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BRISTOL AND CLIFTON FIRST 1 HORTICULTURAL FETE. 
Tuts took place at the Zoological Gardens, Clifton, on the 24th ult, and 
was most numerously attended by a fashionable company. The exhi- 
bitions of Chinese Azaleas, miscellaneous plants, and Orchids, were 
superb ; and it is not saying too much in praise of the exhibition, when 
we add that, taken altogether, it was one of the best displays of the 
kind ever held out of London. The committee of management, with 
their excellent secretary, Mr. Grainger, have been indefatigable in 
their endeavours to make these shows popular, and so far have been 
been most successful ; and, independent of the exhibitions, their exertions 
have given a decided impulse to horticulture in the vicinity. 
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JOSEPHINE DE’ MALINES PEAR. 
THIs comparatively new variety is not near so well known as. it deserves 
to be. Mr. Parsons, gardener at Danesbury, Welwyn, Herts, exhibited 
some of it to the Horticultural Society on the 17th of January last, and 
as the fruit proved’ excellent, a first prize was awarded to him. The — 
specimens were scarcely middle sized, obovate, thickly, covered with 
cinnamon-coloured russet ; flesh melting, very rich, sugary and deli .clOus. 
They were produced on a dwarf bush, which was stated to bear very 
well, but the fruit had been seldom larger than. those exhibited : it had 
been planted about 12 years in old garden soil, the subsoil resting on 
chalk.’ 
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THE ROYAL NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF TULIPS. 
THE twelfth annual exhibition of this Society was held in conjunction 
with the Cambridge Horticultural Society, at’ Trinity ee ie = 
bridge, on Thursday, May 24. 
Class A. Twelve Tulips: The first prize was awarded to R. Headly, 
Esq., of Stapleford, near Cambridge, for Leonora, Celia, Sarah Headly, 
Aglaia, John Linton, David, Sir C. Napier, Seedling, Everard, George 
Hayward, Polyphemus, and Demosthenes ; in this class ten: stands 
were exhibited. 2nd prize to R. H. Betteridge, Esq., of Milton Hill, 
near Abingdon, Berks, for Lord Denman, Seedling No.,2, Groom’s 
Byblemen, Duchess of Sutherland, Aglaia, Mary Jane, Triumph” 
Royal, Kate Connor, George Hayward, Royal Sovereign, Sineld. 
Paxton, and Everard. 8rd prize to Joseph Hunt; Ksq., of High 
Wycombe, Bucks. 4th prize to Mr. T. Allestree, of Draycott, near 
Derby. 5th prize to Mr. Hepworth, Leyton, Essex. 6th: prize, bucd 
Thos. Westbrook. | 
Class B. Six Tulips: Ist prize to R. H. Betteridge, Esq., for Seed- 
ling No. 2, Queen of the North, Heroine, Aglaia, George Hayward, 
and Lord Raglan. 2nd prize to Mr. J oseph Godfrey, Chellaston, near 
Derby, for Queen Charlotte, Gem, Heroine, Triumph: Royal, Vivid, 
and Royal Sovereign. 38rd and 4th prizes to. Mr; Hepworth», 5th 
