Durham, Essex^^'^c'.f Lancashire. 681 



numerous assemblage of the families of the county. The collections of roses 

 were unusually fine and splendid ; those from C. S. Chauncy, Esq., were par- 

 ticularly admired ; and from the same gardens was exhibited a very fine seed- 

 ling variety of the Bourbon rose. The fuchsias from the gardens of W. R. 

 Baker, Esq., of Bayfordbury, were the finest ever exhibited, standing 7 or 8 

 feet high, and being profusely covered with bloom. The grapes and peaches 

 from Earl Cowper's, and the pines from Viscount Melbourne's, were the most 

 prominent among the fruits. We were much gratified at witnessing the grow- 

 ing spirit of emulation among the cottagers ; their productions being of a 

 superior kind, and more numerous than we have seen at any previous exhi- 

 bition. (^Hei'ts Reformer, June 27.) 



The Autumn Show. — Sept. 9. See Gard. Gaz., 1 84.0, p, 599. 



Huntingdonshire. — Huntingdonshire Horticultural Society. — April 2%. 

 1840. See Ibid., 1840, p. 296. — July 28. See Ibid., p. 320. 



St. Neat's Horticultural Society. — May 5. See Ibid., 1840, p. 327. — 

 Aug. 4. See Ibid., p. 532. 



Kent. — Kent and Canterbury Floral and Horticultural Society. — On 

 April 2., the first exhibition this year of this Society took place at the Corn 

 Exchange in this city. The day was altogether inviting, and a very goodly 

 company was attracted. The plants belonging to Mr, Alderman Masters 

 were, as usual, splendid and numerous, alike extraordinary for their beauty as 

 for their rarity. {Canterbury .lournal, April 4.) 



On April 30., the second exhibition for this season of the above Society 

 took place at the Corn Exchange. The show fully displayed what the genial 

 weather of the last two months has effected in the garden. There was a 

 brilliant array of choice and beautiful flowers ,'^ and the company was very 

 respectable and numerous. Many of the plants even surpassed those hitherto 

 exhibited. The two grand attractions were, Mr. Masters's Rhododendron 

 arboreum, and the Rev. H. Hilton's A'\oq plicatiHs. Our attention was 

 arrested, on first entering the room, by the grandest specimen that we ever 

 beheld at any flower show, in town or country. It proved a variety of the 

 Nepal rhododendron, that had been hybridised by the species most commonly 

 cultivated, the ponticum. To describe it would be impossible, it must be seen 

 to form any idea of its grandeur and beauty. Let, however, the reader ima- 

 gine the common rhododendron grown into a tree of 10 ft. in height, and 18 ft. 

 in circumference, rising with a single stem for about 3 ft., and then gradually 

 giving out branches so as to form a symmetrical head ; but instead of the 

 blossoms, as in the garden kind, being of a pale lilac colour, they should be of 

 a bright crimson, elegantly mottled with deep brown spots, and nearly every 

 branch to be terminated with a bold cluster of flowers ; and then some idea, 

 though faint it be, maj' be formed of this superb variety. We counted more 

 than 170 heads of blossoms, and we believe there were more lurking beneath 

 " its ample pavilion of green," {Ibid., May 2.) 



On Sept. 10th, the last exhibition this season took place at the Corn Ex- 

 change, The show was attended by most of the respectable families of the 

 city and neighbourhood. There was a better collection of succulents than on 

 any previous occasion, Mr. Shepherd's and Mr, Masters's were particularly 

 fine and attractive, as also were Mr. Friend's larocheas and (Sempervivum 

 variegatum. {Ibid., Sept. 12.) 



Dover Horticidtural Society. — June 18. See Gard. Gaz., 1840, p. 409. 



Eltham Horticultural and Vloricultural Society . — July 21. See Ibid., 1840, 

 p. 479. 

 ^ Maidstone Horticidtural Society.— May 20. See Ibid., 1840, p. 343. 

 ~ West Kent Pink Society. — July 2. See Ibid., 1840, p. 440. 



Wingham Horticultural and FloricuHural Society. — Jidy 30. See Ibid,, 

 1840, p. 505.— Sept. 15. Ibid., p. 616. 



Lancashire. — Barrowford Pink Shoiu. — July 9. See Ibid., 1840, p. 458. 



Warrington Tulij) and Horticultural Show. — Spring show. See Ibid., 1S40, 

 p. 458. — Dahlia show. See Ibid., p. 664. 



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