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with a great variety of hard and soft-wooded plants. Young Heaths 

 and Epacrises, if planted in properly prepared borders, will, in the 

 course of a season, make growth with which pot plants would liave no 

 comparison. 



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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Although the Society's house in Regent-street did not meet with a 

 purchaser the other day, when put up to auction, we hear hopes are 

 entertained that an opportunity of disposing of it by private treaty will 

 offer itself before long. In the meantime, we understand that the Council 

 are actively engaged in organising a system for the future management 

 of the gardens, which in time will make that establishment equal to 

 the requirements of the Society. We are glad to learn, too, that no rash 

 or sudden changes will take place, but that the various suggestions and 

 plans for the complete remodelling of the management and maintenance 

 of the gardens will undergo very careful deliberation by the Council, 

 and when the plan for future guidance is fully determined on the 

 different improvements contemplated will be gradually introduced, as 

 the financial position of the Society will enable the Council to carry 

 them out. If all this be true, we feel sure that the Council are acting 

 wisely, and we hope a large accession of new members will be the result, 

 and that another year will see Chiswick regain its former position, if 

 it does not entirely surpass it, which, from all we hear, it is very Hkely 

 to do. 



The Bath Hanoverian Band Committee held their last 

 Floral Fete in Sydney Gardens, on the 17th ult. We have before 

 alluded to the public spirit of the gentlemen forming the committee in 

 restoring horticultural exhibitions in this city, and we are pleased to 

 bear record to the spirited manner in which the exhibitors have sup- 

 ported them : as an instance of this we may cite Wm. Simpkins, Esq., 

 of Everleigh, Wilts, who took a van-load of large specimen plants a 

 distance of forty miles by land carriage, to compete for their prizes. 

 The exhibition was a very varied and extensive one, and fully main- 

 tained the character of the exhibiting body, many of the productions 

 furnished being admirable specimens of good culture ; foremost among 

 these were the Fuchsias exhibited by Mr. Mold, gardener to William 

 Simpkins, Esq. — better examples of good cultivation we never saw, and 

 that is saying a good deal. Mr. Moid, jun., of Devizes, had also some 

 fine plants ; as had • — Taylor, Esq., Bath. The class in Miscellaneous 

 Stove and Greenhouse plants was well contested, Mr Simpkins being 

 first, and Mr. Burton, of Laycock, second. The classes indeed were 

 all well contested : Heaths, good for the season ; cut flowers, in great 

 abundance ; Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, was first with a fine collection 

 of Dahlias, and besides had some splendid seedling flowers, which were 

 awarded first-class certificates. We have not room to enumerate all 



