.526 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — Ayrshire, 



Plants and Flowers. Stove Climber : Combretum purpftreum, Mr. Pontey, nurseryman, Ply- 

 mouth. Stove Shrub. Erythrina /aurifblia, E. Churchill, Esq. K.M His Majesty's ship Caledonia. 

 Stove Bulbous Plant: Crinum pedunculatum, E. Churchill, Esq. Stove Herbaceous Plant: 

 Gloxinia caulescens, Mr. Pontey. Succulent Plant: Cactus speciosissima, J.Bromley, Esq., 

 Stoke. Best Climbing Green-house Plant: Thunberg/a alata, Mr Pontey. isricae: Erica erio- 

 cephala, Mr. Saunders, Kitley ; .Erica Hartnella, Mr. Pontey ; .Erica propendens, Mr. Pontey. 

 Australian Plant : Dryandrn nervosa, Mr. Pontey. Pelargoniums : 1. T)&veyu>iu?n, Mr. Narracott; 

 2. Anne Bolevn, Mr. Pontey ; 3. Mr. Roberts, gardener to Commissioner Boss. Tender Annual : 

 Cockscomb, Mr. Saunders, Kitlev. Tulip, Mr. Barrett, Morice Town. Green-house Plant: 

 Polygala cordif blia superba, Mr. Pontev. Six varieties of potted Herbaceous Plants, BIr. Bray, 

 gardener to the Duke of Bedford, Endsleigh. Auricula, Mr. Barrett, Morice Town. Ranunculus: 

 1. Mr. Pontey; 2. Mr Rendle, nurseryman, Plymouth. Bouquet of Roses, Mr Pontey Bouquet 

 of Pinks, Mr. Barrett. Bouquet of Paeonies, Mr. Bray, Endsleigh. Hardy Bulbous Flowers: 

 Crinum longifblium, Mr. Pontey. Hardy Flowers, Mr. Pontey. Azalea, Mr Pontey. Kalm«z, 

 Mr. Pontey. .Rhododendron, Mr. Bray, Endsleigh. — Fruit. Pine-apple : 1. Black Jamaica, 

 and 2. Green Providence, Mr. Pringle, gardener to L. C. Daubuz, E>q., Truro. Grapes : 1. and 2. 

 Mr. Saunders, gardener to E. P. Bastard, Esq. M.P., Kitley. Strawberries: 1. Mr. Saunders; 2. 

 Mr. Brown, Tamerton. Apples : 1. Mr. Ellis, gardener to J. Bulteel, Esq., Fleet; 2. Mr. Burge, 

 gardener to the Rev. J. Lane, Coffleet. Filberts, Right Hon. Earl Morley. Cherries, Mr. Brown, 

 Tamerton. Citrus Tribe. Kitley Shaddock : 1. Mr. Saunders, Kitley ; 2. Mr. Burge, Coffleet. 

 Walnuts, Mr. Saunders, Kitley. * Melon : 1. and 2. Mr. Saunders, Kitley. — Culinary Vegetables. 

 Cucumbers, Mr. Edmunds, gardener to C. Calmady, Esq., Langdon, Wembury! Peas, Mr. 

 Saunders, Kitley. French Beans, Mr. Bray, Endsleigh. Mushrooms, Mr. Saunders, Kitley. 

 Asparagus, Mr Jackson, Beer. Potatoes, Mr. Roberts, Dock-vard. Carrots, Mr. Saunders, 

 Kitley. Cauliflower, Mr. Roberts, Dock-yard. Early Cabbage, Cos Lettuce, and Cabbage Let- 

 tuce, Mr. Saunders, Kitley. Rhubarb, Mr. Pontey. Turnips, Mr. Doidge, gardener to C. Tolcher, 

 Esq., Plymouth. 



Cottagers' Prizes. Cabbage, Mr. Stapleton, Compton. Cauliflower, Mr. Sims, Plymouth. 

 Cucumbers, Mr. Sims. Peas, Mr. Stapleton. Cos Lettuce, Mr. Stapleton. Bouquet of Tulips, 

 . Mr. Wood, gardener, Plymouth. 



Exira-Prixes. Mrs. Mock, Portland Square, for a splendid Geranium. Alderman Dunster- 

 ville, Plymouth, for seven pots of Giant Stocks. Commissioner Ross, for a fine group of Pelargo- 

 niums. Mr. Burge, Coffleet, for a beautiful specimen of Ginger. R. Bromley, Esq., Stoke, for 

 two beautiful Coffee Trees, with berries. 



Judges : — Plants and flowers, Messrs. E. Luscombe, Reid, and Crawford ; Fruit, Messrs. J. H. 

 Luscombe, Booth, and Sharland ; Culinary vegetables, Messrs. Parker, Kerr, and Palmer; Cot- 

 tagers' Prizes, Messrs. Cummins, Rendle, and Burge. 



