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Melons, which were very superb, and in the highest condition. In 
this department, Mr. Dowding, gardener to Lady Clarke, again 
carried off the first gold medal, of which he was truly deserving. 
Some excellent orchideous plants in flower, specimens of Corylus 
Colurna, and large collections of miscellaneous plants, were inter¬ 
spersed, and rendered the coup d'ceil very beautiful. The Judges, 
after the most mature deliberation, disposed of the prizes as 
follows : 
The Gold Banksian Medal _1. Mr. C, Dowding, Gardener 
to Lady Clarke, for miscellaneous Fruit. 2. Mr. Redding, Gar¬ 
dener to Mrs. Marryat, F. H. S. for miscellaneous Plants. 3. Mr. 
C. Brown, F. H. S., for a collection of 100 Dahlias. 4. Mr. 
Glenny, F. H. S., for a collection of 100 Dahlias. 
The Large Silver Medal.— 1. Mr. Atlee, Gardener to T. 
Farmer, Esq., F. H. S., for Grapes. 2. Mr. R. Buck, F. H. S., of 
Blackheath, for Muscat Grapes; 3. Mr. Fletcher, Gardener to Geo. 
Smith, Esq. for a Queen Pine. 4 . Mr. William Bridden, Gardener 
to Mrs. Myddleton Biddulph, for a New Providence Pine. 5. Mr. 
J. Loudon, Gardener to Samuel Gurney, Esq., F. H. S., for green- 
fleshed Melons. 6. Mr. William Lindsay, Gardener to the Duke 
of Devonshire, F. H. S., for Gansell’s Bergamot Pears. 7. Mr. 
Jarvis, of Turnham-green, for Beurree Diel Pears. 8. Mr. Jos. 
Kirke, F. H. S., for a collection of Apples. 9. Mr. Upright, of 
Morden, for miscellaneous Plants. 10. Mr. Geo. Mills, F. H. S., 
for miscellaneous Plants. 11. Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for 
Epidendrum Cuspidatum. 12. Mr. Stephen Hooker, F. H. S., for 
China and perpetual Roses. 13. Messrs.'Rollisson, for miscellaneous 
Roses. 14. Mr. Widnall, of Cambridge, for a collection of 100 Dah¬ 
lias. 15. Mr. Gaines, of Surrey-lane, Battersea, for a collection of 
100 Dahlias. 16. Mr. C. Brown, of Slough, F. H. S., for a col¬ 
lection of 25 Dahlias. 17. Mr. Widnall, of Cambridge, for a col¬ 
lection of 25 Dahlias. 
The Silver Banksian Medal _1. Mr. Clews, F. H. S., for 
Black Hamburgh Grapes. 2. Mr. Spong, Gardener to Robert 
Gordon, Esq., M. P., F. H. S’, for Melons. 3. Mr. Jarvis, of 
Turnham-green, for Apples. 4. Mr. Boone, Gardener to S. Warner, 
Esq., F. H. S., for Citrons. 5. Mr. Cuthill, Gardener to Laurence 
Sullivan, Esq., F. H. S., for Cucumbers. 6. George Robins, Esq., 
F. H. S., for Yucca aloifolia. 7. Mr. Spence, Gardener to R. 
Durant, Esq., F. H. S., for Brugmansia arborea. 8. Mr. Mount- 
joy, of Ealing, for Heartsease. 9. Mr. C. Brown, of Slough, 
F. H. S.’, for miscellaneous Heartsease. 10. Mr. Rivers, of Saw- 
