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to Mr. T. Watson, gardener to James Kirsopp, Esq., Spital. Green-fleshed melon, the silver 

 medal, to Mr. John M'Queen gardener to S. \V. Parker, Esq., Scot's House. Six apricots, and 

 exotic plant in flower (Amaryllis gigantea), silver medals to Mr. John Ward, gardener to C, J. 

 Clavering Esq., Axwell Park. Dish of mulberries, and bouquet of flowers, silver medals to Mr. 

 Thomas Cook, gardener to T. W. Beaumont, Esq., Bywell Hall. Double carnation, Sandhara's 

 Ivady Kay ; double picotee, Rosalie de Rohan ; and seedling picotee. Victory ; silver medals to 

 Mr. James Scott," gardener to Edward Charlton, Esq., Sandoe. Seedling carnation, named North 

 Tyne Hero, a silver medal to Mr. Thomas Grey, Humshaugh. Twelve georginas, of sorts 

 named, the silver medal to Mr. Adam Hogg, at Messrs. Falla and Co., Gateshead nursery. A 

 collection of extremely beautiful seedling picotees and carnations were sent to the Meeting by Mr. 

 Robert Telford, gardener to F. Hartley, Esq., Middleton Lodge, Yorkshire, and attracted great 

 admiration. The Committee awarded Mr. Telford a silver medal for these very superior flowers. 

 As a proof of the great interest this Society has excited in the country, there were no less than 

 thirty competitors for the various prizes, 



A Branch Meeting of the same Society was held on September 9., in Durham, when the follow- 

 ing prizes were awarded : — 



Green-fleshed melon, red-fieshed melon, six apricots, six peaches, and twelve georginas, silver 

 medals to Mr. T. Cooke, gardener to T. W. Beaumont, Esq., Bywell Hall. Six nectarines, the 

 silver medal to Mr. N. Billau, gardener to the Rev. Joseph Cooke, Newton Hall. Dish of plums, 

 the silver medal to Mr. John Avery, gardener to T. W. Salvin, Esq., Croxdale Hall. Dish of 

 best-flavoured gooseberries, the silver medal to John Gregson, Esq., Durliam. Dish of mulberries, 

 the silver medal to Mr. Watson, gardener to Jas. Kirsopp, Esq., Spital. Seedling carnation, the 

 silver medal to Mr. Jas. Scott, gardener to Edward Charlton, Esq., Sandoe. Carnation and pico- 

 tee, silver medals to Mr. John M'Leish, gardener to A. J. Creswell Baker, Esq., Creswell. 

 Bouquet of flowers, the silver medal to Mr. John Avery, gardener to T. W. Salvin, Esq., Crox- 

 dale. Some fine specimens of hemp plants, manufactured hemp, and Cobbett's corn, were 

 exhibited by Mr. Hopton, from the garden of the prison in Durham. The Committee afterwards 

 examined this crop of hemp, consisting of two acres, the estimated produce of which is 20 bolls of 

 seeds, one, quarter of a ton of hemp per acre, worth 30/. Some tine roots of Italian or turnip- 

 rooted beet, a new variety, were sent by Mr. Alex. Reid of Etal, and were much admired. The 

 exhibition was most numerously and respectably attended. Some fine bunches of grapes, of 

 various sorts, grown against a hot wall at Croxdale, were also exhibited, and attracted great atten- 

 tion. {Newcastle Courant, Sept. 12.) 



SOMERSETSHIRE. 



Bristol Horticultural Society. — The Third Exhibition of the above Society took place on Sept, 

 16. We were particularly stiuck with some remarkably fine pines, grown by Mr. Burn, gardener 

 to the Marquess of Aylesbury, and some rich and delicious grapes by J. Wickham, Esq., and the 

 Rev. T. Coney of Bruton. There were also upwards of 30 sets of fine peaches and nectarines, 

 from Mr. Miller's experimental garden at Arno's Vale, besides a beautiful collection of seedling 

 and anemone-flowered georginas from the same, and eighteen sorts of fine double China-asters 

 from Hamburgh, produced by Mr. Miller. A very fine specimen of Cobbett's corn, with sugar 

 extracted from it, was much admired. Prizes were awarded as follow.s by the censors, Messrs. 

 Fedden, Masey, Rootsey, Edwards, and Breese : — 



Plants. Hardy : 1. Gloxinio macul^ta, J. S. Harford, Esq. ; 2. Erica, stricta, Mr. Maule. 

 Green-house : 1. Salvia splendens, Mrs. Hurle ; 2. Hby« carnbsa, Mr. Verney. Stove : 1. Crlnum 

 amabile, Mr. Burn ; 2. Allamand« cathartica, T. Daniel, Esq. Herbaceous: 1. Dracocephalum 

 specibsum, Mr. Lee]; 2. ^conitum variegatum, Mrs. Hurle. Ericas : E. Bowieana, and 2. E. elata, 

 Mr. Maule. — Flowers. Georginas. Double Tall: 1. Mr. Wheeler, Warminster ; 2. Mr. Lee; 



3. W. P. Taunton, Esq. ; 4. and 5. Mr. Maule; 6. Mr. Lee. Double Dwarfs : 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Mr. 

