696 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



abundance : in short, the only drawback to the excellence of the show arose 

 from the smallness of the room ; the specimens being too much crowded to be 

 seen to full advantage. The cottagers' prizes were very good. (^Cumberland 

 Patriot, Sept. 26.) 



Whitehaven Horticultural Society. — Auricula Show. April 30. Mr. R. Elliot's 

 green-edged auriculas were so superior as to gain all the prizes given for that class 

 of flowers ; and Mr. J. Clarke was nearly equally successful with his specimens 

 of polyanthus. The fruit and vegetables were uncommonly good, especially the 

 apples belonging to Mr. Gaitskell and Mr. Elliot, and the cabbages, rhubarb, 

 &c., shown by Mr. Davidson of Corkickle. (Cuviberland Pacquet, May 3.) 



Tulip Show. About 400 tulips were in the room. From the backwardness 

 of the season, they were generally indifFei*ent flowers ; but those of the Rev. 

 Mr. Fox were very beautiful : he won most of the prizes. Mr. James Clarke, 

 gardener to the Earl of Lonsdale, exhibited two beautiful baskets of plants, 

 which were greatly admired; and Mr. Robert Elliot, gardener to Milham Hartley, 

 Esq., showed probably the finest Epiphyllum speciosum ever seen in Whitehaven : 

 it was literally covered with blossom, and one gentleman counted 70 flowers 

 upon it. Mrs. Armitstead, as usual, came off" first in rare hardy plants. Of 

 British plants there was a greater number than usual ; and for the first time, 

 if we remember rightly, the show abounded with various specimens of hearts- 

 ease : there were many varieties of this fashionable plant. ( Whitehaven He- 

 rald, May 30.) 



Carnation Shoiv. August 13. " The show of flowers was splendid in the ex- 

 treme; but, owing to the dryness of the season, the number of dahlias was fewer 

 than we have witnessed on former occasions. Mr. Gird and his son again 

 distinguished themselves in the growth and management of carnations and 

 picotees, and carried off" the chief part of the prizes awarded to the respective 

 classes of these flowers, the former having won prizes with 22 flowers of his 

 own raising, several of them from the seed-bed ; a fact, we believe, unprece- 

 dented. They had no fewer that Si carnations and picotees in the room. 

 We observed a handsome bouquet belonging to Mr. Gaitskell of Hall Santon, 

 whose pansies, for number and beauty, were superior to any thing ever shown 

 in Whitehaven before. The green-house plants shown by Mr. James Clarke 

 and Mr. Robert Elliot were also very splendid. The heaviest gooseberi'y, 

 however, weighed only 16 dwt. ; the red currants weighed 35 bunches to half a 

 pound, and the white 26. Amongst the competitors for cottage prizes, none 

 is entitled to more credit than Mr. J. Steel of Senhouse Street : his cab- 

 bages were the largest ever seen in Cumberland at this period of the year. 

 He also exhibited a head of Scotch kale as a proof of what might be accom- 

 plished by attentive and skilful cultivation : it measured 4 ft. across the top! " 

 (^Cumberland Pacquet, Aug. 18.) 



Derbyshire. — Wirksworth Horticultural Society. June 27. " There was 

 a most beautiful display of tulips, with many other choice flowers. The peaches, 

 nectarines, and cherries, from Chatsworth, were particularly fine, the latter 

 being suspended in a festoon over the centre of the table, which was greatly 

 admired ; and a great variety of green-house plants, from Chatsworth and the 

 gardens of the gentlemen in the neighbourhood, were tastefully distributed in 

 the room." (^Derbyshire Courier, iu\y II.) 



Brampton and Walton Floricultural Society. — June 30. This was the an- 

 nual meeting of the Society for the display of pinks, when " the flowers were 

 much finer than those exhibited at the last meeting of the Chesterfield Horti- 

 cultural Society." (Ibid.) 



Devonshire. — Devon and Exeter Botanical and Horticultural Society. May 

 14. Nearly all the noblemen and gentlemen in the vicinity contributed mag- 

 nificent plants to increase the splendour of this exhibition ; and the very large 

 contributions of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., and of Mr. Veitch, were 

 in more than an ordinary degree attractive. Among the plants shown by 

 Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., we were particularly struck with a superb 

 new crimson hybrid rhododendron, of the richest deep crimson colour, spotted 



