710 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



lately established, principally through the influence and exertions of Mr. Slater, 

 nurseryman at Malton ; and we sincerely wish it success. The show was an 

 excellent one, and the specimens exhibited were very much admired. (York 

 Herald, May 2.) 



The Channel Islands. — Guernsey Horticultural Society. — April 30. The 

 show of plants, flowers, fruits, and vegetables was not so extensive as on for- 

 mer occasions ; but the cottagers' show of vegetable productions, such as 

 early potatoes, green peas, cabbages, asparagus, &c., was a decided improve- 

 ment on last year's exhibition. The flowers were principally annuals. (^Guern- 

 sey Star, May 4.) 



July 16. This was a brilliant exhibition. A dwarf vine with ripe fruit, a plate 

 of beautiful grapes, and a fine plate of gooseberries, sent in by Mr. J. S. Brock, 

 were particularly worthy of commendation. Mr. James Barbet, sen., sent va- 

 rious yellow seedling picotees of a beautiful description ; and Mr. Wm. Mellish 

 a seedling white ground picotee. There was a plate of beautiful Turkish 

 cherries sent in by Mr. John Arnold, that would have been a credit to any 

 similar exhibition. We cannot omit noticing the exhibition of Nutt's improved 

 bee-hive, containing about 50,000 bees, that was sent by Mr. Daniel de Putron ; 

 nor can we pass over in silence the superiority of the honey produced in those 

 hives to that of the old cottage hives. The specimens produced on that oc- 

 casion from both formed a most striking and perfect contrast to each other, 

 not only in appearance, but especially with respect to the quality. The carna- 

 tions, picotees, calceolarias, &c., were very fine ; as were the fruits and ve- 

 getables. Among the fruits were ripe apples of 1835, and apples kept from 

 ISSi, on the same dish. (Guernsey Comet, July 20.) 



Oct. 8. The show of flowers, fruits, and vegetables was remarkably fine. 

 We noticed a gigantic yucca, from T. Carej', Esq., of Rozel ; a very beautiful 

 seedling from the Schizanthus pinnatus, belonging to Sir T. de Saumarez ; a 

 collection of dahlias, by Mr. R. Luff j a seedling do., and a royal pearmain 

 apple, by Mr. James Barbet, sen. ; plate of medlars, by Thomas Carey, Esq. 

 (Rozel) ; a plate of golden drop plums, by Mrs. du Feu ; and six remarkably 

 fine pears (the Duchesse d'Angouleme), the property of John S. Brock, Esq., 

 the largest of which weighed 29^ oz., and the others not less than 20 oz. each. 

 A fine plate of Travers apples, gathered in 1834, by Harry Dobree, Esq., ex- 

 cited universal admiration on account of their fine state of preservation, they 

 looking as fresh as if they had been gathered this season. (Ibid., Oct. 12.) 



The Agricultwal and Horticultural Society of Jersey. — April 22. The room 

 displayed a most beautiful collection of exotic plants and flowers, arranged 

 with the utmost taste by Mr. Hodges and Mr. Saunders. Among the exhi- 

 bitions were splendid collections from the green-houses of Messrs. Robin, Du- 

 pre, Duhamel, De Quetteville, Simonet Cuming, Hodges, John Benest, &c. ; 

 and the nurserymen, Messrs. Saunders, Peter and Rene Langelier. Eight 

 lemons, from Mr. Lempriere (de Rozel), were very much praised ; as were 

 six oranges and a dish of strawberries, and some well-grown kidneybeans, from 

 the houses of Mr. Poingdestre of Grainville House. The winter apples ex- 

 hibited by Mr. James Hammond were particularly good ; and this gentleman 

 and Mr. Duhamel exhibited very fine bundles of asparagus, though the ve- 

 getables generally were by no means good. There were only three cottagers 

 who gained prizes. (Jersey Times, April 24.) 



Sept. 2. On this occasion we were glad to notice one prominent improve- 

 ment, namely; the extent and excellence of the cottagers' exhibition. Indeed 

 such has been the effect of the Society's patronage, that the products exhibited 

 by the cottagers excelled in many particulars those of the gentry. 



At the dinner which followed the exhibition. Col. Le Couteur, in rising to 

 propose a toast, observed : — " The Agricultural and Horticultural Societies 

 now spr(!ad over the country were very numerous and flourishing ; but it was 

 never to be forgotten that they had all emanated from one parent stock. The 

 London Society had, in fact, given birth to all the others, and merited on their 

 part that filial respect which was due from the offspring to the parent. He 



