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Bedfordshire. — Bedfordshire Agricultural Society. Oct. 9. Some very 

 large cabbages were shown by Samuel Crawley, Esq. M.P. ; the heaviest of 

 which weighed 40 lbs., and the lightest 30 lbs. ( Weekly Dispatch.) 



_ Berkshire. — Kindbury Florists'' Society. June 22. This show, limited to 

 pinks, is remarkable for being the first pink show established in England. The 

 present was its 54th anniversary. 



Cambridgeshire. — The Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society. Nov. 20. The 

 prizes were given for grapes, apples, and pears, chrysanthemums, and culinary 

 vegetables. Among the latter were two dishes of the O'xalis crenata, and it 

 was stated that the stalks of this plant form an admirable substitute for those 

 of rhubarb in pies and puddings. We, however, have tried them, and think 

 them rather insipid, resembling vegetable marrow much more than rhubarb. 

 A glass of honeycomb, taken without disturbing the bees, and weighing 14 lbs., 

 gained a prize. This Society gives two distinct sets of prizes to cottagers : 

 one for productions exhibited, and the other for the best cultivated gardens. 

 Both cannot fail to do much good. (Cambridge Chronicle, Nov. 22. 1833,) 



Cornwall. — Royal Horticultural Society of Cornwall. Oct. 23. Sir Charles 

 Lemon, the President of the Society, addressed the meeting, and expressed 

 the pleasure he felt, again to see so beautiful an exhibition of flowers and fruit. 

 Amongst the brilliant collection, it was impossible to pass over some beautiful 

 specimens of exotics, grown in the open air by Mrs. Fox of Falmouth. 

 Amongst the fruit there were some very fine specimens of pine-apples, &c; 

 and amongst the cottage articles several which proved that the attention of the 

 Society to that branch of its objects had not been wasted. Miss Warren, 

 whose name was already known as a benefactress to the Society, had contri- 

 buted a collection of 330 specimens of indigenous plants, beautifully preserved 

 and arranged ; and Miss Fox a collection of cryptogamous plants. He added, 

 that the new heath which was discovered by a lady, five years ago, in the 

 neighbourhood of Truro, had been lately found by Professor Henslow on 

 Poole Heath, in Dorsetshire ; and that the parish of Mylor, in Cornwall, con- 

 tains, growing naturally, every species of English heath. He then exhibited 

 specimens of a variety of pinaster, the singularity of which consisted in the form- 

 ation of the cone, which was longer than that of the common pinaster, and 

 sharp at the points : its growth is likewise different, being in a zigzag form. 

 A paper was read on this subject, at a Meeting of the London Horticultural 

 Society. (See Report, IX. 727.) Sir Charles concluded by saying, that, the 

 close of the second season having now arrived, it was impossible to refrain 

 from an expression of some surprise and pleasure that the Society had made 

 such progress in so short a time. General and universal botany has received 

 augmentations at its hands, by the new plants brought to our knowledge by 

 members of the Society. The Gesneria of Captain Sutton, which will in 

 future bear his name, is determined to be a new species ; and the same may 

 be said of an Amaryllis, brought home nearly at the same period by Lieut. 

 Holland, of the Royal Marines. Last year several new plants were brought 

 into notice by members of the Society ; such, for instance, as the Passiflora 

 Sullivam, raised from seeds procured by Lieut. James Sullivan, R.N. ; the 

 BenthamM fragifera, &c. The lists of prizes were then read over. The col- 

 lection of fruit was very extensive, comprising several handsome well-grown 

 specimens of pine-apples, and a large assortment of grapes, melons, pears, and 

 apples. Some white currants, raspberries, peaches, and cherries were also 

 exhibited. Among the peaches we remarked a yellow-fleshed variety from the 

 garden of S. S. Street, Esq., of Penryn. A dish of oranges, grown in the 

 open air, without the aid of glass, attracted general admiration. The assort- 

 ment of flowers was not so extensive as usual. A fine plant, in flower, of a 

 species of Hedychium, from the garden of Michael Williams, Esq., of Tre- 

 vince, was much admired. Although not a new plant, it is one which is seldom 

 seen in such perfection. We were also pleased to see some of our favourite 

 plants, such as Borbnia pinnata, Polygala grandiflora, P. cordif olia, and Ferbena 



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