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the Northern Whig, a seedling raised last year, by Mr. George M'Ciillagh 

 of Nurseryville : its petals are finely quilled, the shape of the flower quite per- 

 fect, and the colours well defined; the ground a deep lilac, with white stripes. 

 Mr. M'Cullagh has a number of plants of it, raised from last year's seedlings 

 now in flower, in his beautiful nursery grounds at Comber. This is, probably, 

 the finest dahlia, taking it altogether, to be found in any collection in Great 

 Britain or Ireland. The bouquets were remarkably handsome : one of them, 

 from Arbuthnot Emerson, Esq., tastefully representing an imperial crown. The 

 seedling pelargoniums, exhibited by Mr. Davis (Ogle's Grove Nursery), were 

 accounted very fine. A basket of very handsome plums, from Lord O'Neill's 

 gardens, excited much admiration. There was no prize for them, as they are 

 of a new kind, and have now been introduced into this country for the first 

 time, by Mr. Hume, his Lordship's talented and well-informed gardener. Mr. 

 Anderson's grapes were, also, much admired. Indeed, the fruits and vegetables 

 were the best, probably, ever shown in Ireland. The exhibition-room was very 

 tastefully ornamented; but it was quite too confined for the number of visiters 

 who attended. The crush was inconvenient to a degree. We would suggest 

 the propriety of the friends of horticulture, and the lovers of flowers, raising 

 funds for the erection of a suitable building, which might be applied to other 

 objects connected with both the useful and ornamental arts ; such as painting, 

 sculpture, &c. We are sure such a project only requires a beginning to insure 

 for it permanent success. {The Reformer, Sept. 22. 1837.) 



Kilkenny Horticultural Society. — Ajoril 20. Among the prizes were : best 

 grapes, best strawberries, best peas, best dessert apples, Mr. Johnston, gardener 

 to the Marquess of Waterford; best kitchen apples, Mr. Monk, gardener to the 

 Lord Bishop of Ossory and Ferns ; best auricula, and best polyanthus, Mr. 

 White, gardener to the Countess of Desart; best double hyacinths, best 

 stove exotic, best green-house plant, best pelargoniums, best ericas, best her- 

 baceous plants, and best anemones, Mr. Carrigan, gardener to the Marquess 

 of Ormonde. (The Kilhenny Moderator, April 26.) 



The Autumn Exhibition of the Waterford Horticidtural Society was held on 

 Aug. 16. The stages exhibited various articles, particularly in the green- 

 house department, which were never before presented in this city, and which 

 were the subject of very considerable interest. Over one of the doors of 

 the room was traced with splendid flowers a large and brilliant star, and over 

 the other were the regal initials V. R. L, surmounted with the imperial crown, 

 superbly emblazoned. On the walls of the Town Hall, at each end, were traced 

 " The Marquess of Waterford, Patron," " The Right Hon. Sir J. Newport, 

 Bart., President;" and on the side wall stood, "Waterford Horticultural 

 Society." Appropriate as were these devices, their design was equally admi- 

 rable and ingenious, and their execution rich and tasteful, the letters embracing 

 an innumerable and well-assorted collection of dahlias of every hue and tint. 



In a corner of the lecture-room was a specimen of that great wonder, which 

 has recently made so much noise, the celebrated cow cabbage, sent in by 

 Joshua W. Strangman, Esq. It resembled a regular tree, with a foliage of cab- 

 bage leaves. The flowers, particularly the dahlias, and the bouquets, were very 

 beautiful. The grapes were all that the most luxurious could covet. The 

 pines were very large and fine, particularly those from Ballysaggartmore, in the 

 west of the county, the seat of Arthur Kelly, Esq., to whose gardener, Mr. 

 Smith, were awarded the two first prizes, for size and flavour. The fruit 

 and other articles sent in from Curraghmore were well in keeping with the 

 very high reputation which, far and near, Mr. Johnston, the gardener of the 

 Noble Marquess, has already established for himiself. The splendid gardens of 

 Lord Ormonde, and the Bishop of Ossory, at Kilkenny, also contributed. The 

 vegetables sent in for exhibition were splendid, and colossal in their proportions ; 

 and the advance of improved modes of culture was discernible in this as well as 

 in the other departments. On the long table in the Town Hall were two splen- 

 did fuchsias, exhibited by Charles E. Gadsden, Esq., and by Mr. Power, gar- 

 dener at Bellevuc. Here, also, were two palms, from Newpark, the seat of Sir 



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