172 Provincial Horticultural Societies. 



Surpassante, Mrs. Westfaling. Third prize, Hugo Grotius, Mrs. West- 

 faling. Fourth prize, Flos Sangulnea, Mr. Reynolds. Fifth prize, Cramoisi 

 Royal, Mrs. Westfaling. White Bouble : First prize, Og Roi de Bashan, 

 Mrs. Westfaling. Second prize, Groot Vorst, Mr. Reynolds. Third prize. 

 Due de Valors, Mrs. Westfaling. Fourth prize, Sphera Mundi, Mrs. 

 Westfaling. Fifth prize. Sultan Achmet, Colonel Money. Yellow Double : 

 First prize, Ophir, Mrs. Westfaling. Second prize, Soleil d'Or, Mr. Rey- 

 nolds. Third prize. Due de Berri, Colonel Money. 



Plants. Stove or Greenhouse : First prize, Cactus speciosa, Mrs. West- 

 faling. Second prize, C^lsia, John Cooke, Esq. Third prize, Con-(e^a spe- 

 ciosa, Mrs. Westfaling. Fourth prize, Acacia armata, John Cooke, Esq. 

 P'ifth prize, Epacris grandiflora,, John Cooke, Esq. Hardy: First prize, 

 Pde^onia Moidan Banksia, Mrs. Westfaling. Second prize, ^rica australis, 

 Miss Trusted. Third prize. Double Jonquil, Mrs. Westfaling. Fourth 

 prize, Cheiranthus Cheiri fl. pi. rubro, Mrs. Webb. Fifth prize. Turban 

 Ranunculus, Mr. Reynolds. 



Dessert Apples. First prize. Brandy, Mrs. Piatt. Second prize. Seed- 

 ling, T. B. Parkyns, Esq. Third prize. Morning Pippin, Mr. P. Lumsdaine. 

 Fourth prize, Gunsmill's Russet, Mrs. Lloyd. Fifth prize, Golden Harvey, 

 Mrs. Piatt. 



Sea-kale. First prize, Mrs. Westfaling. Second prize, C. B. M. John- 

 son, Esq. 



Cucumhers. First prize, Mr. Reynolds. Second prize, Mr. Reynolds. 

 Third prize, Mr, Reynolds. 



Broccoli. White: First prize, Charles Biss, Esq. Second prize, K. 

 Evans, Esq. Third prize, John Cooke, Esq. Fourth prize, T. H. Sy- 

 mons, Esq. Brown or Purple: First prize, Charles Biss, Esq. Second 

 prize, John Cooke, Esq. Third prize, John Cooke, Esq. Fourth prize, 

 John Cooke, Esq. 



Cabbages. Fu'st prize, Mr. T. E. Jones. Second prize, K. Evans, Esq. 

 Third prize, T. E. Jones. Fourth prize, R. Compton, Esq. {Hereford 

 Journ., April 30.) 



Cambridgeshire Horticidlural Society. — We have before us the first, 

 second, and third Reports of this Society, which was instituted on the 

 10th of March, 1S24, and now forms one of the most respectable of our 

 provincial societies. The third Report, which is dated March 30. 1827, 

 states, that the number of members admitted within the past year is one 

 third more than in the year preceding; and that the funds have increased 

 in as great a proportion. The Committee of the Society have, in the true 

 spirit of a useful institution, " endeavoured to increase the number of ex- 

 hibitors, by proposing rewards for a much greater number of fruits and 

 flowers than has appeared in any former list; and with a view to meet the 

 case of small growers of flowers, the Committee have, in many cases, pro- 

 posed prizes for single specimens. As one great object of the Society is 

 to improve the market-gardener's produce, the Committee have also turned 

 their attention to the introduction of esculent vegetables at the shows. 



"As it would be manifestly impossible, from the financial circumstances 

 of the Society, to award prizes for every article worthy of notice, it was 

 resolved, in 1826, that the fruits, flowers, and vegetables, to which prizes 

 were not awarded, be arranged, in order of merit, in the discretion of the 

 judges. This regulation has ever since been acted upon; and there can be 

 no doubt that the results will be highly satisfactory, especially to those 

 whose exhibitions might not otherwise meet with the public notice and- 

 approbation of the Society. It is likewise conceived that this arrangement 

 will hold out a strQug inducement to many to become exhibitors, who 

 might otherwise be deterred from contributing to the shows, under an ap- 

 prehension that they should not obtain the prizes, and consequently that no 

 notice would be taken of their producti^jis. 



