350 Provincial Horticultural Societies ; — Cambridgeshire. 



Flowers. Green-edged Auricula : 1. Page's Champion, Mr. Dally; 2. 

 Stretch's Alexander, Mr. Hyland. Grey-edged Auriculas: \. Kenny's 

 Ringleader, Mr. I lyland; 2. Ringleader, Mr. Woods. White-edged Auri- 

 culas : 1. Taylor's Glory, Mr. Woods; 2. Taylor's Glory, Mr. Hyland. 

 Self Auriculas: 1. Whittaker's True Blue, Mr. Woods; 2. Gordon's Gold- 

 finch, Mr. Dally. Seedling Auricula, being worthy of merit, Mr. Woods. 

 Polyanthus : 1. Nicholson's Varg. Europe, Mr. Hyland ; 2. Pierson's Com- 

 petitor, Mr. Woods. Seedling Polyanthus, being worthy of merit : Beauty 

 of Woodbury, Mr. Dally. Double blue Hyacinth : I.Mr. Dell; 2. Pas- 

 quin, Mr. Ray. Double red or pink Hyacinth : I.Mr. Dell; 2. Rose In- 

 quisina, Mr. Howson. Double white Hyacinth : 1. Minerva, Mr. Hovvson; 

 2. Alamode, Mr. Lovel. Yellow Polyanthus Narcissus : Sol de I'Or, Mr. 

 Howson. White Polyanthus Narcissus : Grand Citronier, Mr. Dell. — 

 Culmary Vegetables. Brace of Cucumbers : 1.. Hyland's Superb, Mr. Hy- 

 land ; 2. Hyland's Superb, Mr. Dell. First dish of early Potatoes (not less 

 than I lb.), Mr. Dally. First hundred of Asparagus, Mr. Dell. — J. Holmes. 

 April 24. 1829. 



Cambridgeshire. 



Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society. — The first Show for this year was 

 held on March 6. Considering the unfavourable weather for this season, 

 the show was very excellent, and the company (which was numerous) 

 expressed great satisfaction with it. Colonel Pemberton took the chair at 

 two o'clock, when the following adjudication of prizes was announced : — 



Fruit. Table Apples: 1. Old Golden Pippin, Nonpareil, Colonel Pem- 

 berton; 2. Golden Pippin and Nonpareil, Mr. Challis. Baking Apples : 

 1. Normonton Wonder Pearmain, Mr. Widnall ; 2. Kentish Pippin Old 

 Pearmain, Colonel Pemberton. — Floiuers. Hyacinths : 1. La Blue Fonce, 

 Nannette, Hugo Grotius, and 2. Waterloo, La Donne, Gratuite, Mr. Dall ; 

 5. Madame Talleyrand, Mr. Searle. Polyanthus Narcissuses : 1 . Soleil 

 d'Or, Bazelman major, Mr. Searle ; 2. Soleil d'Or, Grand Citronier, Mr. 

 Dall. — Plant (in a pot), White Camellia, Mr. Searle. — Culinary Vege- 

 tables. Cucumbers : Medal, and a voluntary subscription of one guinea, 

 Mr. Searle. Celery, Colonel Pemberton. Rhubarb (red-stalked), Chris. 

 Pemberton, Esq. Sea-kale, Chris. Pemberton, Esq. Mushrooms, Mr. 

 French, gardener to Rev. G. Jenyns. White Broccoli, Mr. Palmer of Ely. 



Extra-Prizes. Asparagus, Mr. Dall. Potatoes : Ash-leafed Kidney, Mr. 

 Challis. Apples: l. Scotch Pippin, Mr. Hudson ; 2. Aromatic Russett, Mr. 

 French, gardener to Rev. G. Jenyns. Onions: White Spanish, Mr. Palmer 

 of Ely. Daffodil, Mr. Searle. 



The judges intimated that they v?ere, in three instances, precluded from 

 adjudging prizes where they should have felt bound to have awarded them ; 

 but the members had not conformed to the rules for exhibitors, annexed to 

 the list of articles for the year. 



We should have noticed that, previously to the announcement of the 

 prizes, the Secretary read the report, from which it appears the Society is 

 well patronised, and in a flourishing state. The report dwelt much upon 

 the advantage of communications upon horticultural subjects, which would, 

 doubtless, be a most efficient way of promoting the usefulness of the 

 Society. We think it would be a great benefit to the practical gardeners, 

 and those amongst amateurs who have the means of making experiments, if 

 they would communicate the results of their various processes towards the 

 improvement of the science. This observation we more particularly direct 

 to the practical gardeners, for we are apprehensive that some of them 

 entertain the idea, that if they were to be too liberal in their communi- 

 cations to the public, their craft would be in danger. We, however, on the 

 contrary, think that the greater number of useful contributions a gardener 

 could send to the Society, the more certainly he would be the very man 



