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Juh/ 18. On this occasion tlie collection of plants was so abundant that 

 it was found necessary to exhibit the vegetables and cottagers' productions in 

 anotiier room, Tlie stove plants alone were of such rare merit, that such a 

 choice collection of sj)ecimeus had not been exhibited at the Horticultural 

 Society's Garilens at Cliiswick diu-ing the present year. Among the more re- 

 markable specimens were a beautiful and varied collection of calceolarias, 

 exhibited by Mr. Evans, gardener to Mrs. Batt ; some elegant ericas, exhibited 

 by Mr. I lughes, gardener to C. B. Wall, Esq. ; and a splendid collection of plants, 

 principalh stove, exhibited by Mr. Dodd, gardener to Colonel Baker. In ad- 

 dition to the aliove, were many choice and valuable contributions from the 

 gardens of the Earl of Radnor, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, Dr. Finch, and 

 Thomas King, Esq. The fruits were abundant antl excellent, and the display 

 of pine-apples, 10 in number, from the unrivalled pinery of Colonel Baker, 

 elicited unusual admiration. The plants not for competition were principally 

 supplieil by Mr. Squibb of the Fisherton Nursery ; but there was also a beautiful 

 collection of roses, exhibited by INIr. Wheeler of Warminster ; and many of 

 these were new and excellent varieties. {Salisburi/ Herald, July 22.) 



September 5. The collection of plants was not so extensive as at some of 

 the previous exhibitions of the present year; but, nevertheless, the show-room 

 was well filled with an abundance of excellent specimens. There was a col- 

 lection of curious Cacti, lately received from Mexico by A. B. Lambert, Esq., 

 the president of the Society ; and these were rendered the more interesting by 

 the addition of a new species of Epiphyllum (E. latifrons), the flowers of which 

 are white, and highly scented. A fine specimen of Clerodendruni speciosissimum 

 was exhibited from the stove of Colonel Baker, M.P. ; by whom, also, was ex- 

 hibited a plant of Gongorrt atropurpurea in fine bloom. We were much 

 pleased with a specimen of Pentsteraon Murrya?nM from the gardens of Mrs. 

 Batt ; which, from being of a hardy habit, and producing long terminal racemes 

 of brilliant red flowers, is a most valuable addition to herbaceous plants. A 

 collection of fuchias of several varieties was exhibited by H. Coates, Esq., and 

 there were abundant contributions of excellent plants from the extensive col- 

 lections of the Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., C. B. Wall, Esq., M.P. ; Dr. Finch, 

 and T. King, Esq. There was a profusion of dahlias, which added not a little 

 to the gay appearance of the show-room. The disj^lay of fruits was most 

 abundant, and the specimens exhibited were of a first-rate quality; and amongst 

 these we especially noticed an immense Providence pine, lOlb. in weight, from 

 the pinery of the Earl of Normanton. The plants not for competition were 

 supplied hy Mr. Squibb of the Fisherton Niu'sery ; and, in addition to fine 

 specimens of green-house plants, including Clematis Sieboldti, he exhibited an 

 extensive assortment of fine dahlias. There were also excellent stands of 

 dahlias from the nurseries of Mr. TurnbuU of Milford, and Mr. Wheeler of 

 Warminster. At this exhibition, the silver Banksian medal, received from the 

 Parent Horticultural Society, was awarded to Mr. Dodds, gardener to Colonel 

 Baker, M.P., he being the competitor to whom the greatest number of first 

 jjrizes has been awarded during the present year. (Ibid., September 9. 1837.) 



T//e Third Annual Horticultural, Floral, and Grand Dahlia Exhibition was held 

 at Chippenham, September 8. Tlie elegant manner in which the room was 

 decorated reflected the highest credit on those gentlemen who nuilertook the 

 arrangements, and very justly excited the atlmiration of the beauty, rank, and 

 numbers that attended to witness this superlatively splendid exhibition. To the 

 right, on entering the room, the attention was attracted l)y a parcel of evergreens, 

 liordcred by rows of dahlias, embracing almost every hue, 17 ft. by ft., which 

 formed the ground for the name of our illustrious Queen Victoria, com])osed 

 of the most beautiful white blooms, to the number of 400, in letters of .'i ft. 

 Above this there was a triangle of evergreens and dahlias alternately, with a 

 very superb crown in the centre. On the right was an elegant Grecian arch, 

 composed of blooms embracing nearly every variety of colour, in the centre 

 of which was the representation of a star and other devices ; the base corre- 

 sponding with the one on the opposite side, and the ground being composed of 



