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5. Turner's Princess, Mr. Biinday ; 4, Turner's Princess, Mr. Kemp. Seed- 

 ling parnation : 1. Furze's Wellington, Mr. Furze; 2. Mr. Brinklow ; 3. Mr. 

 Whitehouse. Red Picotees : 1. Russell's Incomparable, Mr. Bundayj 

 2. Furze's Beauty of Bedford, Mr. Furze. Best Purple Picotee : 1. Hufton's 

 MissWilloughby, Mr. Bunday ; 2. Sheriff's Seedling, Mr. Furze. Six best 

 Blooms of Picotees: 1. Mr. Bunday; 2. Mr. Kemp ; 3. Mr. Furze ; 4. Mr. 

 Brinklow. Seedling Picotees : 1. Mr. Whitehouse; 2. Mr. Fraser; 5. Mr. 

 Bunday. — Fruit. Best-flavoured Melon (not less than 1 lb.): 1. Mr, Kemp ; 

 2. Mr. Pullen ; 3, G. P. Nash, Esq. ; 4. Mr. Crump. Gooseberries : Red : 

 1. Roaring Lion, 22 dwts. 6 grs., Mr. Furze; 2. Roaring Lion, 21 dwts. 

 16grs., Mr. Fraser; 3. Crown Bob, 20 dwts. 17grs., Mr. Tregenza ; 4. Hunts- 

 man, 20 dwts. 4 grs., G. P. Nash, Esq. Yellow : 1. Gunner, 20 dwts. 16 grs., 

 Mr. Pullen ; 2. Rockwood, 18 dwts. 1 2 grs., Mr. Furze ; 3. Viper, 16 dwts. 

 15 grs., Mr. Bunday; 4. Rockwood, 16 dwts. 14 grs., Mr. Fraser. Green : 

 1. Ocean, 20 dwts. 1 gr., Mr. Furze ; 2. Ocean, 19 dwts. 20 grs. ; 3. Troubler, 

 18 dwts. 17 grs., Mr. Pullen; 4. Troubler, 17 dwts. 13 grs., Mr. Kemp. 

 White : 1. Wellington's Glory, 19 dwts. 8 grs., Mr. Furze ; 2. Wellington's 

 Glory, 19 dwts. 6 grs., Mr Pullen ; 3. Queen Anne, 18 dwts. 1 1 grs., Mr. 

 Whitehouse; 4. Queen Anne, 17 dwts. 17 grs., Mr. Frazer. Plate of 18: 



1. 16 oz. 4 gr., G. P. Nash, Esq. ; 2. 15 oz. 1 2 gr. ; 3. 15 oz. 6 gr., Mr. Pul- 

 len. Currants: Pound of Red: 1. Forty-two bunches, Mr. Tregenza; 



2. Forty-four bunches, Mr. Fraser; 3. Forty, five bunches, Mr. Bunday. 

 Pound of White : 1 . Twenty -four bunches, Mr. Kemp ; 2. Thirty-two 

 bunches, Mr. Tregenza; 3. Thirty-two bunches, Mr. Fraser. — Extra Prizes 

 given by Individual Members. C. Short, and G. P. Nash, Esq., for the best- 

 flavoured Melon (weight not less than 1 lb.), to Mr. Reddali. G. P. Nash, 

 Esq., for the best Bunch of Grapes, of any colour, to Mr. Bunday. Mr. 

 Furze, for tTie best i lb. of Black Currants, containing the least number of 

 berries, to Mr. Fraser. Mr. Brashier for the best pound of Raspberries, to 

 Mr. Bunday. Mr. C. Purser, for the best-flavoured Plate of Gooseberries, 

 thirty in number, all of one sort, to Mr. Furze. 



Essex. 



The Chelmsford and Essex Horticultural and Floral Society. — This So- 

 ciety held their last public Meeting for this year, on Sept. 23., when the 

 show of prize dahlias, and of such fruits as were in season, at the Shire 

 Hall, exceeded, both in splendour of decoration and in flowers, as well as 

 in number and respectability of the company present, any of the former ex- 

 hibitions of the Society. By twelve o'clock the company began to assem- 

 ble, and before one the room was nearly filled. The prizes (of which we 

 subjoin a list) were adjudged in a small apartment ; and then brought out 

 into the large room, and exhibited on the long tables, which were tastefully 

 decorated with such other plants as could be procured in flower at this 

 season. Among them we noticed some tall and brilliant specimens of Sil- 

 via, cocclnea, of ifemanthus cocclneus, and of various autumnal Syngenesia. 

 But the greatest display of beauty was to be found among the dahlias, of 

 which Mr. Ceily contributed some grand varieties, grown at Glazenwood. 

 The band of the West Essex militia attended in full uniform, and played, 

 as usual, from one to three o'clock. After the show was over, the mem- 

 bers of the Society, and a few select friends, sat down to an elegant dinner 

 at the Saracen's Head inn, the flowers and prize fruit being transferred to 

 the table. The party was numerous and respectably attended. Dr. For- 

 ster, the president, took the chair at four o'clock. After the cloth had been 

 removed, several toasts were drunk, accompanied by appropriate pieces of 

 music from the band. 



On the health of the President being drunk, that gentleman rose in con- 

 sequence to return thanks for the honour conferred on him ; and added, 

 " Gentlemen, it is customary on these occasions for the President to address 



