62 



2 Acanthus mollis, MiHaigieaves 



3 Coronilla varia, T J Knowlys, 

 Esq. 



4 Digitalis spec, J Dockray, Esq. 



BEST PAN OF TWELVE DOUBLE 

 DAHLIAS. 



1 Messrs Connelly and Son. 



2 Ditto. 



BEST PAN OF TWELVE DOVBLE 

 HOLLYHOCKS. 



1 Messrs Connelly and Son. 



THE BEST MELON. 



1 Henry Hargreaves, Esq. 



2 John Stout, Esq. 



HEAVIEST BUNCH OF GRAPES. 



1 Henry Hargieaves, Esq. 



BEST BUNCH OF CRAPES. 



I Henry Hargreaves, Esq. 



BEST PLATE OF WHITE CURRANTS. 



1 John Stout, Esq. 



2 Henry Hargreaves, Esq. 



RED. 



1 John Stout, Esq. 



2 MissDalton. 



BLACK. 



1 MrSalthouse. 



2 T J Knowlys, Esq. 



BEST PLATE OF TWENTV RED GOOSE- 

 BERRIES OF THE SAME SORT. 



1 Mr Towuley. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



2 Mr Salthouse. 



YELLOW. 



1 Mr Salthouse. 



2 Ditto. 



GREEN. 



1 Mr Townley. 



2 Mr Robert Burrow. 



WHITE. 



1 Mr Salthouse. 



2 Mr Walmsley. 



BOUQUETS, COMPOSED SOLELY OF 

 FLOWERS GROWN IN THE OPEN 

 GARDEN. 



1 Mrs Harrison. 



2 Mr Hargreaves. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



1 Roaring Lion, Mr R Burrow. 



2 Royal Gunner, Mr Hargrave. 



3 Peacock, Mr R Burrow. 



4 White Eagle, Mr Salthouse. 



PEARS. 



A Eidsforth, Esq. 



APPLES. 



A Eidsforth, Esq. 



CHERRIES. 



Mrs John Ford. 



PLUMS. 



A Eidsforth, Esq. 



The patron having proposed to the general meeting in Octoher last> 

 a plan for the encouragement of cottage gardens, rules and regulations 

 were afterwards agreed upon by the committee, and Mr. Darwen and 

 Mr. Walmsley appointed to inspect the gardens of those who oflfcrcd 

 themselves as competitors, they presented their report (a copy of which, 

 as far as relates to those who were rewarded, is annexed) to the com- 

 mittee, at their last meeting, when prizes were adjudged as follows : — 

 1 Thomas Holmes, labourer in 4 John Hutton, of Halton, for his 



nninagemcnt of bees, and par- 

 ticularly for his plan of n hive 

 lor taking the honey without 

 destroying the bees — 10s 6d. 



husbandry, Thurnham, £1 Is. 



2 Richard Foxcroft, do. Heysham, 

 15s. 



3 Jos. Whiteside, schoolmaster, 

 Thurnham, lOs Cd.* 



A garden at Torrisholme, belonging to John Smallthwaite, was fa- 

 vourably spoken of in the report, but the owner being a market gar- 

 dener, the committee did not consider him as coming within the rules 

 of this branch of the Society. 



The Rev. Thomas Mackreiii, the patron, gave £2 for the cncou • 

 ragcmeut of the above purpose, and T. J. Knowlys, Esq. the president, 



• The general management and neatness of this garden is deserving of 

 especial comnicndation, but owing to its smallncss and sonic other considera- 

 tion?, the committee thought its owner entitled cnly to the third prize. 



