748 Prov. Hort. Soc. : — NortJmmba-land and Durham, _ 



3. Mr. Cuthbertson. Peirs ; 1. Jargonelle, Mr. T. Harrison, Ripon ; 2. Jargonelle, Mr. P. Douriss ; 

 3. Summer Portugal, Mr. May. Apples. Eating: 1. Ribston fippin, Mr. Elias Hilyard, gardener to 

 Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart., of Thirkleby; 2. Downton Pippin, MrC. Whytall. Baking: 1. Kes- 

 wick Codlin, and 2. King's Apple, Mr. Abbott, Knaresborough. Melons : 1. Mr. Robert Camp- 

 bell, gardener to the Hon. '1'. O. Powlett ; 2. Blr. Abbott. — Culinary Vegetables. Tomatoes. 

 Yellow : 1. Mr. C. Whytall, gardener to Thomas Mason, Esq. of Copt Hewick ; 2. Mr. A. Kirk- 

 patrick. Red, Mr. T. Blason. Celery : 1. Mr. Abbott ; 2. Mr. Kirkpatrick. Onions : 1. Tripoli, 

 Mr. T. Mason ; 2. Mr Abbott. Broccoli, Mr. Abbott. 



Judges : for Flowers, Mr. Hill, Mr. Knowles, and Mr. Campbell ; for Fruits and Vegetables, 

 Mr. Morton, Mr. Peter Neesh, and Mr. Sam. Winn. 



Prizes were also awarded to Mr. May, Mr. Cuthbertson, and Mr. Thos. Grayson, for their 

 respective contributions, for decorating the room during the season; to Mr. Smith of Green 

 Royd, for a fine bouquet of sweet-scented China roses ; to T. Dickens, Esq., for two very rare and 

 splendid exotics, the Crassula falcata and Chirbn/a /ychnoides, both which were much admired 

 by the amateurs, Ijeing so seldom seen in bloom, and rarely, even then, in such perfection as were 

 these ; to Mr. Cuthbertson, for a superior collection of cockscombs, namely, Cel6sia cristata cocci- 

 nea, Celbsia cristata liitea, Celbsia cristata pyramidalis, much admired for their size and brilliancy 

 of colour ; to Mr. May, for Gloxinm specibsa var. albitibra, Fuchsia cunica. Fuchsia gracilis, Thun- 

 bergia alata, Thunberg/a fragrans, Rbsa. ralicifblia, il/imulus Ifiteus var. rivularis, &c. &c. The 

 exhibition ofgeorginas was of a very superior order, and well competed. {YorUshiie Gazette, 

 Sept. 26.) 



York Florists' Society. — On Aug. 11., the Ancient Society of York Florists held their Annual 

 Show of Carnations, Picotees, &-c. The prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



Carnations. Bizards. Scarlet: 1. Davey's Sovereign, and 2. Number Sixty-one, Mr. Parker; 

 S.Ely's Mayor of Kipon, Mr. W. Hard man ; 4. Number Sixty-two, and 5. Number Six, Mr. 

 Parker. Pink : 1. Cartwright's Rainbow, 2. Number Fifty-one, 3. Gregory's Alfred, and 4 Num. 

 ber Fifty-two, Mr. W. Hardman ; 5. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Parker. Flakes. Scarlet: l.Lacey's 

 Queen, Mr. W. Hardman ; 2, 3, and 4. Wilson's Seedling, Mr. Wilson ; 5. Number Fifty-eight, 

 Mr. W. Hardman. Purple : 1. Hufton's Mrs. Godfrey, and 2. Number Twenty-seven, Mr. W. 

 Hardman ; 3. Number Twenty seven, 4. and 5. Seedling, Mr. Wilson. Rose : 1. Clegg's Smiling 

 Beauty, Mr. W. Hardman ; 2. Clegg's Smiling Beauty, Mr. Parker ; 3. Number Fifty-three, Mr. 

 W. Hardman ; 4. and 5. Number Sixty-three, Mr. Parker. Self's : 1. and 2. Seedling, Mr. Wilson ; 

 3. Number Eighty-four, and 4. Number Fifty-five, Mr. W. Hardman ; 5. Number Seventy, Mr. 

 Parker. — Picotees. Red and White: 1. Wilson's Duke of Wellington, Mr. Wilson ; 2. Pearson's 

 England's Defiance, Mr. W. Hardman ; 3. Lee's Will Stukely, Mr. Parker ; 4. Lee's Will 

 Stukely, Mr. W. Hardman; 5. Wilson's Bonaparte, Mr. Wilson. Purple and White: 1. Wilson's 

 Ulysses, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Wilson's .Seedling, Mr. Wilson. Yellow and BufF: 1. Charlton's Yellow 

 Picotee, 2. Dobson's Seedling, 3. Number Fifty-nine, 4. Maid de Magdeburg, and 5. Number .Si.xty, 

 Mr. W. Hardman. Best Bouquet, Mr. Parker. — Gooseberries: Heaviest, Mr. Parker ; fewest 

 in a pound, Mr. Parker. ( Yorkshire Gazette, Aug. 22.) 



