258 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Correspondents, who are conversant with the subject, will be so obliging as 

 to give the information required bv 



9th Sept. 1835. Tvno. 



On the Culture of Mueandia Barclayana, &c. — Will you, or some 

 reader of the Cabinet, give me some information on the culture of the Mau 

 randia Barclay-ana, so as to cause it to produce its beautiful rlowers in pro- 

 fusion. Also of the Eccremocarpus scaber, and Verbena pulchella. 



Catarina Maria and T. 



FLOR1CULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



METROPOLITAN SOCIETY'S GRAND DAHLIA SHOW. 



The second exhibition of this Society, for the season, was held at Vans 

 hall Gardens, on Friday, Sept. 18th. The display of Dahlias was splendid ; 

 and the principal prizes awarded were as follow : — 



In the Class of One Hundred Blooms (open to nurserymen, dealers, and 

 any amateurs who liked to compete). — 1, Mr. Gaines, Battersea; 2, Mr. 

 Chandler, Vau shall ; 3, Mr. WUlmer, Smibury; 4, Mr. Fairburn, Clapham; 

 5, Mr. Brown, Slough; G, Mr. Jackson, Kingston; 7, Mr. Pamplin, Hornsey. 



Twenty-four Blooms. — 1, Mr. Elphinstone, Holmbnsh; 2, Mr. Brown, 

 Slough; 3, M r. Widnall, Grantchester; 4, Mr. Gaines, Battersea; 5, Mr. 

 Mountjoy, Ealing; 6, Mr. Hopwood, Twickenham; 7, Mr. Fairburn, Clap- 

 ham ; 8, Mr. Laurence, gardener to the Rev. Mr. Williams, Hcndon ; 9, Mr. 

 Brewer, sen., Cambridge ; 10, Mr. Dennis, Chelsea; 11, Mr. Girling, Stow- 

 market ; 12, Mr. Salter, Hammersmith. 



Twelve Blooms. — 1, Mr. Jeffries, Rotherhithe; 2, Mr. Win. Lawrence, 

 Hampton; 3, Mr. Potter, Norbitton -hall; 4, Mr. Lidgard, Hammersmith ; 

 5, Mr. Lee, Bradmore ; 6, Mr. Sheppard, Kent-road ; 7, Mr. Doswell, Stam- 

 ford-hill; 8, Mr. Goldhara, Islington ; 9, Mr. Wakeling, Walworth ; 10, Mr. 

 Crowder, Broad street ; 11, Mr. Bell, gardener to the Hon. J.Irs. Elphin- 

 stone, Enfield ; 12, Air. Humber, Southall. 



Blooms. — 1, Mr. Widnall, Grantchester; 2, Mr. Jeffries, Ipswich ; 3, Mr. 

 Harding, Sydenham; 4, Mr. Jeffries, Ipswich ; 5, Mr. Elphinstone, Holm- 

 bush. 



Seedlings, 1835. — 1, Mr. Elphinstone, Holmbush ; 2, Mr. Brown, Slough; 

 3, Mr. Veitch, Exeter; 4, Mr. Brown, Slough; 5, Mr. Elphinstone, Holm- 

 bush. 



LcvicWs Grand Prize. — Mr. Girling, nurseryman, Stowinarket. 



There were several subjects which deserve mention, particularly a beauti- 

 ful collection of finely grown Dahlias, in pots, by Mr.Catleugh ; a collection 

 of Heartsease, by Mr. Lane; three hundred and twenty-eight varieties of 

 the Dahlia, by Mr. Glenny, not for competition ; a fine collection of Dah- 

 lias, by Messrs. Brown, of Slough, including numerous blooms of three new 

 Dahlias, to como out in the spring, viz., the Gem, the Beauty of Teffont, 

 and Queen Elizabeth. 



WOOLWICH FLORISTS' SOCIETY'S DAHLIA SHOW. 



This show took place on Thursday, Sept. 21th, when prizes were awarded 

 as follow : — 



Twenty four Blooms. — 1, Mr. Brown; 2, Mr. Harding; 3, Mr. Corinack. 



Twelve Blooms. — (A silver cup, and two sovereigns.) — 1, Mr. Norman ; 2, 

 Mr. Harding; 3, Mr. Mead; 4, the Rev. H. B. Greenlaw; 5, Mr. Creed; 

 (!, .Mr. Wood. 



Seedlings. — 1, Rev. H. B. Greenlaw; 2, Mr. Wood ; 3, Mr, Conn act; 4, 

 Rev. II. B. Greenlaw. 



