652 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



Wm. Fitzhugh, Esq. ; queen pines, peaches, nectarines, melons, and cherries, 

 by the Duke of Buckingham ; apricots, plums, gooseberries, cherries, flov/ers, 

 and vegetables, by Mrs. Haines ; lettuce, carnations, and cherries, by Mr, 

 Oakley ; coxcombs and carnations, by the Rev. the Warden ; peaches, cox- 

 combs, cucumbers, celei'y, and other vegetables, by R. Missing, Esq. ; cox- 

 combs, dahlias, hollyhocks, melons, gooseberries, and other fruits and vege- 

 tables, by J. Guitton, Esq. ; melons, gooseberries, currants, raspberries, and 

 vegetables, by the Rev. Archdeacon Bayley ; melons, plums, hollyhocks, dah- 

 lias, and vegetables, by Mrs. Wright ; hollyhocks, heartsease, roses, carna- 

 tions, annuals, and herbaceous plants, by Miss Garnier; apricots, cherries, 

 dahlias, roses, and coxcombs, by the Rev. T. Garnier ; hollyhocks and pota- 

 toes, by Lord Ashtown; figs, carnations, and cauliflowers, by Sir G. Hewitt; 

 green-house plants, by the Rev. G. C. Rashleigh ; dahlias, by Col. Worsley ; 

 melons, carrots (particularly large and fine white), and French beans, by G. 

 J. Purvis, Esq. ; carrots, &c., by Lady Dickson. (^Salisbury Herald, Aug. 13.) 



Sept. 15. The display of dahlias by Mr. Taylor, Mr. Ingram, and Mr. 

 Squibb was superior to any former exhibition. The cut flowers, in general, 

 were good; one stand in particular, for which an extra prize was given, con- 

 sisted of 130 varieties: also, the green-house plants, from the Rev. G. C. 

 Rashleigh, excited the admiration of the company. Nearly all the nobility 

 and gentry of the neighbourhood sent flowering plants, and fruit, among which 

 were 150 varieties of apples, from Sir T. Baring. There were also numerous 

 specimens of fruit, flowers, and vegetables grown by cottagers. A dinner 

 followed, to which the Society had the pleasure of contributing 36 dishes of 

 fruit for the dessert, and a great part of the fine vegetables exhibited at their 

 meeting. A great number of horticultural implements were exhibited by Mr. 

 Carter, and Messrs. Lankester. {Ham^^shire Chronicle, Sept. 19.) 



Winchester Pink Feast. — June. The flowers shown were unusuall}' fine, and 

 reflected great credit on the cultivators. The first prize was adjudged to Mr. 

 Peter Young of Twyford ; the second, to Mr. Kingston of Stockbridge ; and 

 the third, to Mr. Weaver, gardener to the Warden of Winchester College. 

 The maiden prize was awarded to Mr. Watson, jun., of Winchester. (Ibid.) 



Huntingdonshire. — Huntingdonshire Horticultural Society. — April 2G. 

 The flowers were more splendid than we have seen for several years. The first 

 prizes, for the best auricula, polyanthus, and polyanthus narcissus, were won 

 by Mr. Franklin. Mr. Raye showed the best hyacinths. After dinner, R. 

 Fox, Esq., called the attention of the subscribers to an act of injustice prac- 

 tised towards this society, by the editors of the Gooseberry-grower' s Re- 

 gister for last year, in neglecting to insert their last show ; as, on reference 

 to that book and the Huntingdon list, they would find that they produced 

 the heaviest gooseberries of all England, and also the heaviest in three of the 

 colours. It is there stated, that Mr. Pardon's wonderful, 24dwt. was the 

 heaviest gooseberry grown in the year ; at the Huntingdonshire Horticul- 

 tural show, held on July 21. 1835, Mr. Giddings of Hemingford produced a 

 yellow gooseberry (leader) weighing 24dwt. 17 gr. In the green, that Mr. 

 Ormond's thumper, 20dwt. 8gr. was the heaviest; at the Huntingdon- 

 shire show; Mr. Gidding's peacock weighed 20dwt. 15 gr. In the white, 

 Mr. Dewhurt's Eagle, of Richester, at 21 dwt. is stated as the heaviest ; 

 the Huntingdonshire first prize was won by Mr, Giddings's ostrich, 23 dwt. 

 16 gr. the second by Mr. Adams's ostrich, 23 dwt. and the third, by Mr, 

 Fordham's ostrich, 22 dwt. Bgr. It was unanimously agreed that the 

 secretary should write to the committee of Gooseberry grov/ers at Manchester, 

 and offer to grow the four colours for weight, next year, for 20/. — Hunting- 

 donshire against Lancashire. To be shown either at Huntingdon or Man- 

 chester, as may be agreed upon. {Huntingdon Gazette, April 30.) 



Carnation Shoiv. July 26. Mr. Headley was the most successful candi- 

 date ; but Mr. Wood exhibited the best seedling. Mr. Wood had also the 

 best picotee, and the best dahlia. Among the cottagers, Mr. W. Clarke of 

 Bourne obtained the prize for the best carnation, and for the best pound of 



