SOCIETIES.— HORTICULTURE, ETC. 671 
III.— SOCIETIES, 
CONNECTED WITH HORTICULTURE AND NATURAL HISTORY. 
STIRLING HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Third meeting was held in the Saracen's Head, Inn, Stirling, on Tuesday 12th of June, 
when there was an excellent assortment of plants, fruit and vegetables, besides the usual prices 
an extra one was offered by the Treasurer, to the person, whether a member of this Society or 
not, who would produce at this meeting, the best model of a Moss-house of his own construc- 
tion, and not exceeding two feet high. A spirited competition took place, when the judges 
after a most minute inspection, decided in favour of William Wilkie, apprentice gardener at 
Keir. It is hoped this subject of designing will not be lost sight of. 
TAUNTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The second meeting for this year, took place at the Assembly Rooms, Taunton, on Friday, 
June 15. The fruits, vsgetables, and flowers were very excellent, and the attendance of re- 
spectable company very numerous. 
LANCASTER FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The second show was much better fl)an it was generally expected. The floweis though few 
in number were fine, the fi-uits were good also, particularly the grapes and strawberries. On 
the vegetable tables, lay a bunch of Rhubarb, consisting of eight stalks, which weighed 131b. 
The circumference of one of the stalks was nine inches. 
NORFOLK AND. NORWICH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The third meeting held at the Corn Exchange, Nonvich, on Wednesday June 13th, was nu- 
merously attended. The shew of Cactus's, Ranunculuses, and other flowers, was extremely 
beautiful, the exhibition of fruit was very limited, but there was a good supply of vegetables. 
After the shew between fifty and sixty members sat down together to an excellent dinner. In 
the course of the evening the Secretary stated that the Society was most flourishing and daily 
increasing in numbers, there being now between six and seven hundred members. 
DEVON AND EXETER BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The tenth exhibition took place in the city of Exeter on Thursday, June 7. The room pre- 
sented one dense mass of the rank and fashion of the neighbourhood. The room also presented 
adis|lay of Fioricultural productions as gorgeous as to set rivalry at defiance. There were 
also some excellent fruits and vegetables. A succession of company continued to crowd the 
room to the time of its closing, and the receipts exceeded by many pounds that of any previous 
exhibition. 
OXFORD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The first exhibition for the present year was held on Thursday, April 26th, and the second 
on May 28th; both of which were very good, and appeared to create much interest: much res- 
pectable company was in attendimce, and the whole seemed to augur, that this will be a very 
flourishing Society. 
IV.— MONTHLY HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR, 
FOR AUGUST. 
This month; with a few exceptions, is much more dry than the preceding, with at the same 
time but little diminution of heat. During the past month we have expeeienced much cold 
weather, but we have not observed that vegetation has sustained any material injiu'y, except 
that insects have rather gained ground ; this year they«re exceedingly numerous, which may 
