738 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



Achilles, Victory, Rose Constantia, Lord Famborough. Six best, one of a sort: 1. Mogul, Splen- 

 dida. Black Turban, Bright Sulphur Yellow, Galatea, Seedling ; 2. Countess of Liverpool, Bar- 

 ratt's Susiana, Cambridge Surprise, Achilles, Pure Yellow, Perfecta, Mr. Biggs. Georgina, Globe 

 Dark Crimson, Mr. \Vidnall. Seedling, Mr Robert Nutter. 



Fruit. Grapes : Black, Black Hamburgh, Rev. George Jenyns ; White, White Nice, Mr. 

 Dall ; Frontignac, White, Mr. Dall; White Out-door, Sweetwater, Mrs. R. Foster. — Peaches. 

 Two sorts, si.K of a sort : Noblesse, Colonel Pemberton. — Nectarines. Two sorts, six of a sort : 

 Elruge, Colonel Pemberton. Six of any sort. Red Roman, Mr John Newman. — Plums. Two 

 sorts, ten of a sort : Coe's Seedling, Green Gage, Mr Challis. Dish, Green Gage, Rev. George 

 Jenyns. — Cherries, INIorello, Mr Challis. — Gooseberries, Warrington Red, Mr. Challis. — Melon 

 (second prize), Netted CaiiLaioup, Mr. Girason. — Figs, Brown, Colonel Pemberton. — Apples, 

 Nonesuch, Mr. John Denson. 



Culinary Vegetables. Lettuce, Bath Cos, Mr. J. Denson. 



Among the cottagers' prizes, the only two named were : — Onions, Spanish, Benjamin Knight, 

 Waterbeach ; and Apples, Nonesuch, John Chapman, Wimpole. 



The next Show was announced for the 30th of November; and, before the Show closed, a let- 

 ter from Lord Hardwicke to the secretary was read, recommending an extension of the garden 

 premiums to cottagers. [Cambridge Chronicle, He^t. 9.) 



CUMBERLAND. 



Whitehaven Horticultural Society. — uipril 29. The following is a list of the 

 prizes, &c. : — 



Flowers. Auriculas. Green-edged : 1. Clough's Defiance, Mr. Robert Elliott, gardener to M. 

 Hartlej', Esq., Rose Hill (this also won Mr Pennyfeather's premium for the best of any kind ^ ; 

 2. Buckley's Jolly Tar, Mr. William Sawyers ; 3. Moor's Jubilee Green, Mr. John Gaitskell. 

 Grey-edged : 1. Taylor's Ploughbov, Mr. James Clarke, gardener to the Earl of Lonsdale ; 



2. Kenyon's Ringleader, Mr John 'Gaitskell ; 3. Ashworth's Rule All, Mr. R. Elliott. White- 

 edged : 1. Lee's Earl Grosvenor, Mr. Robert Elliott ; 2. Pillar of Beauty, Mr. William Sawyers ; 



3. Lee's Venus, Rev. H. Lowther. Self-coloured : 1. Redmain's Metropolitan, Mr.Wra. Sawyers ; 

 2. Berry's Lord Lee, Mr James Clarke; 3. Clarke's Countess, Mr. Robert Elliott. — Polyanthus : 

 1. Fletcher's General Hill, Mr. James Clarke ; 2. Pearson's Alexander, Mr. Henry Gird ; 3. 

 Tantararara, Mr. James Clarke. Seedling, Mr. Isaac Williamson. {Cumberland Pacquet, 

 May 3.) 



May 1 7. Prizes -were awarded as under : — 



Plants. Green-house (neither Ericas nor Geraniums). Best-bloomed : 1. C^reus flagellif'irmis, 

 Mr R. Elliott ; 2. Calceolaria integrift)lia, Mr. J. Gaitskell; 3. Calceolaria corymbbsa, Mr. Kobt. 

 Elliott. — Herbaceous Hardy : 1. Jacoba-an Lily, Mr. James Clarke, gardener to the Earl of 

 Lonsdale; 2. Rose-coloured Tree P<eonv, Mr. Isaac Williamson. — Heath : 1. £rica mediterranea, 

 Mr. Alexander Oliver, Gillfoot ; 2. Efx'ca herbkcea, Mr Robt. Elliott, Rose Hill. — Rare Native: 

 1. Polj'gonum alpJnum [a native of Italy, not of England], Mr. Robt. Elliott, Rose Hill ; 2. O'rchis 

 macuiau, Mr A. Oliver, Gillfoot. 



Flowers. Tulips. Flamed Bizarre : 1. Prince de Condi^ (which also won Mr. Pennyfeather's 

 prize for the best tulip), Miss Fox, St. Bees ; 3. Leopoldina, Mr. Thornton, Keswick. Feathered 

 Bybloemen : 1. Buonaparte, Mr A. Oliver, gardener to T. Hartley, Esq., Gillfoot; 2. Black 

 Baguet, 3. Susiana, and 4. Ceres Primo, Mr Thornton, Keswick. Feathered Roses : 1. Marshal 

 of France, Mr Thornton, William Pit ; 2. Neat and Clean, Mr Thornton, Keswick ; 3. Do 

 Little, Mr. Isaac Williamson ; i. Sherwood's Lady Crewe, Mr. John Gaitskell, Hall Santon. 

