The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-01 00:00:00

THE FLORAL AND TIORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

•
The Corn Exchange was opened on Wednesday for the pur-
pose of displaying a show of plants, fruits, flowers, and vegeta-
bles, the first and choicest procfnctions of this quarter of the
year. Although the weather was cold and 'unfavourable, the
attendance was numerous, and, since our sojimin in the " good
old town." we bare never had the pleasure of meetiuit a more
elegant assemblage of the beauty and fashioiruf its Vicinity.
Speaking of the extraordinary ameliorating etre.ctsproduced
by cultivation, Dr. Paris, in his work on Diet, says,
" There is scarcely a vegetable which we at present employ
that can be found growing naturally. Buffon states that our
wheat is a factitious production, raised to its pres,,ut condition
by the art bf agriculture. lice, rye, barley, or even oats, are
nut to be found will, that is to say, growing naturally -in any
part of the earth, but have been altered by the industry-of man-
kind, front plants nut now resembling them, even in such, a
degree as to enable us to recogniseltieir relations. The acrid-
and disagreeable opium graretiletir has been transfornied into
delicious celery; and the cof,ieor!,. a plAnt of s'eauty leaves, not
weighing altogether halran ounce, has been improved into
cabbage, whose leaves atone bear many pounds,'orioto a cauli-
flower of considerable dimensions, being only the embryo of a
new buds, which in their natural state would not hare weighed
EIS many grains. The potatoe,- again, whose introduction has
added millions to cur pOpulatioh, derives its Origin from a small
bitter root, which grows wild in Chili and Monte Video. If
any of my readers should be sceptical upon the subject of -such
metamorphoses, let them visit the fairy bowers of horticulture,
and they will perceive that her magic wand has not 'only con-
vet ted the tough coriaceous covering of the almend into the soft
and melting flesh of the peach, but that by her spe:iS the•sour
sloe has ripened into the delicious plum, anal the austere crab
of our woods into the golden pippin; that this again has been
made to sport in almost endless variety, emulating in beauty of
form and colour, in exuberance of fertility and in richness of
flavour, the rarer productions of warmer regions and more pro-
,pitious climates."
Owing to the 'state of the weather for the last three ii*eks the
;specimens of plants were not so numerous as at former
exhilti-
Lions, but those produced were remarkably tine andin greater
number than could have been expected in a season so untavour-•
able to their cultivation. 'The fruits and vegetables were much
liner and of greater variety than upon any former occasion at
this season of the year. The greater part of the collection was
supplied from private gardens, greenhouses, and conservatories;
and we regret to observe that -Messrs. Whalley and Mr. Thos.
Davies, of Wavertree, were the only nurserymen who exhibited
any specimens from their gardens.
The most remarkable and finest specitneus of plants, &c.,
were exhibited by the fol!owing persons:—
Mrs. H. Preston, a splendid Cactus Speciosisrimus.
Mrs. llorsfall, a very fine Crimum Ameibile, and a very rare
and curious plant, the Cynochis Loddigesii.
Mrs. Dyson, a very fine Acacia Armata, and several beautiful
specimens of heaths.
Mrs. Cropper, an elegant basket of plants,' and a new variety
of 3fiataus.

Thos. Davies, \Vavertree, a fine specimen of the Erica
Pattersovia. _

William Smith, Esq., Fullwood, a dish of very well grown
Mberis of the Oxalis Crenata.
The following is a list of the
.prizei and of the persons to
whom they were awarded by the Judges:—
PREMIEIt PRIZES.—tat Stove, Cactus SpeciosiE•simus,
Mrs. Preston; 2d,Ciinum Amabile,C.Horsfatt,Esq.-Ist•Green-
house Premier Prize, Acacia Arinata, Mrs. Dyson; 2d, Aruba
Phinceeia,- John Hi,stop.
AU RICULAS.—White-edgerl ; Ist Prize, Venus, William
• Myers;• Esq.—Sells; Ist and 2d Prizes, Seedling, Mr. Gandy;
3d, Mr. Carter;
_Seedling A uricula, Mr. Gandy.
POLYANTHUS.—Ist Prize; Alexander, Mrs. Cropper;
2d, 3d, 4tb, and sth, Mr. James Smith; Seedling Polyamihus
S, Smith:

iTI:PLAINY STO CS,—lst Prize; SenningidOutt&a, C. Hors-
fall, Esq.; 2d, Cactui Jenkinsonii, Mrs. Preston; 3d, Gongora.
Atropurpurea, C. Horsfall,. Esq. ; 4th, Euphorbia Splend-ens,
Thos. Foster, Esq..;. Canoehes Loddigesii, C. Horsfall,
Esq.; 6th, kmatlis Aulira, John' HiShip:- ,
GREEN HOUSE PLANTS.—fst Prize; AZalia Hybriiia,.
Mrs. Cropper; 2d, Acacia Armata, Mr, John Hislop; 3d,
Lasiapetaitita -Solancea. Mrs.• Cropper; 4th, Epactis graw4i-
11ora, Mrs. bvson; sth, Lacbnea Purptire.4,
Azalia Ledifolin, Mr. John Hislop.
ERICAS.—Ist Prize; Pattersonii, Mri. Thos. Davies; 2d,
•Propen'lens; 3d, Tubitlura, Mrs. Dyson; 4th, Odoratai Messrs.,
Vhalleys; sth, Aretata, Mrs. Woodhouse; 6th,.Dophttifiora,
Mr. Thomas 'Davies.

