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Slough. The prizes were given at the Bath Royal Horticultural and 

 Floricultural Society, in the following order: — 



FIRST CLASS. 



First prize. — For the best forty-eight blooms, a silver tankard, value 

 ten guineas. 



Second prize. — For the best forty-eight blooms, a silver tea-pot, value 

 six guineas. 



SECOND CLASS. 



First prize. — For the best thirty-six blooms, a pair of goblets, value 

 eight guineas. 



Secorid prize. — For the second best thirty-six blooms, a silver sugar 

 basin, value five guineas. 



THIRD CLASS. 



First Prize. — For the best twenty-four blooms, a silver salver, three 

 guineas. 



Second Prize. — For the second best twenty-four blooms, a silver su- 

 gar castor, value two guineas. 



FOURTH CLASS. 



First Prize. — For the best twelve blooms, a pair of butter-boats, 

 value five guineas. 



Second Prize. — For the second best twelve blooms, a silver cup, value 

 two guineas and a half. 



FIFTH CLASS. 



First Prize. — For the best nine blooms, a silver fish slice, value two 

 and a half guineas. 



Second Prize. — For the second best nine blooms, a pair of silver la- 

 dles, value one and a half guineas. 



SEEDLINGS. 



First Prize. — For the best seedling, a pair of salts, value a guinea 

 and a half. 



Second Prize. — For the second best seedling, sugar tongs, value one 

 guinea. 



At the Sheffield Horticultural Society, Mr. Widnall received the high- 

 est prize, of the value of £15, another of £7, and one of £4. 



Among the varieties which gained prizes are many of the same which 

 were grown in the gardens of Boston and New York the past year; 

 among others we notice the Bride of Abydos, Beauty of Cambridge, 

 Douglas's Criterion, Cedo Nulli, Metropolitan Perfection, Widnall's 

 Venus, Beauty of Camberwell, Mrs. Wilkinson, Springfield Rival, 

 Countess of Liverpool, &c. — (Flort. Cab.) [Our readers will see from 

 this, to what extent the cultivation of the dahlia is carried, and the val- 

 uable prizes which are offered as an inducement to produce superior 

 specimens of blooms. It is from this liberal encouragement that we 

 owe so much for the splendid varieties of this y)lant. New and beauti- 

 ful kinds, the first season they are oftered for sale by the fortunate 

 grower, command from £1 to £10 sterling a plant. This ready sale 

 and good price induces the cultivator to exert himself to procure supe- 

 rior ones every season. Mr. Widnall appears to have carried off' more 

 prizes than any of his competitors at the various shows; he having gain- 

 ed last autumn premiums, at the difierent Floricultural Exhibitions, of 

 the value of nearly Jive hundred dollars. — Cond.~\ 



Dodds's Mary Dahlia. — This is stated in the Gardener^s Magazine 

 for December to be the finest dahlia shown in Enghmd in 1836. 

 It was grown by Mr. Dodds, a great lover of dahlias, gardener to Sir 

 George Warronder. Its form is superior, and at all the shovvs where 

 it has been exhibited, it has been acknowledged as the finest in its class 

 that has ever been raised. The petals are cupped and white, and moat 

 delicately tipped with rose pink. — Cond. 



