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on this principle to the respectable gentlemen who lent their pecuniary aid 

 and names to the Society, but he could not do it alone, an J hoped that 

 all members would do their part. 



It was then agreed that the show of prize auriculas and cucumbers 

 should take place on Tuesday, the 22d of April next, and that, in future, 

 prizes for fruits should accompany those for flowers, and should be ar- 

 ranged at a subsequent meeting. {Cfielmsford Ctironicle, March 28.) 



Tlie Cfielmsford and Essex Horticultural Society held a Meeting on April 

 22d, at the Shire Hall, Chelmsford. The interior as well as the exterior of 

 the building was ornamented with the natural productions of the season. 

 The Grand Jury Room, which was appropriated to the occasion, was filled 

 with exotics from the neighbouring green-houses, a compliment which we 

 are sure the Society will always be proud to acknowledge. It is but justice 

 to state, that those furnished by Mr. Marsden, of this town, and about forty 

 pots of auriculas, from Mr. Cowland, were most deservedly admired. The 

 Society having met, T. Forster, M.D., of Boreham, as president ; Mr. Mil- 

 lard of Ilford, Lieut. Spurrell of Broomfield, and Mr. Joseph Harris of 

 the same place, as judges; the prizes for the auriculas were awarded as 

 follows : — 



First prize. Lady Mildmay, Kenyon's Ringleader, Laurie's Glory of Ches- 

 hunt, and Millard's Goliah, Mr. Joseph Saltmarsh. Second prize. Rider's 

 Waterloo, Wood's LordLascelles, Birch's Amethyst, and Taylor's Plough- 

 boy, Mr. Charles Harris. Third prize, Salter's Garland, Millard's Somer- 

 setshire Hero, Wild's Lord Bridport, and Townsend's Lady Duncan, Mr, 

 George Howard. 



Two cucumbers, very fine fruit, were shown, the produce of the gardens 

 of the Rev. Dr. Penrose, of Writtle, and John Disney, Esq., of the Hyde, 

 Ingatestone ; but, as the rules required three competitors, the prize was not 

 awarded to either. The Rev. Thomas Brooksby, of West Hanningfield, 

 gratified the Meeting with a remarkably fine broccoli, which weighed 

 upwards of five pounds. The visitors were more numerous than at any 

 former exhibition, and included many of the first families in the neighbour- 

 hood. The band of the West Essex were very kindly permitted to attend 

 on the occasion, and added much to the amusement of the compan\'. 

 After the business of the daj', a considerable number of the members of the 

 Society retired to the Saracen's Head inn, and partook of an excellent din- 

 ner provided by Mr. Lake, when the evening was spent in a manner grati- 

 fying to all present. The 20th of May, we understand, is fixed upon for 

 the show of tulips, in the same room. The expenses for attendants on 

 these occasions are considerable ; but which the small fee of 6d. on en- 

 trance would materially assist to liquidate, and which, we think, could not 

 be objected to. {Chelmsford Chronicle, April 25.) 



Broomfield Florists' Society, April 21. — At the Annual Meeting of this 

 Society the show of auriculas was allowed to be of a surpassing description. 

 Lieutenant Spurrell presided. The judges were Mr. Millard of Ilford, and 

 Mr. Harris. The first prize was awarded to Mr. Pearson of Writtle, for 

 Millard's Goliah and Page's Duchess of Oldenburgh, The second prize to 

 Mr. Spurrell, for Coldham's Blucher and Grimes's Privateer. Mr. Whit- 

 taker exhibited two excellent specimens of Millard's Nabob and Grimes's 

 Privateer. The Broomfield Society has of late very much increased in 

 number and respectability, and the emulation of its members entitles them 

 to the particular notice of the lovers of so beautiful and scientific a pursuit. 

 {Chelmsford Cliron., April 25.) 



