^iS Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



Ako, from the Society'' s Garden. Ruelh'a microphylla, Azalea indica, a 

 splendid hybrid variety of j Begonk urens, Gesnena Douglass; Camelba 

 «lthaeaefl6ra, imbricata, anenioneflora alba; Justicf« fiavlcoma, J5^uph6rb/« 

 bilabris, 15 sorts of apple, 3 sorts of pear, black Spanish radish, 3 sorts of 

 apple from Mr. G. Lindley, and a radish between the black Spanish and 

 white turnip radish, from A. Seton, Esq. 



Distributed. Grafts of Knight's early black, and the Elton chen'ies, of 

 the Washington and Reine Claude violette plums, and of Hubbard's pear- 

 main apple. 



March. 5. — Bead. Notes on the Madura aurantiaca, or Osage apple, 

 by Mr. Wm. Skirving. A Paper on the preservation of seeds, by Mr. 

 C. M. Willich. 



Exhibited. Queen Caroline and aromatic rnsset apples, and unnamed 

 pears, from Richard Brook, Esq. Hybrid rhododendron, between i?. 

 arboreum and R. catawbiense, from Mr. Henry Burn, Tottenham Park. 

 Hamburgh, Black Tripoli, and Charlesworth Tokay grapes, Wollaton 

 pippin, av/d i?heum undulatum, from Mr. R. Buck of Blackheath. Maclur« 

 aurantiaca, or osage orange or apple, from Lord Stanley. Models of the 

 spouts of Chinese watering-pots, and an improved rose for water-pots, 

 from John Reeves, Esq. Azalea Indica, from Mr. Snow, gardener to 

 J. H. Palmer, Esq. Camellias, and Cyclamen coum and vernum, from 

 Messrs. Chandler. 



From the Societz/^s Garden. Flowers : //elleborus odorus, a hybrid 

 Azalea indica. Camellia anemoneflora alba and Col villi, crocuses, Thun- 

 bergia coccinea, Acada decurrens, iJhododendron dauricum semper- 

 virens. 



Distributed. Grafts of Beurre diel, Easter beurre, and Beurre ranee 

 pears, and of Boston russet and Brabant bellefleur apples. 



Among the kinds of fruit exhibited from the garden, on January 15., as 

 reported, p. 128., the Parmentier is a sort of russet; Redding's Nonpareil, 

 a small but high-flavoured kind. Pears: of the Easter Beurre, a few 

 were sent, but the generality were not yet in perfection ; Bon Chretien 

 Turc, a very abundant bearer as a standard, growing to a large size, said to 

 be a good stewing pear. TheDownton Nonpareil Apple, from T. A. Knight, 

 Esq. This is an excellent, sharp, rich-flavoured, handsome apple, highly 

 deserving of notice. The first time of its being exhibited. 



Art. VIII. Provincial Horticultural Societies. 



Huntingdonshire. — Huntingdon Horticultural Society. July 25. 1832. 

 Carnations, picotees, georginas, and fruits were the subjects exhibited. 

 This Society admits competitors from any place, under certain regulations. 

 Mr. Wood, Mr. Franklin, and Mr. Twitchett (Cambridge), were distin- 

 guished winners among the prizes offered for flowers ; and Mr. Hyland won 

 a majority of those offered for gooseberries. {Cambndge Chronicle, Aug. 3. 

 1822.) 



Manchester Floral and Horticidtural Society. — July 30. 1832. This show 

 is described as inferior to former ones. Carnations, georginas, stove, green- 

 house, and hardy herbaceous plants, fruits, and vegetables were exhibited. 

 A New Providence Pine weighed 12 lbs. 5oz. One of the stove plants 

 shown was Portlandia grandiflora. The gooseberries were large, and in 

 great variety and abundance : the kinds which won prizes are. Roaring 

 Lion, Gunner, and Eagle. In the carnation family, the best scarlet 

 bizarre was Walmsley's William the Fourth ; the best pink bizarre, Duke 

 of Kent ; the best purple flake. Turner's Princess Charlotte ; the best rose 

 flake, Fletcher's Duchess of Devonshire ; the best purple-striped picotee. 



