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ture in every part of our beautiful county, which has justly been denomi- 

 nated the garden of England." {Exeter Flying Post, Oct. 11, 1832.) 



Durham and Northumberland. — Botanical and Horticnlttiral So- 

 ciety of Durham, Northumberland, and Neiucastle upon Tyne. July 6. The 

 best exotic plant in flower displayed at this Meeting was C'rinum peduncu- 

 latum. Mr. Thomas Pearson, gardener to Isaac Cookson, Esq., Gates- 

 head Park, is the individual to whom was awarded the sum of three 

 guineas offered to the gardener who produced the best testimonials of his 

 abilities, and of the greatest length of servitude in one family ; Mr. Pearson 

 having lived gardener to Mr. Cookson upwards of twenty-one years. 

 There were twelve pines on the table : that which won the gold medal was 

 a Black Antigua, and was allowed by the judges to be the highest flavoured 

 they ever tasted : it was grown by Mr. William Kelly, gardener to A. Don- 

 kin, Esq., Jesmond. (^Neiucastle Courant, July 14. 1832.) 



Aug. 31. 1832. This was the Anniversary Meeting and dinner, and the 

 majority of the numerous prizes seem to have been won by gardeners. 

 Between thirty and forty members and friends dined. After dinner the 

 toasts, speeches, and songs were numerous. On the health of the secre- 

 taries being drunk, Mr. Falla, one of them, among other remarks, observed, 

 that " the only claim of merit that he could make was, that he had had 

 something to do with the establishment of the library of the Society. He 

 hoped the day was not far distant when the Society would become more 

 scientific than it had been hitherto ; and when it would possess a garden. 

 He respectfully begged to renew his promise, when that took place, that 

 he would, with the greatest pleasure, present the Society witli a specimen 

 of every plant he had in his nursery, and superintend the planting and 

 arrangement of the same." {Ibid., Sept. 8. 1832.) 



The Heworth Florists' and Horticultural Society exhibited pinks on July 7. 

 1832, when the winning kinds were Becksley's Beauty, Prince Leopold, 

 Adelina, Lord Wellington, and Princess Charlotte. {Ibid., July 14. 1832.) 



Essex. — Chelmsford Florists' Society. July 31. 1832. Carnations, pico- 

 tees, georginas, and fruits were the productions exhibited, and these were 

 of a superior description. Among the prizes for georginas, Mr. Sorrell of 

 Chelmsford won a prize by Sorrell's Chelmsford Surprise, along with other 

 generally known kinds. {Essex Indejjendent, Aug. 3. 1832.) 



Chelmsford and Essex Floral and Horticultural Society. — July 2. 1832. 

 Roses, pinks, pelargoniums, irises, cut flowers, strawberries, melons, cher- 

 ries, and cauliflowers. The strawberries were numerous, the geraniums 

 handsome ; and the cauliflowers, for the time of year, very fine, {Essex 

 and Suffolk Press, July 10. 1832.) 



Sept. 11. Georginas were numerous; and the Rev. W. Jesse and Mr. 

 Sorrell won the prizes for seedling kinds. The Carotte Violette, or pur- 

 ple carot, and long white carot, Carotte Blanche, won prizes, A more 

 magnificent display of fruits and flowers was never witnessed, A drawing 

 of moss roses, by Miss Fearnley of Springfield, possessing great merit, 

 was most deservedly admired. {Essex Herald, Sept. 18. 1832, quoted from 

 the Chelmsford Chronicle.^ 



Herefordshire. — Hei-cford Horticidtural Society. July 31. 1832. Car- 

 nations, picotees, georginas, flowering plants, and fruits were the objects 

 shown. In the picotee class, the yellow ones surpassed every thing of 

 the kind ever shown here ; and the difficulty of cultivating and bloom- 

 ing them so perfectly was duly appreciated, and of course rewarded 

 by prizes. The other picotees and carnations were unusually large, 

 excellent, and in full supply: amongst the latter appeared a rose 

 flake, possessing great merit, and raised from seed by Mr. William 

 Townsend, cutler, of this city, to whom a first prize was awarded. In 

 the georginas, some prime seedlings were displayed, and one, in particular, 



