MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 2 '.5 



Fuchsias, 1. Fuchsia globosa, Mr. Braide. 2. Globosa, and 3. Grandi- 

 flora, Mr. Menzies. 



Herbaceous Plants, 1. Cypripediuni spectabile. 2. Penstemon digitalis, 

 Mr. Menzies. 



Hardy Shrub, I. Deutzia scabra. 2. Azalea Recentissima, Mr. Menzies. 



Display of cut Flowers, l. The crown, with the word" Victoria," round 

 the bottom, Mr. Paxton. 2. Splendid pyramid, Mr. Appleby. 



Roses, Hybrid or China, 1 and 2, cut flowers, Mr Hall. 



Roses, Province or Garden varieties. 1 and 2 cut Flowers, Mr. Hall. 



Moss Roses, 1 aud 2 cut Flowers, Mr. Hall. 



Extra Prize for Hardy Ferns— Asplenium fon.anum Marinum, Woodsia 

 Ilvensis, Asplenium lanceolatum, Polypodium calcareum, Mr. Waters. 



Extra Prize for the South American Pitcher Plant — Cephalotus fulicularis, 

 Mr. Paxton. 



Flowers. — First pan of 10 Ranuncluses, Mr. William Archer; 2d ditto 

 of 10 Ranunculuses, Mr. Birley.Earl Street, Sheffield. First Pan of <i Ran- 

 unculuses. Mr. Smith, Ecclesall, New Road; second ditto of 6 Ranuncu- 

 luses, Mr. Birley. Collection of less than 12 varieties of Panzies, Mr. Tur- 

 ner, florist, Sheffield. Best Pan of 12 Pinks, Mr. Smith, Ecclesall, New Road ; 

 Second ditto of 12 Pinks, Mr. Simonite, Sheffield Park. 



Plants. — Mr. Appleby being the competitor who had obtained the great- 

 est amount in money Prizes, in the different classes of plants, received, in 

 addition to his prize money, an elegaut fowling piece, presented by Joseph 

 Shore, Esq. of Birmingham, value £ 15. 



Mr. Paxton having obtained the second greatest amount, received, in 

 addition to his prize money, a silver cup, value £5. 



Fruits.— The greatest amount in money prizes having been obtained by 

 Mr. Paxton, he received in addition to the money prizes, a silver cup, value 

 £ 10. 



The second greatest amount having been obtained by Mr. Batlev, of 

 Wentworth Castle, he received in addition a silver cup, value £5. 



Vegetables. — A silver cup. value £10. was received by Mr, Abraham, 

 South street, who had obtained the greatest amount in money prizes. 



Mr. Waterhouse, having obtained the second greatest amount, received 

 a prize, value £.2 10s. 



Cottagers' Class. — Mr. Marsden Little Sheffield, received one sovereign 

 in addition, having obtained the greatest amount of money prizes for vege- 

 tables. 



Mr. Machon, Little Sheffield, received 10s. for having obtained the second 

 greatest amount. 



Mr. Fielding, Sheffield, received 5s. for having obtained the third greatest 

 amount. 



A Chapter of Flowers. — Flowers of all created things are the most in- 

 nocent and simple, and most superbly complex ; playthings for childhood, 

 ornaments of the grave, and the companion of the cold corpse in the coffin. 

 Flowers, beloved by the wandering idiot, and studied by the deep thinking 

 man of science ! Flowers that of perishing things are most perishing, yet of 

 all earthly things, are the most heavenly. Flowers, that unceasingly expand 

 to heaven their grateful and to man their cheerful looks — partners of human 

 joy, smoothers of human sorrow ; fit emblems of the victor's triumphs, of the 

 young bride's blushes ; welcome to crowded halls, and graceful upon soli- 

 tary graves ! Flowers are in the volume of nature, what the expression 



"God is hive." is in the volume of revelation What a dreary desolate 



place would he a world without a flower ! It would be a face without a 



unil.— a feast without a welcome Are not (lowers the stars of the 



earth, and are not iloweis the stars of heaven ? One cannot look closely 

 at the. structure of a flower without loving it. They are emblems and ma- 

 nifestations of God's loi e to the creation, and they are the means and mini- 

 strations ot man's love to his fellow creatures ; for they first awaken in his 



