5S8 Provincial Hortictdtwal Societies : — 



Sieboldti, Penstemon gen-dan'Sidee, Delphimum Barlowii, iychnis 'Bnngean/J, 

 frith a iraod co-lection of annuals and herbaceous plants. A cut flower of 

 CVinuni amabiie was rerv beauiirul- Messrs. Veitth and Son of Exeter had 

 the larirest coLection of dahlias, including that beautiful flower Dr. Mendroth. 

 Amons the rare plants were a (Tlemalis grandiflora, Bignonifl Chamberlain/, 

 Fuchsia fulirens, the pitcher plant, and a splendid collection of z innia s and 

 other annuals. ( ^est BtHoju Sept. 21.) 



CrMBEULAXD. — TTie Whitehaven HarHculixrttl Society. — JUay 11. AitJi- 

 rulas. The chief prizes of the day \rere awarded to the finest specimens in 

 the different cLasse:^ at auriculas and polvauthuses ; but, besides a beautitul 

 show of these flowers, there was a fine show of green-house plants and early 

 reiretable productions. In the vegetable department, there were many articles 

 shown windi coonaaded f^3>hv*i eulogiums ; but the first stalks of rhubarb 

 were a bonck of ffiiiblancfaed, produced by Mr. Mann of Corkikle. Among 

 the flowers, the best for which prizes were given were : — Auriculas : green- 

 edired, Taylor's rictory, R. Elliott, gardener to M. Hartley, Esq , Rose HiU ; 

 ffrev-edired. Ker.jon's ringleader, J. (raitskell ; white-edged, Leigh's bright 

 Veins. R. Elliot: : sdf-coloared, Whittaker's true blue,~R. Elliott; alpine. 

 Eclipse, R Elliott. Seed&i^ : best self, R. Elliott ; best alpine, J. Gaits- 

 kelL Best pan of auriculas, one flower of each class: Ist pan, Archer's 

 triumphant, highland chief, Bla<^ Prince, •» olunteer. Queen of >Iay, R. Elliott. 

 Polranthus : dark ground, Pearson's Alexander, J. Gaitskell ; Ught ground, 

 George the Fourth, J. GaitskelL Seedlings : best dark ground, J. Clarke, 

 •fardener to the Earl of Lonsdale; light ground, ditto. H}"acinths, in glasses : 

 double. Passe- Virgo, E. Dawson, Esq. Polyanthus Narcissus : best white, 

 Tiinn, J. SteeL Pe^az^gooiiims : Queen Anne, J. Clark. Green-iouse or 

 stove pi m4 1 , except pebngoaiaBS : Terbeca Tweedicna, J. Clark. Hardy 

 pfaaC, lamest mad best bloomed : Pulmonaria Airsinica, R. Elliott. British 

 pimt : StSBa venia, R- Effiott. ( WhL'etiaven Herald, May 19.) 



June 2. Tu^. Not fewer than 400 of the different varieties of tulips 

 were upon the stages ; and in one bouquet, got up by Mr. Steele of Parton, 

 ^boat 250 flowers erf the same sort were tastefully arranged. Mr. Robert 

 Effiott's boaqn^j. however, obtained Ae principal prize in that department ; and 

 for far2EaBC7,ndhnessi,aad beauty, it was well deserving the eulogiums which it 

 l ee dved . llie karvfy faerinoeoos plants, green-hou^ plants, geraniums, and 

 Wwrftg were nmKitias and excellent ; particularly the latter, of which Miss 

 Lowlier *^hMitfd same most dfficaitf: and dei^tfiil specimens. In an ante- 

 rooB, where die frails and vegetskies were dhown, the apples commanded 

 general ay pro ba ri oo, by their heaatj and fine state of preservation. Thomas 

 Falcon, Esq^ of Wortd^jtan, ttsoik. a dciridfirf lead in potatoes grown in the 

 open air. llie Srst ypifanens of t bah arb were shown by Mr. Davidson, a 

 ■usfcet-gardener at Corfcikle ; and here we cannot but express our r^ret that 

 so few extibotors of 3tlr. Davidson's rank were to be found competing for prizes. 

 A iiMitij;, the best flowers were : — TuJips, first pan, 3*Iis5 Fox : Prince de Conde, 

 Trad Ugj r , Rose Unique, C^ompte de Vergennes, Black Prince, Washington, min 

 d'or. Feathered bizarres : Trafalgar, Miss Fox. Festherci bybloemens: Atlas, 

 Ber. J.Fox. Featliered roses : Comte deVergennes, Miss Fox. Flamed bizarres : 

 .Abervmobie, Miss Mossop. Flamed b\bloemen5 : Black Baguet, Miss Smith. 

 VtaameA TOBesz Tose Unique, J. Gaitskell. Selfs : min d'or, J. Clark. Best 

 doable tnfip : De Ti«3p^ double yellow, J. GaitskeJl. Heaths : Erica, odorata, 

 yitat liowdier. Pelargoniums : Fastoosa, R. Elliott. Green-bouse or stove 

 TJamt^^ firfifr ericas nor p ebt go am ms : Manettia glabra, J. dark. Apples : 

 a ua p are fl, J. Gaat^kdl; kitrhen ^if^s, of f*o years' keeping, J. Gaitskell. 

 (Ibid., Jane 9.) 



SepL 20. CanuzOotu and DaJiltcs. Though the exbiLition, upon the 

 whofe, was not eqoal to many fiirmer ones, it n as more nomerously attended 

 tJnn k ever was on any other orraaon. The best flowers which obt£uned prizes 

 woe: — CamatioBs: scarlet hiiarw, 1st p^ize, J. Steel, Rawson's Eliza; 

 purple flakes, 1st, W. Tbomtan, Keswick, President ; purple bizarre, 1st, W. 



