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heartseases, were supplied by Mr. Mountjoy, of the Harwell Nursery. Cereus 

 speciosissimus, some plants of, one of them large ; and C. Jenkinsom, and 

 other hybrid kinds. Petunia phcenicea, a fine plant of, by Mr. Gains; and a 

 plant of the lilac-corollaed variety, by Mr. Dennis. A Cypripedium, in a pot ; 

 our informant believes, C. Calceolus. Cut stems (six or eight) of C. specta- 

 bile, from Mr. Dennis ; three of them bearing two flowers each. A basket of 

 about twelve plants, in 60-sized pots, the pots hidden by a covering of moss, 

 of Aphelexis humilis ? were a very lovely object ; as was a similar basket of 

 plants of .Erica ventricosa ? Of another species of i£rica there was a fine 

 single plant. Four fine plants of Sempervivum tabulare, not in flower, but in a 

 condition to show best their tabular appearance, were striking to town visiters. 

 There was a very large plant of Calceolaria Taylorz; and Mr. Dennis exhibited 

 a hybrid originated from Fothergilli, fertilised by C. pendula : its lip is prettily 

 spotted and lined. Besides all these, there were ixias, gloxinias, and numerous 

 other kinds of plants. The cut flowers were not very numerous : amongst 

 these, stocks and larkspurs were predominant. Town visiters regretted that 

 not more of the plants were labelled. — J. D. 



The Warwickshire Floral and Horticultural Society offer their large silver 

 medal, value 21., for the most complete Hoi^tus Siccus, which shall be exhibited 

 at the sixth exhibition, to be held in Birmingham in November next. Speci- 

 mens to be sent to the secretary [we believe, Mr. W. Darke], carriage paid, and 

 they will be carefully returned after the awards are adjudged. — Henry Kendal, 

 Treasurer, Birmingham, May 28. 1834. 



Wakefield Subscription Botanic Garden. — Mr. William Barrett, nursery and 

 seedsman at Wakefield, appears to have made such arrangements in his 

 nurseries, as to give them the character of an ornamental garden, combined 

 with a botanical one ; and this is found to be a great accommodation to his 

 neighbours. The terms of admission are remarkably low : viz., for a family, 

 10*. Qd. ; single subscribers, 7*. ; and each subscriber to be entitled to plants of 

 the value of one half of his subscription. Subscribers of 1/. Is. each will 

 be allowed plants to the whole amount of their subscription. According to 

 a list published in the Wakefield and Dewsbury Journal, May 23., the collection 

 is ample, and the prices are uncommonly low ; the finest named pelargoniums 

 may be had at from 6d. to Is. 6d. each, and upwards of a hundred of named 

 heartseases at from M. to 9c?. each. Twenty-one sorts of Fuchsia, at from 

 6d. to Is. Qd. each; andF. longiflora (lately sold in London at 20s. and 10s.) 

 for 2s. 66?. 



A Horticultural Society at Hackney. — About a year ago a Horticultural 

 Society was formed in this neighbourhood, which you probably have heard of, 

 and in November last a Horticultural Reading Society was established at 

 Stamford Hill, the rules of which you have seen, and which, I am happy to 

 inform you, has succeeded beyond expectation. The number of its members 

 exceeds sixty, and many of them are respectable tradesmen altogether uncon- 

 nected with gardening. Now, Sir, what I have to complain of is, the treat- 

 ment, not only which our society has experienced from the other, but the 

 treatment the gardener receives from the members at their shows or exhibitions. 

 For example, no gardener or nurseryman is admissible as a member, and the 

 prizes are awarded to the lady or gentleman from whose garden the articles are 

 produced ; who may, if they think proper, hand the sum so awarded to the gar- 

 dener at the end of the season. This is not all : when the poor fellow carries 

 his flowers, &c, to the show or exhibition, he is not allowed to enter the room, 

 but they are taken from him at the door, and he must either go home to his 

 work, or wait until the prizes are awarded and his master or mistress, with 

 the other ladies and gentlemen, have satiated themselves with examining the 

 flowers and vegetables, and scrambling for the fruit, which he and his brethren 

 have been exerting themselves to the utmost to bring to perfection. [As the 

 remainder of this communication consists of details of a local nature, the 

 publication of which could be of no use to our readers generally, we have 

 omitted it.] — G. Geddes, Hackney, May 21-. 1834. 



