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Richards, Esq , Roath Court. Flowers, R. Reece, Esq., Hon. Sec. Btrawber- 

 ries : 1. E. P. Richards, Esq. ; 2. R. Hill, Esq. Grapes, 1. and 2. Sir C. Mor- 

 gan. An extra-prize was also adjudged to J. H. Moggridge, Esq., for his 

 exhibition of the foliage of certain American timber trees, now first at- 

 tempted to be introduced into South Wales, and for his description of the 

 trees, and another to Mr. Murrell, for his fine onions, &c. &c. 



Enquiries having been made in vain for cottagers applying for the nume- 

 rous premiums exclusively offered them, the Chairman commented thereon 

 very feelingly, expressing his deep regret that one of the most favourite 

 objects of the Society should thus far, and up to this period, have been de- 

 feated by circumstances of which no competent knowledge had been hitherto 

 obtained. He had, he said, been informed, that, at the time of the last 

 show, it had been mischievously given out by persons unknown, that en- 

 trance-money would be demanded from competitors for the prizes who 

 were not subscribers. Tliis utterly unfounded report had, he knew, deter- 

 red some persons from applying for the cottager's premiums, and, although 

 pains had been taken to contradict the falsehood of the report, and parti- 

 cularly in the public papers, it was to be feared it still operated. In the hope 

 of assisting to counteract more effectually and speedily the cause of the 

 injury done to the kind intentions of the Society, as well as to the cottagers 

 themselves, the Chairman requested permission to offer the premium with 

 which he had been honoured, in the name of the Society, as a prize to the 

 owner of the best cultivated cottage garden in Blackwood village, to be ad- 

 judged under conditions (which would in the mean time be made known), 

 at the Monmouthshire show at Tredegar, on the 18th of August, in addition 

 to those already announced as applicable only to the cottager ; which pro- 

 posal being assented to, it was ordered to be announced accordingly. Al- 

 though the state of the weather prevented the dressing up of the Hall in 

 the manner intended, a great many groups, baskets, and wreaths of beauti- 

 ful flowers were placed on the judges' seats and desks, and tastefully, though 

 hastily, arranged in other parts of the Hall, whilst the large table and stands 

 were loaded with fruits of a description which would have done no discre- 

 dit to the first provincial society in the kingdom. The pine, from Tredegar, 

 and the grapes were particularly fine ; the size of the bunches of the lat- 

 ter unusually large, though exceeded in size of berries by those from Llan- 

 dough Castle, to which the first prize had been adjudged before Sir Charles 

 Morgan's grapes (detained in consequence of the stormy weather) had ar- 

 rived. The day, which was one throughout of high gratification, afforded 

 a most convincing proof to all present that, as was asserted in the opening 

 address, Glamorganshire, Monmouthshire, and South Wales afford abun- 

 dant materials for rescuing that naturally favoured part of our island from 

 the reproach of being behind any other in the productions of the garden, 

 the field, or the orchard. {The Cambrian, July 11.) 



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Died, in February, 1829, M. HolboU, our universally respected botanic 

 gardener, whose name will long be remembered by the horticulturists of 

 this country. In the November preceding his death. His Majesty the King 

 of Denmark graciously conferred on him the honour of Knight of the Order 

 of Dannebrog. — Je7is Peter Petersen. Roi/al Gardens, liosenburgh, Jidy 

 4. 1829. 



