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Housman. Crimson Bizards : 1. Cartwright's Rainbow, Mr. Fuller; 2. Pope's 

 Queen, and 5. Seedling, the Rev. T. Housman. Scarlet Flakes: 1 and 2. 

 Seedlings, John Taylor, Esq. ; 5. Seedling, Mr. Holmes. Pink Flakes : 

 1. Seedling, John Taylor, Esq.; 2. Addenbroke's Twopenny, the Rev. 

 T. Housman; 5. Seedling, John Taylor, Esq. Purple Flakes: 1. Princess 

 Charlotte, John Taylor, Esq. ; 2. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Penne- 

 thorne ; 3. Mrs. Godfrey, the Rev. T. Housman. 



Picotees. Red: 1. Unknown, the Rev. Thomas Waters; 2 and S. 

 Seedlings, John Taylor, Esq. Purple: 1. Seedling, John Taylor, Esq.; 

 Hufton's Hector, the Rev. T. Housman ; 3. Miss Emma, Mr. Holmes. 

 Yelloiu : Maximilian, Mr. Pennethorne. 



Fruits. Pines : R. Griffiths, Esq. Melons : John Taylor, Esq. English 

 Lemons : Mr. Smith. Peaches : Mr. Beech. Nectarines : Mr. Beech. 

 Grapes: 1. Muscadine, and 2. Hamburgh, John Taylor, Esq. Gooseberi-ies • 

 Heaviest Berry, Mr. Fuller; dish of best-flavoured Green, John Taylor, 

 Esq. ; dish of best-flavoured Red, Mr. Beech. Apples : the Rev. Thomas 

 Waters. 



Vegetables. Lettuce: Mr. Linton. Dwarf French Beans : John Taylor, 

 Esq. Artichokes : R. Griffiths, Esq. Peas : Mr. Beech. Shallots : Mr. 

 Hunt. Onions: Mr. Pennethorn. {Worcester Herald, J aly 19.) 



The Vale of Evesham Horticidtural Society held their second Anniversary 

 at Evesham, on July the 24th, at which about 200 ft. in length, on the stands, 

 of various flowers, besides carnations and picotees (the principal prize 

 flowers at this meeting,), were exhibited in the bottles of the Society ; and 

 the variety and quality of the various fruits exhibited, greatly exceeded 

 those of the former year at this time. After the various prizes had been 

 adjudged, the chair was taken at two o'clock, and the following communi- 

 cations were made by Edward Rudge, Esq. the president, viz. : two papers 

 by Mr. Thomas Fleetwood of Dunnington ; the one on increasing the crop 

 of strawberries on light sandy land, by dressing the land two inches thick 

 with marl, after they have been manured in the usual manner ; the other, 

 on a new method of propagating pinks, by layers, without using the knife, 

 by dividing with the hand the young branch from the old root, and apply- 

 ing a small quantity of soot on the wounded part, to preserve it from the 

 wire worm. The President read a paper of his own on the history, culture, 

 and management of the carnation and picotee, in which a curious list of 

 such carnations was detailed as were in high estimation in England prior to 

 the year 1629; an account of the first Florist Society of Gardeners that was 

 formed in London before the year 1750, and the objects pursued by them 

 for the introduction and cultivation of new trees, plants, and flowers, from 

 abroad. The paper concluded with a description of the requisite properties 

 of the carnation, in all its parts, to qualify that highly esteemed flower for 

 taking prizes, and the best mode of cultivating it. The prizes were adjudged 

 as follows : — 



Carnations. Scarlet Bizards : 1 . Unknown, John Taylor ; 2. Fox-hunter, 

 Mr. May field; 3. Seedling, John Taylor, Esq. Crimson Bizards : 1. Rain- 

 bow, Mr. Holmes ; 2. Gregory's Alfred, Rev. Mr. Grettan; 3. Chaplin's Dun- 

 can, Mr. Barnes. Scarlet Flakes : 1 . Seedling, John Taylor, Esq. ; 2. Un- 

 known, Rev. Mr, Grettan ; 3. Madam Mara, Rev. Mr. Houseman. Purple 

 Flakes : 1. King's Excellent, John Taylor ; 2. Princess Charlotte, Mr. Hunt ; 

 5. Adwin's Princess, Rev. Mr. Houseman. Rose Flakes : 1. Royal Prince 

 of Wales, Rev. Mr. Houseman ; 2. Rivers' Incomparable, Mr. Wm. Mur- 

 rell ; 3. Fletcher's Duchess of Devonshire, Rev. Mr. Houseman. 



Picotees. Red: 1. Seedling, John Taylor, Esq.; 2. Seedling, Mr. Fleet- 

 wood ; 3. Seedling, John Taylor, Esq. Purple: 1. Cleopatra, John Taylor, 

 Esq.; 2. Hufton's Hector, Rev. Mr, Houseman; 3. Seedling, John Taylor, 

 Esq. 



