THE FLORAL WOBLD AND GAUDTCrT otttde. 



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placet. The whole erf these were blghlj 

 creditable to the growers. Mr. Draycotl 

 w.i the successful competitor in cucumbers; 

 .]. Al. Win gfleld, E i ■, in celoiy, onions, and 

 parsnips { and T. 11. Jackson, Esq., in car 



rots; all dI' wllicll wire good specimens of 



their respecti\ oclassi \ prize \n a awarded 

 in Mr i lioms Lax ton, fur a Chinese \ am, 

 ftioscorea batiatas. We also observed two 

 yit\ largo poturian gourds, one of whiob 

 weighed :i " lb hi tenl No. i, occupied by 



second das i amateurs, t ii" chief c pel itor • 



were Mr Thorns Laxtoo and Mr. tshp, who 

 ■ 1 1 \ ided the majority of the prizes between 

 them. Mr. La \ i nn cucumbers were very fine, 

 .in. I bo wit Mr. I dip's potatoes. Mr. J, G. 



i ' I gh exhibited nine Buperb J i i "i 



honey, one of which, worked in ~'i days, 

 weighed in His.: tho display elicited genera] 

 commendation, and gained for Mr. D. a 

 silver medal. The tenl No. 5, was devoted 

 io cottagers' produce There was a trong 

 muster of competitors, who numbered nearly 

 , r )0, exclusive of 20 juveniles who entered 

 fur the prize awarded for the besl bouquel of 

 wild Bower i. The frulj and \ egi l able 

 generally Were highly creditable to the 

 exhibi 

 ,\ bout two thoui and pen on nciv admitted 

 i hi' day. The judges were Mi'. 

 Roden, gardenei to Lady Lindsey, Mr. K hid, 

 gardener to T. 'l\ ion, Esq., Mr. Grey, of 

 Bourn, and M i . I'ii i v, of \ Igarkirk. 



Brighton, September, 1 6th and 16th. — 

 This, the tenth Bhow of the Brighton ami 

 Sussex i ion ii nil in d Society, was so emi- 

 nently ucci in!, thai in i in- local prints ii 



parted as tho " Comet" exhibition, 



ami Bome liu urous parallels Instituted 



between ii ami tho "Comet Vinta 

 ism, in France. The present urpae ed al] 

 previous exhibitions of the Society , as much 



i lomel i Inn blazing in the I [qqa en 



i I 'I lor lln- | i 1 1 1< ■ every Other Inini 



n,ir\ in the firmament. The .how wa . hejd 

 as usual in the pavilion, ami comprised two 

 divisions, our tor ah England, and one tor 



the locality. A.mong ii real variety of 



truly excellent Bubjects exhibited, Dahlias 

 certainly took I in- i< id The admiration of 

 1 1 1 < growers was chiedy expended on 1 1 1 < 

 seedling dahlias exhibited in a tenl on the 

 lawn; those of Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, 



lid io bo tin- finest j et situ in En I 



a ii mil ..- i he exhibitors won- Mr. James God 



irdener to F. Weekes, Esq., Bolnuy ; 

 Mr. II. Bailley, gardener toN. Borrer, Esq., 



Mm I . Mr. John Dennl I, Mr. William 

 i . John Sladcil, Esq , \ h, mar Sand 

 Wloh; iMr. .1. Mil.- , Air. David Hull, Mr. 



( '. d. Perry, i be < ledar Casl lo, Bromw Icb ; 

 Mr. Josepn James, Slade End, near Birming- 

 ham ; Mr ( look, Nbttlng Hill ; Mr. (!. 



Bl •dwell, St. Anil's, Lewis; Mr. \V. Dodds, 



Salisbury; Mr. G, Brown, Dulwich; Mr. 

 William ford, Mr. A Carter, tho Rev. 

 Qharlea Roe, Crystal Palace; Mr. Ivimber- 



l.-y, Sloke Nursery, Coventry; Mr. W' U. 

 Bragg, Mr. Henry LeggO, L.duioiiloii, Mid- 

 dlesex; and Mr. ('. ]E. Allen, Stoke New- 



Ington. 



The roses and enl llowrrs wei-e siiperh. 



The chief rose grower was Air. Mitchell, of 

 Piltdown, "hu carried off an extra prize of 

 /.:; for 1 00 varieties, exhibited on a marqui i 



.m the lawn. Mr. Mil. hell, however, was 



not left, alone in his glorj ; other growers 



entered into friendly competition with him, 

 Mild, wit Ii UCCO lul iv nil .. The asters 

 Were quite a feature in this department ; 



they were very numerous, and tine almost 

 heyoiui comparison! Some excellent Btove 

 ami greenhouse Sowers were contributed by 

 Air. Atkin. i, Mr. I >. Rhodes, gardenei to J. 

 Philpot, E q., Stamford Hill ; Mr. Cameron, 

 gardener to tho Duke of Richmond, Air- G. 

 Hudson, gardener to F> Barohard, Esq., and 

 Mr. W, 'in fel gardenei to Dr. Jeffery, 

 Ea tbourne. 



Hollyhocks formed quite an exhibition in 

 themselves; the exhibitors being Air. Sidney 

 ford, gardener to w. E. Hubbard, Esq., 

 Mr. Thomson, Shoroham; Mr, Chater, 

 Saffron Waldeu, Essex ; Messrs Paul ami 

 Son, Cheshunfc; ami Mr. W'. R. I'o igg, 

 Slough. 



There WSJ a BOW feature in the form of 



prizes for begonias, ami some beautiful 

 Specimens were exhibited. In the Music 

 Room was a very attractive stand devoted 



Io M.hinieuei. The eshihilors were Air. ( ',. 



Lambert, gardener to s. Baring, Esq., Mr. 

 d. Miles, gardener to S. tlanniugton, Esq., 

 ami Air. w. iioiman, gardener to the Earl 

 of Chichester. Two specimens of the lon^i- 

 ilorn alb* wrn ' v<,| '. v beautiful, especially 



I IoIiu.iu'm. 



This show im i olway i been di il Ingnl lied 

 from .di imi the metropolitan exhibitions by 

 ih largo number of stove and greenhouse 

 plants di played. Two entire platforms in 

 the Music Room, and the greater portion of 



the Banquetting Ro , were given up tor 



their reception ; and the effect was very 

 i triklng. There were pcclmens of ( lyrto 

 eei. i multiflora, Leptodactyloii oallfornlco, 



i-.or.i coccinea, R leletia speclou major, 



Fuchsioides acuminata. The principal eon 



Irihiilor.i were Air. .1. 8cOUgalJ, Hardener to 



Dr. Madden, Air. < ». Rhodes, gardener to .1. 

 Lhilpot, Esq., Mr. T. Gilberl gardener to E. 

 L. MoMurdo, Esq., Air. <;. Sfoung, gardener 

 to w. T. Stone, Esq., Air. It. Peed, gar- 

 dener io T. Treadwell, Esq , Mr. J. Miles, 

 gardener to S. Hannlngtou, 1 q, ; Mi-. 

 Atkins, gardener i" Lord Gngc Mi 1 



