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what principally occupied my attention was, the beauty of the collections of 

 plants occupying the two sides of the room, with trifling exceptions, extending 

 the whole length, and of considerable breadth. On entering the room, that 

 occupying the right side was from Lucombe and Pince's Exeter Nursery, 

 containing the representatives of Australian scenery in Altingk excelsa (or 

 Norfolk Island Pine), BanksM, Dryandr«, Doryanthes, &c.; and that on the 

 left from Messrs. Veitch. Both these were splendid. — Jt. T. June 20." 



We understood from the same correspondent that there were also flower 

 shows at Honiton on the 23d, and at Tiverton on the 26th. " Both were re- 

 spectably attended ; and it was pleasant to see the attention paid to the cot- 

 tagers 5 a remarkably fine race of men, who powerfully recall the recollection 

 of our rude forefathers." 



Aug. 20. Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., had a very fine collection, 

 particularly of German asters, ericas, and dahlias. Their green-house and 

 stove plants were also very fine. Mr. James Veitch of Killerton and Mount 

 Radford nurseries, presented a superb collection of dahlias, including several 

 unique and peculiarly striking new seedlings of white and yellow, shaded with 

 purple and crimson. Amongst the named sorts we particularly noticed Pratt's 

 Clio, delicate buffj shaded or tipped with purple; fairy queen, clear white, with 

 purple; Duchess of Buccleugh, shaded white and rose; rainbow, rose and 

 white, beautifully edged; fine scarlet, particularly large and perfect j Veitch's 

 lutea picta, yellow with dark eye, &c. In the collection of exotics were supe- 

 rior specimens of rare and beautiful climbers ; viz. Houstoma longiflora, covered 

 with a profusion of long scarlet flowers, and ThunbergM alata alba (never 

 before exhibited in this country), clear white flowers with jet-black eye ; and 

 of annuals there was a very extensive assortment. Among the plants exhibited 

 by Mr. J. Manley of Heavitree, we observed a collection of new shrubby calceo- 

 larias ; a very good assortment of seedling and other fuchsias ; one of the for- 

 mer, when in bud, appears to be a perfect white, but, vv^hen open, changes to a 

 pink ; another was of the shape and colour of globosa, but double the size. 

 {Woolmer's Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, Aug.. 22.) 



Devon and Exeter Floriculticral Society. — Oct. 9. This was the last ex- 

 hibition of the Society for the season, and it was one of the best ever witnessed. 

 Messrs. Nott, Hewitt, and Co., had a very fine remarkably large purple dahlia, 

 named purpurea elegans ; and Mr. Veitch showed his Mars, a beautiful cupped 

 scarlet, which won the seedling prize at a late metropolitan exhibition, and 

 was declared to be one of the best-grown dahlias : also a beautiful striped 

 dahlia, white with purple stripes through each petal, called the national ; and 

 one called the wonder, a dark maroon, with white tips, quite new. Messrs. Lu- 

 combe, Pince, and Co., had also a great variety of new shaded, spotted, tinted, and 

 striped varieties, a^ well as some beautiful seedlings of this year's raising, es- 

 pecially one they have named Baroness Dimsdale, a most beautiful and deli- 

 cately tinted variety. Mr. Manley of Heavitree had also a superb collection, 

 with a very fine box of seedlings raised in the present year, \lbid.,, Oct. 10., 

 and Treiuman^s Exeter Flying Post, Oct. 15.) 



Royal Devon and Cornwall Botanical and Horticidtural Society. — May 14. 

 The pine-apples from the gardens of Sir Ralph Lopez and the Rev. H. Hare 

 were of fine quality; and the citrons from Endsleigh, grown in the open air, ex- 

 cited universal approbation, as did those from the conservatories at Port Eliot, 

 The hot-houses of Kitley and Membland furnished some very fine bunches 

 of grapes : admirably kept apples, of fine and approved sorts, were in great 

 profusion. The Roseberry strawberries from Endsleigh were good ; and the 

 company much admired a beautiful specimen of ginger, grown at Coffleet, the 

 cultivation of which exotic seems much improved since former exhibitions. It 

 would be extremely difficult to say what part of the room gave most satisfac- 

 tion, since each was equally splendidly furnished either with fruits, flowers, or 

 vegetables. The exotic plants comprised some very fine specimens. The side 

 of the room appropriated to vegetables afforded infinite satisfaction to every 

 one, inasmuch as several of the best productions were exhibited by cottagers ; 



