356 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — Yorkshire. 



Moile, and 5. Old Brand}', Col. Money. — Culinary Vegetables. Sea-kale: 



1. Mr. Reynolds; 2. Col. Money ; 5. C. B. M. Johnston, Esq.; 4. K. Evans, 

 Esq.; 5. J.Cooke, Esq. White Broccoli: 1. and 2. Mrs. Westfaling ; 

 3. C. Biss, Esq. ; 4. Mrs. Westfaling ; 5. R, Compton, Esq. Brown or 

 Purple Broccoli : 1. and 2. Mrs. Piatt. Cabbages: 1. Mr. T. E. Jones; 



2. R. Compton, Esq. ; 3. Mr. T. E. Jones; 4. J. Cooke, Esq. ; 5. Mr. T. 

 E. Jones. {Hereford Journal, May 6. 1829.) 



Yorkshire. 



Yorkshire Horticultural Society. — The first Spring Meeting of this 

 Society was held on May 6., at the Music Hall, Leeds, and was most 

 numerously and fashionably attended. At two o'clock, the Rev. J. A. 

 Rhodes, of Horsforth Hall, was called to the chair, who opened the business 

 of the meeting with an appropriate address ; and in distributing the follow- 

 ing prizes, he addressed the prize-men with his usual felicity of language : — 



Fruit. Pines: 1. Ralph Hopps, gardener to William Gott, Esq., of 

 Leeds ; 2. William Ashton, gardener to Benjamin Gaskell, Esq., of Thornes 

 House. Black Grapes : 1 . James Brown, gardener to John Hebblethwaite, 

 Esq., of Leeds ; 2. Ralph Hopps. White Grapes, Thomas Appleby, 

 gardener to the Rev. J. A. Rhodes, of Horsforth Hall. Cherries, William 

 Ashton. Strawberries and Peaches, William Appleby. Apples, William 

 Ashton. — Culinary Vegetables. Lettuce, A. Whitelock, gardener to 

 Colonel Arden, of Pepper Hall, near Northallerton. Cabbage, Samuel 

 Currie, gardener to J. Ingham, Esq., Blake Hall, near Mirfipld. Broccoli: 



1. Joseph Marshall, of Rothwell Haigh ; 2. Mr. Baines, gardener to Messrs. 

 Backhouse, of York. Curled Cole, Joseph Marshall. Potatoes^ Joseph 

 Deuxberry, gardener to Abram Rhodes, Esq., of Roundhay. Mushrooms, 

 William Campbell, gardener to Henry Teale, Esq., of Stourton Lodge. 

 Sea-kale, George Trotter, gardener to C. J. Brandling, Esq., Middleton 

 Lodge. Asparagus: 1. Samuel Currie; 2. David Smith, gardener to A. 

 Peterson, Esq., of Wakefield. Kidneybeans : 1. William Campbell; 2. 

 T.Appleby. Cucumbers: 1. James Brown ; 2. William Ashton. Rhubarb: 

 JohnCatton, gardener to Benjamin Sadler, Esq., of New Laiths. — Plants. 

 Geraniums: 1. Thomas Haselgrave, of Wakefield; 2. Josh. Marshall; 

 5. Josh Moore, gardener to T. B. Pease, Esq., of Chapel Allerton. Exotic, 

 Strophanthus dichotomus, James Brown. Exotic Bouquet, James Brown. 

 Hardy Bouquet, William Clark. Exotic Heath, John Taylor. Hardy 

 Heath, William Clark. — Floivers. Hyacinths, H. Baines, gardener to 

 Messrs. Backhouse, of York. Green-edged Auriculas : 1. Colonel Taylor, 

 Mr. James Spence ; 2. Waterloo, Mr. E. Fletcher ; 3. Prince Leopold, Mr. 

 William Hudson. Grey-edged Auriculas: 1. Privateer, Mr. John Beeston; 



2. Ringleader, and 3. Complete, Mr. Spence. China-edged Auriculas: 1. 

 Venus, Mr. Robert Jackson; 2. Rule-all, Mr. Spence; 3. Conqueror, Mr. 

 Wood. Self Auriculas : 1. Metropolitan, and 2. Flora's Flag, Mr. B. Eli ; 

 5. Lord Lee, Mr. E. Fletcher. Alpine Auriculas : 1. Seedling, Mr. B. Eli; 



2. Seedling, Mr. John Beeston ; 5. Seedling, Mr. W. Riley. Polyanthuses : 

 1. Pearson's Alexander, Mr. Clark ; 2. Cox's Prince Regent, Mr. W. Wood ; 



3. Yorkshire Regent, Mr. B. Eli. 



Premiums were also awarded to Mrs. Kennedy of North Hall, to Joseph 

 Moore, to Joseph Marshall, to Thomas Appleby, and Mr. Haselgrave, for 

 Plants, &c. for the decoration of the room. Among the decorations we 

 noticed the two following trees : the Acacia armata, in full fohage and 

 flower, and a fine orange tree in full bearing. 



Mr. Leah, a nurseryman, at Warley, near Halifax, produced an improved 

 hoe, by using of which one half the expense of the common hoe would be 

 done away. [We shall be much obliged to Mr. Leah to send us some 

 account of this hoe, and to state where it may be purchased] The atten- 

 tion of the meeting was called to a beautiful PjEony, produced by Mr. 



