1 28 Prov, Hort, Soc. : — Sitffhlk, Worcestershire. 



panjr, or receiving tlie numerous specimens with which its exhibitions are graced, of lea 

 dimensions than the Corn Exchange, in which noble building all its Meetings have since been 

 held, and which, from its ample space, and the admirable manner in which the light is admitted, 

 is peculiarly adapted for the purpose. Many of the cut flowers were shown in phials, placed on 

 circular revolving stands, which are so constructed that aiiy flower may be brought under notice 

 by merely touching a handle, v/hich sets the whole in motion. This little machine is the inven- 

 tion of Mr. Ayton, the bailiff' of the Corn Exchange, and has received the appellation of the Bou- 

 quetarium. A new seedling pear called Hacon's Incomparable, raised at Downham from the 

 seed of a small-sized pear called Reyner's Downham seedling, was shown by Mr. J. C. Hacon of 

 SwafTham. This is a fruit of great excellence, saccharine and melting, a good and early bearer, 

 and with the valuable property of decaying first externally and not at the core. 



Prizes were awarded as under : — 



Plants and Flowers. Ccictus truncata in flower, silver medal, Mr. Hitchen. — Strelitzio 

 reginsB, bronze medal. Rev. George Leathes. — Heliotrope and Tuberose, bronze medal. Miss 

 Hudson. — Chrysanthemum (12 pots) : 1. silver medal, Mr. Charles Middleton ; 2. bronze medal, 

 Mrs. Mackie. Double Yellow Chrysanthemum, bronze medal, Mr. J. Vince. — Primula sinensis, 

 bronze medal, Mrs. Mackie. — Basket of Dried Flowers, Mrs. Mackie. 



Fruit. Grapes. Frankenthal, silver medal. Lady Preston. Black Hamburgh, bronze medal, 

 John Gordon, Esq. Black Prince, ripened on outv/ard wall, bronze medal, T. S. Norgate, Esq. — 

 Thirty named varieties of Apples, silver medal, Peter Raven, Esq. — Bursdoff" Apples and Cras- 

 sane Pears, silver medal, Charles Thompson, Esq. — Ribston Pippins and Crassane Pears, silver 

 medal, Mrs. Dashwood — Norfolk Pippins, bronze medal, Rev. T. S. Buckle. — Cat's Head Apples, 

 bronze medal, John Gordon, Esq. — Hacon's Incomparable Seedling Pear, silver medal, Mr. J. C. 

 Hacon. — White Currants, bronze medal. Lady Preston. — Oranges and Lemons from the Con- 

 servatory, bronze medal. Rev. C. Long. — Medlars, Mr. C. Crickmay, gardener to John Longe, 

 Esq. 



Culinary Vegetables. Potato Onions, Mr. Charles Crickmay, gardener to John Longe, Esq. 



Cottagers' Prixes. Spanish Onions, John Green. — Imperial Broccoli, John Reynolds. — Savoy 

 Cabbages, R. Randall, and Mr. Wharton. — Union Pears, Charles Root — Palestine Pears, Thos. 

 Brown. {The East Anglian.) 



SUFFOLK. 



Ipswich HorlicuUnral Society. — Nov. 9. The exhibition was viewed by a 

 numerous company, who appeared highly gratified at the display of fruit, which, notwithstanding 

 the unfavourableness of the season, surpassed any previously shown there at this time of the 

 year. After the show upwards of fifty gentlemen sat down to dinner, at which W. Rodwell, Esq. 

 presided, {Bwry and Norivich Post, Nov. 17. 1830.) 



WORCESTERSHIRE. 



Vale of JEveshajn Horticultural Society. — Sejyt. 23. Prizes were awarded as 

 under : — 



Plants. Stove and Green-house : 1. Bouvard/o triph^Ua, and 2. E'pacris grandiflbra, Mr. 

 Smith ; 3. Gloxinjo maculata, Edward Rudge, Esq. Hardy Annuals : 1. China Aster, Mr. Balls, 

 Toddington ; 2. African Marigold, and 3. Diauthus chin^nsis fibre plfeno, Mr. Hunt. — Peren. 

 nials, Lobel/'« fulgens, J. Taylor, Esq. — Cockscombs : 1. Edward Rudge, Esq. (measured 2 ft. 9 in. 

 over the flower) ; 2. Mr. Liddell. 



