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f Lambridge, exhibited a collection of fine | santhemu h, IL its, so ~~ they 
netions attests the taste for flowers that exists among them. } prize. Mr. Sturge, 0 ms in poor earth, or in small po 
Sage ere competition was among Pelargoniums ; the collections | Geraniums ; rm d bk Re bir sare — Harte yee a Pere have nr a part of their necessary nipiahanik ¢ 2 con- 
of which were superb. aT mi: linens collection of | peach-tree, laden with fruit, no oe pe, i the same gentle- sequen of which t tm : umber of the Aste aed 
Plants was worthy of notice for the handsome standard Fuchsia | Man. ir. G. Fuller furnished a large collection of Petunias, treatm ent a my 5 i 
globosa, and a beautiful specimen of Polygala sneatiors , literally | Cactus, Fuchsias, and rt greenhouse plants. Several Cac F 
borne down by the weight of its fine purple flow: me Mr 6 en hac le — a se 4 aneie mane me with as many ro pooner e, in order to produ 
ice con . 
Gurets collection yer a large — en en of Dipla puniceus collection of Pansies, as di ales Mase, who ainee the worn a petit ai: a5 placa them in pots, with a mitre cot 
In addition ise: me contribution 
Prizes—A 
dung an wee a at earth ani nd good ga rden mould, and ex 
th £, 
= umbers from 
earse, Wi eedingly fine. eg Cabbates of 
Mr. Cooke and Mr. Cooper, and andt the Lettuces of J. Wiltshire, Esq., 
and Mr. Lidiard, had also attained e: ke joa aordinary growth. The 
-M an 
ora, gran 
to A. Crofts, Esq. ; 2nd, ditto | pe th Panioaty Epacris 
flora, Polygala co cordifoli Fuchsia fulge 
ventri , Mr. rs ae st 
. Best specimen t (Po! 
to R. B. Foreman, Esq.; 2nd, ditto phan Atkinson’s magni- 
ficent Fuchsia), Mr. Tucker, gr. to A. Cro! i 
(Cale 
” Cok 
persend Poe 
to Mr. Goulding, gr. to R. H. Davis, white, 
to R. B. bb craaier eae my and to Mr. 
fora large specimen of Pelaegeetam. 
Holt Horticultural Society.—The —The first 
gr. to Mrs. Pryor, 
d | also in the latter months of the bgeensyem ah 
of Februar y the pots are placed in a ho’ tbed, and are pro- 
tected by ieies of common garden-lights, which — 
the free access of air. If treated thus, M I. Masson a ures 
nd weer 
a 
J? 5 
neh Pa ‘aper. 
New Tree Paonies.—M. Poiteau has given an account 
hi 
tree Ponies, whic 
. The external petals are bisa, 6 round, and for 
the. — ae not notch in the inner hse this is 
more or less the case: wun aon are a number of re- 
The peculiar ieee of the Peony is in this plant mixed 
with a slight scent of the Rose. The.P. m. tian is 
fie cp than a full-blown payrnics leaved org 
| Society fro 
ar browght ovet 
Guayaquil ae Jos 
to quit Lima for a few weeks 
portance, because e wet seaso m had “completely set in, 
exhibition was held 
ie the 21st ult. It must be a great Satisfaction to those wis 
first promoted 
poe ig, Esq. 
red, three white, Mr. Minty. Orr 
Ornamental basket of Cut Flowers, Ist ies, S. Barrow, Esq. ; 
2d, wt Lidiard. Mr. Pearse. Nursery- 
tion of six, Messrs. 
Messrs. Saiter and 
, Messrs. 
hit ature. Among 
thi vied arena ent, W. Hardy, 
arke, J. ‘hecetian roe J.T. Mott, Esq., W. 
aH and W. 
