Yorkshire. 607 



Scot Lane, and placed among the plants at the end of the room, was much 

 admired. The room, at one period, was exceedingly crowded. (Ibid., Oct. 13.) 



Gainsborough Horticultural Society. — May 7. The fruits, flowers, and vege- 

 tables gave great satisfaction ; and the Society promises to produce the most 

 beneficial consequences, by promoting emulation in the production of the 

 useful and ornamental. Sir R. Sheffield, Mrs. Sanders, H. B. Hickman, Esq., 

 and Mr. King appear to have been the most successful competitors. (Ibid., 

 May 16.) 



Beverley Floral and Horticultural Society. — Sept. 3. The principal room 

 was devoted to the exhibition of the productions of the flower-garden. In the 

 centre of this apartment, in a splendid vase elevated upon a pedestal, stood a 

 beautiful orange tree, bearing fruit, from the green-house of R. Bethell, Esq. 

 M.P. Immediately adjacent to this were four tables covered with exotics and 

 herbaceous plants ; among which was an extremely fine Potentilla Hopwoodi- 

 dna, from the conservatory of R. F. Shaw, Esq. At the upper extremity of 

 the room, where was the official place appropriated to the president, a tasteful 

 arbour was erected, consisting of arches, supported by four columns of cast 

 iron, the work of [our correspondent] Mr. Crosskill, iron-founder, Beverley; 

 and by him most handsomely presented to the Society. From this were sus- 

 pended rich and glowing festoons of georginas and China asters, edged and 

 contrasted with ivy and fuchsia. Around the columns, flowers of varied hue 

 were entwined; and at the summit shone the word "Horticulture," formed 

 of georginas and China asters, each letter being composed of flowers of uni- 

 form colour. The light and elegant appearance of this appropriate embellish- 

 ment elicited general admiration. On each side of the president's seat stood 

 a fine specimen of the coffee tree, in bearing, sent by Henry Ellison, Esq. ; 

 and close adjoining was a splendid fuchsia. Upon the tables we observed a 

 tripod formed of China asters, which had a very good effect. On the left-hand 

 side of the room was a stage containing a brilliant assortment of georginas, from 

 the garden of the Rev. E. W. Stillingfleet of Hotham. Near this was a very 

 beautiful bouquet of rare exotic plants, sent by H. Burton, Esq. M.P. A tray of 

 choice flowers was kindly furnished by Mrs. John Grimston of Neswick. On 

 the other side was a very large bouquet of shrubs and flowers, sent by B. 

 Haworth, Esq. It consisted of 135 species, exclusive of 20 varieties of geor- 

 ginas, at present in flower at Rowlston, within half a mile of the sea. A spe- 

 cimen of maize was near this, grown in the open air in Mr. Haworth's garden. 

 Some Indian corn is now growing on land of Mr. Haworth's at Hornsea, 

 occupied exclusively in spade cultivation. We must not omit to notice 

 several new flower-baskets, manufactured of wire by Mr. Crosskill, which had 

 an extremely neat and pretty appearance ; and a pair of ebony flower-stands, 

 mounted with ivory, manufactured by Mr. Nutchey of London. A curious 

 description of marine fungus, called Neptune's Cup, sent by the Rev. F. Best 

 of South Dalton, occupied the centre of the table at the lower extremity of 

 the principal room. (Hull Advertiser, Sept. 5.) 



[H. Reynard, Esq., the president, made some observations on the georgina, 

 which, he said, ought to be still called dahlia. " The genus was named Dahlia 

 in honour of Professor Dahl, a Swedish botanist. Some objections were at first 

 made to this name, under an erroneous impression that it had already been 

 appropriated to another genus ; and a farther objection was taken to it from the 

 similarity of its sound to Dalea, a genus of leguminous plants so named after 

 our countryman Dr. Dale. The first of these objections induced Professor 

 Willdenow, in his Species Planiarum, to apply to these plants a new name ; 

 that of Georgma, after Georgi, an eminent Russian traveller and botanist. In 

 this he was followed by M. Decandolle : but the original name seems to be 

 fully established ; and is retained in the new edition of the Hortus Kewensis, 

 as well as by the botanists [gardeners] of France." It is certainly much to be 

 regretted that a plant in such general cultivation as that alluded to should 

 pass under two different names; but there is no other mode of avoiding cases 

 of this kind than by adhering to the principles and rules laid down by bota- 

 nists. The objections made to the name Dahh'« were made under a sup- 



