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The second exhibition for the season took place at Devonport, on July 23. 

 when the show of plants, flowers, and fruit greatly surpassed that of any pre- 

 vious exhibition in this town. The company, also, was numerous and highly 

 respectable. Mr. William Rendle, Union Road, Plymouth, as usual, con- 

 tributed largely to the display of flowers on the occasion. His collection of 

 fuchsias was particularly noticed, and was very fine ; amongst them were 

 specimens of Standishw and Devonia, two excellent new varieties. {Devo?iport 

 Independent, July 25.) 



The twenty-ninth exhibition of the above Society took place at Plymouth, 

 Sept. 10., and was numerously and fashionably attended. More than usual 

 exertions had evidently been made to render the occasion splendid ; and we 

 must give the Committee of Management great credit for their admirable 

 arrangements. To attempt a full description of the plants and flowers in this 

 exhibition would be useless ; suffice it that, for its brilliant and diversified 

 character, the scene was never equalled by any previous one of the kind in 

 this neighbourhood. The fruit tables " groaned " under the weight of their 

 delicious burden ; as a whole, we never saw this branch of the exhibition 

 surpassed in the West of England. Of the vegetable productions, all of 

 which were excellent, there was the great curiosity of a pumpkin, grown by 

 Mr. Samuel Ellis of Fleet, from a seed taken out of the wreck of the Royal 

 George; it weighed, we should think, about 10 lb., and was an object of 

 general remark, from the peculiarity of its origin. The cottagers' productions 

 were more than usually fine, and the following is a list of premiums awarded : 

 — Apples, the best dish of sorts, 5^., J. T. Addicott, Millbrook ; second best 

 ditto, 4>s., John Courtis, Ford Park, Stoke. Pears, the best dish of, 4j., 

 W. Fiddick ; second best ditto, 3s., J. T. Addicott. Plums, best dish of six, 

 3s. 6d., J. T. Addicott ; second best ditto, 2s. Qd., John Keast, St. Stephens ; 

 third best ditto, 4s. 6^., J. Dingle, St. Stephens. China Asters, the best col- 

 lection of, 5s., J. Chapman, Saltash ; second best ditto, 4s., Thomas Dennis, 

 Saltash ; third best ditto, 3s., J. Dingle. Hollyhocks, best collection of, 3s. Qd., 

 Thomas Dennis ; second best ditto, 2s. Qd., J. T., Addicott. Roses, best 

 bouquet of, 3s. Qd., J. Smith, Plymstock ; second best ditto, 2s. Qd., J. T. 

 Addicott. Hardy annuals, best collection of named, 4s., John Chapman ; 

 second best ditto, 3s., Thomas Dennis ; third best ditto, 2s., J. Davies. Stocks, 

 the best bouquet of, 3s. 6c?., J. Chapman ; second best ditto, 2s. 6^., John 

 Davies. Marigolds, French and African, best collection of, 2s. Qd., J. Chap- 

 man. Vegetables, best basket of sorts, 10s., John Smith ; second best ditto, 

 7s., Thomas Dennis ; third best ditto, 5s., J. Chapman ; fourth best ditto, 

 3s. Qd., J. Davies. Peas, the best dish of, 4s., J. Chapman ; second best ditto, 

 3s., John Dingle. Scarlet runners, best dish of, 4s., John Davies. Dwarf 

 kidneybeans, best dish of, 3s., John Smith. Onions, the best dish of, 4s. Qd., 

 John Chapman ; second best ditto, 3s., John Dingle. Potatoes, the best 

 sample of, 4s., John Keast, St. Stephens. Sweet herbs, the best collection of 

 named, 2s. Qd., J. Davies. 



Prizes for Personal Merit. First ^division : 1st prize, to the cottager or 

 labourer with small weekly wages, who has reared the largest family in habits 

 of industry, without parochial assistance, 1/. 10s., W.Hancock, St. Stephens ; 

 2d prize, ditto, the second largest family, &c., II., John Keast, St. Stephens ; 

 3d prize, ditto, the third largest family, &c., 10s., W. Fiddick, Millbrook. 

 Second division : 1st prize, to the cottager or labourer, with small weekly 

 wages, who cultivates his garden in a superior manner, the interior of whose 

 cottage displays the greatest neatness and economy, and whose children are 

 educated in habits of industry and sobriety, \l , John Keast ; 2d prize, ditto, 

 in the second best manner, &c., 15s., Thomas Hearle, Knackersknowie ; 

 3d prize, ditto, in the third best manner, &c., 15s., Mr. Smith, Plymouth. 

 Third division : 1st prize, to the servant in the rural district, who has remained 

 the largest number of years in the service of the same master or mistress, 

 and whose conduct has been exemplary, 1/., W. Hancock ; 2d prize, ditto, the 



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