 Lee ; 6. Mr. Maule. Seedlings : 1. Mr. Lee ; 2. Mr. Young, Taunton ; S. Col. Houlton. — Fruit. 

 Pine-apples : 1. Black Jamaica," 2. Russian Globe, and 3. Cockscomb, Mr. Burn, Tottenham Park ; 



4. Black Jamaica, and 5. Black St. Vincent. Mr. Verney. Apples, Early Dessert : 1. Mr. G. W. 

 Hall ; 2. Kerry Pippin, Mr. D. Stanton. Late Dessert: 1. Mr. G. W. Hall; 2. Golden Pippin, J. 

 W. Ricketts, Esq. Culinary: 1. Hawthornden, Mrs. Gregory; 2. Emperor Alexander, Captain 

 Mitchel, Stoke. Cider : 1. Royal Kentish Pippin, Mr. Pittard ; 2. Quarrenden, W. W. Davies, 

 Esq., Cote. Seedlings : 1. Seedling Nonpareil, W. Oliver, Esq., Taunton ; 2. Seedling, Mrs. 

 Gregory. Pears. Dessert: 1. Chaumontelle, Col. Houlton, Farley Castle ; 2. Gansell's Bergamot, 

 Miss Powell, Henbury ; 3. Jargonelle, Christopher George, Esq. ; 4. Orange Vert, Mrs. Gregory; 



5. Golden Beurree, J, W. Ricketts, Esq. ; fi. Portbury, Miss Bright ; 7. Crassane, Col. Houlton ; 

 8. Ambrosia, Mr. Pittard; 9. Autumn Bergamot,," and 10. Summer Bergamot, Miss Bright. 

 Peaches : 1. Roval George, Mrs. Gregory ; 2. Royal Kensington, Mrs. Hurle, Brislington ; 



3. Orange, Captain I'arish, Timsbury ; 4. Vanguard, Mr. Pittard ; 5. Royal George, Mrs. Gregory. 

 Nectarines: 1. Roman, Mrs. Hurle; 2. Tawny, Mr. Pittard; 3. EIruge, Mr. Mossman, I-eigh ; 



4. Newington, Blrs. Gregory; 5. Roman, Colonel Houlton. Melons: 1. Cantaloup, Mr. Maule; 



2. Netted Cantaloup, H. Meyers, Esq, Lawrence Weston; 3. Green-stalked, Mr. Verney; 

 4. Melksham, Mr, Maule. Filberts : 1. Alfred George, Esq. ; 2. Mrs. H. Vaughan, Cote. Grapes. 

 Hot-house: 1. White Syrian, Mrs. Harford; 2. Black Damascus, Mr. Verney; 3. Black Ham- 

 burgh, J. Wickham, Esq., Batcomb, near Bruton ; 4. Medley, and 5. St. Peter's, J. W. Ricketts, 

 Esq. Out-doors: 1. White Muscadine, Mr. Cartwright ; 2. Hardy Black, Miss F. Player; 



3. Muscadine, Mrs. Sheriffe; 4. White Grape, Mrs. Gregory. — Culinary Vegetables. Celery. 

 White : 1. Mr. Maynard ; 2. Mr. Sealy. Red, H. Meyers, Esq. Broccoli : 1. Cape, Mr. Maynard ; 

 2. Mr. Sealy. 



Fruits and Vegetables possessing superior Merit. Seedling Apples, Mr. Pittard ; Brown Naples 

 Fig, Mrs. John Cave; Morcllo Cherries, Mr. Mossman; Seedling Nonpareils, W. Oliver, Esq. ; 

 Apple, large. Rev. Mr. Phelps, Meare, near Glastonbury ; Catshead Apple, Mrs. Cartwright ; New 

 Seedling Grapes, W. P. Jacques, Esq. ; Cobbett's Corn and Sugar, Mr. Rankin ; Mexican Pota- 

 toes, Mr. Fewster.— Cottagers' Prizes. Potatoes: Ash-leaf Kidneys, Jos. Warry and Betty 

 Royal. Onions: Betty Royal; undergroiuid, Thos. Phillips. {Bristol Ga^lte, Sept. 17.) 



DEVONSHIRE. 



Devon and Exeter Horticultural Societij. — At the September Meeting of this Society the supply 

 of rare and curious exotic plants was greater than at the July exhibition : among them the Screw 

 Pine, the Tamarind Tree, the Cotton Plant, the Mfisa coccinea or Scarlet Plantam which was 

 exhibited in flower, Strelitz^a reg'ina;, Dracre^na terminklis, Calddium bicolor, the Fan-leaved 



