71-6 Prorincial Ilurliculliiral Societies : — 



land, (Jalatlioa, Pure yellow, Paper wliite, Lady (irenville. Lord Liverpool, 

 Widiiall's Prince ot" ( )ranne, (iiittata, Widnall's carnea, Surpasse trioniplie 

 royaie, Nyniplia-itlora, Mr. Widnall; Second prize, King of tlic Wliites, 

 Canibriduc Surprise, William the Fourth, iMol;u1, Mountain of Snow, Au- 

 rantia pallida. Lady Fitzluirris, luipcriosa, (Countess of Liverpool, IJarret's 

 Supcrina [ ?Susainiah], Douglas's Augusta, I'ure yellow, Mr. Roht. Nutter. 

 Georginas (0 double, one of a sort) : Countess of Liverpool, Lord Liver- 

 pool, ('anibridge Surprise, Widnall's Black Prince, Widnall's Iris, China 

 sister-flowercvl, Mr. Wiilnall. ; Second prize, Countess of Liverpool, 

 Augiista, Mounlain of Snow, Queen of Koses, Constantia, Mr. Searle. 

 Georgina (of any sort), Widnall's Perfection, Mr. Widnall. Georgina 

 (seedling), Mr. Widnall. {Cambridge Chronicle, Sept. 21. 1832.) 



Cambridge F/orist/ Socicti/. — Ju/i/ 30. 1832. This was the seventh annual 

 show of this Society, and at it were exhibited some excellent flowers of 

 carnations, picotees, and georginas. Mr. Catling won the premier |irize 

 for the best carnation, by Wilde's Perfection ; and Mr. Nutter that for the 

 best picotee, by Wood's C'ountess of Sandwich. Mr. Twitchet and Mr. 

 Purchas seem to have won many prizes among the carnations and picotees. 

 (^Cambridge Clirunicle, Aug. 3. 1832.) 



CoRNW'ALL. — T/ic Royal Horticultural Socicti/ of Corniuall. June 29. 

 1832. This Society has King William the Fourth ibr an annual subscriber of 

 ten guineas : hence it is called royal. The pines, melons, strawberries, 

 cherries, and other kinds of fruit were of suj)crior (|uality. Of flowers 

 there was a copious supply, and the competition was, in consequence, very 

 spirited, i^icus elastica, Amaryllis vittata, and Valiotfl^ purj)urea are men- 

 tioned. " The most remarkable [jlant in the room was a new species of 

 C'ornus, raised from Nepal seetls, some years ago, in the garden of J. H. 

 Tremayne, Esq. at Heligan. It is a handsome shrub, perfectly hardy, and 

 bears a profusion of large white blossoms." The show of vegetables was 

 commendable. Prizes were awardetl for indigenous plants, and for cot- 

 tagers' productions. (^Wcsl Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, July 6. 1832.) 

 r August 10. Tliis was but the second show of the Society, but the emu- 

 lation which prevailed caused the display of flowers, fruit, and vegetables 

 that adorned the room to far exceed the expectations of the most sanguine, 

 (iloriosa su|)erba ausi BrunsvigM Jose[)hincf were the rarest plants shown. 

 The liev. Robert Walker exhibited s])ecimcns of a new grass adapted for 

 .soiling; it ap|)eared to be a sjjccies of clover. After the prizes had been 

 announced, a number of copies of a little poetic ett'usion of the veteran 

 bard of CornMall [who is he 'i], entitled Floral Emblems, were distributed 

 among the company, having been liberall}' presented by Mr. Polwhcle. 

 At the dimier the gratifying announcement was made, that His Majesty has 

 been most graciously jjleased to direct an annual subscription of ten 

 giuneas to be |)aid to the funds of the Society. {If'est Jirilon and Cornwall 

 Advertiser, August 24-. 1832.) 



October 1 I. This was but the third exhibition of this Society, and the 

 chairman. Sir C. Lemon, Bart., in remarking the perfect success of the 

 attem()t to form it, observed, " It woidd be strange indeed if it had been 

 otherwise, as there is no county which possesses su|)erior advantages, in a 

 horticultural point of view, to our own. The salubrity ol its climate, and 

 the genial mildness of its temperature, are well known. Many [)lants 

 which will not endure the conunon winters of other j)arts of England 

 without protection, are to be seen in the gardens of (\)rnwall flourishing 

 in almost their native luxuriance. In this respect," continued the lion, 

 baronet, " our climate is particularly favourable for making experiment's 

 on the comparative hanliness of exotic plants. Tiiere are few, he sup- 

 nosed, who had not at one time or other had the curiosity to enter on this 

 interesting subject. lie had himself pursued it to some extent, and, he 

 might add, with tolerable success. Shou'.tl any one be desirous of visiting 



