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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S JULY EXHIBITION. 
The best Pelargoniums came from Mr. Parker, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Staines, the other exhibi¬ 
tors being Messrs. Cock, Dobson, Bragg, and Gaines. Topping’s Brilliant, a large light scarlet variety 
was very effective ; as also was Pearl. Scarlets were shown by It. Moseley, Esq.; Fancies by Messrs. 
Ambrose, Staines, Moseley, and Gaines; Capes by Mr. Stanley and Mr. Staines. Mr. Gaines had a 
plant of his Cerise Unique, one of a distinct class of variegated scarlets, having the centre of the leaves 
pale green, the flowers are very light scarlet and well formed. The Bose showers were numerous, the 
dealers included Messrs Lane, Paul, Francis, Epps, Rowland, Curtis, Gregory, Spriggins; the gar¬ 
deners who exhibited were Ayres, George, Terry, Slowe, Tivey, Foster, Ingram, and Harman. Geant 
de Batailles was shown profusely and very brilliant; as was Dupetit Thouars, nearly as rich in colour; 
Baronne Prevost and La Reine, of the paler sorts, were very fine ; Souvenir de la Malmaison was also 
shown in quantity, so was the tea-scented Devoniensis, both fine light roses. Several good stands of 
Carnations and Picotees were communicated by Messrs. Norman, Ward, Willmer, Bragg, Edwards, 
Ellis, and Newhall. 
Mr. Ivison sent tropical fruits of uncommon kinds, consisting of a ripe Papaw, full-grown Vanilla, 
Granadilla, the snake Cucumber, and the Nutmeg just bursting its husk. Pine-apples, of which there 
were twenty-eight in number, were not remarkable for size or beauty. The best Providence weighing 
91b 13|oz came from Mr. Spencer, gardener to the Marquis of Lansdowne; Mr. Jones, gardener to 
Sir J. Guest, had a Queen weighing 5 lb. 9§oz. ; and Mr, Drummond, gardener to C. H. Leigh, Esq., 
Pont-y-pool, had one, not ripe, weighing 5 lb. 14 oz,, along with several others over 5 lbs. each. The 
best looking Queen Pine, in a ripe state came from Mr. Higgs, gardener to J. H. Barcliard, Esq., and 
was stated to weigh 41b. 12oz, Melons were very numerous, including several of the Beechwood, 
Bromham Hall, and Trentham hybrid varieties. The Grapes were also numerous; we noticed the 
following as the finest samples : Muscats, from Messrs. Woodliam Death, of Netteswell; Taylor, 
gardener to J. Coster, Esq.; Fleming, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland—small but high-coloured; 
Rust, gardener to J. M’Laren, Esq.; Kemp, gardener to Mrs. Grillion ; and Thomson, gardener at 
Wrotham Park—fine bunches : Cannon Halls, Mr. Boyd, gardener to Viscount Dillon, Dytchley Park, 
Oxon : Hamburghs, Messrs. Holmes, gardener to S. Garrard, Esq., Putney—the best; Taylor ; Smith, 
gardener to S. Ricardo, Esq., Sunning Hill; Foggo, gardener to the Marquis of Abercorn; Haywood, 
gardener to G. Goodman, Esq., Roundhay; Harrison, Oatlands ; Davis of Oakhill; Gerrie, gardener to 
Sir J. Catlicart—not coloured : Black Princes, Mr. Lushey, gardener to J. Hill, Esq., Streatham : 
Dutch Sweetwater, Messrs. Riddell, gardener to F. Ashby, Esq., Staines ; Chapman of South Lam¬ 
beth: West St. Peter’s, Mr. Turnbull, gardener to the Duke of Marlborough : Royal Muscadine, 
Messrs. Smith, gardener to A. Anderson, Esq , Streatham; Williams, gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., 
Hoddesdon. The heaviest single bunch of Hamburghs, weighing 3 lbs. loz , was from Mr. Llender- 
son, gardener to Sir G. Beaumont—not coloured ; of Muscats from Mr. Thomson; of Syrian, 31bs. 10oz., 
from Mr. Smith, gardener to S. Ricardo. Peaches : very fine Violet Hatives, came from Mr. Ingram, 
gardener to her Majesty, and from Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl De Grey; Noblesse from Mr. Spencer ; 
Royal George, from Messrs. Foggo, Spencer, and Henderson ; Galande, from Mr. Parker, gardener to 
J. H. Ougliton, Esq. Nectarines : fine Elruge, came from Messrs. Fleming, Turnbull, Parker, Davis ; 
Violette Hative, from Mr. Parker. Cherries: fine Circassians, from Messrs. Gainsford, of Brentford ; 
Whiting, gardener to H. T. Hope, Esq.; and Myers, sen., of Brentford; Black Tartarians from Mr. Snow ; 
Bigarreaus, from Messrs. Whiting and Snow. A good dish of Brown Turkey Figs was sent by 
Mr. Gerrie. Of Strawberries, among the numerous samples sent, the following were the most re¬ 
markable :—British Queens, from Messrs. Lydiard of Bath, G. Elliot, gardener to J. B. Boothby, Esq., 
and Beach of Hounslow : Eleanor, from Mr. Lydiard : Mammoth, a very large comb-shaped fruit, from 
Mr. Lydiard : Prince Arthur, a new sort of some merit, from Mr. Wilmot of Isleworth : Comte de 
Paris, from Mr. Busby : Bicton Seedling, from Mr. Munro, gardener to Mrs. Oddie: Kitley’s Goliah, 
from Mr. Kitley, of Bath. Mr. Wilmot had also some pots of his Prince Arthur Strawberry, which 
proves a free bearer, of dwarf habit, the fruit of moderate size, generally oval in form, good flavoured, 
and, which is its best quality, so firm as to bear carriage or even rough handling without injury. A 
beautiful small, but well swelled and coloured bunch of Black Hamburgh Grapes was sent by Mr. 
Wilmot; they were from the second crop—a fair one—of this season, the first having ripened in 
February last. Some good Pot Vines were sent by Mr. Smith of Sunning Hill. 
Thus closes the series of leading Metropolitan exhibitions for the present season; and, we think, 
in quitting the subject for the present, we may truly say that in no previous year have the objects of 
exhibition been so uniformly meritorious throughout, as they have been in the year 1850.—M. 
