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charge, and, above all, the names of the growers. But, in order that refer- 

 ences to the youths for this sort of information might not, by its repetition, 

 become irksome to them, let every dish of fruit, or vase of flowers, be labelled, 

 the label being inscribed in a legible hand, with its name, and also the name of 

 the grower. 



Better arrangements must be made next time to receive the Governor. In 

 order to this, the doors should not be opened until His Excellency's arrival, 

 and the Governor and suite should enter first. And on his entrance, the 

 president, managers, and youthful stewards, with their ribands at their breasts, 

 and their wands of office, should all be arranged in due order to receive him. 

 When the Governor and suite had all passed into the room, then let the 

 public follow. The Governor would be able to make his inspection before 

 the room got too full, and thus might leave without being incommoded. The 

 band should strike up " God save the King," on His Excellency's entering 

 the room, and " Rule Britannia" on his leaving. If the Governor do attend 

 these meetings, let His Excellency be received with the state and dignity be- 

 coming the Queen's representative, and also becoming a people attached from 

 centuries back to the pomp of monarchy. 



The band playing lively and pathetic airs ever and anon, during the show, 

 had an excellent effect. It was out of no disrespect to the Governor, that 

 his entre and exit at the late show was so private. Many did not know he 

 had been there, until he was gone. The real fact is, the Society has out- 

 grown its management. The managers were not prepared to govern its 

 gigantic growth and sudden expansion in the way which they required. 



The following are the prizes which were awarded: — 



Fruit. Grapes: The best sample of wine grapes, W. Lawson, sen. Esq.; 

 2d ditto, Mr. J. Kenyon ; 3d ditto, Mr. R. Henderson : the best sample of 

 table grapes, Sir John Jamison ; 2d ditto, Mr. Andrew Lang ; 3d ditto, W. 

 Lawson, sen., Esq. ; 4th ditto, Charles Marsden, Esq. ; 5th ditto, Mr. J. 

 Rickards. Pine-Apples: Mr. S. Levien. Apples: Ribston pippin, Mr. J. 

 Kenyon ; strawberry apple, W. C. Wentworth, Esq. ; cider apple, Mr. J. 

 Kenyon ; baking (Mobb's royal), Mr. J. Kenyon. Peaches : Late Newington, 

 Mr. Bellamy. Pears: Swan's egg, W. C. Wentworth, Esq.; bergamotte, 

 Mr. Bellamy ; baking (shepherd), Mr. Bellamy. Plums: Greengage, Mr. J. 

 Kenyon. Figs: Mr. E. H. Statham. Pomegranates : A. B. Spark, Esq. 



Flowers : The best dahlia, Mr. H. S. Green ; 2d ditto, Miss Jane Shepherd; 

 3d ditto, Mr. Brown ; Agapanthus umbellatus, Mr. Robert Henderson ; 

 Brunsvigia Josephine, Mr. Robert Henderson ; Amaryllis reginse, Amateur; 

 6'olchicum autumnale, Mr. H. S. Green ; Tiger lily, Mr. M'Knight ; Crocus, 

 Mr. Henderson ; Passion flower and Heliotropium, Mr. Henderson. Herba- 

 ceous: Arctotis, A. B. Spark, Esq.; Adam's needle, A. B. Spark, Esq. 

 Shrubs: Fuchsia, Mr. Thomas George Henderson; Tacsonia pinnatistipula, 

 Thomas Smith, Esq. ; Passiflora Loddigesk, Amateur; Bigndma radicans, 

 Mr. R. Henderson. Annuals : Double balsam, Mr. Baptist ; sweet basil, 

 Mr. M'Knight. 



Vegetables: Potatoes (pink-eyed), rhubarb, asparagus, celery, garlic, 

 broccoli, and tomatoes, Mr. Baptist ; cucumbers, salad,'.turnips, beet-root, cab- 

 bages, Scotch kale, leeks, peas, Mr. M'Knight; potatoes (kidney), carrots, 

 kidneybeans, silver onions, Mr. Brown ; pumpkins, Mrs. Shepherd ; water 

 melons, W. Lawson, Esq. 



Judges : Messrs. Anderson, Oliver, and R. Driver. 



The band of the 50th was in attendance, by permission of His Excellency 

 the commander of the forces, to whom the Society is much indebted for this 

 mark of attention to the amusement of the public ; for the Society is, although 

 scarcely a year old, become a public institution of the most popular kind, 

 98 gentlemen having added their names on Wednesday as subscribers. The 

 value of the prizes distributed was 30/. 



" It has been remarked, and we cannot account for the fact, that Alexander 

 M'Leay, Esq., a member of the Linnsean Society, has given no countenance 



