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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



• Art. I. Foreign Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



Exhibition of the London Horticultural Society, July 12th, 1845. — Not 

 having room in our last to copy the account of the June exhibition of the 

 Society, the Gardener^s Chronicle has since been received, containing a no- 

 tice of that held in July. As we have not room to publish both, we copy 

 the last, believing it will be read with much interest, particularly that por- 

 tion relative to the display of fruits, which, at the July exhibitions, is much 

 greater than at either of the previous ones. The Roses were also exhib- 

 ited in great beauty : — 



The last of the Horticultural Society's annual series of Exhibitions, in 

 the Gardens, at Chiswick, took place, on Saturday last, and brought to a 

 close, so far as the progress of horticulture is concerned, the most brilliant 

 season on record. The number of fellows and their friends was 5,963. 

 The beautiful grounds of Chiswick House were thrown open on this occa- 

 sion to the visitors, by favor of the noble President of the Society ; the 

 marching, countermarching, and admirable music of four military bands, 

 and the crowd of gaily-dressed spectators, altogether produced an eiFect 

 which may be equalled, but cannot be surpassed. 



On this occasion, every exhibitor appeared to have come out with his full 

 strength, and we may safely assert, it was the finest July exhibition the So- 

 ciety ever had. At the July exhibition, the fruit alrt-ays forms a very prom- 

 inent feature of attraction, and on this occasion the display was not only 

 extensive, but contained many productions of very superior merit. We 

 cannot, however, abstain from remarking that some of the fruit, especially 

 the Queen Pines, appeared to be over-done ; that is, had been so liberally 

 deluged with water as to prevent their arriving at that state of perfection, 

 with regard to color and flavor, so desirable in this fruit. We make this 

 remark at the especial request of the judges, as many of the Pines instead 

 of being of the bright lively orange-color, so characteristic of July fruit, 

 had the dull greenish-brown cast of mid-winter productions. It may also 

 be remarked, that some of the Black Hamburgh grapes, though perfectly 

 colored, were not ripe, as was the case whh those from the garden of the 

 Marquis of Abercorn ; and the magnificent bunches communir-ated by Mr. 

 Williams, gr. to the Earl of Lonsdale, with berries nearly as large as Or- 

 leans Plums, though quite ripe, were not colored, and hence neither receiv- 

 ed the prizes which, under other circumstances, they would have so richly 

 deserved. To proceed, however, with a more detailed account. 



The first prize for a collection was awarded to fruit sent from Her Maj- 

 esty's Garden at Erogmore. In this collection, Mr. Ingram produced four 

 admirably grown Queen Pines, weighing between 4 and 5 lbs. each ; im- 

 mense bunches of Black Hamburgh grapes, not quite sufficiently colored, 



