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fruit; and another to the Hon. Mrs. Harris, for Canna discolor. Ceanothus 

 azureus, Cjcas revoluta, Alstromeria pulchella, and Arreumbergz'a[?] diffusa, 

 are said to have attracted general attention. 



Worcestershire. 



Worcestershire Horticultural and Floral Society. — April 25. Among the 

 plants which obtained prizes were the following : — Epiphyllum specio- 

 sum, E'pacris grandiflora, Aphelexis fasciculata alba, Azalea indica pur- 

 purea, Poljgala cordifolia, Jcacia armata, and Camellk japonica var. alba 

 flore pleno ; .Erica vestita fulgida, aristata, hybrida ; Pittnia fruticosa [ ? ], 

 Sutherland^ frutescens, Gazania rigens, and .Mimulus luteus. — Berrowe's 

 Worcester Herald, May 26. 



May 22. The display of tulips was particularly fine ; there were but 

 few ranunculuses, but upwards of one hundred fine pelargoniums, and a 

 variety of other hot-house, green-house, and hardy plants, with forced fruits, 

 and a dish of potatoes grown in the open ground. {Ibid., May 26.) 



Yorkshire. 



The Hull Floral and Horticultural Society. — May 24. The show of 

 tulips was truly splendid, far surpassing any previous exhibition of that 

 flower ever witnessed in Hull. There was also a great variety of pelar- 

 goniums and other green-house plants, as well as of culinary vegetables. 

 (Hull and Rockingham Gazette, May 26.) 



At a meeting of the Ripon Horticultural Society, held latety, a most 

 beautiful and curious polyanthus, from the garden of Mr. Thomas Jackson 

 of Ripon, was shown, which had attained an extraordinary size, its prin- 

 cipal stem being 2 in. in breadth, and supporting 187 flowers. Mr. Jackson 

 has another of the same kind at present in his garden, bearing about 

 160 flowers. {Newcastle Courant, June 6.) 



WALES. 



The Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Horticultural Society. — April 25. 

 A great variety of fruit, vegetables, and flowers was exhibited, and a num- 

 ber of cottagers' prizes awarded. {Cambrian, May 5.) 



The Abergavenny and Crichhowel Horticultural Society. — May 11. 

 Stove, green-house, and hardy plants received prizes, besides florists' 

 flowers, fruits, and culinary vegetables. {Ibid., May 19.) 



SCOTLAND. 



The Ribes sanguineum is becoming more generally known. In the 

 Scotsman, April 25., is a paragraph speaking of the beauty of the one in 

 the Royal Botanic Garden at Inverleith ; and the Fife Herald, May 3., men- 

 tions one in the Earl of Rosslyn's garden at Dysart, which, though only 

 four years old, is 18 ft. in circumference, and 6 ft. high, having 836 clusters 

 of flowers, each consisting of 24 or 36 long tubular florets of a deep rich 

 scarlet. 



The Caledonian Horticultural Society. — May 10. At the Meeting of 

 the Council of this Society ripe specimens of the loquat were presented 

 and tasted. This was produced on the back wall of a vinery, in the gar- 

 den of George Robertson, Esq., of Greenock, under the management of 

 Mr. Robert Guthrie. A handsome seedling plant, raised from seeds 

 ripened there two years ago, was also presented. Several branches of 

 Rosa. Bankszcg, profusely covered with clusters of small white roses, were 

 exhibited. These were from Balmuto, the seat of Mrs. Boswell. In a 

 letter which accompanied them, Mr. Macculloch, the gardener, mentioned 



