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Keswick, showed upwards of one hundred. The most striking object in the 

 room, after the tulips, was a bouquet, beautifully arranged in the form of the 

 royal crown of England : the cushion on which the crown rested was repre- 

 sented by a bed of moss ; the lower range of flowers were white, to resemble 

 the ermine ; while the velvet lining of the crown had its prototype in some rich 

 crimson flowers. The artist had farther kept up the character of the emblem, 

 by placing some flowers of similar colours to the ruby, the emeralds, &c, in 

 different parts. A beautiful orange tree, with its rich green leaves and tender 

 white blossoms, graced the centre of the room ; and there were also capsicum 

 plants, with their bright scarlet pods, and the rich pelargonium in all its exten- 

 sive varieties : nor were the humbler families of our own fields neglected ; for 

 there were many British plants to which premiums were awarded. The show 

 of fruit was much smaller than usual : there were two pine-apples, however, 

 which gained prizes. Among the vegetables we noticed some stupendous 

 stalks of rhubarb, together with some large cucumbers grown in this vicinity. 

 {Ibid., May 27.) 



Aug. 7. This show, though not so large as some of its forerunners, was 

 exceedingly interesting to the florist, in consequence of the many beautiful 

 specimens of the carnation, especially those cultivated by Mr. Gird, which 

 were the universal objects of admiration to every one who visited the room. 

 The seedlings were certainly wonderful, some of them surpassing, in fulness 

 of leaf and clearness of colour, most of the old flowers in the room : the 

 edges were very distinctly defined, and the lines well preserved. It has been 

 often stated that Mr. Gird had one of the finest beds of carnations in the 

 county ; and the number of prizes awarded to his skill, on this occasion, fully 

 bears out the assertion. That gentleman obtained no fewer than 19 prizes 

 out of the 26 awarded. Messrs. R. Elliot, J. Clark, W. Ellwood, J. Gaitskill, 

 and W. Greener were also very successful. The bouquets were remarkably 

 beautiful. {Ibid., Aug. 12.) 



Devonshire. — Devon and Exeter Floricultural Society. April 17. Among 

 the plants and flowers we particularly noticed a splendid bouquet of turban 

 ranunculuses exhibited by the Rev. G. Norris, Dix's Field, grown without any 

 protection, 500 ft. above the level of the sea, at Rose Craddock Villa, near 

 Liskeard, in the county of Cornwall ; a very fine bouquet of Brompton stocks 

 from S. "Whittaker, Esq., Ide ; the superb collection of ericas and other green- 

 house plants of Edmund Granger, Esq. ; hyacinths, by Mr. Walker of Al- 

 phington, measuring 21 in. from the surface of the bed; an extraordinary 

 auricula, by Mr. Webber, St. Sidwell's, with 34 pips on one stem, double ane- 

 mones, &c. ; Mr. Clark's auriculas and turban ranunculuses ; Mr. Reynolds's 

 auriculas ; polyanthuses, pelargoniums, tulips, roses, &c. The exhibition was 

 also, as usual, much indebted to the nurserymen, for the variety and excellence 

 of the display. Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., who are ever forward in 

 enriching these displays, exhibited some beautiful ericas, and a choice collection 

 of green-house and hot-house plants. Their superb new Dutch double ane- 

 mones, consisting of 100 distinct named varieties, were not only great novel- 

 ties, but exceedingly beautiful. Among the roses was a new variety of the 

 .Kosa odorata, called the white camellia rose. The best seedling Calceolaria, 

 was Pince's praecipua. We observe Hogg's Treatise on the Pink and Carnation 

 offered as one of the prizes for pinks at the June exhibition. (Trelaxvney 's 

 Exeter Flying Post, April 24.) 



Devon and Exeter Botanical and Horticultural Society. — May 1. Fine 

 specimens of plants were exhibited from the collections of Lord Rolle ; S. T. 

 Kekewich, E. Granger, J. Hart, R Pattison, J. Sweetland, J. Gidley, Esquires ; 

 Mrs. Wells, Dr. Tayleur, Dr. Miller, Col. Wright, L. Ponsford, Esq., Rev. R. 

 Stephens, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Webber, Mr. J. Manley, Mr. Booth, Mr. Hall, 

 Mr. Eardley, &c. Among many other articles worthy of notice were eight 

 seedling auriculas, of the present year's growth, and the largest turban ranun- 

 culuses in the room, by Mr. Webber of St. Sidwells ; and a sprig and flower 

 from a plant, now 12 ft. high, of the Melianthus major, which was raised from 

 seed in 1831, by Mr. Ranney, and placed last spring in the open ground, where 



