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good. At three o'clock, R. Dennison, Esq, of Kilnwick Priory, addressed the 

 company, and, after enumerating the objects of the meeting, &c., observed in 

 conclusion, that he had bought a new green-house, and thought, to prevent it 

 decaying, he would put it in Kyan's tank; to obviate danger arising from the 

 corrosive sublimate, he got the boards covered 8 in. with gravel ; the use of 

 the composition was likely, however, to be very detrimental to plants, for he 

 was only just in time to save his heaths and calceolarias from being killed. 

 He met with a person the other day who told him a mode of kiUing the wire- 

 worm, and they knew what mischief these things did, especially in carnation 

 beds ; they knew that mustard seed sowed in beds would kill them, but this 

 person said that the refuse sold at the mustard mill would effectually do it. 

 He mentioned these things for their information, for he thought a president 

 ought to make every thing beneficial known to those he addressed (Hull Ad- 

 vertiser, June 15.) 



Sept. 5. The assembly-room and marquee were very elegantly decorated 

 with festoons of evergeens and flowers, &c. At the south end of the room, 

 immediately above the principal entrance, was a design in coloured lamps, con- 

 sisting of a crown in the centre, having on either side the initial letters 

 " V. E..," with stars. Over the door communicating from the marquee to 

 the room, the words " Success to the Society" were very tastefully worked 

 in flowers of ditterent kinds. At the north end of the marquee was dis- 

 played alarge star, composed of a variety of floral productions. The station 

 assigned to the president was surmounted by the royal arms of England, 

 with a crown worked in flowers, consisting of double featherfew, phloxes, 

 dahlias, and African marigolds. 



The collection of plants, flowers, fruit, &c., was considered by competent 

 judges, to be superior to that exhibited at any former show. The dahlias, 

 especialljs were of the most splendid description, and in almost endless va- 

 riety. Our attention was particularly attracted by a very elegant design, 

 consisting of a classic temple, composed of evergreens and flowers most 

 tastefully arranged, sent by Mr. R. Harrison, gai'dener to E. H. Reynard, 

 Esq. There were also exhibited some very fine specimens of stove and 

 green-house plants. Among these were a Loasa lateritia, from the garden 

 of R. Bethell, Esq., M.P. ; iychnis 'Bnngedna, bearing nearly 100 flowers, 

 also from the garden of iMr. Bethell; Pentstemon gentianoides, from W. 

 Marshall, Esq. of South Cave ; Manettia glabra, from the garden of R. F. 

 Shawe, Esq., of Brantinghamthorpe ; and a number of very beautiful ericas, 

 from the same gentleman. Several very handsome verbenas attracted a 

 good deal of attention. A collection of cut flowers, from the Botanic Gar- 

 den at this place, furnished by Mr. Smith, the curator, was greatly admired. 



The following is a list of the various species of dahlias exhibited : — White, 

 Bride of Abydos, King of the Whites ; Rose, Widnall's perfection ; Maroon, 

 Suffolk hero, rival Sussex ; Yellow, Girling'sl topaz ; Primrose, Sulphurea 

 elegans. Dray's goldfinden ; Dark Crimson, Springfield rival ; Light Crimson, 

 Marquess of Lothian ; Dark Purple, Ne plus ultra, S. purple perfection ; 

 Light Purple, Sir Henry Fletcher ; Ruby, Girling's ruby ; Red, Simmond's 

 alpha, paragon of perfection ; Scarlet, Lord Lyndhurst ; Orange, Sir Walter 

 Scott; Salmon, Etonia; Striped, Lady Dartmouth, giraffe, Hon. Mrs. Harris; 

 Spotted, Dod's Mary ; Dark Lilac, lilac perfection ; Light Lilac, Widnall's 

 Sylvia, Plaistone rose; Globes, crimson globe ; Anemone, flowered ; Painted 

 Lady, Widnall's comet. The first pan of twelve dahlias consisted of W. Ne 

 plus ultra, Suffolk hero, Quibb's purple perfection, W. Duke of Devonshire, 

 W. Lady Dartmouth, Dod's Mary, Girling's ruby. Marquess of Lothian, rival 

 Sussex, W. Rienzi, beauty of Kingscole, and Foster's Eva. The second 

 pan of twelve dahlias included, W. Ne plus extra, Ansell's unique, Oxoni- 

 ensis. Marquess of Lothian, Suffolk hero, Widnall's perfection, Sir Henry 

 Fletcher, Springfield's rival, conqueror of Europe, rival Sussex, and Dod's 

 Mary. The third pan of twelve dahlias consisted of Dod's Mary, Hon. 

 Mrs. Harris, metropolitan perfection. Sir Walter Scott, rival Sussex, Sim- 



