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ExinuixioN OF KiTciFEX Garden Pkoducts in England. — The first show of the season 

 under the new arrangement was held on the 24tli of May, and, strange to say, thei*e were 

 but two ci)nipetitors. The Gardeners' Chronicle reports : 



"Of collections of vegetables, wLieli were especially invited on this occasion, two were pro- 

 duced — one by Mr. Burns, gr. to Eail SrAxnopE, at Chevening, the other by Mr. SinvEr, gr. to J. 

 A. HouBLOX, Esq., of Ilallingbury, near Bishoiys Stortford. Fifty-six varieties came from 

 Cheveuiug, and only ten from Ilallingbury. Some of Mr. Spivey's produce, as his Broccoli and 

 Leeks, for instance, were, however, better than Mr. Burns' ; but then he fell far short of Mr. B. 

 in point of a large and finely Aaried collection, which is what the Society was desirous of 

 encouraging, in order that it may show what a garden skillfully managed is really capable of 

 furnishing at different seasons of the year; the first prize was therefore awarded to Mr. Burns, 

 and the second to Mr. Spivey. Mr. Burns sent Wileove and Miller's dwarf Broccoli, Fulmer's 

 dwarf Kidney' Bean, Ilorsc-radish, Celeriac, a vegetable used in soups, but not now very often 

 seen ; Seakale, Jerusalem Artichokes, Asparagus, Red Beet, Cattell's Reliance Cabbage, young 

 silver-skinned and Strasburg Unions, old Potatoes, London Leeks, Mushrooms, both large and in 

 the button state, Jerusalem Kale, Victoria, Giant, Linuaius, and another kind of Rliubarb; white 

 and red Turnip Radishes, and a salmon-eolorod variety, apparently a good long kind; Walker's 

 white-sjiiued Cucumber, curled and Normandy Cress, Mustard, Chicor\', Celeiy, knotted Marjoram; 

 common and Lemon Tiiyme, hardy green, white, and Bath Cos Lettuces; Sweet Basil, Fennel, 

 red, common, and variegated Sage ; Tarragon, summer and winter Savory, Batavian Endive, 

 Chervil, line double and giant Parsley, Sorrel, Watereresses, Burnet, round and prickly Spinach, 

 and Italian Corn Salad, which, as we have before stated, is much better than the common sort. 



"Mr. Spivey produced new Potatoes, young Can-ots, Broccoli past its best, but large and fine; 

 Cabbages, Spinach, some very good Leeks, Asparagus, Seakale considerably past its best, Myatt's 

 Victoria Rliubarb, and ilushrooms. Of foreign produce, Mr. Lewis Solomon, of Covent Garden, 

 sent a salad consisting of very good Curled Endive, Paris Cos Lettuces as large and fine as they 

 could possibly be produced about London at any season, and red Turnip Radishes. A Banksian 

 Medal was awarded. It may be mentioned here, that the Garden of the Society also contributed 

 a collection of vegetables, consisting of round Summer Spinach, and the following Cabbages : 

 Wheeler's Nonpareil, Early Plaw, Tiley's Early Marrow, the best very early kind, being sweet 

 and tender, with no waste ; Early Battersea, alias Fulham or Vanack, the best for a general crop; 

 Loudon Market, a large sort, but a little coarse; Sutton's Early Coomb, Early Nonpareil, and 

 Brown's early. Tlie same establishment likewise furnished Linnasus, Victoria, Prince Albert, and 

 Prince of AVale? Rhubarb, the latter a short, deep red sort ; Cock's Hardy Wiiite Cos Lettuce, 

 Victory of Bath and Galway's Victoiy Cucumbers, and the Virginian Poke [Phytolacca decandra), 

 a plant indigenous to the United States. The leaves of the latter are unwholesome ; but the 

 young shoots, which lose this quality by boiling in water, are eaten in North America as Aspara- 

 gus. These slioots, which make their appearance very earlj' in spring, are cut when about six or 

 eight inches long; they are then scalded with boiling water, and afterwards boiled for twenty 

 minutes in water, with a little salt in it ; they are then placed on a suitable dish, with a small 

 portion of butter added, when they are ready for table. Dressed in this manner, it is considered 

 in America quite as good and delicate as Asparagus. 



plants, Messrs. Lucombe, Prince <fe Co. received a large Silver Medal for a very fine variety 

 Cattleya Mossiie, having more orange in the lip than common, and for a collection of new 



