624 Provincial Hurt. Soc. : — Cambridgeshire. 



dering the changeableness of the weather, fine as to appearance, but deficient 

 in flavour from the want of sun and warmth. Wall fruits, such as peaches, 

 nectarines, &e. &c, have been plentiful and extremely cheap, but by no 

 means fine in quality and flavour. The supply of grapes from the vineries 

 has been very abundant ; the prices, consequently, low, even to Is. per lb. 

 for inferior quality. Pine-apples have been deficient in supply compared to 

 other seasons, but quite equal to the demand for them, since the breaking 

 up of parliament and the absence of the king, and, consequently, of the no- 

 bility and official personages, at this season. Filberts have been very plenti- 

 ful ; and from having been sent in large quantities early in the season, in an 

 unripe state, have realised very low prices : at present they are in much 

 better condition for packing, and command a higher price. Vegetables ge- 

 nerally have been furnished in large quantities and at rather low prices, with 

 few exceptions, such as gherkins and small onions for pickling, which, from 

 the prevalence of wet, and the necessary consequence, in our climate, of 

 cold, and in some instances frosty, nights, have been short in quantity and 

 in demand. 



Upon the whole, the season, I fear, cannot be considered favourable to 

 the horticulturists, who have been suffering, for many years past, under the 

 continuous depression of prices : in evidence of which, I offer you the fol- 

 lowing comparative state of proceeds of the produce of 14* acres of land, 

 within four miles of London, under what may be considered a fair system 

 of culture. In the mean time, very little difference has taken place in the 

 necessary outlay, especially in the rent, tithes, and taxes; the price of 

 labour, one of the most important features of expense, is the same ; the cost 

 of manure, horse-keeping, &c, has been somewhat reduced. 



Receipts of the Produce of 14 Acres of Garden Land, from the Year 1815 



to 1830. 



1816 



Total produce. 



£ s. d. 

 -838 3 11 



Average per acre 

 excluding fraction 

 £ s. d. 



About 59 17 5 



!. 



1823 



Total produce. 



£ s. d. 

 -730 16 \\\ 



Average per acre, 

 excluding fractions. 

 £ s. d. 

 About 52 4 



1817 



- 859 1G 3 



61 8 



1824 



- 779 6 



Si 



55 13 4 



1818 



-900 13 31 



64 6 1\ 



1825 



- 922 



6| 



65 11 5 



1819 



-722 7 4 



51 12 4i 



1826 



-744 15 



Pi 



53 2 6 



1820 



-787 10 2 



56 5 0" 



1827 



-589 10 



7 



42 5 0i 



1821 



-786 12 10 



56 4 



1828 



-525 15 



2 



38 11 1 



1822 



-667 6 8 



47 13 4 



1829 



-475 6 







33 19 



From these data you will observe, the highest rate of proceeds was in 

 1825, during the period of the speculative mania which forced up artificially 

 every article of produce; the lowest of depression, in 1829, considered as 

 the result of the change in the monetary circulation from paper to gold ; 

 and I am sorry to add, that the proceeds of 1830, as far as made up, are 

 lower than to the corresponding period in the preceding year. — G. C. 

 Sept. 20. 



Art IX. Provincial Horticultural Societies. 



Name of Secretary not before given : — Wallingford Ranunculus Show, W. 

 Greenwood. 



CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 



Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society. — July 22. The judges awarded as fol- 

 lows : — 



Flowers. Carnations (five bloom) : 1. Perfection, Bellerophon, Fletcher's Devonshire, Doctor 

 Barnes, Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Robert Nutter; 2. Wilde's Perfection, Madame Mara, Turner's 

 Princess Charlotte, rollitt's Triomphe Royal, Cartwright's Rainbow, Mr. John Bailey. Of any 

 sort, Alfred, Mr. John Bailey. Seedling, Mr. Gimson. Picotees (six best bloom, one of a sort) : 

 1. Martin's Linneeus, Bunting's Miss Neville, Countess of Sandwich, Lee's Cleopatra, Lee's Cran- 

 field Beauty, Wood's Desdemona, Mr. Twitchett ; 2. Countess of Sandwich, Martin's Linnaeus 

 Black Prince, Queen Caroline, two unknown, Mr. John Bailey. Of any sort, Hood's Triumphant' 

 Mrs. Lascelles. Seedling, Mr. John Bailey. Hollyhock, Mr. Catling. Balsam : No first prize ' 



