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Mr. Disney also showed some brown beurre pears, sea -kale, lettuce, &c. Mr. Lewis showed 

 two braceof early cucumbers. A collection of early tulips, .Ericas, polyanthuses, &c, the growth 

 of Mr. G. Howard, were much admired. {Suffolk Chronicle, Aprils*.) 



CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 

 Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society. — This Society held its April Show on 

 April 21., when the following adjudication of prizes took place: — 



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

 Mrs. Lascelles. Auricula (of any colour), Revenge, Mrs. Lascelles. Seedling Auricula: no first 

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

 Seedling Polyanthus, Mr. Denson. Double Wallflower : 1. Mr. Lestourgeon ; 2 Mr. Widnall. 

 Pinks, Mr. Challis. Double Primroses, Double Crimson, Double White, Double Scotch, Mr. 

 Denson. — Fruit. 7'able Apples, Franklin's Golden Pippin, Mr. Gimson. Strawberries, Keen's 

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

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

 2. (11 to the lb.) Ashleafed Kidneys, Mr. Challis. Broccoli, White, Col. Pemberton. Cabbage, 

 Mr. Widnall. Rhubarb, Red, Mr. Shippey. 



Extra-Prizes- Azalea indica alba, 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 the 10th of May, when prizes of 2.?. 6d. each 

 will be given to cottagers for double stocks grown in pots, cabbages, and lettuces. It was also 

 stated that the Treasurer renews his bouquet prizes for the four next Shows. (Suffolk Chronicle. 

 April 24.) 



The May Show of this Society was held on May 19. We do not remember 

 ever witnessing a more splendid display of flowers, particularly geraniums. The green-house 

 plants were superb. The asparagus also deservedly attracted considerable notice. The Chair- 

 man ;Rev. J. A. Brown) announced the award of the judges as follows: — 



Flowers. Tulips (six best bloom, one of a sort), Triomphe Royal, Sir George Duckett, Matilda, 

 Vesta, Ophir, Pizarro, Mr. Searle. Tulip, Catafalque, Mr. Fred. Finch. Anemones (six best, 

 one of a sort), Belle Comtesse, L'Episcopal, Le Sultan Achmet, Sophie, Rose semee des fleurs, 

 La Belle Pallas, Mr. Searle. Anemone, Deesse Flore, Mr. Searle. Heart's-ease (3 best bloom, 

 in pots), Mr. Denson. Pelargoniums (six best bloom, in pots) : 1. Anne Boleyn, Moore's Victory, 

 Hume/, Sluffordidnum, Macranthon, Southcotecm«?re, Mr. Widnall ; 2. Lord Yarborough, Rosa 

 Matilda, Macranthon, De Vere, Defiance, Anne Boleyn, Mr. Searle. Pelargonium (in a pot), 

 Germanicum, Mr. Widnall. P&bnia (in a pot), Montague, Mr. Gimson. Stock (grown in a pot), 

 would have been awarded to Joseph Thackeray, Esq. Fellow of King's College, but he was not a 

 member at the time of exhibition. Stock (cut), would have been awarded to Mr. Thackeray, as 

 above, Mr. French. — Fruit. Strawberries: no first prize; 2. Mr. French. Culinary Vegetables. 

 Peas, John Smith, gardener to Francis Pym, Esq. Lettuces, Mr. Palmer. Asparagus : 1. (SO 

 heads, 81b. 8 oz. weight), Mr. Palmer; 2. (nearly the same weight), Mr. Brown of Fordham. 

 Cabbage (4§ lbs), Mr. Widnall. Cauliflowers: no first prize; 2. John Smith, gardener to Mr. 

 Pym. Treasurer's Bouquet, Mr. Gimson. 



Cottagers' Prizes. Cabbage and Lettuce, James Tuck, Windmill Cottage. 



