702 Provincial Hort. Societies: — Northamptonshire, 



of whom expressed themselves satisfied with Mr. Thurtell's system of fore- 

 shortening. Some of the audience, indeed, brought their own experience to 

 prove the correctness of his theory, and the great tendency which the com- 

 mon plan of close pruning has, not only to retard the growth of wood, but 

 actually to engender an internal canker, which, while the tree is to all appear- 

 ance flourishing and in perfect health, frequently renders the fruit utterly 

 valueless when brought to the market. {Bury and Norwieh Post, July 8.) 



Yarmouth Horticultural Society. — July 8. Mr. Youell contributed very 

 liberally towards the show, in sending a superb collection of pelargoniums, 

 and a vai'iety of other exotic plants, amounting to 174 specimens, among 

 which was a Hoya carnosa, grown by him from a leaf in 1831, which excited 

 universal admiration for the number (120) of splendid blossoms it bore. 

 Mr. Thurtell also exhibited a variety of choice flowers and fruits, which were 

 greatly admired. Mr. Roe sent some splendid peach trees in fruit, and an 

 assortment of choice grapes and nectarines; and nearly all the nobility and 

 gentry in the neighbourhood sent specimens of diiferent kinds of flowers and 

 fruit. The cottagers' show was very good. (Norwich Mercury, July 18.) 



AWth Walsham Horticultural Society. — July 22. This was only the second 

 meeting of the Society, but it was an excellent one; nearly all the nobility 

 and gentry in the neighbourhood sending specimens. A dish of ripe guavas, and 

 a beautiful seedling spiraea, sent by Mr. Ross, gardener to Sir Harry Durant, 

 were very much admired, and Mr. Ross's sti'awberries were thought the finest 

 in the room. The cottagers' prizes were numerous. {Norfolk Chronicle, Aug. 1.) 



Normch Florists' Shoiv. — July 29. This show was for carnations and pi- 

 cotees. S. Martin, Esq., sent nearly 100 pots of carnations; and Mr. 

 Youell of Yarmouth, Mr. Mackie, John Large, Esq., &c., fine collections 

 of carnations and picotees, and of green-house and other plants. (Ibid.) 



Northamptonshire. — Brampton and Wath Hoi^ticiillural Society. June' 

 18. One object of this Society is to induce cottage gardeners to cultivate 

 their plots of ground with all possible neatness and profit. A profusion of 

 flowers, fruits, and vegetables, was displayed on the occasion ; and viewed with 

 much pleasure and interest, from two o'clock till five, by a numerous assembly. 

 The flowers exhibited for prizes were pinks, pansies, and ranunculuses, which^ 

 grouped in their respective classes, presented one of the most delightful treats 

 that a florist can enjoy. The fruits also, and the vegetables were excellent, 

 evincing in them who grew them, no little skill and attention. (Doncaster^ 

 Nottingham, and Lincoln Gazette, June 26.) 



Northumberland. — Neivcastle Horticultural and Botanical Society.. — 

 March Q. The hyacinths, amaryllises, and jonquils were very beautiful : 15 

 varieties of the polyanthus narcissus were shown, from the garden of J. G. 

 Clarke, Esq., Benwell Lodge ; and a dish of 40 kinds of seedling apples was 

 sent by M. Hall, Esq., Beacon Lough. (Neivcastle Courant, March 21.) 



May 1. The best auricula was Grimes's privateer; the best polyanthus, 

 Johnson's May-day ; and the best pelargonium, Mary Queen of Scots. Very 

 fine apples were shown from the crop of the preceding year. (Ibid., May 9.) 



May 29. This show was principally for tulips, fruits, and vegetables. 

 Among the latter were some Egyptian kidney potatoes, and some peas, both 

 grown in the open ground. (Ibid, June 6.) 



July 3. There were 30 varieties of Calceolaria exhibited, from the garden 

 of the Rev. R. H. Brandling, Gosforth, and some beautiful seedling pansies, 

 from the garden of Mrs, Smart, Heworth. The orange tree exhibited by 

 J. G. Clarke, Esq., was myrtle-leaved, and the most splendid specimen ever 

 seen in this neighbourhood, there being above 100 fruits upon it. The flowers 

 were also very splendid; but, owing to the lateness of the season, which the 

 gardeners say is full three weeks later than last year, there was only one dish 

 of strawberries and one dish of cherries. (Ibid., July 11.) 



Aug. 21. Wilson's variegated seedling cabbage was the most remarkable of 

 the vegetables ; and three seedling peaches, of the most delicious flavour, from 

 the garden of Mrs. Bewicke of Close House, and two pots of grapes, on the 



