deners deserved praise, but upon the whole they were not equal in merit to 

 the samples in the cottagers' division. Hardy fruits chiefly occupied the 

 next tent, and amongst them were some fuchsias for decoration. Fair Maid 

 of Kent, Maid of Castile, Souvenir de Cheshunt, and Catherine Hayes were 

 the leading kinds. The collections of cut flowers included hollyhocks (not 

 over good), dahlias (excellent), verbenas, and roses (mostly good). Among 

 the best of the dahlias were Lord Raglan, Countess of Derby, Sir Joseph 

 Paxton, Lady Popham, and Duchess of Beaufort. Geraniums were not to 

 be found among the gardeners' collections. The amateurs' collections were 

 displayed in a long booth, and attracted a crowd of visitors throughout the 

 day. Among the fuchsias, Venus de Medici beat Fair Oriana. The first 

 prize for a scarlet geranium was taken by a plant not quite so good as 

 Richard Webb's in the cottagers' class. Among the dahlias, Lord Palmer- 

 ston and Sarah Boyce were fine. The leading prize-takers in this class were 

 Messrs. Pilgrim, Hills, Cross, Oxley, Elkiugton, Blencowe, Barwell, Treen, 

 Black, Osborne, Whitten, Gurney/Cakebread, Iliffe, and Mrs. Richardson. 

 The children's prizes were for wild-flowers, and we give the names of the suc- 

 cessful competitors :— For Sunday-school children.— Best collection of wild 

 flowers, by girls : 1st, 2s. 6d., Annie Powell; 2nd, 1*. 6c?., Alice Walker; 

 3rd, Is., Frances Sharp. Best collection of wild flowers, by boys : 1st, 2*. Gd., 

 W r illiam Barker ; 2nd, Is. Gd., Samuel Johnson ; 3rd, Is., William Hickin- 

 botham. Best design in wild-flowers, 1st, 2s. Gd., Emily Johnson ; 2nd, 

 Is. Gd,, Sarah Ann Hutchings ; 3rd, Is., Sarah Hammond. Extra : lst^Fanny 

 May, Alice Sharp, and Fanny Sears ; 2nd, Mary Wood and Matilda Hutton. 

 The cottagers' contributions were worthy of the highest praise. The best ge- 

 ranium in the show was from Richard Webb, and took first prize in the cot- 

 tagers' division. The first prize in the same class for fuchsias was awarded to 

 W. Thorneycroft ; William Pilgrim and R. Webb came next with excellent 

 specimens. An extra prize was given to Mr. Webb for fuchsia Duchess of 

 Lancaster. Mr. Webb was supplied with cuttings last year by Mr. Cole, 

 of London Fields, and his plants were grown in his parlour window. A 

 stand of geraniums, very tastefully set as a device in cut flowers, won a first 

 prize for W. Townseud, E. Webb being second, and B. Johnson third. Ilie 

 agricultural roots were far inferior to those shown last year. 



Tbowbbidge Flobal Society, Aug. 29. -This was the eleventh annual 

 meeting of this prosperous society, and was in no respect less successful 

 than in previous and more propitious seasons. The whole town was alive 

 with excitement, and the streets were adorned with flags and evergreens. 

 The principal thoroughfare was spanned with a triumphal arch, inscribed 



