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deficiency; and, independent of two neat stars, composed of various 
flowers, we observed a large crown, festooned over, formed of ever¬ 
greens, and W. IV. in large characters, worked in with white stocks. 
The centre stand and benches, containing cactuses, anemones, ama- 
ryllas, geraniums, balsams, exotics, all in infinite variety, (many of 
which were of the most rare and beautiful descriptions,) prize 
vegetables, &c. &c. were admirably set out. We noticed two very 
superb plants, the cactus speciocissimus, and two or three of the cactus 
speciosa, the most brilliant we have ever seen, belonging to R. W. 
Grace, Esq. of this town. E. R. Roberts, Esq. contributed a 
splendid show of balsams, which obtained the first prize ; a beau¬ 
tiful orange tree, with fruit in great perfection; the petunia integra- 
flora; a vast assortment of geraniums, among which was one of a 
very favourite kind, called the Sir Walter Scott; and also a bouquet 
of hardy herbaceous flowers. Mr. Bale, of Westacott, had a rich 
variety of American plants; the first prize in geraniums; a very 
handsome yellow noisette rose; some large and elegant bouquets of 
flowers ; and two dahlias, in pots, the only ones in the room. We 
might, if our limits permitted, go on enumerating similar produc¬ 
tions from other gentlemen in the neighbourhood; but as they will 
be found in the list of prizes, it is not necessary to detail them here. 
The fruit table merits a great share of approbation, being supplied 
with some of the finest that can be imagined ; a vine, with a large 
quantity of grapes on it, the property of the Rev. J. L. Harding, 
and growing in a pot, was much and generally admired. The 
bouquet named in the list of prizes, for which the Rev. C. Mules, of 
Muddiford, obtained the first prize, contained one hundred different 
sorts of flowers; and the same gentleman sent cabbages, not intended 
for competition, weighing above 201bs. each. 
We should not omit to mention, injustice to the individuals them¬ 
selves, and in proof of the increasing importance of this Society, the 
contributions of respectable nurserymen from distant places. From 
the nursery of Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, Exeter, Mr. Nott 
attended with a very rare and valuable selection of flowers, &c.; 
among which we discovered the gesnereia maculata, very scarce; 
calanthe veratifolia, rare and exceedingly beautiful; alstroemmeria 
pulchello, ditto tricolour, ditto pelegrina; new seedland delphe- 
niums, very fine ; isrnene calathina, a beautiful sweet-scented bulbous 
rooted plant; epidendrum cochleatum, a choice and rare parasytical 
plant; new seedling sweet-scented amaryllas, very splendid, a collec¬ 
tion of heartsease, containing upwards of one hundred varieties; 
about twenty-five new seedling geraniums, many of them surpassing 