Ripon Florists' Society. — The members of this Society held their Third and Final Meeting this 

 year, in Ripon, on Aug. 15,, when the specimens exhibited were numerous, and of a very superior 

 description. The prizes were awarded as follows : — 



Carnations. Bizards. Scarlet : 1. Wild's Perfection, and 2. Ely's Mayor of Ripon, Mr. Cuth- 

 bertson ; 3. Mayor of Ripon, Mr. G. Grayson ; 4. Mayor of Ripon, and 5. Doctor Syntax, 

 Mr. May; Wild's Perfection, Mr. J. Binn. Pink: 1. Bang Europe, Mr. May ; 2. Ive's Prince 

 Leopold, Mr. Cuthbertson ; 3. Ive's Prince Leopold, Mr. Mufham ; 4. Gregory's King Alfred, 

 Mr. J. Binn ; 5. Hall's Morning Star, Mr. Clarke; 6. Ive's Prince Leopold, Mr. J. Binn. Flakes. 

 Purple : 1. Turner's Princess Charlotte, and 2. Smith's Number One hundred and eighty-seven, 

 Mr. Cuthbertson ; 3. Pike's Nonpareil, Mr. J. Binn ; 4. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Sweet- 

 ing; 5. Bate's Wellington, Mr. Clarke ; 6. James's Queen, Mr. T. Harrison. Scarlet: 1. Cart- 

 wright's Commander, Mr. May ; 2. Pearson's Matlame Mara, Mr. G. Grayson ; 3. Harley's 

 Wonderful, and 4. Pearson's Madame Mara, Mr. Clarke; 5. Unknown, Mr. May; G. Pearson's 

 Madame Mara, Mr. Sweeting. Pink : 1. Seedling, Mrs. Lawrence, 2. Tate's Miss Nannj', and 



3. Yates's Supreme, Mr. Cuthbertson ; 4./rate's Waterloo, Mr. Sweeting; 5. Plant's Lady Byron, 

 Mr. Mufham ; 6. Unknown, Mr. Sweeting. — Picotees. Purple : 1. Lee's Cleopatra, Mr. jlay ; 



2. Hufton's Miss Emma, Mr. Clarke ; 3. Ely's Lady Grantham, Mr. G. Grayson ; 4. Hutton's 

 Miss Emma, and 5. Milkmaid, Mr. Moore; 6. Complete, Mr. Sweeting. Scarlet: I. Ely's Com- 

 plete, and M. Marshall's Miss Bramilin, Mr. Cuthbertson ; 3. Will Stukely, Mr. T. Harrison ; 



4. Will Stukely, Mr. Cuthbertson ; 5. Will Stukely, Mr. Mufham ; 6. Marshall's Miss Bramilin, 

 Mr. Sweeting. Yellow : 1. Hird's Miss Harriett, Mr. J. Binns ; 2. Highland's Grenadier, Mr. May,; 



3. Fair Maid of the Alps, Mr. Mufham ; 4. Highland's Phoenix, 5. Highland's Turtle Dove, and 

 6. Highland's Excellent, Mr. May. {Yorkshire Gazette, Aug. 22.) 



Bedale Florists' Society. — The members of this Society held a Meeting in Bedale, on Aug. 15., 

 when the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



Carnations. Bizards. Scarlet : 1. Plant's Lord Nelson, 2. Foxhunter, and 3. Seedling, Mr. 

 Hewson. Pink and Purj'le : 1. Doctor Syntax, and 2. Plummer's Ix)rd Denby, Mr. Spence ; 

 3. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Hewson. Flakes. Scarlet : 1. Madame Mira, Mr. .Sanderson ; 2. Thorni- 

 croft's Blucher, Mr. Whitton ; 3. Seedling, Mr. Hewson. Purple : 1. Seedling (the Rector of 

 Bedale), Mr. Hewson ; 2. Harley's Diana, Mr. Sanderson ; 3. W^)od's Commander, Mr. Spence. 

 Rose: 1. Waterhouse's Rose Imperial, Mr. Hewson; 2. Plant's Lady Hood, and 3. Duchess of 

 Devonshire, Mr. \Nhitton. — Picotees. Scarlet : I. Will Stukely, Mr. Whitton ; 2. Will Stukely, 

 Mr. Hewson; 3. Alpha, Mr. Hird. Purple: I.Telford's Major Healey, Mr. Hewson; 2. Cleo- 

 patra, and 3. Seedling, Mr. Sanderson. Yellow : 1. Sultana, Mr. Cavea; 2. Sultana, Mr. Whitton; 

 3. Fair Maid of the Alps, Mr. Caven. {Yorkshire Gazette, Aug. 22.) 



NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 



The Botanical and Horticultural Society of Durham, Northumberland, and Neivcaslle upon 

 Tyne held a Aleeting in Newcastle, on Sept. 11., when prizes were awarded as tbllows : — 



For the best-fiaroured pine (Anson's Seedling), the gold medal to lialph Natcrs, Esq., Sandy, 

 ford House. This fruit was selected out of eight fine pines of various sorts, sent by the same 

 gentleman. Red-fleshed melon, the silver medal; dish of best-flavoured gooseberries, the silver 

 medal; and seedling apple, the silver medal; to Mr. Joseph Clarke, gardener to Mrs. Bewicke, 

 Close House. Six peaches, the silver medal, to Mr. Robert Turnbull, gardener to the Rev. J, S. 

 Ogle, Kirkley Hall. Dish of nectarines, the silver medal; and dish of plums, the silver medal; 