 Flamed Roses : 1, Marshal of France, Mr. Thornton, William Pit ; 2. Rose Unique, and 3. Rose 

 Quarto, Mr. Gaitskell. — Geraniums: 1. Triumphant, 2. George the Fourth, 3. Commander, 



4. Moore's Majestic, 5. Celestial, Mr Robert Elliott, Rose Hill. 



Fruit. Apples ^of 1830). Dessert : 1. Cirey Leadiiigton, Mr. Robert Elliott ; 2. French Pippin, 

 Mr. John Pennyfeather, gardener to the Earl of Lonsdale. {Cumberland Pacquet, May24.) 



.August 5. The Carnation Show of this Society was lield on August 5. Prizes 

 were awarded as follows : — 



Plants. Green-house : 1. Erythrlna Crista gAUi, Mr. James Clarke ; 2. Swainsbnjn coronilliE- 

 f6Ua, Mr A. Oliver; 3. Maurandya Barclayriwa, Mr. J. Clarke. — Herbaceous : 1. Esehscholtzia 

 califijrnica, Mr. James Graham; 2. Campanula pyramidiilis alba, Mr. Robt. Elliott ; 3. Gentiana 

 saponiria, Mr. John Gaitskell. 



Flotuers. Carnations. Scarlet Bizarres : 1. Wild's Perfection, Mr. Wm. Gird ; 2. Smalley's Fox- 

 hunter, and 3. Lee's Lord Nelson, Jlr. James Clarke. Purple Bizarres : 1. Rainbow, Mr Henry 

 Gird; 2. Gregory's Alfred, and 3. Plummer's Jubilee, Mr. Wni. Gird. Purple Flakes : 1. Tur- 

 ner's Princess, Mr.Wm. Gird; 2. Wood's Commander, Mr. James Clarke; 3. Rawson's Cham- 

 pion, Mr Henry Gird, Rose Flakes: 1. Rawson's Queen Adelaide, Mr Wm. Gird; 2. Smiling 

 Beauty, and 3. Miss Foote, Mr. James Clarke. Scarlet Flakes : 1. Chance, Mr. James Clarke. 

 Seedlings of any colour : 1. Helvellyn, and 2. Ned of the Fell, Mr Henry Gird. Best Carnation 

 (Mr Pennyfeather's prize). Wild's Perfection, Mr.Wm. Gird. — Picotees. Purple: 1. Princess 

 Victoria, 2. Mason's Wellington, and 3. Lee's Cleopatra, Mr. James Clarke. Red : 1. Will 

 Stukely, Mr Wm. Gird; 2. Chilwell Beautj', Mr. James Clarke; 3. Mayor of Northampton, 

 Mr. Isaac Williamson. 



Fruit. Melons ; 1. Improved Scarlet Flesh, Mr. A. Oliver ; 2. Egyptian Red Flesh, IMr. Jas. 

 Clarke. — Nectarines, best six : 1. Old Newington, Mr. James Clarke ; 2. Brugnon, Mr. Robert 

 Elliott. — Peaches, best three : 1. Royal George, Mr James Clarke; 2. Magdalen, Mr. Robert 

 Elliott. — Grapes. Best Bunch of Black or Red : 1. Black Spanish, and 2. Lombardy, Mr. Alex. 

 Oliver. Of White: 1. Tokay, Mr. James Clarke; 2. Early White Muscadine, Mr. Alex. Oliver. 

 Of Grizzly Frontignac, Mr James Clarke. Gooseberries : Best dish of Champagne, Mr. R. 

 Elliott. — Plums. Best ten : 1. Wilmot, Mr Robert Elliott ; 2. Red Magnum Bonum, Mr. J. 

 Pennyfeather. — Pears, Table. Best plate of nine : Jargonelle, Mr. A. Oliver. 



Extra-Prizes. Dn'sera rotundifMia, and pelargoniums which have remained in the open 

 ground all the year, Mr. Robt. Elliott, gardener to Mdham Hartley, Esq. — Bouquet and seedling 

 georginas, Mr John Gaitskell, Hall Santon. — A member's premium to that cottager in the 

 neighbourhood whose garden combines the advantages of neatness and utility, was awarded to 

 John Robinson, engine-man. Scale Gill, near Low Halt 



Judges. For Flowers and Fruit : Mr. Connolly of Lancaster, Mr. Joseph WhaUey of Liver- 

 pool, and Mr. Irving of the firm of Messrs. Hutton, Carlisle. {Cumberland Pacquet, Aug. 16.) 



