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REGENT KXMIT.ITIONS 



Our notes on exhibitions laat month wen: 

 unusually brief, owing to ddr desire to in 

 elude in the number Beveral important 

 articles, which would have been of Less value 

 to our readers if their publication bad been 

 deferred. Though we had prepared ample 

 note of various Bhows we bad attended, we 

 thought ii advisable to withhold them, in 

 order in moke room for matters which ap 



i" ii' 'i to us of more mo ataxy Lntere i . 



and hi' proceed now to feti b up our arrears. 

 In regard t" the l>:iMi:i show, we uxay 

 remark that the late period at which ii tool 

 place proved inconvenient to our contem- 

 poraries as well as ourselves— it was too 



late in the week for the weekly J mils, and 



too late in the month for the monthlies, 

 ho that tin' Cottage Gardener and the 

 Chronicle were oompelled to defer their 

 reports beyond their current issues r and the 

 I'ln, i i in like manner, did as we have dune, 

 glanced .'ii it, only, and noted down imi a 

 few leading impressions. Wiih the exception 

 of the September Exhibit Ion at the ( Irj tal 

 Palace, we have now to record briefly the 

 exhibitional transactions of the past two 



lllnnl h,S : 



Stamford, September 8 th. This was the 

 concluding show of the season, and was 

 held in a ii'-id called " The Nuns," kindly 

 granted by W. Higgs, Esq., from whence 

 there Is a fine view of the pretty town of 

 Stamford. Bive commodious tents were oc 

 oupied by the competitors, the classification 

 being as follows:-— 1. Plants in pots, exhi- 

 bited by drillers and first, class amateurs. 

 \t. Cut llowers, open to the same classes. 



;i. fruit and vegetables, shown by the same. 

 A. Plants, out dowers, fruit, and vegetables, 

 exhibited i>y second class amateurs. 5 a 

 Cottagers}' produce. An elevated platform, 

 surro led with seats, erected midway he 



l.w n the tentS and the hniimlary of Ihe 



field next the railway, was appropriated to 

 the regimental hand, consisting of twenty 

 performers, under the able Leadership of 



Mr. Waddell. Qf fuchsias, 8 variety of 



well grown plants were exhibited by Ihe 

 Marchioness of Exetei (who obtained the 

 first prize), by J. Phillips, Esq., and by Mr. 



Almey, of Oakham; l.ady Kxcler also sent 



a number of beautiful geraniums. Mr. 

 Phillips was awarded the first premium for 



aclnuiinics and verhenas ; the latter, how- 

 ever, were not equal to those shown at the 

 duly meeting- Very uperior balsams were 

 contributed by Messrs. Wood and Ingram, 

 and T. II. Jackson, Esq.; but there was 



nothing more showy than Ihe array of 



oeekseombs exhibited by Capti Grantham, 

 Mr. Phillips, k Mr. Duller, and Mr. Almey. 



An Lntere tine variety of ferns sent by Mr. 

 Huggins, of Boston, and four very handsome 



agapanthus 1 i 1 i< - -t, shown bV Miss Hurst, 



completed the attractions <d' this tent, tn 

 tent No. 2 there was s brilliant collection 



Of ciil, llowers, and especially OI dahlias, 



which were In beautiful bloom and received 

 well merited admiral ion i I be chief coin 

 petitors were Mr. Burberry, of KenUworth ; 

 Messrs. Wood and Ingram, of Huntingdon; 

 Mr. Holmes, of Nottingham ; Mr. Walker, of 

 Leicester; Messrs. Paul, of Cheshnnt; Mr. 

 Edwards, and Mr. Drayoott. There was 

 •ii o a plendid a ortment of hollyhocks and 

 asters, grown by Mr. Burberry, Mr. Almey, 

 ami Messrs. Paul. One of the most attrac- 

 tive object of this tent was b device by Mr. 



Thomas Almey, consisting Qf a miniature 



fiower garden, beautifully laid out, with the 

 addition of a fountain and rockwork covered 

 wiih mosses of various kinds, ferns. &c. : 

 this obtained, as it deserved, the first prize. 

 The second prize In this class was awarded 

 io Mr. Dean, of Uppington, for a tastefully- 

 con tructed floral device somewhat in the 



form of a lemplo. The. Mal'ipiis of Kxcler 



carried off the first, prize for the best collec- 

 tion of fruit, Mr, Baker the second, and J-. 

 Mi Wingfleld 1 , Esq., an extra prize: the 



whole of Ihe: e were worthy Of hi",h com 



mendation. The noble Marquis also showed 



the best pines; Mr. CpXnutt taking the 



second place. Mr. Phillips gained the first 

 premium Box white out-door grapes, the se- 

 cond being awarded to Mr. 1 1. Tebbutt. 

 Pei bap finer peaches were never i ecu than 



lie shibited by the Hon. Mrs. Wat on, 



of Rockingham Castle, to whom was given 

 the first prize; T. ii- Jackson, Esq., of 



Stamford, occupying the see I place. 



.1. M. Wingfleld, Esq., look the first prize 

 wiih a magnificent dish of plums; the se 

 qond was awarded to the Marquis of Exeter. 

 There was a choice display of dessert apples, 



for which tlii! chief prize fell to the lot of 

 ihe Marquis of Exeter. Miss Hurst a ml Mr. 

 Baiter look the first prize for melons, the 

 former with the grew flesh and the latter 

 with the, scarlet flesh variety. Turning to 

 ihe vegetables, we must say that we have 



seldom, if ever, win a hitler collection. 



The potatoes of all kinds seemed to be. In 



particularly fine condition j the chief prizes 



for this Important root being won by J. M. 

 Wingfleld and T. II. Jackson, Esqa. Very 



SCOod Samples were also shown by Miss 

 Burst and Cap!. < I ran! ham. .1. M. Wing 

 field, Esq., took the first prize lot Ihe l,e I 



basket of vegetables, and also for ihe be I 



basket Of salad; Mr. CornuK and Mr. Phil- 

 lips, respectively occupying the (second 



