628 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



Among other plants particularly demanding notice were, a fine E'pacris 

 pulchella, E'pacris grandiflora, a Chorozema Henchmanni?, Sprengelia 

 incarnata, Polygala latifolia, a variety of helichrysums, a fine Banks2« ser- 

 rulata, a large and splendid assortment of New Holland plants ; and last, 

 though not least, a display of ranunculuses which exceeded any thing we have 

 ever seen of a similar kind. Among other rarities, we remarked a specimen 

 of Cycas revoliita, or sago palm. Prizes were given for fruits, flowers, and 

 plants, both from gentlemen's gardens and the gardens of cottagers, to a 

 great extent. Some grapes were brought in, the preceding night, a distance 

 of seventeen miles, swung on a handbarrow between the shoulders of two 

 gardeners, to preserve the bloom on them. In the course of an introduc- 

 tory speech, replete with judicious remarks, the secretary referred to some 

 of the new regulations introduced by the gentlemen of the committee ; and, 

 among the rest, to the new form of tickets which competitors for prizes 

 were required to adopt, and which, if filled up in compliance with the 

 directions of the committee, would have the effect not only of promoting 

 the interests of the exhibition, but also extending the utility of the Society, 

 by enabling the secretary to furnish such a report of the proceedings of 

 each exhibition as has been recommended in the Gardener's Magazine, and 

 as would be truly useful to the public. The following is the size and form 

 of the ticket, which every exhibiter must fill up : — 



ROYAL DEVON AND CORNWALL 



BOETICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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