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bunches ; Mr 0. Goldsmith was second, and Mr Sage, gardener to Earl Howe, 

 Gopsall Hall, third. Mr W. Cole, gardener to J. S. Budgett, Esq., Ealing Park, 

 was first in the class for a single dish of any other kind, with Buckland Sweet- 

 water ; Mr Bannerman was second, with excellent examples of Grizzly Fron- 

 tignan ; and Mr Douglas third, with Buckland Sweetwater. 



In the class for two dishes each of Peaches and Nectarines, distinct kinds, Mr 

 Miller of Combe Abbey, and Mr Jack, gardener to the Duke of Cleveland, Bat- 

 tle Abbey, were equal first, the latter having well-coloured Elruge and Violette 

 Hative Nectarines, and Royal George and Bellegarde Peaches, some of the latter 

 weighing 11 ounces ; the former showed Elruge and Oldenburg Nectarines, 

 and Grosse Miguonne and Royal George Peaches, in very fine condition. The 

 second prize was awarded to similar kinds exhibited by Mr G. Masters, gardener 

 to Earl Macclesfield, Tetsworth. 



Of Cherries the best black kinds were Black Circassian, from Mr Turner ; Tar- 

 tarian, from Mr Hill, gardener, Poles, \yare, Herts ; and May Duke, from Mr J. 

 Budd, gardener to H. D. Barclay, Esq., Eastwick Park. Mr Hill was first for 

 Whites, Mr J. Hepper, and Mr W. Dobson, gardener to C. H. Mills, Esq., M.P., 

 Sevenoaks, also contributed nice dishes. 



For four varieties of Strawberries the first prize was taken by Mr J, Douglas, 

 who had very fine fruit of Sir Harry, President, Premier, and La Constanta. 

 Amongst miscellaneous subjects exhibited were four very nice Queen Pines from 

 Mr J, Hepper ; three good bunches of a handsome-looking Black Grape, named 

 Black Mammoth, from Mr Henderson, Cole Orton, were greatly admired. It was 

 said to be a seedling sent to this country from Australia by the late Mr Wood of 

 Nottingham. The bunches were nicely finished, berries large and oval, some- 

 what resembling the Black Morocco, though perhaps longer, and not quite so 

 bluntly ended as that variety. Messrs Standish & Co. exhibited the Royal Ascot 

 Grape growing in pots, trained on the umbrella fashion, averaging about six 

 bunches each. Mr B. S. Williams had a fine brace of Holloway Rival Cucum- 

 bers, and Mr Turner three fine fruits of the new sort named Blue Gown. 



Royal Horticultural Society's Great Provincial Show at Manchester, 

 July 19th. — On another page will be found some general remarks relative to this 

 exhibition. Here it will suffice to indicate some of the leading prizes, and the 

 subjects staged in competition for them. As usual, there was the great circular 

 tent, with its central stage, having as its occupants the two collections of twenty 

 foliaged and flowering plants. Mr Baines, gardener to H. L. Nicholls, Esq., Bow- 

 den, was first — some way ahead of his opponent, Mr W. E. Dixon, Norwood Nur- 

 sery, Beverley. Mr Baines had a grand mass of Sarracenia purpurea, a large 

 and charmingly-flowered Darwinia (Hederonia) tulipifera, a very fine and well- 

 furnished specimen of Erica Fairrieana, about 4 feet through; a large and 

 well-coloured Alocasia metallica ; Franciscea confertiflora, a fair specimen, nicely 

 flowered, but pale in colour ; a large and finely-bloomed Bougainvillea glabra, ad- 

 mirable examples of Ixora coccinea, and Erica obbata ; a good specimen, well 

 coloured, of Croton variegatum, a fairly bloomed Allamanda cathartica, and a 

 magnificent mass of Gleichenia speluncae ; Mr W. E. Dixon, Norwood Nursery, 

 Beverley, showed an admirably grown and flowered Kalosanthes Madame Celeste 

 Winans, a good specimen of Erica jubata, a nicely-flowered Clematis Jackmani, a 

 large well-grown and bloomed Oacidium pulvinatum ; Aphelexis macrantha pur- 

 purea in good condition ; and Dasylirion glaucum, a well-furnished specimen ; 

 the rest were very moderate. 