Flowers. Georginas. Crimson: 1. R. Burlingham ; 2. Smith's Rival, Mr. Smith of Worcester. 

 Purple : 1. Princess Augusta, and 2. Purple Heath, Mr. Bates, Oxford. Scarlet : 1. Robusta, 

 Mr. Bates ; 2. Romulus, Mr. Smith. Sulphur, Wells's Drop, Mr. Bates. Deep Orange, Coronet, 

 Edward Rudge, Esq. Light, Seedling, Sir Charles Throckmorton, Bart. White, Mountain Snow, 

 Mr. Bates. 



Fruit. Damsons : 1. Mr. Cheek ; 2. Mr. J. Hayward. — Apples. Dessert : 1. Yellow Ingestrie 

 Pippin, Mr. Bates ; 2. The Orange Apple, and 3. Pompion, Mr. Hignell. Seedling : 1. and 2. 

 Mr. Hignell ; 3. Mr. J. Hayward. Culinary: 1, Mr. Hunt j 2. Winter Pippin, Mr. Cooper, Peb- 

 worth ; 3. Alexander, Mr. Hignell. Cider, Black Taunton, Mr. Hunt. — Pears. Dessert: 1. 

 Brown Beurr^, Mr. Balls ; 2. Mr. Hunt ; 3. Crassane, Mr. Liddell. Seedling, Mr. John Hay- 

 Ward. Perry : 1. Seedling, Mr. Hunt ; 2. The Oldfield Pear, Mr. John Smith of Comberton. — 

 Grapes, Out-door : Black, Black Cluster, Mr. Burlingham ; Red, Frontignac, Mr. Barnes ; 

 White, Sweetwater, Mr. Mumford. 



Culinary Fegetablcs. Peas, Sir Charles Throckmorton, Bart. — Carrots : 1. Mr. John Pain ; 2. 

 Sir Chas. Throckmorton, Bart. — Onions : 1. Portugal, Sir Chas. Throckmorton, Bart. ; 2. Tripoli, 

 and 3, Blood Red, Mrs. Charles. — Red Beet, Edward Rudge, Esq. — Celery. White: 1. Mr. 

 Bates ; 2. Edward Rudge, Esq. Red : 1. Mr. Bates ; 2. Mr. Caleb New. 



Extra-Prizes. Golden Drop Plum, Mr. Mumford. Emperor Plum, John Taylor, Esq. — Citrus 

 JWiedica, Mr. Smith. — Queen Pine, Mr. Fulton. — Red Roman Nectarine and White Muscat 

 Grape, John Taylor, Esq. — Black Hamburgh Grape, Mr. Smith. 



One side of the Hall was filled with Georginas, crimson, purple, scarlet, sulphur, orange, 

 light, and white, from the gardens of Lord Northwick, Sir Charles Throckmorton, Bart , Edward 

 Rudge, Esq., .John Taylor, Esq., Thomas Blayney, Esq., Mr. Smith, Mr. Bates, Mr. Butcher of 

 Stratford, Mr. Lowe of Binton, Mr. Balls of Toddington, and Messrs. Montford, Hunt, Burling- 

 ham, and Gregory. The stove and green-house plants were from Mr. Smith of Worcester, the 

 stove-house of Edward Rudge, Esq., and the conservatories of Sir Charles Throckmorton, Bart., 

 John Taylor, Esq., and N. C. Hartland, Esq., most of whom also furnished the abundant supply 

 of fruit, with which the tables were completely filled ; comprising pines, melons, hot-house and 

 out-door grapes, peaches, nectarines, plums, sixty-eight specimens of apples, and thirty-five of 

 pears, on the plates of the Society. 



At this Meeting a communication was read from Mr. Anthony New of Evesham, gardener, on 

 his method of cultivating asparagus, of which some extraordinarily large specimens were exhibited 

 by him, and obtained prizes at the first and second Meetings of the Society, in April and May 

 iast. {Worcester Herald.) 



