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sperity and utility. The most successful competitors were, Mr. Vair, gardener 

 to Mr. Meyrick ; Mr. Scott, to Sir R. Bulkeley ; Mr. Shaw, to Lady Wil- 

 liams ; Mr. Ross, to Mr. Pennant ; and Mr. Bostyne, to the Bishop of Ban- 

 gor. We must not oinit to mention that Mrs. Fuller, to whom this Society 

 mainly owes its existence, with her usual liberality, gave orders that fifty 

 poor cottagers should be regaled with a good dinner and ciiriu da (old ale) at 

 her expense. {^Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald, July 16.) 



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Guernsey Horticultural Society. — May. The show of plants and flowers 

 was very splendid. The vegetables, considering the unpropitious winter, 

 together with the bleak and cold spring, were in excellent condition, and 

 afforded the most satisfactory proof of the care and diligence of our cottagers, 

 among whom the sum of 11. J 2s. 6d. was distributed as prizes. Among the 

 vegetables we noticed some very fine cucumbers, asparagus, kidney potatoes, 

 and carrots, exhibited by Mr. Samuel Harris, of the Royal Yacht Club Hotel, 

 Among members' prizes were three beautiful silver medals, of the size of the 

 Banksian, being the first the Society have given. The intention to do so was 

 announced some months back ; and the increased size of the same varieties 

 of flowers, and the superior varieties brought forward for competition to any 

 "we have before seen, clearly shows how much the medals have stimulated the 

 exhibitors. One was awarded to William Brock, Esq., of Belmont, for an 

 exhibition of calceolarias, in splendid flower, nearly all seedlings. Among 

 the most remarkable plants exhibited were, from IVIi's. Bourne, 20 pots of 

 schizanthus, in high perfection, the plants being from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, and 

 covered with blossom ; a stand of 150 blossoms of heartsease, of remarkable 

 size and beauty. From Harry Dobr^e. jun. Esq., a collection of 30 speci- 

 mens of bulbous plants in pots, in flower ; some very good lettuces ; a very 

 beautiful display of cut camellias, principally the double white, all grown in 

 the open air ; some fine plates of dessert and kitchen apples, in excellent 

 order; and a few specimens of the Travers apple, two years old, perfectly 

 sound. Mr. Dobree's seedling ranunculus also obtained a prize. Mr. Cock- 

 burn's heaths were as fine as usual ; and to the six selected for competition, 

 a prize was very deservedly awarded. This gentleman's Calceolaria pendula, 

 which obtained the first prize for named varieties, was conspicuous for its 

 beauty, even amongst the vast and splendid collection of these elegant plants 

 which were exhibited by various members of the Society. (The Couranty 

 May 12.) 



Botanic Garden in Guernsey. — Proposals have been made for establishing 

 a botanic garden in Guernsey ; for which purpose the island appears admirably 

 adapted, from the mildness of its climate. (See Guernsey Star, May 4.) 



Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society. — July 20. Pine-apples, 

 melons, grapes, figs, strawberries, cherries, &c. &c., were mingled with 

 dahlias, roses, jessamine, carnations, and numerous other flowers of great 

 fragrance and loveliness. [They would have had more effect if exhibited 

 separately.] The dahlias of Mr. B. Saunders were, for early flowers, de- 

 cidedly of good promise ; and three dahlias exhibited by Mr. Dupre, to which 

 the first prize was awarded, were of extraordinary merit for July blooms. 

 The fruits exhibited deserve particular notice. Nor were the more solid, 

 though less striking, productions of the kitchen-garden forgotten : potatoes, 

 cabbages, artichokes, and many other esculents, were exhibited, of enormous 

 dimensions. It is with real pleasure we notice the products exhibited by the 

 cottagers. The vegetables sent by these competitors rivalled those of the 

 best cultivated gardens ; and their fruits were also of a very fine order. After 

 the exhibition, the company, to the number of 200, partook of a handsome 

 dejeuner, and the fete ended with a ball. {Jersey Times, July 22.) 



Oct. 5. The room was tastefully and appropriately decorated with a great 

 profusion of wreaths and festoons of mingled flowers and foliage ; and the 

 entrance was embellished with a lofty arch of sylvan architecture. The stands 



