S78 Domestic Notices : — England^ Scotland. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



A Grand Floricultural Fete and Exhibition of Flowers and Flowering Plants 

 for the Victoria cup, and other prizes, was held at Lord's Cricket Ground, 

 St. John's Wood Road, Regent's Park, May 26. It was numerously at- 

 tended, and the display of flowers and plants was very brilliant, notwithstand- 

 ing the state of the weather, which was unfavourable. It is pleasing to see 

 exhibitions of this sort taking place in every quarter of the metropolis and its 

 suburbs. We hope the exhibitions at Lord's Cricket Ground will be con- 

 tinued regularly ; and this, with the exhibitions at the Surrey Zoological 

 Gardens, would supply, if the expression may be used, the demands of the 

 north and the south sides of the metropolis ; the Chiswick exhibitions supply 

 the west end; and there remains only one to be established at Greenwich or 

 Deptford, to gratify the eastern quarter of the metropolitan district. We 

 could wish to see four large botanical and horticultural gardens similarly situ- 

 ated, with a view of promoting the same objects. — Cond. 



The Metropolitan Florists' Society held a show in Jenkins's nursery grounds. 

 Regent's Park, June 15. A number of articles were exhibited, chiefly cut 

 flowers, among which were some fine roses ; but there was also a good assort- 

 ment of pelargoniums, as well as of some other articles in pots. Mr. Rivers of 

 Sawbridgeworth Nursery exhibited a cut flower of Pavia carnea pubescens, a 

 late-flowering variety, for which he received a premium. It has the general 

 appearance of Pavm discolor, but grows to the size of a tree instead of that of 

 a mere bush. Scott's garden syringe, a very powerful instrument, was also 

 exhibited. 



A Floricultural Exhibition was held at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, in 

 conformity with our notice, p. 320. Considering that, at this period of the 

 year, gardeners have more to do than at any other, the show was remarkably 

 good, and far exceeded that in the centre of the Regent's Park. There was 

 a most superb collection of plants in pots, and of cut flowers, sent by Mrs. 

 Marryatt ; some magnificent calceolarias from Messrs. Young of Epsom ; and 

 a number of plants, and of roses and other cut flowers, from Messrs. Allnutt, 

 Lowe, Curtis, Blair, Wallace, and many other amateurs, nurserymen, and gar- 

 deners. 



It is to be regretted that the exhibition in the Surrey Gardens and that in 

 the Regent's Park were not held on different days ; because, had this been 

 the case, there can be no doubt that both would have made a better display, 

 and have been more numerously attended. It is no small proof of the grow- 

 ing taste for exhibitions of this kind, that these meetings, though held on the 

 same day, were both attended by several thousands of persons. We were 

 particularly gratified in witnessing the excellent display made by Mr. Cross, 

 and the numerous company which assembled to view itj because the op- 

 position shown to him by the Metropolitan Society has been of the most 

 extraordinary description. 



SCOTLAND. 



Caledonian Horticultural Society. — At the Spring General Meeting for 1835, 

 various medals were presented ; among others, the silver medal to Mr. Wm. 

 Pearson, gardener at Cally, for a fine seedling variety of Portugal laurel, and 

 a new implement for raising and cleaning gravel walks, A description or 

 drawing of the machine, and a specimen and history of the Portugal laurel, 

 will, we trust, be sent us for this Magazine and our Arboretum Britannicwn. 



An interesting account of the temperature of walls of different materials, in 

 the Experimental Garden, we shall quote entire. 



" The mean temperature of the various kinds of fruit walls, for the months 

 of August, September, and October, 18.34, was found as follows : — 



