676 Provincial Horticultural Societies ; — 



that the specimen of Morecambe Bay wheat was the best he had seen this 

 year. We ought not to conclude these remarks without stating that Mr. Ro- 

 bert Elliot, gardener at Rosehill, who has frequently shown ingenious pieces of 

 floral architecture at the exhibitions of the Society, this day produced a neat 

 model of a flower-garden, after a plan much in fashion at present at horticul- 

 tural shows. A board, about 30 in. by 18 in., was covered by a thin layer of 

 green moss, upon which flower beds were laid out, after a very tasteful design. 

 Small flowers were carefully inserted in the beds, completely covering the 

 sand of which the beds were composed, and contrasting prettily with the sur- 

 rounding moss. In the centre of the model a small pond was placed, con- 

 taining a miniature group of rocks. Mr. Elliot's model bore marks of being 

 hastily formed, but was much admired; and the plan certainly embodies great 

 capabilities for the exhibition of the smaller kinds of flowers. The judges 

 awarded Mr. Elliot an extra prize for his model. Taken as a whole, this 

 show afforded a convincing proof that the taste for floriculture is increasing 

 in this locality. ( Whitehaven Herald, Sept. 28.) 



Workington Floral and Horticultural Society. — Sept. 24. Richard Watts, 

 Esq., of Clifton House, though not a competitor, showed a very kindly feel- 

 ing to the infant Society by contributing largely in flowers and plants to the 

 decorative department ; and amongst other articles which attracted much at- 

 tention was a very pretty model of a flower-garden. ( Whitehaven Herald, 

 Sept. 28.) 



Derbyshire. — Derby Tulip Show. See Gard. Gaz., 1839, p. 454. 



Ashbourn Floral and Horticultural Society. — Spring show. See Ibid., 

 p. 427. 



Devonshire. — Devon and Exeter Botanical and Horticultural Society. — 

 The annual general meeting of this Society was held on Jan. 18., James Went- 

 worth Buller, Esq., in the chair. The report of the committee stated an 

 increase in the number of prizes during the last year, by which the progress of 

 horticulture in this district has been materially improved, particularly the pro- 

 duction of useful vegetables; and the rewards given for cottage gardening have 

 been productive of the most beneficial effects, in creating industry and a sense 

 of independence among the cottagers themselves. The rapidly increasing 

 taste for rare exotic plants and flowers is becoming of importance in a com- 

 mercial point of view, and the exhibitions in Exeter in the last year have 

 surpassed those of all former occasions. The secretary presented an article 

 on the cultivation of the pine-apple, contributed by Mr. Glendinning, gardener 

 to the venerable Lord Rolle, now in his 89th year, at Bicton, which, he stated, 

 contained much important and valuable information on the treatment of this 

 fruit ; adding that he could strongly recommend the adoption of this mode of 

 culture, which was founded on scientific principles, and would, if made known 

 to the public generally, prove an important desideratum in this department of 

 horticulture. It was unanimously resolved, that the silver medal of the 

 London Horticultural Society be presented to Mr. Glendinning, together with 

 the best thanks of the Society, and that he be requested to publish the same 

 [see our review of this work, p. 277.], and dedicate it to the Society. {Exeter 

 Flying Post, Jan. 19.) 



Sept. 27. See Gard. Gaz., p. 660. 



Tavistock and West Devon Agricultural and Horticultural Society. — At the 

 first annual meeting, September 12, premiums were given for various agricul- 

 tural and horticultural objects, among which were included pigs, poultry, 

 rabbits, and other articles reared by cottagers. {Plymouth Weekly Journal, 

 Sept. 19.) 



Devon and Cornwall Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society. — May 

 23. The cottagers' tables were amply stored with the productions usually 

 displayed by them, and many prizes were awarded to this class. Mr. Corbet's 

 plan of heating hot-houses by water circulated in open tubes was spoken of 

 with approbation. ( Plymouth and Devonport Herald, May 25.) 



