fVorcestershire, Yorkshire, Wales, Scotland. 635 



fruit; and another to the Hon. Mrs. Harris, for Canna discolor. Ceanothus 

 aziireus, Cycas revoluta, Alstromeri« pulchella, and Arreumbergia[?] diffusa, 

 are said to have attracted general attention. 



Worcestershire. 



Worcesteishire Horticultural aiid Floral Society. — Ajrril 25. Among the 

 plants which obtained prizes were the following : — Epiphjllum specio- 

 sum, E'pacris grandiflora, Aphelexis fasciculata alba, Azalea indica pur- 

 purea, Poljgala cordifolia, yJcacia armata, and Camell/« japonica var. alba 

 fiore pleno; i?rica vestita fulgida, aristata, hybrida; Pittnia fruticosa [ ? ], 

 Sutherland«« frutescens, Gazania rigens, and ikfimulus luteus. — Berrowe's 

 Worcester Herald, May 26. 



Alay 22. The dis[)lay of tulips was particularly fine ; there were but 

 few ranunculuses, but upwards of one hundred fine pelargoniums, and a 

 variety of other hot-house, green-house, and hardy plants, with forced fruits, 

 and a dish of potatoes grown in the open ground. {Ibid., May 26.) 



Yorkshire. 



The Hull Floral and Horticultural Society. — May 24. The show of 

 tulips was truly splendid, far surpassing any previous exhibition of that 

 flower ever witnessed in Hull. There was also a great variety of pelar- 

 goniums and other green-house plants, as well as of culinary vegetables. 

 {Hull and Rockingham Gazette, May 26.) 



At a meeting of the Ripon Horticultural Society, held lately, a most 

 beautiful and curious polyanthus, from the garden of Mr. Thomas Jackson 

 of Ripon, was shown, which had attained an extraordinary size, its prin- 

 cipal stem being 2 in. in breadth, and supporting 187 flowers. Mr. Jackson 

 has another of the same kind at present in his garden, bearing about 

 160 flowers. {Newcastle Courant, June 6.) 



WALES. 



The Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Horticultural Society. — Ajyril 25. 

 A great variety of fruit, vegetables, and flowers was exhibited, and a num- 

 ber of cottagers' prizes awarded. {Cambrian, May 5.) 



The Abergavenny and Crickhowel Horticultural Society. — May 11. 

 Stove, green -house, and hardy plants received prizes, besides florists' 

 flowers, fruits, and culinary vegetables. {Ibid., May 19.) 



SCOTLAND. 



The Ribes sanguineum is becoming more generally known. In the 

 Scotsman, April 25., is a paragraph speaking of the beauty of the one in 

 the Royal Botanic Garden at Inverleith ; and the Fife Herald, May 3., men- 

 tions one in the Earl of Rosslyn's garden at Dysart, which, though only 

 four years old, is 18 ft. in circumference, and 6 ft. high, having 836 clusters 

 of flowers, each consisting of 24' or 36 long tubular florets of a deep rich 

 scarlet. 



The Caledonian Horticultural Society. — May 10. At the Meeting of 

 the Council of this Society ripe specimens of the loquat were presented 

 and tasted. This was produced on the back wall of a vinery, in the gar- 

 den of George Robertson, Esq., of Greenock, under the management of 

 Mr. Robert Guthrie. A handsome seedling plant, raised from seeds 

 ripened there two years ago, was also presented. Several branches of 

 i?6sa Banksi<2?, profusely covered with clusters of small white roses, were 

 exhibited. Tiiese were from Balmuto, the seat of Mrs. Boswell. In a 

 letter which accompanied them, Mr. Macculloch, the gardener, mentioned 



