632 Provincial HoriicuUural Societies : — • 



Plants. Stove : 1. Cactus speciosissima, R. Briglit, Esq. ; 2. Gloxfnza specibsa, C. Harford, 

 Esq. ; 3. Cactus Opuntia, J. Acraman, Esq. — Green-house : 2. Convolvulus Cneorum, Miss 

 Bayly ; 3. Lophospermum erubescens, Mr. James Mackay. — Pelargoniums. Seedling, Mr. James 

 Elbury. — Ericas: 1. Depressa, and 2. Pras'gnans var. coccinea, H. Nugent, Esq. — Herbaceous: 



1. Sapon^ria ocymoides, H. Myers, Esq. ; 2. EClcomis punctata, Mr. R. Nott ; S. Campanula 

 latifi>lia, Miss Swete. — Hardy Annuals, Cl&rkM pulch^lla, George Sawyer, Esq. 



Mowers. Seedling Ranunculus. Mr. Maynard. 



F]-uit. Pine-apples : 1. and 2. Black Antigua, W. P. Jillard, Esq.— Grapes. Black : 1. St. Peter, 

 Mrs. Cartwright; 2. Tripoli, R. Oakley, Esq. White: 1. Muscat of Alexandria, Mrs. John Cave ; 



2. Sweetwater, C. Harford, Esq. — Strawberries : 1. Wilmot's Superb, and 2. Keen's Seedling, 

 George Yeeles, Esq. — Cherries : ). Bigarreau, Colonel Houlton ; 2. May Dukes, Mr. H. Vaughan. 



Extra-Prizes. JVerium splendens, John Acraman, Esq. Ferbfena Melindres, Mr. James El- 

 hury. Huy« carnbsa, John Hurle, Esq Carrots, Altringham, Mr. Maynard. 



Censors. J. N. Franklin, Esq., J. L. Knapp, Esq., Dr. Dyer, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Stothard, and 

 Mr. Blasey. 



Nurserymen's Prhcs. Pinks, Seedlings, Mr. Allen. Stove Plants : C&ctus speciosissima, and 

 Hoya elegans, Mr. Maule. Green-house Plants : Fi'ichsM gracilis, Mr. Allen ; Elseocarpus cya- 

 neus, Mr. Maule. £iica viridifibra, Mr. Maule. Hardy Shrubs: /Jhododendron var. jbseum, 

 Mr. Maule. Herbaceous Plants : robus /athyrciides. Mr. Maule. 



Extra-Prixes. Pentstemon specibsus, Mr. Maule. C6rypha umbraoulifera, Mr. Allen. 



Censors. Mr. Jessop, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Rootsey. (Bristol Mirror, June 25.) 



SUFFOLK. 



Siir!/ St. EdmvmVs Horticultural Society. — June 28. Prizes were awarded 

 as follows ; — 



Strawberries, the smallest number, weighing a pound (29), Mr. Samuel Middleditch. Cherries 

 (Black Eagle), Mr. Barrett, gardener to the Rev. T. G.Cullum. Tender plant (Gloxin/a caul^scens), 

 R. Bevan, Esq. Hardy plant (Fentstfemon angustifWius), Mr. Hodson. 



Amongst the flowers worthy of notice were, .Erica ventricbsa superba, and the flowers of several 

 new and beautiful species of AlstrcemenVi, from Mr. Bevan ; iJelphinium sinense, blue and 

 white iJrigeron glabellas, Zbferis rnontana, Pentstemon pub&cens, striped iVferium Oleander, and 

 three new pelargoniums, from the Botanic Garden ; Cactus speciosissima, from T. Clay, Esq., 

 and other showy plants, and a Bouquet of Yellow Roses, from the garden of the Rev. E. W. 

 Mathew, at Pentlovv Hall. {Bury and Koruiich Post, July 6.) 



July 26. Amongst the flowers the most curious and beautiful were, the 

 Calddium bi'color, Cyclamen Aeder^efblium and Jasnfmum hirsutum, from Lord Calthorpe's ; a 

 Salpiglussis picta, and a splendid Coreopsis tinctoria, with nearly three hundred blossoms expanded, 

 shown by Mr. Payne ; Mart;f nza proboscidea, in flower and fruit, and specimens of Calceolaria 

 arachnofdea, Pentst&mon pulchiSllus, p'erbhna. chamasdrifblia, Esclischaltzza calif6rnica,Calftmpelis 

 scaber, and other choice flowers, from the Botanic Garden ; fine georginas, carnations, and ane- 

 mones, by Mr. Lord, of Northgate Street ; an excellent collection of georginas, by Mr. Buchanan ; 

 and several good carnations, by Mr. Clarke. The fruits were chiefly confined to gooseberries and 

 currants, some of which were very large and well-flavoured. The Judges were, for flowers, Mr. 

