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dowers which ho had so fondly watched over during the winter months, — when 

 radiant May came in, and those drear and chilling blasts were succeeded by 

 mild and genial breezes, which speedily dissipated all his fears. His garden 

 seemed to be changed as if by magic, and nature burst forth iuto universal 

 life aud vigour. Thus it had been with their society. During the winter all 

 seemed to go on prosperously, but in March and April a chilling damp was 

 cast over the institution, and the parent tree seemed destined to destruction. 

 But on the 8th of May the thermometer got up to Summer heat, subscriptions 

 poured in, aid was offered from every quarter, and the sun of prosperity 

 beamed upon them. There was, he believed, " a tide in the affairs" of soci- 

 eties, as well as in those of men, " which, taken at the flood, led on to fortune." 

 Itjvould therefore become the duty, as it was the wish, of all the members to 

 take advantage of that patronage and support which the public had so kindly 

 bestowed upon them. He would not further trespass upon their attention, 

 but would proceed to distribute the prizes, which were adjudged as follows: — 



[In giving the names of the Gardeners in the subjoined list, we have only thought 

 it necessary to mentiou the names of the gentlemen in whose gardens the specimens 

 exhibited were grown, once, iu order to avoid repetition.] 



HEATHS. 



Nine pots — Thomas Appleby, gar- 

 dener to the Rev. J. A. Rhodes, 

 Horsforth Hall. 



STOVE EXOTIC. 



1 (3 pots) Wm. Barratt, Wakefield. 



2 (3 pots) J. Wilkinson, gardener to 

 Mrs Fawkes, of Woodthorpe. 



GREEN -HOUSE PLANTS. 



1 (0 pots) Thomas Appleby. 



2 ((J pots) John Menzies, gardener 

 to Christopher Rawson, Esq., Ha- 

 iifax. 



3 (G pots) Samuel Currio, gardener 

 to Arthur Heywood, Ksq., Stanley. 



HARDY PLANTS. 



1 (2 poU) William Barratt, Wake- 

 field. 



2 (2 pots) John Menzies. 



riMESX COLLECTION OF GREEN- 

 HOUSE PLANTS. 



1 John Men/ies. 



2 'J'homuii Appleby. 



KXOTIC IN FLOWER (cilORIZEMA 

 IlKNCUMANNl). 



Thomas Appleby. 



GERANIUMS IN POTS, 



Princest Awjutta (2 specimens), Chas. 

 X. (2 s|H:cinienii), Queen of Hculs 

 (2 speciini-ns), Ohjmpkum, 



I, 2, 3, 'I Samuel Curric. 



Cnlvcrtii. — .0 Martin Wice, Silcoats. 



GICttANItM CUTTINGS. 



i J. Wilkiniion. 

 2 Samuel Currie. 



EXOTIC IIOigiXT. 



I Thoraa» Ajijiliby. 



2 Martin Wice. 



HAKDY BOUQUET. 



1 Alexander Morris, gardener to W. 

 Leatham, Esq., Heath. 



2 George Yanwith, gardener to G, 

 Wentworth, Esq., Woolley Park. 



3 William Barratt, Wakefield. 



GHENT AZALEAS. 



John Menzies. 



ruseniA globosa. 

 Thomas Appleby. 



PANZIES. 



Ten pots — Thomas Appleby. 



calceolarias (cuttings). 

 John Menzies. 



calceolarias (plants). 

 William Barratt. 



SCARLET stock. 



J. Wilkinson. 



CACTUS JENKINSONIA. 



W, Partridge, gardener to J. Ingham, 

 Esq., MirAeid. 



TULIPS. 



Owing to the lateness of the season, 

 tbe show of Tulips was very small, 

 there being only three competitors, 

 one of whom notcoiiforming to the 

 eighth rule of the society, which 

 states lliat no person except hu 

 become a subscriber can receive 

 prizes at the meetings of the soci- 

 ety — was consequeiilly excluded, 

 although prizes would otherwise 

 have been attributed to him. Thu 

 other jirizes were awarded as fol- 

 lows: — 'I'honias Appleby, .0 prizes; 

 S. Poyton, W'akclielil, 1 ditto. 



