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Lord Clifton, fine, Janies Taylor (ex. ex.), Mars, very fine, a good Ajax and 
Clipper, a new S.F. extra. Taken altogether, this was a fine stand of flowers, well- 
grown, well-preserved, and excellently set up. Mr. Douglas had Mr. Hextall, E.F., Earl of 
Wilton, Isaac Wilkinson, Lose of Stapleford, Sportsman, Lord Rancliffe, Earl of Stamford, 
Rifleman, James Merryweather, Dreadnought, John Bayley, and Lord Lewisham. Mr. Hines 
was third, with Mayor of Nottingham, Sybil, Lord Rancliffe, Sarah Payne (extra), Superb, 
Guardsman, Falconbridge, James Merryweather, Rainbow, Sir H. Havelock, Count Pauline, 
and Marshal Ney. In the Open class for Picotees the same competitors appeared, the awards 
going in the same order, except that Mr. Buxton’s Picotees beat those of Mr. Hines. Mr. 
Turner’s flowers were Rival Purple, Miss Frowd, Miss Wood, Princess of Wales, Mrs. All¬ 
croft, Cynthia, Mrs. Niven, Mrs. Bower, Mrs. Summers, Mrs. Gibbons, Ethel, and Miss Small. 
Mr. Douglas had Mrs. Fordham, Norfolk Beauty, Mrs. Keynes, J. B. Bryant, Mary, Purity, 
Juliana, Mrs. Allcroft, Ethel, Picco, Ganymede, and Princess of Wales. Mr. Buxton 
showed fine blooms of Empress Eugenie, Wm. Summers, J. B. Bryant, Mrs. Niven, 
Edith Dombrain, John Smith, Leonora, and others already enumerated. In the 
Amateurs’ class, for 12 Carnations, the first prize went to Mr. E. S. Dodwell, for John 
Keet, Sir Joseph Paxton, Mrs. Dodwell (Lord), a new and fine Rose-Flake, Falconbridge, 
Squire Meynell, James Merryweather, Admiral Curzon, E. S. Dodwell (Bower), R.F., John 
Bayley, Lord Raglan, Premier, and Eccentric Jack. Mr. Douglas was second, with Mr. Hextall, 
Isaac Wilkinson, Lord Rancliffe, Rose of Stapleford, Rifleman, Earl of Stamford, James 
Merryweather, W. Cooper, True Briton, Annihilator, Marshal Ney, and Lord Lewisham. 
Third, Mr. Catley, Bath. In the same class, for 12 Picotees, the first prize also went to Mr. E. 
S. Dodwell, for Pi’incess of Wales, MissLee,Rev. F. D. Horner, Juliana, Mary, Mrs. Summers, 
Edith Dombain, J. B. Bryant, John Smith, Alice, Minnie, and Alliance. Mr. Douglas was 
second, -with Mrs. Fordham, J. B. Bryant, Mrs, Keynes, Admiration, Norfolk Beauty, Ethel, 
Obadiah, Mary, Princess of Wales, Mrs. Hornby, Picco, and Mrs. Allcroft. Third, Mr. Catley, 
Bath. The flowers produced by Mr. Douglas were larger than those from Mr. Dodwell, 
but suffered seriously from faults of management, being distorted by the pressure of the tube 
and card, and evidently they had not had the advantage of being bloomed on a card. When 
these little matters are remedied, we venture to predict that Mr. Douglas will take high rank 
amongst the cultivators of these lovely flowers. The judges -were the Rev, F. D. Horner, of 
Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, and Mr. B. Simonite, Sheffield, assisted by Mr. Lord, Todmorden, 
and Messrs. Rudd and Bower, of Bradford. 
- She great horticultural wonder, the Grape Tree of Ten Thousand 
Clusters, better known as the Mammoth Grape Vine of Montecito, in Santa Bar¬ 
bara, California, is said to be the most celebrated natural curiosity in the world. It 
has been described as the largest and most prolific Vine the world ever produced, in ancient 
or modern times, though it must bo remembered that history furnishes instances of very 
large vines. For instance, the doors of the Cathedral of Ravenna were made out of Vine 
planks, said to have been 12 ft, long and 15 in. wide. The columns of Juno’s Temple, Meta- 
pont, and the statue of Jupiter for the city of Apollonium, were made of the wood of the 
vine; and yet, from what we can learn, none of these vines were equal in gigantic propor¬ 
tions to this great tree. In the Old World there is the noted Vine of Hampton Court, about 
200 years old, and grown under glass; yet the diameter of the body or trunk of this cele¬ 
brated English vine is only the same as the diameter of one of the main branches of the 
Montecito monster. The annual yield of the English vine is only from 1,4001b. to 2,0001b. 
of grapes, while this California tree, according to the best authorities, produced yearly from 
7,500 to 10,000 clusters, equal to over G tons, or 10,0001b. of excellent Mission Grapes. At 
a public meeting held on September 0, 1875, by the citizens of Santa Barbara, a statement of 
the history of the vine, and resolutions expressive of deep regret at its death were adopted. 
It was from 60 to 100 years old, and covered over 12,000 square feet of ground. The branches 
spread around the trunk in all directions, forming a most beautiful tree. A large dancing 
floor was erected by the Spanish under one side of it, and it is said that 3,000 people could 
be seated under its wide-spreading branches. Its trunk is immense, the largest circumference 
8 ft. from the ground being 5^ ft., so that it well merits the title of “ The Grape Tree of Ten 
Thousand Clusters.” 
- ®HE number of acres of land cultivated as Orchards^ Market Gardens^ 
Nurseries^ and Woods in Great Britain is, according to a recent Parliamentary 
return, as follows:—Orchards, 154,584; market gardens, 38,957 ; nursery 
grounds, 12,042 ; woods and coppices, 2,187,078. The counties in England whose acreage in 
orchards exceeds 20,000 are Devonshire, Herefordshire, and Somersetshire; those whoso 
