HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 170, 17 March 1847, Page 3

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

An exhibition of this Society took place yesterday at the Britannia Saloon, which, owing to the dry weather and the lateness of the season "Was not so good as we have seen on former occasions. In the fruit department we noticed some tine grapes grown in a green-house by the Hon. H. Petre, some fine mulberries exhibited by Colonel Wakefield, and some good specimens of apples and pears by Mr. Stokes. Among the flowers was an elegant specimen of the Petunia exhibited by Mr. J. M. Taylor, and a white Datura by Mr. Hort. There were also some good bulbs and Cape plants from Mr. St. Hill's garden. Among the novelties we were glad to see some hops grown on the Hutt, and a bell-glass nearly full of honeycomb; both of thesjs received extra prizes. In a few seasofra|we hope to see both hops and honey more generally produced in the Settlement. The following is a list of prizes awarded:— Judges for Grain — J. Northwood, Esq., J. May, Esq., and E. Catchpool, Esq. Judges for Flowers and Vegetables Dr. Forbes, J. M'Carthy, Esq., J. Varnham, Esq., and A. Ludlam, Esq. I Vegetables. 30 potatoes, J. Boddington, Esq. half peck of peas, Major Baker J peck kidney beans, Dr. Dorset 4 cabbages of 2 varieties, Mr. James 12 carrots, Mr. Trotter 12 onions, Mr. Trotter 4 roots beet, A. M'Donald, E«q. 2 roots mangel wurzel, Mr. Trotter 6 turnips, Col. Wakefield 6 heads celery, Dr. Dorset 12 stalks rhubarb, Mr. Bold best bushel of wheat, Mr. James best bushel of barley, Mr. James Fruits. Dish of mulberries, Col. Wakefield 6 peaches, R. Stokes, Esq. 6 apples, R. Stokes, Esq. € pears, R. Stokes, Esq. bunch of grapes, forced, Hon. H. Petre do. grown in the open air, Col. Wakefield melon, N. Levin, Esq. brace of cucumbers, A. Hort, Esq. . Flowers. 6 dahlias, Mr. Brady 6 pansies, Mr. Wilkinson 3 bulbous plants in flower, Mr. Wilkinson bouquet, A. Hort, Esq. collection of flowering shrubs, H. St. Hill, Esq. Cottagers 1 Prizes. 4 sorts of vegetables — Ist prize, Mr. Gasgoin Do. do. 2d do., Mr. Hunt Extra Prizes. Cockscombs, A. Hort, Esq. Amaryllis, H. St. Hill, Esq. Petunia, J. M. Taylor, Esq. Hops, Dr. Dorset Honey, Col. Wakefield Judges for Cottagers' Gardens — C. Clifford, Esq., J. C. Crawford, Esq. First Prize, Mr. Hunt Second Prize, Mr. James