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Hinckley Floral and Horticultural Soc'ieh/. — Juli/ 1 1 . There was an excel- 

 lent show of the vai'ious productions of the season. The flowers were 

 numerous, and in good perfection ; whilst the fruits and vegetables exceeded 

 in quality and abundance any former display of the kind. The following 

 were among the prizes awarded : — Pinks : first pan, Messrs. Taylor and 

 Pearson, with Barratt's conqueror. Lord John Russell, Norman's Benjamin, 

 Duke of St. Albans, Ibett's triumphant, Westlake's hero. Ranunculuses : 

 first, temeraire, Mr. J. M'Ewan. Roses: an extra prize to E. K. Jarvis, 

 Esq., for a tastefully formed pyramid of those beautiful flowers. Pansies : 

 pan of 12 different sorts, Mr. G. May. The singularly wild and beautiful 

 names which this gentleman had attached to his pansies, excited considerable 

 amusement. An extra prize was also given to a pan of 6 seedlings, of this 

 year's sowing, raised by Mrs. Ward, Hinckley Wharf, and remarkable for their 

 size and beauty. Hardy fruits: strawberries (Wilmot's superb), Mr. Cooper, 

 gardener to Lady De Clifford ; apples, in an excellent state of preservation, 

 Mr. George Maj'. An extra prize was also awarded to Mr. W. Gutteridge, 

 for a fine specimen of " double double" parsley. Mr. Wilson, gardener to 

 Earl Howe, sent a dish of extremely large and fine-flavoured grapes ; a taste- 

 fully formed bouquet of calceolarias, of numerous colours and varieties ; a 

 bouquet of dahlias, greatly admired for their forwardness and perfection ; and 

 a beautiful collection of roses, consisting of nearly 100 varieties, and so ar- 

 ranged as to place in one charming coup-d" cell their every gradation of form 

 and hue. A very fine specimen of potatoes was shown, grown by Mr. Wright. 

 (^Leicester Chronicle, July 15.) 



Lincolnshire. — Grantham Floral and Horticultural Society. — Augusts. 

 The room was splendidly decorated with plants from the conservatories of Sir 

 John Harold, Bart., and W. J. Holt, Esq. Mr. Sharman also sent numerous 

 plants and flowers. 



Norfolk. — Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society. — July 19. The 

 first was particularly fine. 



East Dereham Horticultural Society. — July 1 1 . The roses were very beau- 

 tiful : Mr. D. Hill gained the first prize. Eleven prizes were given to 

 cottagers. 



Holt Horticultural Society. — July 6. Many of the green-house plants were 

 particularly fine. The collection for which the medal was given contained 36 

 pots ; and among the pots were four varieties of large-flowering cactuses, in 

 full bloom. Many of the pelargoniums were in excellent condition, consider- 

 ing the lateness of the season ; and the collection of flowers sent by W. 

 Norris, Esq., was large, and exceedingly beautiful. The roses were ?e^ (the 

 outdoor plants generally being only partially in bloom) ; but there were some 

 very fine specimens of the double yellow. Among the mimuluses was a beau- 

 tiful specimen of M. cardinalis, sent by W. Norris, Esq. ; and, besides, a 

 considerable quantity of calceolarias, in pots. A collection of new varieties 

 of flowers, some of them very beautiful, from Lady A. Coke's. Fuchsias 

 were plentiful, with several new annuals ; among them, a beautiful Clarkia 

 elegans ?'6sea, and three very fine coxcombs. Designs and bouquets were, as 

 usual, plentiful. Mr. Shalders's and Mr. Cozens's were both royal crowns ; 

 the latter having the words " Victoria Regina" round it. The third prize was 

 in a pyramidal form, and the fourth subject was Gothic. Several of the others 

 were of considerable size. Melons were numerous for the season, and Keen's 

 seedling strawberries very fine and plentiful : there was only one dish of any 

 other kind. A cucumber stalk, with three brace of fine cucumbers upon it, 

 and a gooseberry shoot, 7 ft, long, and very full of large fruit, both brought by 

 Mr. John Brereton, were well worth notice. The vegetables, though gene- 

 rally fine, do not deserve particular notice here, except the prize cauliflower ; 

 which, for colour and shape, was matchless. The cottagers' fruits and vege- 

 tables were exceedingly good; many of them equal to those exhibited b}' the 

 members. (Gai'd. Gaz., July.) 



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