HERRACHPUS.—Ist Prize; Verbena Chemedrofolia, Mrs.
-Etyson ; 2d, Puhnonaria Virkinica, Mrs. Cropper; 3d, MimultiS.
Variagatii, Mrs. Dyson : 4th, Mimulos Smithii, var. Mrs. Crop-
per; sth, Scarlet 'Turban Anemone: Thos. Foster, Esq.;. 6th,
,Plenuea Intermedia, Mrs..Dvson:
PELARGONIUM:S.-Ist. Prize, ilumii, 2d, Taylor's Con-
ear Supreme,. Mr. Thomas Walker; 3d, Macruntba,
Dobson. ' • • • - • • . •

• 7 HYACINTHS,Red, Ist Blue,-Ist Yellow; let White,
-Messrs, Wholleys. •• . • .
CUT -FLOWERS.-Ist Prize, Messrs. WhalleYs; 2d, 31 r•.•
Win. Smith,Tutwood; 341; Mrs: Topha:n.
BASKET OF FLOWERS —lit Prize, Mrs. Cropper; 2d,
Messrs. Whalleys;•34, Mrs tyson.
• VEGETABLES AND FliUlT.—Orange, Mrs. Dyson ;
Lemon, William hirers, Eki.—Cucumbers, Ist Prize, Mi.r.
Woodhouse; 24 and 3d, Mrs. Tophanr ; 4th, Mrs. Woodhouse.
Asparagus, Ist Prize, ',Mrs. Preston; • 2d, •M re. Topham
3d, Mrs. Cropper; 4th,
.Mr. ISt Prize, Mr:
Roskell: 24,•NIrs. Cropper ;• 3d, Mr. Roskell; 4th, Mrs. Rath-
bone.—Kidney Beans, Ist and 24 Prize;Mrs..Woodlttnise;
•W. Smith, Esq.; 4th, Mrs. l_son.-Potatoes, Ist Prize, Mr
Stoekdale; 2d and 3d; W. Sulith,
.I?.sq.—Sea Kale. Ist Prize,
Mrs. 'Popham; 241, Mrs. Preston; 3:1-, W.- Smith, Esq.;
Mts. 'Popham.—MushroornS, Ist Prize, C. liorsfalli Esq.; 24,
Mr. John Hislop.-Brocli, Ist Prize, Mrs. Cropper; • 2,i.. New
Tantarisn, Mr. John Hislop; •341, W. Smith, Ecq • 4th, Mr
John Hislop.—Cabbage, Ist Prize, Win. Myers, Esq. ;. 2d, Mr.
Walker: 31, Mr. Roskell; 4th, Mrs. Cropper.—Apples Ist
Prize, \Vykin. Pippin, Mr.' Dobson, 2d, Goldeo Muodi,' 3d,
Golden Russet, W. Smith, Esq., Pulwood : 4th, Mr. Phillips:
—Grapes, Black Hambio', Ist, 2d, and 3d Prizeg, Mr. Roskeli.
—White Grapes, Prize, Mr. Thomas Davies. Pines, Ist, 2d,
and 3d Prizes, Mrs. Tophatn.—Straw-berries. Ist and 24 Prize,
Mr. Roskell.—Lettuce, Ist and 24 Prize, Mrs. Cropperg„cl.s.
Mr. Gaudy.
EXTRA -PRlZES.—Aertein Veriicillata, Mrs. Cropper.—
Basket of Plants; Mr. Phillipt.—Psidiuni Cattleyana; Jahn
Ewart. Capensts, Mrs. Dyson.—Cactus Jenkiu-
sonii, Mrs. Dyson. Pamata, W. Smit
berg, Mr. T.-Walker.--Lemon, Mrs. Dyson.

On Friday evening an inquest was held at the London iios;•
pital, Mile-end-road, on the body of JaMCS Pegren, a barge-
man, aged 22, in the employ of' Mr. Lawrence, of Hertford._
The deceased and another were steering a barge under the half- j
lock-hridge on the River Led when the crown of the arch
caught hint by the hip, Lnd threw him on the cahin-head,,Le-
Wen which and the bridge his body was jammed in. such k •
manner as to stop the pi ess of the , The deceasec
called out, as well he was able, to push the Earle astern, an. 4:
his cotnpdnion after some diffmuny extricated htm. It appen
that his thigh-hone was injured, ami he died,at the hospital
.ittout two days., Verdict--Accidental Death.