Provincial Societies. 2S7 



Prizes were also given for Mr. Morrell's pine-apple, and for various fruits 

 and culinary vegetables. {Preston Pilot, Aug. 4.) 



Horticultural Societies at Northampton. — Dear Sir, — Having been fa- 

 voured with a sight of your valuable Magazine, I was much gratified with 

 the accounts given of the various horticultural meetings. I feel much 

 pleasure in sending you the enclosed account of the four different Societies 

 held in this town, the Original, the Royal, the Loyal, and the Florists' Hor- 

 ticultural Societies ; and I shall at all times be happy to do all in my 

 power to aid your endeavours in publishing so useful a work. It is truly 

 gratifying to me to know that horticulture is making such rapid strides all 

 over the world, though I consider it is still in its infancy. I have studiously 

 practised the art of cultivating and propagating the beauties of nature for 

 near forty years, and I feel assured the more zealously I trace the foot- 

 steps of Flora, the more I shall enjoy of her rich store ; and I am fully 

 persuaded that by perseverance in sowing seeds of the choicest flowers, 

 carnations in particular, such an infinite variety of new sorts will appear, 

 that in fifty years hence those exquisite beauties, which now give us so much 

 pleasure, will be scarcely considered worthy a place in our common bor- 

 ders; at least, many kinds which were thought beautiful when I began to 

 grow them, are now considered as worth nothing. I would advise my bro- 

 ther florists, of whom I have the pleasure to be acquainted with many in 

 various parts of England, to pay a little more attention to neatness and 

 uniformity in their gardens ; for, where that is neglected, the choicest col- 

 lections of any kind of plants or flowers lose much of their splendour. I 

 remain, dear Sir, yours, &c. — P. Cornfield. 



The Original Horticultural Society of Northampton founded by Mr. Corn- 

 field, held their thirty-first anniversary, August 2d, when numerous prizes 

 were given away for flowers and fruits. The following carnations and 

 picotees obtained prizes : — 



Carnations. Scarlet Bizards : Thompson's Squire Cartwright, Glover's 

 Regulator, Yeomanson's Triumphant, Smalley's Foxhunter, Duke of 

 Grafton. Crimson Bizards : Cartwright's Rainbow, Davy's Rainbow, 

 Messengers Duke of Wellington, Gregory's King Alfred, Plummer's 

 Lord Denbigh, Yeomanson's Magnificent, Mr. Canning Seedling. Rose 

 Flakes : Fletcher's Duchess of Devonshire, Messenger's Miss Gunning, 

 Cornfield's My Laddy O!, Rivers's Incomparable, Miss.Bouverie Seedling. 

 Scarlet Flakes : Pierson's Madam Mara, Thornicroft's Blucher, Sir R. Gun- 

 ning, Lord Althorp Seedling. Purple Flakes: Hall's Major Cartwright, 

 Kenny's Excellent, ' J. Allen's Earl Spencer, Adwin's Princess Royal, 

 Wright's Duchess of Manchester, Wood's Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Peel 

 Seedling. 



Picotees. Red: Martin's Miss Bouverie, Spratt's Earl of Effingham, 

 Alderman Brown Seedling. Purple: Mason's General Mina, Martin's Mrs. 

 H. Gunning, Bailey's Beauty, Messenger's Favourite Seedling. 



The Northampton Royal Horticultural Society, Mr. J. Freeman, secre- 

 tary, held their seventh Anniversary on July 31st, and awarded prizes for 

 carnations, picotees, and gooseberries : — 



Carnations. Scarlet Bizards : Davy's Sovereign, Yeomanson's Trium- 

 phant, Gunning where he is Seedling. Crimson Bizards: Cartwright's 

 Rainbow, Duke of Wellington, General Hill. Scarlet Flakes : Blucher, 

 Messenger's Setting Sun, Rising Sun Seedling. Purple Flakes: Kenny's 

 Excellent, Adwin's Princess Royal, Boyle's Lord Ashbrook, Hon. Mrs. Perry 

 Seedling. Rose Flakes : Duchess of Devonshire, Strong's Princess Augusta, 

 Hon. Mrs. Canning Seedling. 



Picotees. Red: Earl of Effingham. Purple: Bailey's Beauty, Lady 

 Compton, Mrs. H. Gunning. 



