6 3 4 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



cretia, Mr. Beecroft ; 4. Earl Moreland, Mr. Percy ; 5. Lucretia, Mr. |BeU ; 6. Scarlatina, Mr. 

 Allinson. Orange, Yellow, and Buff: 1. and 2. Goliath, Mr. Beecroft ; 3. Adrian, Mr. Bell ; 

 4. Adrian, Mr. Beecroft ; 5. Voltaire, Mr. Percy ; 6. Fiesco, Mr. Beecroft. Spotted and edged, on 

 White Ground: 1. Ross Toussaint, Mr. Heward; 2. La TiJmeraire, 3. Benjamin, 4. and 5. Cras- 

 sus, Mr. Beecroft. Spotted and edged, on Yellow Ground : 1. and 2. Princess Amelia, S. Duchess 

 of Buccleugh, Mr. Beecnft; 4. Kleine Agamemnon, and .5. Flos Solis, Mr. Percy; 6. Pretiosa, 

 Mr. Beecroft. Stripes on Yellow Ground : 1. Melange des Beautes, Mr. Heward ; 2. Melange des 

 Beautes, Rlr. Deighton ; 3. Favorite Mignonnc, Mr. Wharton ; 4. Favorite Mignonne, Mr. He- 

 ward ; 5. Melange des Beautes, Mr. Beecroft ; G. Melange des Beautes, Mr. Deighton. .Stripes on 

 ■VVhite Ground: 1. and 2. 'lYmeraire, Mr. Bell ; 3. Conr de France, Mr. Allinson ; 4. and 5. Al- 

 phonsus, and6. Planta, Mr. Beecroft. White and shaded White : 1. Argus, Mr. Allinson ; 2. Skid- 

 daw, iVIr. Deighton; 3. Laodicea, 4. Queen Caroline, and 5. Argus, Mr. Beecroft; 6. Princess 

 Alexandrina Victoria, M.. i^ercy. — Stocks. Brompton : 1. and 2. Mr. Brown, nurseryman, Bar- 

 ton ; 3. Mr. Allinson. {Hull Gazette, June 25.) 



July 4. The prizes were awarded as under : — 



Flowers. Pinks. Purple-laced : 1. (premium) Bow's Claudius, Mr. Priest ; 2. Lustre, Mr. Bell ; 

 ,3. Lock's Glory of Newport, Mr. Beecroft ; 4. Hewson's Miss Beresford, Mr. D. Brown ; 5. and 6. 

 Bow's Lustre, Mr. Burman. Red-laced : 1. Goulton's George the Fourth, Mr. Burman ; 2. Goul- 

 ton's George the Fourth, Mr. Bell; 3. Duchess Wellington, Mr.Wadsworth ; 4. and 5. Goulton's 

 George the Fourth, Mr. Priest ; 6. Suwarrow, Mr. Beecroft. Black and White : 1. Smith's Ma. 

 riner, and 2. Davey's Eclipse, Mr. Woolley ; 3. Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Beecroft ; 4. Duchess 

 of Devonshire, Mr. Woolley; 5. Venus, Mr. Beecroft; 6. Windsor Castle, Mr. Wadsworth. — 

 Roses. Moss: J. Tickhill, Mr. Woolley; 2. Tickhill, Mr. Allison; 3. Tickhill, Mr. Woolley ; 

 4. Tickhill, Mr. Allison ; 5. Moss Provence, Mr. Brown, Barton ; 6. Moss Provence, Mr. Wads- 

 worth, Plain : 1. Grand Swiss, Mr.Wadsworth ; 2. Unique, and 3. Grand Crimson, Mr. Allison ; 



4. Blush, Mr.Wadsworth; 5. Tuscany, Mr. Allison; 6. Unique, Mr. Priest. 



Fruit. Strawberries : 1. Wilmot's Superb, Mr. Wadsworth ; 2. Keen's Seedling, 3. Wilmot's 

 Superb, and 4. JNIanchester Hero, Mr. Smithson. {Hull Gazette, July 9.) 



Jiibi 28. The umpires were Mr. C. Lambert, Mr. J. G. Lumb, and Mr. Benj. 

 Ely of Rothwell Haigh. Prizes were distributed as follows : — 



Plant. Green-house, Mr. Charles Foster. 



Flowers. Ely's Mayor of Ripon (J. C. Parker, Esq.'s premium), Mr. H. Green ; Bellerophon 

 (Society's premium), Mr. W. B. Percy. Pink Bizarre : 1. and 2. Paul Pry, Mr. Wm. Burman ; 

 3. Paul Pry, Mr. D. Brown ; 4. Heward's Kingston, Mr. Wm. Burman ; .'J. Paul Pry, Mr. M. 

 Bell ; 6. Paul Pry, Mr.W. Burman. Scarlet Bizarre : I. Ely's Mayor of Ripon, Mr. H. Green ; 

 2. William the Fourth, Mr. J. Heward; 3. William the Fourth, Mr. D. Brown; 4, 5, and 6. 

 Wilde's Surpasse- Perfection, Mr. Wm. Burman. Purple Flake : 1. Bellerophon, and 2. Major Cart- 

 wright, Mr.W. B. Percy ; 3. Bates's Wellington, 4. and 5. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Wm. 

 Burman ; 6. Wilde's Mary Anne, Mr. Samuel Keecrofc. Pink Flake : I. Clegg's Smiling Beauty, 

 Mr.Wm. Burman; 2. Clegg's Smiling Beauty, Mr. R. Deighton; 3. Pollitt's Triomphe Royal, Mr. 

 Wm. Burman ; 4. Pollitt's Triomphe Royal, Mr. D. Brown ; 5. and 6. Triomphe Royal, Mr. J. 

