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im ornamental plant, it can well be dispensed with for the future. We 
were surprised to see no exhibition of the Guana, which really is not a 
bad fruit, even to English taste ; and has besides the merit of being very 
ornamental; let us hope prizes will be given for this specially another 
season, by way of bringing it into notice. Mr. Tillyard had a nice 
basket of the American Cranberry, a useful fruit in many ways, and 
deserving of more patronage. While on this head we may ask, why 
cannot we have American Blackberries, of which we hear there are 
delicious varieties over the Atlantic ? What is Mr. Rivers about, that 
he does not introduce them ? 
The following is a short account of the more important subjects of 
exhibition. In the class of Pears, consisting of dishes of Seckel, Winter 
Nelis, Glou Morceau, Beurre Diel, Knight’s Monarch, Passe Colmar, 
Easter Beurre, and Beurre Ranee, there were several highly interesting 
exhibitions. The best was furnished by Mr. Ingram, gardener to Her 
Majesty at Frogmore. Seckel in this collection from a north wall was 
very good ; Winter Nelis from the same aspect was well coloured ; 
Knight’s Monarch from a west wall was unusually large ; Beurre 
Ranee from a north-east wall was large and beautifully covered with 
russet; Beurre Diel, from a similar aspect, was also well coloured and 
covered with russet; Glou Morceau was large and fine ; they came 
from a west wall, as did also Passe Colmar. All were ripe and fit for 
table, even Easter Beurre and Beurre Ranee. Another excellent lot 
came from Mr. Cox, gardener to W. Wells, Esq., of Redleaf. In this 
group Seckel was good, but not so well coloured as that from Frogmore ; 
Winter Nelis was very large, and there were also fair specimens of 
Beurre Ranee, Of Scotch fruit the best was furnished from 
Falkirk by Mr. Carmichael, gardener to the Countess of Dunmore. 
Seckel in this collection was larger and better coloured than any in the 
Hall; the other varieties were however smaller than the same kinds 
grown in a more southern climate. Mr. Parke, gardener at Retford, 
sent a very good collection with the exception of Seckel, which was 
miserably small and imperfect; it was however disqualified on account 
of its containing Beurre Diel, falsely named Knight’s Monarch. 
In the class of dessert Pears, any six sorts except the above, Mr. 
Ingram, gardener to Her Majesty at Frogmore, again carried off the 
first prize. He had Maria Louise large and fine from a south wall 
from which he has been gathering for these last two months ; Van Mons 
Leon le Clerc very fine from a west wall; Chaumontel very highly 
coloured; Ne Plus Meuris ripe from a south wall, large for the sort 
and better shaped than usual; Beurre d’Aremberg smooth and excel¬ 
lent from a north-east wall ; and Vicar of Winkfield, fine specimens, 
and quite ripe. Mr. Tillyard, gardener to Viscount Eversley at Heck- 
field, had the next best lot in this class. It contained handsome fruit 
of Josephine de Malines, Beurre de Beaumont, Vicar of Winkfield, 
and Ne Plus Meuris. Mr. Allport, gardener to H. Akroyd, Esq, 
Doddington Park, near Nantwich, sent Marie Louise, Beurre Bose, 
Beurre d’Aremberg, Ne Plus Meuris, Crassane, and Hacon’s Incom¬ 
parable, all fine fruit for that part of Cheshire. Of Duchesse d’Angou- 
leme, the heaviest in fours, Mr. Hally, of Blackheath, had beautiful 
