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nothing can do a man, who is shut up for half the year within the walls of his 

 own garden, more good, than comparing his productions with those of thirty 

 or forty other gardeners ; and becoming, at the same time, personally acquainted 

 with them. For this reason, we think, these shows, which any one may attend 

 who can afford 5s., will do fifty times more good than the guinea fetes of 

 former times. 



Since the above was sent to press, we have seen, during a week's tour, 

 chiefly in Surrey, a number of gardeners and other persons, who were present 

 at the show, or who had heard of it through their friends, and we can state 

 that, without a single exception, they all seemed highly delighted with it. 

 One exhibiter suggested that placing the plants promiscuously on a stage, 

 though it produced a splendid general effect, yet did not exhibit with suffi- 

 cient force the peculiar character or excellences of individual species. Some 

 flowers, such as those of Azalea, he says, do not show nearly so well when 

 looked up to, as when looked down upon ; others, on the contrary, such as 

 those of Cereus speciosfssimus, Jtragene, Clematis, and bell-shaped flowers 

 generally, appear to most advantage when seen from below. Perhaps the 

 best way to satisfy our friend would be to arrange all the plants in rows, each 

 row being placed on a narrow table, and there being a broad path between 

 the tables. The general plan of a show-room so arranged would resemble 

 that of a Lancasterian school ; and spectators, beginning at one end, would 

 follow one another, examining each individual plant in succession, till they 

 reached the other end. 



The following is the official statement of the distribution of prizes : — 



The gold Banksian medal : 1. For a collection of stove and green-house 

 plants, exhibited by Mr. J. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart. ; 2. For 

 grapes and pine-apples, exhibited by Mr. Dowding, gardener to Lady Clarke ; 

 3. For a miscellaneous collection of plants, from Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting 

 Nursery. 



The large silver medal: 1. For a collection of stove and green-house 

 plants, exhibited by Mr. Falconer, gardener to Archdall Palmer, Esq. ; 2. For 

 grapes, exhibited by Mr. John Wilmot of Isleworth ; 3. For a collection of 

 azaleas, from Mrs. Waterer of Knap Hill, near Ripley ; 4. For a collection of 

 pelargoniums, from Messrs. Colley and Hill of Hammersmith ; 5. For a mis- 

 cellaneous collection of plants, exhibited by Mr. S. Snow, gardener to J. H. 

 Palmer, Esq. ; 6. For a miscellaneous collection of plants, from Mr. Gaines, 

 Surrey Lane, Battersea. 



The silver Banksian medal : 1 . For a collection of heartseases, from Mr. 

 Salter of Shepherd's Bush ; 2. For a cucumber, from Mr. G. Mills, gardener 

 to Alex. Copland, Esq. ; 3. For a miscellaneous collection of flowers, from 

 Mr. G. Mills ; 4. For a miscellaneous collection of flowers, from Mrs. Law- 

 rence, F.H.S.; 5. For a miscellaneous collection of flowers, from Mrs. 

 Marryatt, F.H.S. ; 6. For forced apricots and raspberries, from P. C. La- 

 bouchere, Esq. ; 7. For a plant of Bordm'a serrulata, from Mr. Douglas, gar- 

 dener to the Earl De Grey ; 8. For citrons and shaddocks, from Peter Fry, 

 Esq., Compton House, Somersetshire. 



The next exhibition will be on Saturday, June 7. 



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Died, at Toft, in Cheshire, on the 23d day of February, 1833, in the 37th 

 year of his age, Mr. James Houseman, a frequent correspondent of this 

 Magazine; a man of sound knowledge and good understanding. Though 

 diverted from his profession to a different pursuit, he was a good gardener, 

 and a persevering amateur of botany. — J. G. Feb. 1834. 



