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best advantage. I am, Sir, &c. — James Brown. Stowe Gardens, Bucking- 

 ham, Sept. 26. 1827. 



The Richmond Florists' and Horticultural Society held their Annual Meet- 

 ing at Richmond, on the 9th August, when prizes were awarded for the 

 following articles : — " 



Carnations. Scarlet Bizards : Pugh's Lord Nelson, Brough's Sparkler, 

 Wild's Surpasses Perfection, Wood's Lord Nelson, Dr. Syntax, Col. Bailey. 

 Crimson Bizards: Prince Leopold, Gregory's Alfred, Waterhouse's Rising 

 Sun, Cope's Suwarrow. Scarlet Flakes : Pearson's Rising Sun, Madam 

 Mara, Wood's Comet, Thornicroft's Blucher. Purple Flakes: Wright's 

 Duchess of Manchester, Hufton's Noble, Duchess of Gloster, Kenny's 

 Excellent, James's Queen, Hardwin's Princess Royal. Rose Flakes : Clegg's 

 Smiling Beauty, Duchess of Devonshire, Pearson's Earl Moira, Metcalf 's 

 Miss Lander, Hardman's Lady Wellington, Lacey's Princess of Wales. 



Ficotees. Scarlet : Pyke's Nonpareil, Spratt's Earl of Effingham, Child- 

 wall Beauty, Will Stukeley, Kenny's Incomparable. Purple : Hufton's 

 Duke of Norfolk, Beauty of Bailey, Mason's Duke of Wellington, Lee's 

 Col. Stanton. 



Gooseberries. Red: Sir John, 22 dwts. 10 gr. ; Roaring Lion, 22 dwts. 

 1 gr. ; Huntsman, 21 dwts. 21 grs. Yellow : Gunner, 21 dwts. 10 grs.; Vi- 

 per, 16 dwts. 5 grs. Green: Independent, 16 dwts. 5 grs. ; Ocean, 15 dwts. 

 8 grs. White: Thrasher, 18 dwts. 11 grs.; Wellington's Glory, 14 dwts. 

 15 grs.; Cheshire Lass, 15 dwts. 5 grs. 



Prizes were also given for grapes, nectarines, peaches, apricots, cherries, 

 strawberries, and pears. — J. Ward. Richmond, Yorkshire, Aug. 10. 



The Evesham Horticultural Society held a Meeting on September the 1 4th, 

 which was very abundantly supplied with specimens of the most interesting 

 objects under floricuitural and horticultural cultivation, and prizes were 

 awarded for dahlias, cockscombs, damson plums, peas, carrots, and onions. 



Two books on botany (?) presented by the President were awarded, the 

 one to Mr. Fulton, for the best show of flowers, and the other to Mr. Hay- 

 ward, for culinary vegetables. The President exhibited the Wellington Ap- 

 ple, the Early Knob-rooted Celery, and a variety of potato, received from 

 Holland in May last. An unnamed seedling apple and nectarine, melons, 

 and several varieties of vegetable marrows and ornamental gourds were 

 also exhibited ; and the President read a detail of those improvements in 

 horticulture, recommended by the Horticultural Society of London, which 

 he thought most applicable to the practice of cultivation in the neighbour- 

 hood. ( Worcester Herald, Sept. 22.) 



Hereford Horticultural Society, May 15. — I think it will be gratifying 

 to you to hear that our Fruit and Flower Society, considering it 

 commenced only last year, advances prosperously. The distinguished 

 President of the London Horticultural Society and his son, with nearly all 

 the nobility and gentry of this county and city, patronise it, but its formation 

 and subsequent success is mainly attributable to the indefatigable exertions 

 of the hon. secretary, Richard Parkinson, Esq., and his lady. — William 

 Godsall. 



The Hereford Horticultural Society held their last Meeting for the pre- 

 sent year on September 4th. It was numerously attended, and exhibited 

 a most abundant and rich display of fruit and flowers, far surpassing that of 

 the corresponding season last year : indeed, such was the abundance of fruit, 

 that by ten o'clock the plates of the Society were all in requisition, and 

 many of the subscribers in the immediate neighbourhood kindly supplied 

 others to the amount of several dozens. T. A. Knight, Esq., President of 

 the London Horticultural Society, sent many very fine specimens of Belgic 

 pears, which were greatly admired. That gentleman honoured the commit- 



