750 Prov. Hort. Soc. : — Herefordshire, Lancashire. 



distinctly and broadly striped ; which circumstance we hail with great satis- 

 faction, and doubt not that, in a few years, georginas will be produced as 

 much diversified by stripes as carnations. The gooseberries were very 

 abundant, and many of them not only very large, but good as well as great : 

 indeed, the prejudice against large gooseberries is fast wearing away, as 

 some of them may be brought into competition as to flavour even with the 

 old rqugh red. There were some berries exhibited from a seedling plant 

 by a non-subscriber, possessing size and richness of flavour in an eminent 

 degree. The plums were not sufficiently matured, but the pines, melons, 

 peaches, nectarines, apricots and grapes were of first-rate size and quality ; 

 and, to crown all, a highly respectable and numerous assemblage honoured 

 the excellent display with their presence and approbation. The names of 

 the gooseberries which won prizes, are, red, Crown Bob, Roaring Lion, 

 King's Globe ; green, Ocean, Greenwood's Green ; yellow, Royal Gunner, 

 Golden Chain, Orange Globe. Mr. Godsall won three of these prizes, 

 and several prizes for other objects. {Hereford Journal, Aug. 15. 1832.) 



Sept. 21. At this last show for the present year georgina flowers were 

 profusely abundant ; among them were many seedlings, several of which 

 were broken into distinct stripes ; the peaches, nectarines, plums, and 

 grapes were abundant and excellent. 84 varieties of apples and 25 of 

 pears were exhibited, most of them of extraordinary size and beauty. Miss 

 Anne Parry exhibited a " double [flowered] Eschscholtz/a." Mr. Godsall, 

 nurseryman, has won the greatest number of prizes in this Society during 

 the year. {Ibid., Sept. 26. 1832.) 



Ross Horticultural Society .—Jidy 25. 1832. The carnations andpicotees 

 were of the first quality and in prime bloom, and the stage of them was 

 admitted by all florists present to be the best they had ever witnessed. 

 Georginas were in great abundance and in great beauty ; and the first 

 prize among the light kinds, namely the purple-fringed, was universally 

 admired, the petals being fringed with purple, like the best picotee. The 

 gooseberries, from the dry weather, were not so large as they are usually 

 seen at the show at this season, but the other fruits were the admiration of 

 all. Numerous prizes were awarded for carnations, picotees, georginas, bal- 

 sams, cockscombs, and house plants, Hoya carnosa, Phsenocoma prolifera, 

 Kalosanthes coccinea, i£rica ampullacea, infundibuliformis, and Parmen- 

 tien'a rosea. Among the gooseberries the winning kinds were, red, Roaring 

 Lion, Crown Bob, and Warrington ; green, Greenwood's Green, Lancaster 

 Lad ; white, Woodward's Whitesmith ; yellow, Golden Lion, Queen of 

 the Yellows, and Amber. {Ibid., Aug. 1. 1832.) 



Sept. 19. Georginas in abundance, peaches, nectarines, out-of-door 

 grapes, apples, pears, melons, heaths, and vegetables were exhibited. The 

 report of the show is closed with the following remarks on Indian Corn :■ — 

 "In a former journal we stated that Mr. Palmer of Pencoyd, and Mr. Palmer 

 of Bolitree, near Ross, this year cultivated several acres of what is gene- 

 rally termed Cobbett's corn, and that the crop promised to be very fine. 

 This expectation has been fully realised, and we have received a cob or 

 ear from one of the fields, of great size and perfection. The following me- 

 thod of cultivation was adopted by Mr. Palmer of Pencoyd : — The crop 

 was planted on the 10th of May, on ridges 6 ft. over, two rows on the top 

 of each ridge; it was hand-hoed on the 16th, 18th, and 19th of June, and 

 some were transplanted on the 28th to fill up the vacancies caused by the 

 ravages of the black beetles, which are very destructive to the plants when 

 in an infant state. On the 14th of July, and following day, the intervals 

 between the ridges of corn were ploughed deeply, approaching to within 

 3 in. of the plants : on the 20th, the taking off the suckers which spring up 

 at the footstalk of the plant commenced ; and on the 26th, the earth which 

 had been ploughed from the ridges on the 4th and 5th July, was turned 



