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Captain Ross, Cassina, Hon. Mrs. Harris, Springfield Rival, Calypso, Mrs. Budal. 

 Fifth Class. — Second Prize, handsome silver fish-slice, value two and a half 

 guineas, to G. C. Tugwell, Esq., for the following nine blooms : — New's Poly- 

 phemus, Brown's Sulphur, Hon. Mrs. Harris, Elphinstone's Polyphemus, Doug- 

 las's Glory, Ariel, Brown's Bronze, Lady Fordwich, Queen. Third prize, pair 

 of handsome silver ladles, value a guinea and an half, to R. Godfrey, Ksq., for 

 the following nine blooms: — Heale's Defiance, Jason, Queen of Dahlias, Wid- 

 nall's Perfection, Hon. Mrs. Harris, Venosa, Village Maid, Touchstone, Queen of 

 Selwood. Seedlings. — First prize, handsome pair of salts, value a guinea and a 

 half, Mr. Brown. Second ditto, sugar tongs, value one guinea, Mr. Gaines. 

 [Mr, J. Harris of Upway, Dorset, produced several very beautiful seedling dahlias, 

 which had it been within the means of the Society, would certainly have obtained 

 a prize.] Drawings of flowers. — Artists' prizes — 1. Miss Rosenburg, Bath; 2, 

 Mr. J. Wakeling, Walworth, Surrey both for groups. Amateurs' ditto, — 1. Miss 

 Mintorn, 7, Frieland Place, Clifton, for a group; 2. Mrs. St. John Maule, of the 

 Villeas, Batheston, for a single flower. — An Extra Prize was awarded to Mrs. G. 

 P. Smith, for some beautiful paintings of fruit. 



SHEFFIELD GRAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



On Wednesday aud Thursday, Sept. 14 and 15, the exhibition of flowers, 

 fruits, plauts, and vegetables, open for competition to all England, took place at 

 the Botanical Gardens. Beautiful as were many of the exotics exhibited in the 

 conservatory, particularly the orcbideous plants and other rarities, the chief 

 point of attraction was manifestly the dahlia tent; and certainly the extensive 

 and diversified display, consisting, as it (\.d, of every conceivable variety of this 

 fine flower, was eminently interesting. Judges — Mr. Lambert, Wadsley House; 

 Mr. Cameron, Birmingham; and Mr. Wilson, Gopsal, seat of Lord Howe. The 

 following is a list of the prizes, which were awarded as follows: — Dahlias. — Stand 

 of 50 — 1. Silver cup, value £15, Mr. Widnall ; 2. Silver cup, value £10, Mr. 

 Levick; 3. Silver cup, value £5, Mr. J. Billington. Ditto for 24 — 1. Silver 

 cup, value 11., Mr. Windall; 2. Silver cup, value 5/., Mr. J. Spencer; 



3. Cutlery, value 3/. Mr. Bates. Ditto of 12 1. Silver Medal, Mr. N. 



Wilson; 2. Table cutlery, Mr. Taylor; 3. Salts, value 41: Mr. J. Dyson 

 Seedling, (unnamed) — I. Snuff-box, value 5/., Mr. Harrison ; 2. 3/., Mr. Wilson, 

 3. 21., Mr. Windall; 4. 12., Mr. N. Wilson ; 5. Snuffbox, Mr. T. Clark. Single 

 Specimen (not a seedling) — £2. 2s. Mr. Taylor. Judges — Mr. Lowe, Upper 

 Clapton, London ; Mr. Cunningham, Edinburgh; Mr Ryder, Leeds; and Mr. 

 Buchanan. Blitbefitld, seat of Lord Bagot. Plauts. — Orcbideous (collections) 

 — 1. Silver cup, value £10 , Mr. Cooper; 2. Silver cup, value £5., Mr Menzies. 

 Stove (collection) — 1. Silver cup. value £10., Mr. Paxton ; 2. Silver cup, value 

 £5., Mr. Appleby. Greeuhouse (collections of 20) — 1. Silver cup, value £10., 

 Mr. Menzies ; 2. Silver cup, value £5., Mr. Paxton. Hardy (collection of 12) 

 — Silver cup, value £5., Mr. Menzies. Orchideous (siugle spi cimen) — £2. 2s., 

 Mr. Paxton. Greenhouse — £2. 2s, Mr. Menzies. Hardy — £1. Is., Mr. Menzies. 



REFERENCE TO PLATES. 



Malva FuUeriana. — This very splendid flowering Mallow has recently been 

 raised from seed in this country, from whence obtained we do not know. It is a 

 hardy slirub, growing freely and blooming profusely, if planted in a sheltered 

 situation, and reaches from eight to ten feet high, forming when in bloom a most 

 beautiful object. The plant merits a place in every shrubbed or border. The 

 stock, twelve plants, has been forwarded to us for disposal at one guinea each. 

 Orders for which will be executed by us, or any of the London Seedsmen. 



Dodds'' Mart/ Dahlia. — This heautiful variety was raised by Mr. Dodds, Gar- 

 dener to Sir George Warrender, and it is generally considered by all who have 

 seen flowers of it, to be unrivalled in its class; wherever we have seen it exhibited, 

 either in the country or metropolitan shows, its superiority was so evident, that 

 the most inexperienced in a knowledge of the properties of a first rate flower, 

 were struck with its beauty, whilst those persons capable of ascertaining its merits, 

 without a single exception that we have seen or heard of, state that it is, in its 

 class, superior to any other exhibited this year. 