Extra-Prizes. Carrots, Mr. Hudson. Lettuce, Mr. Widnall. Apples : Table, Seedlings 

 grown from the Old Golden Pippin, Mr. Challis ; Kitchen, Hollow-crowned Pippins, Mr. Brown 

 of Fordham. Pelargoniums, Macranthon, Rosa Matilda, Generalissimo, grafted on one stock, 

 Mr. Searle. 



The next Show was then announced for the 16th of June, when prizes of 2s. 6ti. each will be 

 given to cottagers for the best rose, pink, sweetwilliam, strawberries, potatoes, and peas. It was 

 hinted, for the encouragement of industrious cottagers, that it would be desirable to propose 

 prizes to be given in the autumn (if the cottagers' funds would allow it) for the best hive of bees, 

 and the best cultivated garden in the county. (Cambridge Chronicle, May 21.) 



The June Show of this Society was held on June 17., when the following adju- 

 dication of prizes was announced by the Rev. R. Lascelles, who was in the chair : — 



Flowers. Ranunculuses (six best, one of a sort) : 1. Henrietta, Charlotte, Charbonnier, Wur- 

 temberg, Chapella, Annette, Mr. F. Finch ; 2. Mr. John Bailey. Ranunculus : 1. Le Vrai Noir, 

 Mr. F. Finch ; 2. Calchas, Mr. Dickerson. Pinks (six best, one of a sort) : 1. Bray's Invincible, 

 Barrett's Conqueror, La Belle Alliance, Harefield Beauty, Filbrooke's Beauty, Davey's Leopold, 

 Mr. Haylock. Pink: 1. Mr. Ripsher; 2. Davey's Roi de Pourpre, Mr. Haylock. Seedling, Mr. 

 Ripsher. Roses (six best), L'Ombre Superbe, Rose de Roi, Princess Victoria, Brown's Sup, 

 George the Fourth, Blush Moss, Mr. Widnal. Rose, George the Fourth, Mr. Crisp. Sweetwil- 

 liams, Mr. O'Robin. Seedling Pelargonium : No first prize ; 2. Mr. Widnal. Bouquet (Trea- 

 surer's), Mr. Gimson. — Fruit. Strawberries (size): 1. Keen's Seedling, Mr. Lestourgeon; 2. 

 Keen's Seedling, Mr. Dall. Best lb., containing fewest in number: 1. Keen's Seedling (23 to the 

 lb.), Col. Pemberton ; 2. Keen's Seedling (23 to the lb.), Mr. Lestourgeon. Cherries (best plate), 

 May Duke, Col. Pemberton. Melon, Golden Cantaloup, Mr. Dall. 



Cottagers' Prizes. — Peas and Potatoes, Tuck, Harston. Pink and Rose, Edward Dowse, 



Ickieton. Two Roses, George the Fourth, Unique, Edward Dowse, Ickleton. Sweetwilliam, 

 and Strawberries, Beales, Cherryhinton. 



Extra-Prizes. — Cactus speciosissima, Mr. Gimson. Six Seedling Ranunculuses, Mr. J. Bailey. 

 Two Cauliflowers, Mr. Newman, Bourn. 



The next Show was announced for the 21st or 28th of July, one of which days will be fixed by 

 the Committee, and of which early notice will be given, when prizes will be given to cottagers for 

 the best carnation, picotee, balsam, hollyhock, gooseberries, currants, and cucumber. Also the 

 Treasurer's prize for the best bouquet. 



Thanks were, as usual, voted to the mayor and corporation for the use of the Hall. (Ibid. 

 June 18.) 



Cambridge Florists' Society — The Ranunculus Show was held on the 14th of 

 June, and notwithstanding the very unfavourable weather for some time past, the Show was 

 decidedly superior to any previous one as to the quality and size of the flowers, the appearance of 

 which on the grand stand was truly beautiful. The tables were neatly decorated with some fine 

 varieties of geraniums from the valuable collection of Mr. Widnall of Grantchester. The follow, 

 ing is the award of the judges on this occasion : — 



Black : 1. Naxara, Mr. Finch ; 2. Naxara, and 3. Grand Bravura, Mr. Bailey ; 4. CEil Noir, Mr 



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