266 Domestic Notices : — England. 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



The MetropoTitan Society of Florists mid Amateurs held their spring show 

 for auriculas, heartseases, flowering plants, and cut flowers, at the Crown and 

 Anchor Tavern, April 16. The display appeared to us to be one of the most 

 brilliant that has been made by the Society at this season of the year. The 

 auriculas were not numerous, but there were some good flowers, and a seed- 

 ling of great merit by Mr. Groom. The heartseases were extremely beautiful, 

 and amongst them were not only several of the old varieties, admirably grown, 

 and of brilliant colours, but also several fine specimens of the new lilac hearts- 

 ease, now so much and so deservedly admired. Among the flowering her- 

 baceous plants, the most beautiful and the best grown was decidedly Tropfe'olum 

 tricolorum. This plant was skilfully trained round a cone of rods, so as to 

 present a tapering mass of flowers. It was grown by the Messrs. Rollisson, 

 of Tooting. The same gentlemen also exhibited a fine Bletm Tankervilh'cE", 

 a Clivea nobilis, some remarkably handsome heaths, and various other fine 

 plants. A noble specimen of liibes speciosum, most gracefully trained, was 



exhibited by Mr. Piatt, gardener to Harrison, Esq., of Cheshunt. Some 



rhododendrons and azaleas, from Mr. Smith, late of Coombe Wood, were 

 splendid specimens, and were very much admired. Of the cut flowers, those 

 of Mrs. Marryat were preeminent. Among these were some fine specimens 

 of Passiflora quadrangularis and racemosa, and of Tacsonia ; of Jcacia lon- 

 gissima, a beautiful plant j A. Sophora, remarkably delicate in its leaves ; A, 

 pubescens, and A. dealbata and arraata. There were also some fine French 

 wallflowers, and many other articles, which want of space, and the near 

 approach of publishing day, prevents us from noticing. 



The Exhibitions of the London Horticidtural Society will be held at the 

 garden on May {>., June 6., and July 4. Great preparations are making at the 

 garden for the first exhibition ; and we have no doubt that all three will be most 

 splendid. As tickets may be obtained, through Fellows, at 5s. each, every 

 gardener or amateur in the neighbourhood of London may attend if he chooses. 



The Newich Horticidtural Society, in theii" list of prizes for 1835, not only 

 offer a great number, varying from Is. to 5s., to cottagers, but they will give 

 to fifty cottagers bringing productions of merit, but not obtaining any prize, 

 \s. each; and to every cottager bringing productions of merit, whether he 

 may obtain a prize or not, a ticket of admission to the show. 



The Suitableness of Cormvall for growing Exotics in the open Air will be 

 obvious from the following table of the temperature at Trelissick for 1834, 

 kindly sent to us by Mr. John Perkins, gardener there : — 





Lowes*. 



Highest. 



Mean. 





Lowest 



Highest. 



Mean. 



January 



- 36"^ 



54° 



46° 



July - 



- 55° 



72° 



64° 



February 



- 31 



53 



44 



August 



- 55 



71 



62 



March 



- 38 



53 



44 



September 



- 54 



65 



60 



April 



- 39 



57 



48 



October 



- 38 



63 



53 



May - 



- 53 



69 



m 



November 



- 33 



58 



43 



June 



- 56 



69 



62 



December 



- 30 



m 



43 



With such a climate many of the Australian trees and shrubs might be 

 grown, we should suppose, as well or better than they are in their native 

 country I with the exception, perhaps, of ripening theii- seeds, which may 

 require a more intensely hot summer than ours. Mr. Perkins informs us that 

 an immense number of green-house plants have been inured to the open air 

 by Mr. Booth, gardener to Sir Charles Lemon. He mentions several species 

 of acacia; and adds, that mesembryanthemums, fuchsias, and such like green- 

 house plants, stand the winter in Cornwall without the slightest protection. 



Old Trees in Ditton Park, near Windsor. — In the Return Paper from this 

 place, kindly fiJled up for us by Lord Montague, we observe a lime tree 80 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 22 ft. 10 in. in circumference, at 1 ft. from the ground, of 

 unknown age, and still in a vigorous state* It formed part of an avenue, and 



