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The York Floi-ists' Society held their Annual Show of Tulips and Gera- 

 niums on May 26., in Petergate. The prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



Tulips. Feathered Roses : 1. RoseTriomphe Royal, Mr. Parker ; 2. Hero 

 of the Nile, Mr. W. Hardman ; 3. Conipte de Vergennes, and 4. Num- 

 ber Seven, Mr. Parker ; 5. Doolittle, Mr. W. Hardman. Feathered Bybloe- 

 men : l . Black Baguet, Mr. W. Hardman ; 2. Norfolk Baguet, Mr. Rippon ; 

 S.Violet Grand Turc, Mr. W. Hardman ; 4. Washington, Mr. Parker; 

 5. Black Baguet, Mr. Parker. Feathered Bizards : 1. Trebisonde, Mr. 

 Rippon ; 2. Due de Savoy, Mr. W. Hardman ; 3. Ardington's Rainbow, Mr. 

 Wilson ; 4. Surpasse Catafalque, and 5. Maitre Partout, Mr. W. Hardman. 

 Flamed Roses: 1. Cerise Primo, and 2. Triomphe Royal, Mr. Parker; 

 3. Triomphe Royal, Mr. W. Hardman; 4. Cerise Primo, Mr. Summers ; 

 5. Number Eleven, Mr. Parker. Flamed Bybloemen : 1. Inconi. Pomona, 

 Mr. Wm. Hardman ; 2. Bienfait, Mr. Summers ; 3. Incom. Voorhelm, Mr. 

 Cooper ; 4. Tour de Salisbury, and 5. Bienfait, Mr. W. Hardman. Flamed 

 Bizards: 1. Wolstenholme's Seedling, Mr. Wilson; 2. Bizard Incompar- 

 able, Mr. Pai'ker ; 5. Number Thirty-nine, 4. Number Nineteen, and 5. In- 

 comparable Primus, Mr. W. Hardman. Selfs and Unbroken: 1. White 

 Flag, Mr. Parker ; 2. Roi de Mine d'Or, Mr. Summer ; 3. Number Eighty- 

 nine, and 4. Number Ninety-nine, Mr. W. Hardman ; 5. Roi de Mine d'Or, 

 Mr. Bean. — Geraniums. Scarlet and Dark Grounds : \.Y)a\e\dnuin, Mr. 

 Rigg; 2. Emperor Nicholas, and 3. Defiance, Mr. Parker. Violet and 

 Light Grounds : 1. Husseya«M7H, Mr. Bean ; 2. Beaute Supreme, Mr. Par- 

 ker; 5. Countess, Mr. Rigg. White Grounds : 1. Macranthon, Mr. Par- 

 ker; 2. Coronation, Mr. Rigg; 3. Macranthon, Mr. Bean. 



At the first Show of the season, held a few weeks ago, Mr. W. Hardman 

 was presented with a piece of plate, he having won the greatest number of 

 first prizes during the year 1828. Mr. A. Parker was presented with another 

 piece of plate, he being the greatest winner of first prizes with geraniums, 

 roses, and bouquets, during the same year. {Yorkshire Gazette, May 30.) 



Wakefield Florists' Society, — This Society held their Annual Show of 

 Tulips on June 1., which was very numerously and respectably attended. 

 The Show was most excellent, and appeared to give general satisfaction. 

 Prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



Feathered Bizards: 1. Sir Sydney Smith, Mr. Shillito; 2. Gigantum, 

 Mr. Blackburn ; 3. Due de Savoy, Mr. Shillito; 4. Gold Mont, Mr. Gill; 

 5. Trafalgar, Mr. Shillito ; 6. Leopoldina, Mr. I31ackburn. Feathered By- 

 bloemens : 1. Gloria Mundi, Mr. Shillito; 2. Washington, Mr. Stephenson ; 

 3. Bienfait Incomparable, Mr. Drake ; 4. Cupido, Mr. Hardman ; 5. Bien- 

 fait, Mr. Poynton ; 6. Light Baguet, Mr. Hardman. Feathered Roses : 

 1 . Doolittle, Mr. Shillito ; 2. Neat and Clean, Mr. Stephenson ; 3. Rose 

 Lilby, Mr. Blackburn ; 4. Rose Beaurepere, Mr. Drake ; 5. Violett Quarto, 

 Mr. Blackburn ; 6. Gray Stella, Mr. Poynton. Flamed Bizards : 1. Bell's 

 lung, Mr. Shillito ; 2. Princess, and 3. Chat de Crickles, Mr. Gill ; 4. Mag- 

 nifique, Mr. Blackburn ; 5. Surpasse la Cantique, Mr. Gill ; 6. Surpasse Ca- 

 tafalque, Mr. Poynton. Flamed Bybloemens : 1. Dunstan, Mr. Stephen- 

 son ; 2. Black Baguet, Mr. Blackburn; 3. Seedling, Mr. Poynton ; 4. Woade's 

 King, Mr. Newsome ; 5. Unknown, Mr. Hardman ; 6. Washington, Mr. 

 Shillito. Flamed Roses: I. Favourite Rose, Mr. Gill; 2. Triomphe Royal, 

 Mr. Drake ; 3. Cerise LifFe, Mr. Hardman ; 4. Rose Unique, Mr. Poynton ; 



5. Unknown, Mr. Blackburn ; 6. Due de Bronte, Mr. Poynton. Selfs : 

 1. Mine d'Or, Mr. Gill; 2. Mountain of Snow, Mr. Blackburn; 3. Un- 

 known, Mr. Stephenson ; 4. Mirabella, and 5. Unknown, Mr. Blackburn ; 



6. Queen of Sultana, Mr. Shillito. Breeders: l. and 2. Mr. Blackburn ; 

 5. Mr. Newsome. Double: 1. Yellow, Mr. Hardman; 2. Striped, Mr. 

 Blackburn; 5. Red, Mr. Hardman, {Wakefield and Halifax Journal^ 

 June 5.) 



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