 Wadsworth, gardener to 3. Eggington, Esq. Scarlet Flake : 1. Andrew Marvel (seedlingl, and 

 2. Madame Mara, Mr. M. Bell ; 3. Madame Mara, Mr. S. Beecroft ; 4. Mount Etna, Mr. W. B. 

 Percy ; 5. Mount Etna, Mr. Burman ; 6. Salamander, Mr. M. Bell. — Picotee.s. Purple-edged : 

 1. and 2. Ely's High Admiral, Mr.Wm. Burman ; 3. Ely's Elizabeth, Mr.Wm. Woolley ; 4, .5, and 

 6. Mary Queen of Scots, Mr. M. Bell. Red-edged : 1. Cato, Mr. Beecroft ; 2. and 3. Queen Ade- 

 laide, 4. Pearson's Chilwell Beauty, and 5. and 6. Queen Adelaide, Mr. Heward. Yellow Ground : 



1. Goldfinch, Mr. D. Brown; 2. and 3. Goldfinch, Jlr. Burman ; 4. Emily's Pride, Mr. Norman ; 



5. Stadtholder, Mr. H. Green ; fi. Stadtholder, Mr. Brown, Barton. Seedling, Mr. John Heward. 

 — Carnations. Best Seedling, Mr. James Wadsworth. 



Fruit. Grapes Black : 1. Black Hamburgh, Mr. H. Elundell ; 2. Black Hamburgh, Mr. T. 

 Holmes ; 3. Black Hamburgh, Mr. T. P. Smithson, &c. White: 1. Syrian, Mr. J. Wadsworth ; 



2. Tokay, Mr. Henry Blundell ; 3. Syrian, Mr. Thomas Holmes; 4. Frontignac, Mr. T. P. Smith- 

 son. — Melons : 1. Netted Cantaloup, Mr. J. England ; 2. Hague's Pizarro, Mr. Henry Biundell ; 



3. Netted Cantaloup, Mr. J. England ; 4. Netted Rock, Mr. VV. Norman. — Gooseberries. Red, 

 Roaring Lion, Mr.Wadsworth. Green, Ocean, Mr. Wadsworth. Yellow, Rockwood, Mr. Wads- 

 worth. White, Eagle, Mr.Wadsworth. — {Hull Mercunj, Aug. 2) 



Shiiffield Horticultural Society. — May 4. Tliere were several pots of Keen's 

 seedling strawberries, one of which contained sixty-three ripe strawberries, some of them measur- 

 ing near fi in. in circumference. These were sent by Mr. Paxton, from the gardens of His Grace 

 the Duke of Devonshire. Mr. Lambie, gardener to Sir George Sitwell, sent some cut flowers, 

 very excellent of their kind, with other articles of interest. Prizes were awarded for the follow- 

 ing fruits, vegetables, &c. : — 



Plants. Stove : 1. Blitia Tankervill?>, Mr. Paxton ; 2. Sinningia velutina, and 3. Sinning/a 

 villbsa, Mr. Lambie. Green-house: 1. E'pacris grandiflbra, and 2. Azalea indica alba, Mr. Pax. 

 ton ; 3. Cactus specibsa, Mr. Hallet ; 4. Cyrtanthus angustifulius, and 5. Amaryllis formosissima, 

 Mr. Weldon ; 6. Yellow China Rose, 7. CorroeV specibsa, and 8. £rica nigrita, Mr. Paxton. 

 Herbaceous, Trillium grandifi6rum, Mr. Crowder. 



Flowers. Auriculas. Pan of four (comprising one of each class, with not less than four pips on 

 a stem) : 1. Lee's Colonel Taylor, Ploughboy, Taylor's Glory, Self-coloured, not named, Mr. 

 Joseph Waterhouse ; 2. Moore's Jubilee, Morning Star, Incomparable, True Blue, Mr. John Re- 

 vill. Green-edged : 1 Kenyon's Ringleader, and 2. Rider's Waterloo, Mr. William Archer ; 

 3. Hudson's Leopold, Mr. John ReviU ; 4. Lee's Colonel Taylor, Mr. Jos. Waterhouse ; 5 Tra- 

 falgar, Mr. John Revill ; 6. Taylor's Ploughboy, Mr. James Wild. CJrey-cdged : 1. Taylor's 

 Ploughboy, Mr. James Wild ; 2. 'Kenyon's Ringleader, Mr. J. Driver ; 3. Seedling, and 4. Thomp. 

 son's Revenge, Mr. William Archer; 5. Lord John Russell, and 6. Rider's Waterloo, Mr. Mat- 

 thew Addy. White-edged : 1. Hallamshire, Mr. John Revill ; 2. Taylor's Glory, Mr. VV. Archer ; 

 3. Hughes's Pillar of Beauty, Mr. James Wild ; 4. Leigh's Bright Venus, Mr. J. Revill ; 5. Pott's 

 Regulator, Mr. J. Driver ; 6. Popplewell's Conqueror, Mr. Joseph Waterhouse. Self-coloured : 

 1. Grimes's Flora's Flag, 2, 3, and 4. Seedling, Mr.Wm. Archer ; 5. Bishop of Lichfield, Mr. John 

 Revill ; 6. Bishop of Lichfield, Mr. John Driver. — Polyanthuses. Dark Ground : 1. Alexander, 

 Mr. John Revill ; 2. Prince Regent, Mr.Wm. Archer ; 3. George the Third, and 4. William the 

 Fourth, Mr. Joseph Waterhouse ; 5. Billington's Beauty, Mr.Wm. Archer; 6. Turner's Emperor, 

 Mr. John Revill. Red Ground : 1. Coxe's Prince Regent, Mr. J. Driver ; 2. Crownshaw's Invin- 