 Armstrong and Mr. Sturley Nunn ; for fruits and vegetables, T. Clay, Esq., and Mr. Wright of 

 Ampton. Their award was as follows : — 



Melon (Persian), Mr. Hammond, gardener to Sir H. Bunbury. — Cherries (Bigarreau), Mr. Kent, 

 Bury. — Gooseberries, Seedling, Mr. Kent. — Carnations, Seedling, Mr. Musk. Seedling PicoVee, 

 Mr. S. Nunn. — Growing Plant (Coreopsis tinctbria), Mr. J. H. Payne. {Suffolk Ckionicle, August 

 7. 1831.) 



• Ipswich Horticultural Society. — July 26. Among the fruits and vegetables 

 most deserving notice were, grapes and onions shown by Mr. Burgess, gardener to W. Bateman, 

 Esq. ; apricots, by Mr. Cuthill, gardener to the Speaker of the House of Commons ; and a cu- 

 cumber, 27i in. long, by Mr. Girling. Among the plants were Fuchs!a conica, and Combrfetum 

 purpiireum, by Mr. Mills, gardener to W. Rodv/ell, Esq. ; Fuchsia c6nica, and iVerium odbrum, 

 by Mr. Smith, gardener to D. Alexander, Esq., who also produced a grape vine in a pot, 10 ft. 

 high, containing forty-four buds ; the plant appeared to be in a growing state, and was struck 

 from a single spur this season. There were also Fuchsia virgata, Potentilla RusselIiaMZ<»?, Lo- 

 phospermum erubescens, and Gladiolus, by Mr. Jeffries, with many more. Prizes were av/arded 

 as follows : . — 



Plants. Stove or Green-house (in bloom, in a pot) : 1. A'ferium odbrum, Mr. Smith. — Hardy, 

 (in bloom, in a pot), Ferbena chamfsdrifblia, Mr. Lovely. 



Fridt. Grapes : 1. Black Prince, Mr. Burgess, gardener toW. Bateman, Esq., Bromley Lodge. 

 — Melon : 1. "New Scarlet Fle.sh, Mr. Burgess ; 2. Green Flesh, Mr. Lovely. — Apricots : 1. Moor- 

 park, Mr. Cuthill, gardener to the Speaker of the House of Commons. — Cherries, Morello, Mr. 

 Cuthill. — Apples : Table, Striped Juneating, Mr. Burgess ; Kitchen, Hawthornden, Mr. Bird. — 

 Gooseberries. Heaviest : Red, Roaring Lion, Mr. Bird ; Yellow, Gunner, Mr. WooIIard; Green, 

 Angler, Mr. Woollard ; White, Eagle, Mr. Hunt. Pound containing fewest, Mr. Hunt Plate for 

 flavour, Champagne, Mr. Allen, gardener to the Rev. M. Edsjar. — Currants. Pound containing 

 fewest bunches : White Dutch, Mr. Woollard; Red Dutch, Mr. Woollard. — Raspberries : 1. Bar- 

 net, Mr. Milbourn ; 2. Red Antwerp, Mr. Bird. 



Culinary Vegetables. Carrots, Altringham, Mr. Bird. Lettuces, Paris Cos, Mr. Milbourn. 

 Turnips, Early Stone, Mr. Milbourn. 



Judses. For Fruits, Dr. Beck and Mr. Turner; for Flowers, T. Allen, Esq., and Mr. Hunt ; 

 with BIr. Barney as umpire. 



An extra^jrize was awarded to Mr. Milbourn, for a fine dish of Black Morocco plums. (5«/- 

 follc Chronicle, July 30.) 



Ipswich Floiver Shoiu. — July 31. 1830. At the Annual Show of Carnations 

 and Picotees, held in this town, the judges appointed were Mr. Shreeve, Mr. Read, and Mr. Pat- 

 terson, who decided as follows : — 



Carnations : 1, Gregory's Alfred, Strong's Victorious, Lee's Rifleman, Fletcher's Duchess of 

 Devonshire, Strong's Esther, and Tomlinson's Duchess of Rutland, Mr. Lee; 2. Taylor's Earl of 

 Denbigh, Pearson's Blucher, Gregory's Alfred, Oddy's Henry Hunt, Fletcher's Duchess, and 

 Fcrre's Duke of Bedford, Mr.W. L. Marston ; 3. Ives's Prince Leo])old, Pyke's Eminent, Wild's 

 I'erfection, Costar's Lord Macclesford, H. S. F. Seedling, and Staniforth's Yorkshire Lass, Mr. S. 



