66 Foreign Notices. — England. 



efy; The Sheffield Horticultural Society; Grantham Floral and Hor- 

 ticultural Society; Analaly Annual Dalilia Show; Stowmarket Hor- 

 ticultural Society; Morningside Practical Gardeners' Society; Bed- 

 ford Grand Dahlia Show; Kinj^ston Royal Horticultural Society; 

 Elham Horticultural and Floral Society; York Horticultural Exhi- 

 bition; Exeter Grand Dahlia Exhibition; Hexham Floral Exhibi- 

 tion; Hatnpstead Florists' Society; Wrexhatn Horticultural Society; 

 Birmingham Grand Dahlia Show; in all fifteen, and among thetn 

 some of the most influential provincial societies. 



The North London Amateur Floricultural Society. — Frst prize, a 

 silver cup, value six guineas. — Best fifty blooms, viz: — Widnall's 

 •Argo, Cambridge Hero, Conductor, Duchess of Devonshire, Ne 

 Plus Ultra, Rienzi, Sylph, Pickwick, Nicholas Nickleby, Defender, 

 Cox's Defiance, Bishop of Salisi)ury, Sir J. Astley, Beauty of Wads- 

 worth, Plot, Climax, Diana, Unique, Hedley's Perfection, Martha, 

 Amato, Bayadere, Duchess of Richmond, Countess of Pembroke, 

 Springfield Rival, Penelope, Dodd's Mary, Grenadier, Warminster 

 Rival, Lewisham Rival, Advancer, Beauty of the Plain, Egyptian 

 Prince, Springfield Major, Bloomsbury, President of the West, Wind- 

 mill Hill Rival, Hylas, Hope, Miss Johnson, Lady Bathinst, Rival 

 Sussex, Royal Standard, Hon. Stuart Wortley, Grace Darling, Fran- 

 cis, Mrs. Newby, and Phenomenon — to Mr. Widnall. 



The Sheflield Horticultural Society. — Best twenty-four dahlias, 

 viz: — Ovid, Alpha, Topaz, Dodd's Mary, Essex Rival, Knight's Vic- 

 tory, Miss Scroope, Model of Perfection, Cox's Defiance, Grace 

 Darling, Calliope, Hope, Climax, Duchess of Richmond, Unique, 

 Duchess of Kent, Marquis of Lothian, President of the West, Eva, 

 Rival Sussex, Lewisham Rival, Nicholas Nickleby, Contender, and 

 Conductor — to Mr. J. Atkinson, 



The Grantham Floral and Horticultural Society. — Best twenty-five 

 blooms, viz: — Knight's Victory, Horwood's Defiance, Miss Scroope, 

 Conductor, Lady Dartmouth, Perfection, Ovid, Diadem of Flora, 

 Lady Kinnaird, Advancer, Bowling Green Rival, Duke of Devon- 

 shire, Hope, Topaz, Wonder, Eva, Standard, Sjjringall's Conquer- 

 or, Climax, Glory of Plymouth, Bontisholl, Seedling, Duchess of 

 Devonshire, Marquis of Lothian, Virgin Queen — to Mr. Shepherd. 



The Analaly Annual Dahlia Show. — Best twenty-four blooms, 

 viz: — Utopia, Essex Rival, Grace Darling, Parsons's New, Squihb's 

 Defiance, Ward's Mary, Bloomsbury, Hope, Rufus, Eva, Robert 

 Newton, Robertson's Julia, Bayadere, Horwood's Defiance, Cox's 

 Defiance, Mackenzie's Perfection [American seedling,] Pickwick, 

 Bree's Rosa, Duchess of Richmond, Windmill Hill Rival, Nicholas 

 Nickleby, Landmark, Miss Johnson — to Forsyth & Ward. 



The Stowmarket Horticultural Society. — Best twenty-four blooms, 

 viz: — Model of Perfection, Cox's Defiance, Nonpareil, Contender, 

 Optime, Bloomsbury, Pumpkin's Charles XH., Lady Middleton, Am- 

 ulet, Ruby, Countess of Pembroke, Independent, Jlrgo (Widnall's,) 

 Grace Darlinir, Rienzi, Rouge et Noir, Diana, Suffolk Hero, Ne 

 Plus Ultra, Gesnerie, Nicholas Nickleby, Duchess of Richmond, 

 Lady Bathurst, Seedling 207— to Mr. S. Girling. 



Morningside Practical Gardeners' Society. — Best twelve bloomSj 

 viz: — Hope, Horwood's Defiance, Unique, Virgin Queen, Amato, 



