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his gardens, he would be happy to point out to them those plants which 

 appeared to him to be acclimatised. He hoped the matter would not be 

 lost sight of by the Horticultural Society, and that it might receive an 

 additional impulse from the members communicating, at some of their 

 future meetings, the results of their several experiments. With re- 

 spect to the botany of Cornwall, he was led to believe it was not yet 

 sufficiently understood. There were several plants, whose names at 

 that moment were not familiar to his mind, which he knew to be almost 

 exclusively confined to Cornwall. One of these, the -Erica ciliaris, was 

 added to our English flora a very few years ago by himself. It was also 

 found much about the same time in the vicinity of Truro, by the Reverend 

 Mr. Tozerj and it was remarkable that this beautiful plant should have 

 remained so long unnoticed, as it covers a space in one of his (Sir C. L.'s) 

 plantations of from 15 to 20 acres in extent." — The assortment of fruit 

 was very extensive, particularly of melons, apples, and pears. Of flowering 

 plants, several species, and many fine specimens, were exhibited : of those 

 named, the rarest are Ipomce^a insignis, Jatropha multifida, and Cornus 

 capitata, a handsome evergreen from the East Indies, perfectly hardy. 

 The assortment of vegetables was pretty extensive, and the samples large 

 and handsome. We noticed among them a variety of white beet, which 

 is not so much cultivated in our gardens as we think it deserves. It is 

 the Poiree a carte blanche of the French, and in our opinion an excellent 

 vegetable. The manner of dressing and using it, we believe, is similar.to 

 sea-kale. 



Indigenous Plants. Judges, W. M. Tweedy, Esq., Mr. W. B. Booth, 

 Assoc. Linn. Soc. London. Most rare species of indigeffous plants : /Salvia 

 pratensis, R. W. Fox, Esq. ; second ditto, Antirrhinum Cymbalaria, R. W. 

 Fox, Esq. Best group, Scrophularia iScorodonia, Jsplenium lanceola- 

 tum and marinum, Tamarix gallica, Orobanche major, O'phrys spiralis, Miss 

 Warren; second best group, /llecebrum verticillatum, Jsplenium mari- 

 num, Pinguicula lusitanica, *Sparganium ramosum, B. Sampson, Esq. 

 The admirers of this interesting branch of botany are gradually increasing. 



Cottagers' Prizes. The productions in this class were all, more or less, 

 deserving of great commendation. The good effects of the Society are 

 already beginning to appear, in the excitement it has given to the industrious 

 cottager. We doubt not but the rewards which have this year been distri- 

 buted will induce a large portion to enter and compete for the prizes that 

 will be given next season. Indeed, we think it is not too much to hope 

 that in the course of a few years a great improvement will be visible, both 

 in the exterior appearances and interior arrangements of our numerous 

 cottages. As a distinguished writer ingeniously remarks that the face is 

 an index to the mind, so are we of opinion, that the neatness and cleanli- 

 ness of the cottager's garden is a proof of the happiness and comfort within. 

 {Cornwall Royal Gazette, Oct. 20.) 



Cumberland. — Whitehaven Horticultural Society's Flower Show. Aug. 

 10. 1832. The display of flowers was a very magnificent one: there was 

 an immense variety of carnations, picotees, and georginas ; and the prize 

 flowers were deemed very good. Two very noble specimens of Campanula 

 pyramidalis were shown. Mr. R. Elliot£_showed a new_ variety of potato, 

 raised from seed : the tubers were remarkable for their size and beauty. 

 Although this is called a flower show, numerous fruits were exhibited, and 

 these are highly praised by the reporter. There was a plate or two of 

 apples, of last year's growth, uncommonly well preserved. " Gooseberries 

 have not been fine this year ; the long-continued dry weather hurt them, 

 especially the larger kinds, much. The choicer of the plants exhibited 

 were Kalosanthes coccinea, a Cyrtanthus, an JSrythrina, Trachelium casru- 

 leum, and Calceolaria ^lantaginea. There was a prize for a nosegay of 

 indigenous flowers. {Whitehaven Herald, Aug. 14. 1832.) 