SBby Cal 
eous do., Messrs. Salter and 
Plants, sa Sage of fiv e, J. Jarret tt, Esq. 3 Single specimens, Ist 
prize, J. Jar we ¥ 
were as al well in fl 2 Greenhouse Plants, 
of notice. The a weie—). iireteton Net, po cae collection of nine, Ist prize, 5: Jarrett, Esq.; 2d, C. C. Elwes, 
secorid Cucumbers, best tatoes, Geraniums, fe owt and Cocks- ee Rp en f four, J. M. Yeeles, E: mee wan ca | uaa 
combs ; J.T. Mott, , best green % Ww, , 25 E » Esq. 
liaise cra. roa ine nig irnny ‘Ericas, collection of six, J. M. Yeeles, Esq.: single specimen, 1st 
- Sd, J. reg q. Geraniums, light, 
lng Yeeles, Esq.; 2d, S. Barrow, Esq. ; : 
ae : Kose or sok, ist, Ay and 3d prizes, J. M. Yeeles, 
Pa 18 om Song 3d . J. M. Yeeles, sq.: dark or 
Esq.; dito, calleétion of 12, J. M. Yeeles, Bag. 
M. Yeeles, Esq. Herbaceous ditto, J. 
Hardy Plants, ae tae te: Jarrett, Esq. Oren 
Cactus, and greenhouse plants, and second Geraniums Ww. 
Norris, Esq., best Strawberries, second Kidney same ea best G Gera- 
niums, Calceolarias, and three plant 
= Ericas, Roses, Stoc! 
q., greenhouse plants, am 
Cabbages ; 
Beans, and Ses yes aonb w. 
plants and box of Blooms; Mr. G. 
Tulips; Mr. Shalders, het design and pom eoory of Annuals, b, Bes 
Rev. C. Codd, Apples; Rev. R. Catton, second design; Mr. Over. 
second Pansies ; Mr. W. Thurtell, second-best Rhubarb.— 
ich Mercury. 
Royal Horticultural Society, Victoria Gardens, ome 
secon: rize, G. C. Tugwell, Es Mr. Mini 2 
7 get etna borom oF ema ines prites, weet. Cooke. apis, | ist and 2d , Mr. Cooke. 
the su ps ‘hi " “ oan Miron VEGETABLES.—G! st prize, C. C. Elwes, Esq.; 2d, Mr. 
of th Elia Whe Gabon By. ae ee the splendour | Cooke. Kidney Beans, ist and 2d prizes, Mr. Cooke. Cauli- 
weather pic aperbons.t pti pa Sth flowers, Mr. idiard. Asparagus, ist prize, Mr. P. Lidiard ; 2d, 
ess. A Ia teas: wins Gilead. with = Mr. Minty. Potatoes, Ist prize, W. P. Gillard, Esq.; 2d, Mr. 
taste The most conspicuo: was 11 Cooke. Cucumbers, Ist prize, Mr. ; 2d, G. C. Tugwell, 
tion from Messrs. Salter and Wh tina Pith diversity : m3, Mr. Cooke. Cabbages, 1st prize, Mr. Cooke ; 
of brilliant hues and delicate forms ; ’ Gebs Weee scans | ee ME r. Lettuces, ist prize, Mr. P. Lidiard; 2d, J 
Specimens of Statice arborea r pene were many | Wiltshire, Besides these, several prizes. were a to 
ne ap ra, many Ericas, peg mere for fruit, vegetables, ys. Exrka.—Tul 
war 
and ni nosegay lips, 
¢ blooms, Ist prize, Mr. Bucknall, Bris ristol; 2d, Mr. Lockstone, 
Malm esbury : six bes 3 Ist yest. 5 Mr. Bucknall, Bristol ;. od, 
, J. Wiltshire, Esq. Car 
Stove 
object. ment of J. M. Yeele8, Esq., also furnished M. Yeeles: ditto, 
2 collection of G i : r Pare the age J. Jarrett, oq.—vax Flowers, Mrs. J. M. 
tators in| general, but by sient judges. She Heath, Calgeo. | Miss Ford.—Bath € SCHL ENHOES 
— — “hap sleet MISCELLANEOUS. 
gTounds, splend lecisions . 
the eso he Geranium ant Pousion furnished t bene Yeose Afi Cedar.—A plant whose seed was brought by 
bre = a foo ee Contributions ney Sir J. Alexander from the Cedar ee - S aaee 
ints bathnaraisgran also magnificent. Africa proves to. be the Thija cupressoii udon’s 
Se Vee ete pecs Fiona ere eee | ash: Beit; p. 2460; and the young plants seem tolerably 
Ase The Gioars af cf the) pendent ca 0 were = aia one of | hardy, as they were not in d p it 
14 inches len; Tv also 
be a fue sec eat Glin = sais and teats ere was this last winter, although the pots in which they grew 
grounds. centre binary spe- = G. 
