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Celery, white, Col. Pemberton. Rhubarb, Mr. Catling. Sea-kale, Mr. Hudson. Lettuces, Mr. 

 Catling. 



Extra-Prizes. Succory, Mr. Dall. Seedling Apples, Mr. Brown, Fordham. Asparagus, Mr. 

 Lestourgeon. {Huntingdon Gazette, March 6.) 



Another Meeting of this Society was held on April 21. The exhibition was most splendid and 

 very large, and the company numerous and highly respectable. The Show was most tastefully 

 arranged, and passed off with great eclat. At two precisely, the company was admitted into the 

 hall, when the mayor, who was in the chair, announced the following adjudication of prizes : — 



Flowers. Auriculas, four, one of a sort : Freedom, Netherfield Beauty, Venus, Metropolitan, 

 Mrs. Lascelles. Of any colour : Revenge, Mrs. Lascelles. Seedling : No first prize ; 2. Mr. 

 Fordham of Hatley. Polyanthus: No first prize; 2. Bonaparte, Mrs. Lascelles. Seeoling, Mr. 

 Denson. Double Wallflower, in a pot : 1. Mr. Lestourgeon ; 2. Mr. Widnall. Pinks, best pot. 

 Mr. Challis. Double Primroses : Double Crimson, Double White, Double Scotch, Mr. Denson. 

 — Fruit. Apples, table: Franklin's Golden Pippin, Mr. Gimson. Strawberries: 1. Keen's Seed- 

 ling, Mr. Challis; 2. C. Pemberton, Esq. — Culinary Vegetables. Cucumbers: 1. Mr. Catling; 2. Mr. 

 Fordam. Potatoes, forced: I. (10 to the lb. 1 Ashtop Kidneys, Mr. Fordham; 2. (11 to the lb.) 

 Ashleaved Kidneys, Mr. Challis Broccoli, white, Col. Pemberton. Cabbage, Mr. Widnall. 

 Rhubarb, not forced, Red, Mr. Shippey. 



Extra-Prizes. Azalea Indica aloa, six Double Hyacinths, and Pears (Colmar and D'Auch), 

 Mr Biggs. Lettuces, Brown Dutch, Col. Pemberton. 



The next Show was announced to take place on May 19., when prizes will be given to cottagers 

 for double stocks grown in pots, and for cabbages and lettuces. It was also stated that the treasurer 

 renews his bouquet prizes for the next four Shows. {Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, April 23.) 



SUFFOLK. 

 Ipswich Horticultural Society. — The First Meeting for the present year was 

 held on April 20. The judges were Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Garrod, with Mr. Sally as umpire ; 

 when prizes were awarded for cucumbers, table apples, French beans, asparagus, white and brown 

 broccoli, cabbages, lettuces, plant in bloom in a pot i,.Nerium splendens), rhubarb, sea-kale, auri- 

 culas, and cottager's cabbages. The day proving exceedingly unpropitious, but few visiters attended. 

 The medal received from the London Horticultural Society was presented to Mr. Robert Milborn, 

 for the number of prizes gained by him, and the general excellence of his productions during the 

 year 1828. {Country Times, April 26.) 



GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 



Gloucester Horticultural Society. — The First Meeting of this Society took 

 place on April 16. ; and, notwithstanding the late severe weather, the stages presented a most 

 delightful appearance, and comprised some very rare specimens of stove, green-house, and hardy 

 plants. The prizes in flowers, fruits, and vegetables cannot be spoken of too highly; and there 

 being 27 new subscribers recorded at this Meeting, it is evident that the Society must soon take a 

 very distinguished rank in these interesting studies. {Country Times, April 26.) 



Bristol Botanical and Horticultural Society. — The First Spring Show of this 

 Society was held on April 20. There were some very fine forced strawberries, of which Keen's 

 Seedling gained the first prize. There was a good show of green-house flowers. The auriculas, 

 polyanthuses, and hyacinths were not so fine as those generally exhibited at the florists' dinner : 

 no doubt the prime were kept back for next Friday. There was a variety of fine cucumbers, espe- 

 cially considering the late severe weather; also two or three samples of early potatoes, and an 

 abundance of kidneybeans ; besides some apples, so remarkably well kept, that they looked as if 

 just gathered from the tree. The Show was well got up, and the change of room was evidently 

 an improvement. {Country Times, April 26.) 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 

 The Nottingham Florists and Horticultural Society. — On April 21. this So- 

 ciety held their First Exhibition for the present season. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state 

 of the weather, there was a numerous and highly respectable attendance of visiters ; the flowers 

 exhibited were in greater perfection and beauty than previously, and the coup d'ceil was truly 

 imposing. We are happy to learn that there is a considerable accession to the number of sub- 

 scribers. {Country Times, April 26.) 



NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 

 Northampton Loyal Horticultural Society. — This Society held their Spring 

 Show of Auriculas on April 21., when the prizes were adjudged. {Country Times, April 26.) 



NORTHUMBERLAND. 

 Botanical and Horticultural Society of Durham, Northumberland, and Newcastle 

 upon Tyne. — A General Meeting of this Society was held on April 8., in Newcastle, when the 

 prizes were awarded as follows: — 



Dessert Apples, the silver medal to Mr. N. Bilau, gardener to the Rev. Joseph Cooke, Newton 

 Hall; Baking Apples, and Bouquet of Flowers, silver medals to Mr. Thomas Cooke, gardener to 

 T. W. Beaumont, Esq. M.P., Bywell Hall. Peas in the pod, the silver medal, Mr James Ireland, 

 gardener to Wm. Donkin, Esq., Sa.idoe. Early Potatoes (Egyptian Kidney), the silver medal ; 

 and Spring Broccoli (the New Pink), the bronze medal, Mr. Joseph Clarke, gardener to Mrs. Be- 

 wicke, Close House. Cucumbers, the silver medal ; Bouquet of Flowers, the silver medal (this 

 was an extra-medal awarded by the judges for the very great beauty and excellence of Mr. Ward's 

 bouquet) ; and early Cabbages, the bronze medal, Mr. John Ward, gardener to Charles John 

 Clavering, Esq., Axwell Park. Blanched Rhubarb, the bronze medal, Mr. Thos. Watson, gar- 

 dener to James Kirsopp, Esq., Spital, near Hexham. Exotic Plant (Beaufiirtz'a decussata), the 

 silver medal, Mr. John M'Cleish, gardener to A. J. Cresswell Baker, Esq., Cresswell. Green 

 Gooseberry Wine, the silver medal, G. A. Lambert, Esq., Shieldfield, Newcastle. The beauty of 

 the bouquets was universally acknowledged, especially of those of Mr. Cooke and Mr. Ward, the 

 former of which contained a fine assortment of beautiful late tulips and double carnations in full 



