SttffblJc, Surrey, Sussex. 705 



The tulips were very fine, and the nurserymen who won prizes for them were, 

 Mr. Hardland, Messrs. Lake and Evans, and Mr. Young. {Dorset County 

 Chronicle and Somersetshire Gazette, May 28.) 



Glastonbury Horticultural and Floral Society. — Sept. The dahlias and asters 

 were exceedingly fine, especially those fi'om the nurseries of Giddings and Rees of 

 Wells, Hammond and Stephens of Taunton, and Lake and Evans of Bridge- 

 water. We observed some very fine oranges and lemons from the gardens of 

 W, P. Jillard, Esq., of Oakhill ; and the pines from the same gardens, and those 

 from the gardens of Lee Lee, Esq., M. P., and Mrs. Strangways of Shapwick, 

 were particularly fine. {Sherborne Journal, Sept. 10.) 



Suffolk. — Bury Horticultural Society. Julyl. The show of flowers and 

 fruits was excellent, particularly those sent by the cottagers, Mr. Girling of 

 Stow Market, exhibited seventy-two varieties of roses; and Mr. Middleditch 

 showed cucumbers 20 in. long. {Bury and Norwich Post, July 15.) 



Sept. 25. The dahlias and the fruits were fine, but the competition for the 

 prizes for vegetables was not so great as we have seen. The cottagers' tables 

 were well covered ; and were remarkable for a quantity of honey obtained 

 by deprivation. One cottager in particular (Ashman), to whom a reward of 

 10^. was given, has obtained from one swarm of bees, purchased in May, 1834, 

 forty-six pounds of fine honey, and three excellent stocks of bees, worth about 

 6/. {Ibid., Sept. 30.) 



Stow Market Horticultural Society. — Sept. 22. This was the first meeting 

 of this Society, and there was an excellent display. {Ibid.) 



Beccles Horticultural Meeting. — July 3. Mr. R. Thornton sent a large stand 

 of pelargoniums and calceolarias, which did credit to his gardener, Mr. H. Gill; 

 Mr. Bircham's (florist) collection of 100 sorts of roses was much admired : 

 Mr. Gill (nurseryman) sent some rare and new roses ; Messrs. Fenn and 

 Laws (nurserymen, who decline receiving prizes), 43 pots of calceolarias, and 

 other green-house plants, &c. From some unknown reason, the fruit table 

 was not so well furnished as we expected : the vegetables were very fine ; and 

 what gave us great pleasure was the cottagers' table, whose vegetables i-ivalled 

 the subscribers'; 25 prizes were awarded them, {Ipsmich Journal, July 11,) 



Surrey, — The South London Horticultural Society, established in 1834 as 

 the East Surrey Floricultural Society, is, we understand, in a prosperous state. 

 Their summer shows are to be held in the Surrey Zoological Gardens; and they 

 intend to have meetings, lectures, library, and various other requisites. The 

 list of subscribers comprises nearly all the first florists about London. 



Oct. 27, A lecture was delivered by Charles Johnson, Esq., professor of 

 botany at Guy's Hospital, &c,, and specimens of plants, and other productions 

 interesting to floriculture, were exhibited. 



Sussex. — Newich Horticultural Society. Sept. 10. We noticed a fine col- 

 lection of plants and heaths in pots, and a hundred varieties of dahlias, ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Cameron of Uckfield ; Mr. Mitchell of Pilt Down exhibited a 

 splendid collection of the choicest dahlias, and good specimens of China and Ger- 

 man asters ; Mr. Pierce of Pilt Down, some fine African marigolds and Indian 

 pinks ; Mr. Mantell of Newick, a stand of beautiful seedling dahlias, including 

 several blooms of the purple seedling which obtained a prize at the last meet- 

 ing of the Metropolitan Society of Florists, and was named in compliment to 

 the patroness of the Newick Society, the Countess of Sheffield, Mr. Read, 

 Earl of Abergavenny's gardener, exhibited a splendid collection of dahlias, com- 

 prising nearly 150 distinct varieties, and a fine specimen of the bottle gourd, 

 which, from its novelty, excited considerable attention. We also noticed a hive 

 of honey from the improved cottage-hive, presented by J, Hurdis, Esq., New- 

 ick ; to whom also the Society is indebted for a beautiful drawing, in aid of the 

 cottagers' fund. One of the great attractions of this meeting was the display 

 of dahlias for the sweepstakes. The cottagers' productions were so excellent, 

 that a great number of extra prizes were awarded ; those cottagers who did not 

 obtain prizes received each one shilling, and all a ticket of admission to the 

 exhibition, {Sussex Advertiser, Sept. 21.) 

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