480 Provincial Horticiilhiral Societies : — WoixcstcrsJiire. 



in the Society's books, amounted to more than at any previous exhibition. 

 The Prizes were awarded as follows : — 



Plants. Stove: 1. Cactus specioslssima, Mr. Smith ; 2. Strelitzk reginse, 

 Mr. Fuller ; 5. Amaryllis, J. Taylor, Esq. Green-house : 1. i^^-ium [? sp.]. 

 Sir A, Lechmere, Bart.; 2. Alstroenierirt Pelegrhia, Mr. Fuller; 3. i^lichrj- 

 sum sesamoides, A. Skey, Esq.; 4. jErica florida, Mr. Smith. Hardy: 



1. iJosa Banks2«? liitea, E.Isaac, Esq.; 2. Mossy Rose de Meaux, Mr. 

 Fuller; 5. Daphne, Mr. Mowbray. Stocks: 1. Scarlet Double Brompton 

 Stock ; and 2. White Double Brompton Stock, B. G. Kent, Esq. Gera- 

 niums : 1 . Gennanicu5, Mr. Smith ; 2. Cleopatra sup^rba, J. Taylor, Esq. ; 

 5. Spectabile ^legans, Mr. Smith ; 4. Seedling, Mr. Beech. — Tulips 

 First Class: 1. Trafalgar, Mr. Smith; 2. Due de Savoy, Mr. Smith; 



5. Abercrombie, and 4. Catafalque, Mr. Harrison ; 5. Trafalgar, Mr. Neale ; 



6. Gold Beaures, Mr. Hickman. Second Class : 1. Videntra, Mr. Smith ; 



2. Dutch Catafalque, Mr. Smith ; 3. Charbonniere, and 4. Bell's King, Mr. 

 Hickman; 5. Earl St. Vincent, Mr. Smith; 6. Zan Zio, Mr. Hickman. 

 Third Class: 1. Ambassador de Holland, 2. Washington, and .3, Pearson's 

 Seedling, Mr. Smith ; 4. Gadsby's Magnificent, and 5. Triomphe de Lisle, 

 Mr. Fuller; 6. Maitre Partout, Mr. Smith. Fourth Class: 1. Cosur deLion, 

 Mr. Holmes; 2. Washington, Mr. Gummery; 5. Unknown, Mr. Smith; 

 4. Pretiosa, Mr. Fuller; 5. Roianne, Mr. Hickman; 6. Transparent Noya, 

 Mr. Smith. Fifth Class : ]. Rose Beaurepere, Mr. Fuller; 2. Rose Cerise 

 Belle Forme, 3. Holden's Rose, and 4. Charles Fox, Mr. Smith. Sixth 

 Class: 1. Rose Vesta, Mr. Gummery ; 2. Rose Feu de Grand Valeur, and 



3. Cramoese, Mr. Smith ; 4. Walworth, Mr. Gummery; 5. Rose Triomphe 

 Royal, Mr. Smith. Selfs: One Prize, Mine d'Or, Mr. Hivih. — Fruits. 

 Strawberries. Forced : Keen's Seedling, Mr. Linton. Oranges, English 

 growth, A. Skey, Esq. Shaddock, A. Skey, Esq. Citron, J. Taylor, Esq. 

 — Culinary Vegetables. Peas, J. Taylor, Esq. Potatoes, E. Isaac, Esq. 

 Lettuce, Mr. Mowbraj'. 



The following communication was received by the Secretary on Tuesday 

 morning : — 



" Sir, I take the opportunity of the meeting of the subscribers of the 

 Society, and amateur florists, this day, to recommend to their notice the 

 extraordinary increase of an insect of the coleopterous tribe, specimens of 

 which I send herewith. This splendid green and gold beetle was i-ather a 

 scarce insect in this neighbourhood till within the last three or four years. 

 In fact, before this period, I have rarely observed more than, perhaps, a 

 dozen in my garden in the course of a season. But it is now so much in- 

 creased as to become a serious annoyance to the gardener and florist. The 

 last three seasons, my lilacs, strawberry blossoms, and roses, particularly the 

 Scotch and Chinese varieties, have greatly suffered from their depredations, 

 and, unfortunately, they do not retire into the ground in the month of 

 June, as is the case with the common chaffer beetle; they continue till Au- 

 gust, devouring strawberries, raspberries, and cherries, though their favourite 

 food, in the eai'ly part of the season, seems to be the stamina, anthers, and 

 corolla of flowers, which are no sooner expanded than they are despoiled 

 of their beauty. Thinking the warm dry summer and winter of the years 

 1826 and 1827 might have caused their sudden increase, I was in hopes the 

 wet summer last year would have reduced their numbers. But this, I now 

 fear, will not be the case ; for, last week, I observed the first flowers of a 

 seedling purple lilac were covered with them, and, in the course of an hour, 

 every blossom devoured. As a matter of curiosity, I had them collected, 

 and the specimens sent were all taken from this shrub. The mode I at 

 present adopt to endeavour to lessen the number in my garden, is to pick 

 them off the plants and flowers, and put them into a quart-bottle filled with 

 water, where they soon perish. If any subscriber of our Society can give 

 us information on the best means of reducing the stock of this destructive 



