Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, fyc. 675 



Royal Berks Horticultural Society. — The first show was held June 24. ; 

 when the following cottagers received premiums : — Joseph Gearing of Wal- 

 lingford, the annual premium of 51., given by Her Royal Highness the Duchess 

 of Kent. Simon Pitson of Nuneham, the premium of 21. 2s., given by W. 

 S. Blackstone, Esq., M.P. William Granger of Wallingford, the premium of 

 11. Is., given by Miss Blackstone. Thomas Mills of Nuneham, the premium 

 of 1/. Is., given by John Marshall, Esq. Joseph Granger of Wallingford, 

 the premium of 11. \s., given by E. H. Payne, Esq. John Granger of Wal- 

 lingford, the premium of 1/. Is., given by W. Cooke, Esq. (Jackson's Oxford 

 Journal, June 1., 1839.) 



Reading Horticultural Society. — The show on July 24. was less striking 

 than on former occasions. 



Buckinghamshire. — Buckingham Domestic Horticultural Society. — Au- 

 gust 13. See Gard. Gaz., 1839, p. 600. 



Aylesbury Floral and Horticidtural Society. — See Ibid., p. 839. 



Cambridgeshire. — Bourn Grand Dahlia Shoiu. — Sept. 17. 1838. See 

 Ibid., 1839, p. 76. 



Cambridgeshire Horticultural Society. — March 27. See Ibid., p. 236. — 

 July 24. Ibid., p. 501. 



Wisbeach Horticultural Society. — May 31. See Ibid., p. 389. 



Cambridge Amateur Florists' Society. — Sept. 17. See Ibid., p. 629. 



Cheshire. — Stayley Bridge Tulip Exhibition. See Ibid., p. 412. 



Altringham Floral and Horticultural Society. — June 6. See Ibid., p. 397. 



Cornwall. — Royal Horticultural Society. — The exhibition of May 28. 

 was held in the National Schoolroom at Redruth for the first time, to the 

 high gratification of the inhabitants of the locality. Mr. W. Tweedie, Esq., 

 addressed the company, noticing the very great improvement that had taken 

 place in the horticulture of Cornwall since the establishment of the Society, 

 and directing attention to many rare plants in the present exhibition. He 

 also referred to a letter received from Dr. Wallich by Sir Charles Lemon, 

 stating that the doctor had forwarded from India a box of growing plants, ad- 

 dressed to the Society; and requesting that the box might be sent back to him, 

 replenished with plants of South American or West Indian origin. ( West Bri- 

 ton and Cornwall Advertiser, May 31.) 



July 16. Notice was taken of the great good effected by the cottage garden 

 societies of Cornwall ; which, it appears, are cooperating with the Cornwall 

 Royal Horticultural Society so effectually, that many of the premiums for cu- 

 linary vegetables and flowers, formerly exclusively awarded to professional 

 gardeners, are now carried off by cottagers. (Ibid., July 19.) 



Cumberland. — Penrith Floral and Horticultural Society. — Sept. 7. 1838. 

 See Gard. Gaz., 1838, p. 765. 



Carlisle Floral and Horticidtural Society. — Oct. 2. See Ibid., p. 837. 

 Whitehaven Horticultural Society. — At the meeting of May 9., prizes were 

 awarded for auriculas, polyanthuses, and various other florist's flowers, showy 

 or rare plants, and culinary vegetables. A quantity of rhubarb, sea-kale; aspa- 

 ragus, and tulips were brought from Mr. Williamson Peile's garden in 

 Countess Pit, in Parton Colliery, at the depth of 85 fathoms, and at a tem- 

 perature of 66°. The rhubarb was planted on the 12th ult., the sea-kale on 

 the 26th, and a prize was awarded to each. (Cumberland Packet, May 14.) 



Aug. 22. A model of St. James's Church, constructed of everlastings, 

 was exhibited by Mr. Robert Elliot, gardener at Rose Hill, and was very 

 much admired. 



Sept. 26. Specimens of grass, corn, radishes, &c, grown by Mr. Stock- 

 dale of Cark, in the sand of Morecambe Bay, were shown in this room, and 

 attracted a good deal of notice. The gi'ass was of great length ; and a tall, 

 strong, and heavy-laden bean-stalk towered nobly in the centre of the smaller 

 curiosities which surrounded it. We heard a gardener remark that the 

 radish shown in this group of singular vegetable productions was as fine a 

 root as he would wish to behold ; and a respectable corn-dealer remarked 



