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staged for competition, and among them were a great number of splendid 

 flowers {Gard. Gaz., June 2.3.) 



Stafford Hortlcidtiiral Sociefi/. — Aug. 8. The company v/as not numerous, 

 but the flowers were very good. 



Lichfield Floricultural and Horticultural Society. — Aug. 23. Tliis was a 

 most splendid show of carnations. 



Weslhampton and Staffordshire Horticultural and Moriadtural Society. — 

 Jiili/ 3. This show was for fruit. 



Tamworth Horticultural Sociefi/. — ATai/. A splendid show of auriculas. 



Burton upon Trent. — Alaij 8. A good show. 



North Staffordshire Horticidtural Societi/. — June 9. Tiiis was for hyacinths 

 and auriculas. 



Wolverhampton Floricultural and Horticidtural Societi/. — Sept. 18. This 

 was a grand dahlia show. 



Burton under Needivood Horticultural Socicti/. — Alay 15. The best green- 

 edged auricula was the ploughboy ; gi'ey, Kenyon's ringleader; and the best 

 white, pillar of beauty. {Gard. Gaz., June 2.) 



Suffolk. . — Stowmarkct Horticidtural Society. — SejJt. li. The exhibition 

 was of a superior character. (Ibid.) 



Surrey. — Kingston Roi/al Floricultural and Horticultural Society. — Sej)t. 

 This was a dahlia show, 



Sussex. — Chichester Horticidtural Society. — Aug. 28. The dahlias were 

 remarkably fine, and there were some splendid new varieties. (Ibid., 

 Sept. 22.) 



Hurst Horticultural Society. — Aug. 7. Many rare plants were exhibited, 

 but the gooseberries formed the chief attraction. 



Warwickshire. — Warwickshire Floral and Horticultural Society. — July. 

 The following is a list of the principal prizes awarded at the third exhibition 

 of this Society : — Roses : premier prize, crimson moss, Mr. Coudrey ; purple, 

 scarlet, and crimson, 1st prize, royal purple, J. Pope and Sons ; 2d, seedling, 

 J. Pope and Sons; blush, pink, and lilac, 1st prize, Provence, Mr. Coudry; 

 shaded, mottled, striped, or edged, 1st prize, Rosa Mundi, J. Pope and 

 Sons ; white, cream, and yellow, 1st prize, Madame D'Aubray, W. C. Burman, 

 Esq. ; moss roses, 1st prize, blush, Mr. J. Moore; roses, in pots, 1st prize, 

 sweet-scented China, Mr. Coudrey ; cluster, 1st prize, RusselhV/Hff. — Pinks: 

 premier prize, Duke of St. Albans, Mrs. Haslope; purple laced, 1st prize, 

 Duke of St. Albans, Mrs, Haslope; red laced, 1st prize, seedhng, Mr. Cou- 

 drey; plain, 1st prize, seedling, Mr. Barnes. — Ranunculus: premier prize. 

 Princess Charlotte, J. Pope and Sons; purple, crimson, and scarlet, 1st prize, 

 Mr, Phillips ; orange, yellow, and pale colours, 1st prize, Mr. Wilcox; white 

 ground, striped, spotted, and edged, 1st prize, Mr. Phillips ; yellow ground, 

 striped, spotted, and edged, 1st prize, Mr. Wilcox. — Stove plants : 1st prize, 

 Gloxfn/r/ speciosa, D, Houghton, Esq. — Orchideous plants : 1st prize, Cyc- 

 noches Loddiges», J. Pope and Sons ; 2d, Epidendron fragrans var., D. 

 Houghton, Esq. — Green-house {)lants : 1st prize, Pinielea decussata, J, 

 Gough, Esq. — Plants of commerce : 1st prize, Thca Bohca, D.Houghton, 

 Esq. — Ericas: 1st prize, Gemmifera, Mrs. Haslope — Calceolarias : 1st prize, 

 C. guttata J. Gough, Esq. — Frame plants : 1st prize, Cypripeuiun spectabile, 

 J. Pope and Sons. — Herbaceous plants : 1st prize, Z)elphinium Barloww, Mr. 

 Dickenson, — Tender annuals : 1st prize, Clint6ni« pnlchella, Mr. Dickenson. 

 Hardy annuals : 1st prize, Colllns;« bicolor, Mr. Whale. (Midland Counties 

 Herald, July 26.) 



Birmingham Horticultural and Botanical Society. — The following summary 

 will show tlie progress that this Society has been making, during the past 

 year ; it is from the Report of the Committee : — 



" Your committee, in submitting to the members of the Society a statement 

 of their proceedings during the past year, cannot but congratulate them on 

 the increasing celebrity of the gardens, which are daily attracting the attention 

 of the most distinguished British and foreign botanists, many of whom 

 during the last few months, have honoured them with a visit, and expressed 



