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ber, and a vegetable marrow. The Rev. Chairman concluded with a etilo- 

 gium upon Horticulture, as being the precursor of Agriculture. 



The judges of fruit (excepting apples and pears) were, Mr. Appleby of 

 Leeds, Mr. Hazlegrave of Wakefield, and Mr. Law of Roundhay ; of ap- 

 ples and pears, Mr. Appleby of Wyndham, Mr. Barmer, gardener to T. W. 

 Tottie, Esq., and J. Deuxberry, gardener to Abram Rhodes, Esq. ; of flowers, 

 Mr. Bradbury of Cardigan Place, Burley, Mr. Richard Bland of Otley, and 

 Mr. John Teal of Chapel-Allerton. 



It was then announced that the next meeting would be held on Wed- 

 nesday, the 26th instant, in the Festival Concert Room, York, and soon 

 afterwards the company separated. {Yorkshire Gazette, Sept. 8.) 



The Yorkshire Horticultural Society held its second September Meeting 

 at York on September 26th, when the display of fruits and flowers, the for- 

 mer in particular, exceeded any thing we ever before witnessed at a meet- 

 ing of this description. Four tables were placed in the centre of the room, 

 forming a square, in the centre of which, upon a stand, was a fine dwarf 

 vine in pot, the Chasselas, with twenty-two bunches of grapes upon it, be- 

 longing to John Smith, Esq., of Hungate On the table in front of the 

 orchestra were four pines, twenty-seven dishes of grapes, some of them very 

 fine ones, and four dishes of peaches. The table on the right contained 

 five melons, twenty dishes of nectarines and peaches, a profusion of plums, 

 apples, and pears, of various kinds ; a specimen of the Cactus Opuntia, or In- 

 dian fig, from the Rev. T. C. R. Read of Sand Hutton ; a dish of nectarine 

 plums, very fine, also from Mr. Read ; a dish of red currants, and another 

 of white ones, with a plate of figs, from the garden of Mr. Thompson of 

 Kirby Hall ; the fruit of the passion flower, quinces, limes, oranges, &c. On 

 the centre table there were thirty-six dishes of apples, with several rare ex- 

 otics, amongst which, a splendid Strelitzia regina, from Major Yarburgh's of 

 Heslington ; a Crassula falcata, from Sir W. Milner's ; an Amaryllis, from Mr. 

 Cattell's, Bootham ; and a Phce'nix dactylffera, or date palm, from J.Smith, 

 Esq., were much admired ; a splendid exotic bouquet, in a China vase, also 

 from Mr. Smith's, occupied the centre of this table. On the table upon 

 the left were several very large gourds ; one, sent by Mr. Sheriff Barber 

 of Tong Hall, weighed upwards of five stone. The dahlias for prizes, to- 

 gether with some remarkably fine China-Asters, from Mrs. Thompson's gar- 

 den, at Skelton ; and Messrs. Backhouse's of York ; and a beautiful exotic 

 bouquet, also from Messrs. Backhouse's, containing twenty-six species of 

 plants, were placed upon this table. There were two tables behind the centre 

 one. The first was covered with culinary vegetables, of which the celery 

 was the finest we ever saw ; the carrots, turnips, cucumbers, onions, and 

 cabbages were also very fine specimens. In the centre of the next table, 

 directly in front of the gallery, was placed a hardy bouquet from Messrs. 

 Backhouse's ; it was fifteen feet in height, and contained a great number of 

 specimens : there were also ten exotics, in pots, placed here. To the right 

 of these tables stood a superb specimen of the .Ficus elastica, from Mr. 

 Smith's, and several other plants in pots : and on the opposite side were a 

 hardy bouquet, very tastefully arranged, sent by Martin Mensford, gardener; 

 a fine specimen of the coffee tree, from Mr. Smith's ; and a very fine rhubarb 

 plant in pot. There were in all one hundred and fifty-three dishes of fruit; 

 twenty-eight different kinds of vegetables ; about forty specimens of exotics 

 in pots; and a great variety of fruits. The orchestra remained decorated 

 with laurel and flowers, as upon the occasion of the Duke of Wellington's 

 visit. 



The doors were opened for the admission of company at two o'clock ; 

 and shortly after, on the motion of the Rev. T. C. Read, seconded by Colo- 

 nel Croft, Fras. Cholmeley, of Brandsby, Esq., was called to the Chair. 



