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Prince Henry of Prussia, Mr. Franklin ; 3. Prince Henry of Prussia, Mr. Wood. Double Red 

 or Pink : 1. Honour of Amsterdam, Mr. Raye ; 2. Honour of Amsterdam, Mr. Wood ; 3. Flos 

 sanguineus, Mr. Franklin. Double White : 1. and 2. Groot Voorst, Mr. Dall ; 3. Groot Voorst, 

 Mr. Raye. — Polyanthus Narcissus. Yellow, Soleil d'Or, Mr. Dale. White, Grand Monarque, 

 Mr. E. Laindy. 



Fruit. Dessert Apples: 1. Nonpareil (preserved in box with sand), Mr. Raye; 2. Baxter's 

 Pearmain (preserved in box with sand), Mr. Dally. — Kitchen Apples: 1. Norfolk Beauffin 

 (packed in box with hay and straw to exclude the air), Mr. Middleton ; 2. French Crab (gathered 

 dry, and packed in straw so as to exclude the air), Mr. Giddings. — Strawberries : Roseberries, 

 Mr. Middleton. 



Culiyiary Vegetables. Early Potatoes: Mr. Bleet (nine weighed lib. 7oz.). — Rhubarb: 1. Hy- 

 brid, 5 lbs. lljoz., Mr. Bleet; 2. Wihnot's Green, 4 lbs. "i^oz., Mr. Giddings. — Lettuce : I.Bath 

 Cos, Mr. Dally ; 2. Bath Cos, Mr. Giddings. 



July 27. At the Annual Summer Show prizes were awarded as vmder : — 



Flowers. Carnations. Scarlet Bizarre : 1. Wild's Perfection, Mr. Sharp ; 2. Wild's Perfection, 

 Mr. Twitchett ; 3. Wild's Perfection, Mr. Franklin ; 4. Wild's Perfection, Mr. Nutter. Purple 

 Bizarre : 1. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Sharp ; 2. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Franklin ; 3. Gregory's 

 Alfred, Mr. Twitchett; 4. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Nutter. Scarlet Flakes: 1. Doctor Barnes, 

 Mr. Dearlove; 2. Doctor Barnes, Mr. Sharp; 3. Doctor Barnes, Mr. Twitchett; 4. Doctor Barnes, 

 Mr. Bleet. Purple Flakes: 1. British Flag, Mr. Nutter; 2. Turner's Princess, Mr. Twitchett; 



3. Belierophon, Mr. Sharp; 4. Princess Charlotte, Mr. Dearlove. Rose: 1. Devonshire, Mr. 

 Sharp ; 2. Devonshire, Mr. Twitchett ; 3. Devonshire, Mr. Fordham ; 4. Devonshire, Mr. Franklin. 

 Best in anv colour in addition : Wild's Perfection, Mr. Sharp. Seedling in any colour : ]. 

 Walter Scott, Mr. W'ood ; 2. Earl Grey, Mr. Raye.— Picotees. Purple: 1. Miss Willoughby, Mr. 

 Franklin; 2. Miss Willoughby, Mr. Twitchett ; 3. Miss Willoughby, Mr. Raye; 4. Miss Wil- 

 loughby, Mr. Nutter. Red Dark: 1. Wood's Comet, Mr. Raye; 2. Bringclore Champion, Mr. 

 Twitchett; 3. Wood's Comet, Mr. Dally; 4. Smith's Victory, Mr. Sharp. Scarlet or pale Red: 

 1. Russell's Incomparable, Mr. Nutter; 2. Russell's Incomparable, Mr. Sharp; 3. Russell's Incom- 

 parable, Mr. Twitchett ; 4. Russell's Incomparable, Mr. Dearlove. Rose or Pink: 1. Granta, 

 Mr. Fordham ; 2. Granta, Mr. Raye ; 3. Granta, Mr. Nutter ; 4. Queen Caroline, Mr. Twitchett. 

 Yellow: 1. Howlet's Paragraph, Mr. Dearlove ; 2. Zenobia, Mr. Sharp ; 4. Louis Seize, Mr. 

 Twitchett. Best in any colour in addition : Russell's Incomparable, Mr. Nutter. Seedling 

 i« any colour: 1. Beauty of Ripton, Mr. Dally; 2. Hose Imperial, Mr. Raye. — Double Geor- 

 ginas : 1. Nobla, Augusta, and Apollo, Mr. Slight ; 2. Countess of Liverpool, ^'enusta, and 

 Perfccta, Mr. Franklin ; 3. Robusta, Donna Maria, and Squib's White, Mr.,W'ood ; 4. Au- 

 gusta, Imperiosa, and Eximia, Mr. Nutter. 



Fniif. Gooseberries. Red: i. Roaring Lion, 24 dwts. 4 grs., Mr. Hyland ; 2. Roaring Lion, 

 23 dwts., Mr. Bleet ; 3. Roaring Lien, 22 .dwts. 21 grs., Mr. Giddings ; 4. Roaring Lion, 21 dwts. 