Among the preceding, the coffee trees from the garden of R. Bromley, Esq., of Stoke, and the 

 beautiful specimens of the citrus tribe from the seat of E. P. Bastard, Esq. M.P., Kitley, attracted 

 peculiar and merited attention. The specimens of Zingiber officinale, grown by Mr. Burge, gar- 

 dener to the Rev. J. Lane, Coffleet, were considered by competent judges as equal to the best of 

 Jamaica growth. 



The magnificence of the exhibition was greatly increased by contributions for that special 

 purpose, without any pretensions to prizes. We noticed a Canna glauca, from Admiral Brook- 

 ing ; a splendid bouquet of roses, with two beautiful double yellow flowers, from Captain Hare, 

 Higher Hooe ; a Ponteden'a crassipes, from Guayaquil, in a vase with fishes, a Carica Papaya, 

 an Acrostichum alcicorne (a South American fern), a splendid Astrap^a Wallichw', Dracaena 

 terminahs, Ardisia solanacea, white moss rose, a deliciously fragrant Pancratium littorale, and 

 a splendid collection of heaths (.Erica), ixias, azaleas, kalmias, vincas, verbenas, and pelargo- 

 niums, from Mr. Pontey's nursery ; a Cactus speciosissima, a plant two years old, nearly 1 ft. high, 

 a Cactus speciosa, with a great number of flowers, a Maurandia Barclaya«a and MaurandzVz sem- 

 perflorens, with beautiful flowers, Pimelea Zinifblia, Pimelea rbsea, Zachna^a eriocephala, 

 .Elichrysum sesamoldes, and a splendid collection of heaths and pelargoniums from Mr. Rendle's 

 nursery. The opium manufactured by Mr. Cox, of His Majesty's dock-yard, from the large white 

 poppy from Mr. Pontey's, was declared by several medical gentlemen as superior to that generally 

 imported. {Plymouth and Devonport Weekly Journal, June 3.) 



AYRSHIRE. 



The Ayrshire Green-house Society. — Kilmarnock, May 27. The judges 

 awarded the prizes as follows : — 



Flowers. Cherry and Rose Tulips : Comte de Vergennes, Rose de Berlin, Rose Unique, Madame 

 Gyzaleure (Dutch), Pas Triomphe Royal, Mr. John Brown, Kilmarnock. Five Bybloemen 

 Tulips: Davey«na, Louis the Sixteenth, Glbria Albbrum, Imperatrix Flbrum, Rowbotham's 

 Incomparable, Mr. John Brown. Five Bizard Tulips : Platbnia, Sir George Duckat, Surpasse Cata- 

 falque, Holm's William Pitt, Grand Cairo, Mr. John Brown. Three Double Tenweek Stocks, 

 Mr. Robert Purvis, gardener to John Smith Cunningham, Esq., Caprington. — Culinary Vege- 

 tables. Enrly May Cabbage: 1. Messrs. Dykes and Gentles, Kilmarnock; 2. Mr. Robert Purvis; 

 3. Mr. James Young, gardener to James Fairlie, Esq., Holmes ; 4. Mr. Robert Roger, Kilmarnock. 

 Early Turnips : 1. Mr. Robert Purvis; 2. Mr. James Young. Cucumbers, Mr. James Young. Best 

 Thirteen Asparagus: 1. Mr. James Young; 2. Mr. Robert Purvis. Broccoli, Mr. Robert Purvis. 

 ' Of extra-articles some very fine early potatoes, lettuce, cresses, Agapanthus umbellatus, and 

 other green-house plants, by Mr. Robert Purvis. A monstrous production of asparagus curiously 

 twisted, early potatoes, and Papaver bracteatum, by Mr. James Young. Flowering shrubs, .Rhodo- 

 dendron, Azalea, Ledum, &c, by Messrs. Dykes and Gentles, and a variety of double anemones 

 by Mr. John Brown. — A Subscriber. 



RENFREWSHIRE. 



West Renfrewshire Horticultural Society. — May 25. Prizes were awarded as 

 follows, viz. : — 



Ftoivers. Tulips : 1. Malcolm Service, gardener to Mr. Fairrie ; 2. Archibald Brown, gardener, 

 Park; 3. Mr. J. Borthwick, nursery and seedsman. Early Cabbages: 1. Mr. John Sinclair, 

 gardener ; 2. James Kirkpatrick, gardener to Mrs. Crooks, Leven ; 3. Mr. James Campbell, 

 gardener, Gourock. Asparagus, 1. Mr. Archibald Brown ; 2. John M'Nab, gardener to Lieu- 

 tenant- General Darroch, Gourock ; 3. Peter M'Inroy, gardener to Mrs. M'Inroy, Leven. 