omen Soe ene » tine: tree-ile nd with, and gement of urs for a Flow er-gar- 
pa -formed There besides, or: ‘ a wy den in July.—Purple Zinnia ae ps midst of a mixtare of 
clons, the largest of which weighed “abs. Messrs. Garaway, | white has eff . 3 or the white 
Mayes, and Co., of Durdham Do also contributed | ond coat, Malape. snay be: sawn, sltern tely in a row. 
maculata, a native of Demerara. Thi ‘ant displays a | For the rave Zinnia may > S ubntte vie blue Ve- 
fang TetY munch resembling: the opper; the head, wings, | ronica, or the Nigella of Damascus, 0 rian Lark 4 2a 
ng en- ce eA se bran toy A ane cceratae ge Pi pe Coreopsis Eectivis, r neh , SPeasiaial, Flax 
contributed from the same place Cypripedi ‘hhumile, Iris chal- a — or — = coed 
i Cinerarias, Heaths, and a beautiful seeding | pan with each other; 
Garden (hich carried off the prize’at the last show at Sydney may be planted thus :—I. White, roms, white, ro se, &c. 
were con wall Wormer. lr Wooee, of Warminster, Ege a wikis Sian Wits, t00r, ae, 
7 beara arora .G. C. Tugwell, Esq., and Mr. mi eee ae ea hirysanthemsm aoa — Masson, gardener at 
pe bene: as were @ superior descriptio e department t of Meine, coe Paced in 
Hach, gr. to PJ. sts ean os cactas of beauty. ir sg oat of this charming plant both in 
= Grapes, bl it He places a number of bushy Chry- 
to be almost impassable. He hed succeeded in obtaining 
the rer ys ga ieee Mechoacanus, the flower 
of which is of a colour, 
GARDEN MEMORANDA. 
S. Rucker, Esq., West Hill, Wandsworth.—The greenhouse 
here is very gay, gh seer well, notwithstanding that the kinds 
t part common, and within the reach of 
ts in this house, is a large bulb of the Cypripédium att Sede 
ile withueyes oF ciate singular flowers, pinkish labellums 
formed like a bag, and ite petals. In Orchidaceous hi 
itchers of an unusual i s 
, and one inch a half over the é plant is 
grown in a mi ee ee and is con- 
stantly kept moist. of the Cattleya. 
Mossize Nbr in great eis one was the kind, the other, 
with flow rn tae a dite ae eeaeaebetemana oeeene 
orange pried ty eer ee .of Sacco- 
vie oh A han 
guttétum, growing on a log, had no less than six spikes, 
between 14 and 15 inches long, of of delicate white and violet flowers 
hanging down in a ge bium 
great L 
ecession of flowers, and produ 
freely. The orange-colourc’ Chysis aurea had 
growing well in some moist moss: 
bloom, and was ceed 
properly it seems to great moisture, and a rature 
i 70° to s0°. A plant of Vanda teres produced a 
interior of the crested as itis with 
fairy palace for insects, not less wonderful 
were y other kinds of this ex! tri i 
great perfection, and among them we must not forget the deli- 
cate h-lilac Cattleya Loddigésii, ich cri ‘pur- 
tars of eclinstnl % 
manner, the health of the various attested. 
noticed a growing freely, and abundantly, 
with its roots in pot in which it is growing is placed 
Sosa s 
septa se were some well- 
grown Geraniums, and an plants, 5, anchuding Beas: 
rozéma Henchm: man, which Was producing shoo 
inches in length.— Hu: 
Catleugh’s Nursery, Dictainn Jun ve been in the 
habit of visiting Mr. Catleugh’s establishment for = years plane 
and have witnessed the gradual i apcmety e has made 
cultivation of his P 
and bear 
treatment. roan of the 
and the Rev. R. Garth, are to 
and promise omnise to be novel sa-snilall ine 