 22 grs., Mr. Askew. Y'ellow : 1. Jolly Gunner, 21 dwts. 19 grs., Mr. Askew ; 2. CJolden Globe, 

 17 dwts. 18 grs., Mr. Hyland; 3. Golasn Sovereign, 16 dwts. 10 grs., Mr. Franklin ; 4. Jolly Gun- 

 ner, 16 dwts. 9 grs., Mr. Fordham. Green: 1. Green Ocean, 20 dwts. 4 grs., Mr. Giddings; 2. 

 Green Ocean, 20dwts. 1 gr., Mr. Fordham; 3. Angler, 19dwts. 18 grs,, Mr. Bleet; 4. Angler and 

 Ocean, 17 dwts. 12 grs,, Mr. Wood and Mr. Hyland. White: 1. Governess, 23 dwts. 22 grs., Mr. 

 Hylaud ; 2. Whitesmith, 21 dwts. 16grs.,.Mr. D. Veasey ; 3. Eagle, 20 dwts. 16 grs., Mr. Giddings.; 



4. Eagle, 19dwts. 13 grs., Mr, Fordham. In any colour in addition : Roaring Lion, 24dwts, 4 grs., 

 Mr. Hyland. Seedling, White : Marquess Lothian, 22 dwts., Mr. Hyland. Fewest to the Pound : 

 1. 14 Goo.seberries, Mr. Hyland ; 2. 14 Gooseberries, Mr. Bleet ; 3. 14 Gooseberries, Mr. Wood. 



— Currants (fewest to the Pound), White : 1. 20 Bunches, Mr. Giddings ; 2. 32 Bunches, Mr. 

 Bleet ; 3. 33 Bunches, Mr. Slight. Red : 1. 37 Bunches, Mr. Giddings ; 2. 42 Bunches, Mr. Hyland. 



— Cherries: 1. May Duke, Mr. DaU ; 2. Bigarreau, Mr. Bleet; 3. May Duke, Mr. Dally. 



LANCASHIRE. 



Bolton Ploral and Horticultural Society May 27. Prizes were awarded to 



the following amongst numerous others : — 



Cfereus speciosissimus (the first prize in stove planfs). Potatoes, French Beans, and I-ettuces, 

 with numerous others, W, Hulton, Esq, Calceolaria Gillenwna [FothergilhYi'], a beautiful 

 Green-house Plant, first prize, R, Holland, Esq. (Bolton Clironicle, May 28.) 



July 6. The Third INIeeting for the season, of this Society, was held in the 

 large room at the Commercial Inn, when the exhibition of flowers, stove, green-house and herb- 

 aceous plants, fruits, &c., far exceeded any fonnerone. The stage of pinks was said to be the 

 most splendid ever witnessed in this county. The roses and ranunculuses were not so good, owing 

 to the extreme forwardness of the season. {Wheeler's Manchester Chronicle, July 9.) 



August 5. The specimens of plants and flowers shown were excellent, but in 

 fruit there was an evident falling off The principal prize ; were disposed of as under : — 



Stove Plant, Brugmans/Vi suavfeolens, James Ormro 1, Esq. Green-house Plant, Atrium 

 Oleander var. spl^ndens, Roger Holland, Esq. Second 'Jreen-house Plant, Fiichs/a gracilis, R. 

 Barlow, Esq. Melon, James Cross, Esq., a most beaut'ful specimen, weighing lO^lbs. Scarlet 

 Bizarre Carnation (Foxhunter), Mr. John W;.Ish. Bi; rre Carnation (Rainbow), Mr. Turner. 

 Scarlet Flake Carnation (Madame Maral, Mr. Mawds^y. Pink Flake Carnation (Conquering 

 Hero), IMr, Jos. Ashworth. {Bolton Chrunide, August 13.) 



Lancaster Floral and Horticultural Society. — July 26. Prizes were awarded 

 as under : — 



Plants. Green-bouse : 1, Erythriiia /aurifblia, and 2. Alstroemtr;Vi Pelegrina, Mr, Hargreaves ; 

 :>, Plumbago, J. Dockray, Esq. Hardy : 1. 7/ibiscus (new\ and 2, Salpiglossis atropurpOrea, 

 Mr, Hargreaves; 3. Conimelina tuberbsa. Miss Dalton ; 4, Campanula pyramidalis alba, Mr. 

 Darwen. 



Flowers. Carnations. Scarlet Bizarres : 1. Wild's Perfection, and 2. Ely's M.iyor of Ripon, 

 Messrs. Connelly and Son ; 3. Triumphant, Mr, Hargreaves ; 4, Smalley's Foxhunter, Messrs. 

 Connelly and Son ; 5, Royal Sovereign, Mr, Hargreaves ; 6. Lee's Lord Nelson, Messrs. Connelly 

 and Son; 7. Salamander, Mr. Hargreaves. Pink Bizarres: I.Wakefield's Paul Pry, Messrs. 

 Connelly and Son ; 2. Squire Trafford, Mr. Hargreaves; 3. Potter's Sir William, 4. Plumber's 

 Ixjrd Denbigh, 5. Lee's Duke of Kent, 6. Plummer's Waterloo, and 7. Tve's Prince Leopold, 

 Messrs. Connelly and Son. Purple Flakes: I. Leighton's Belierophon, and 2. Oddie's Hcnrv 



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