Provincial Ebrticuliural Societies. 297^ 



Pelargoniums. 1. Commander in Chief, 2. Spect&bile purpureum, and. 



5. Macranthon, Mrs. Dyson j 4. Lady Rowley, Mr. Davis ; 5. VVaverley, 

 and 6. Decora, Mrs. Cropper. 



Ericas. 1. Unknown, J. Blackburne, Esq ; 2. Vestita superba, Mr. 

 Davis ; 5, Odorata, Mr. Whalley; 4. Tricolor, 5. Hybrida, and 6. Vestita 

 coccinea, Mr. Davis. 



Hardy Shrubs. 1. Azalea pontica carnea, 2. Azalea pontica alba, and 

 5.7?hododeudron cataubiense, Mr. Whalley; 4. f 'lex europse'iis flore pleno, 

 Bannerman and Co, ; 5. Azalea pontica, Mr. Whalley ; 6. iJhododendrori' 

 var., Mr. Davis. 



Herbaceous Plants. 1. Cypripedium Calceiolus, Mrs. Falkner ; 2, Schizan- 

 thus pinnatus, and 3. Primula cort\is,oides, Bannerman and Co.; 4. Cypri- 

 pedium pub&cens, Mr. Whalley; 5. Dodecatheon Meadia alba, Mr. Davis j 



6. Jstragalus montana, Bannerman and Co. For the first and second 

 basket of cut flowers, to Mr. Whalley ; for the third, to Mrs. Falkner. 

 For the first basket of plants, to Mr. Horsfall ; for the second, to Mrs. 

 Pyke ; for the third, to William Earle, Esq. For the best orange tree, io 

 Mrs. Rathbone. For the best Pasoma montana, to Mr. Whalley. 



Fruits and Esculents. For the best pine, to Mr. Powell ; for the second- 

 best, to Mr. Davis. For the best black grapes, to Mr, Tayleur; for the 

 second best, to Mr Smith, Fulwood Lodge. For the best white grapes, to 

 Mr. Cunningham; for the second best, to Mr. Tayleur. For the best 

 melon. Silver Rock, to Mr. Sandbach. For the best strawberries, to Mr. 

 Roskell. For the best plate of apples, to Mr. Manifold ; for the second 

 best, to Mr. Sandbach. For the best brace of cauliflowers, to Mrs. Rath- 

 bone ; for the second best, to Mr. Tayleur. For the best brace of cucum- 

 bers, to Mr. Powell ; for the second best, to Mr. Powell. For the best dish 

 of mushrooms, to William Earle, Esq. ; for the second best, to Mr. Tay- 

 leur. For the best dish of French beans, to Mrs. Rathbone ; for the second 

 best, to Mrs. Rathbone. For the best bunch of asparagus, to Mr. Roskell ;' 

 for the second best, to Mr. J. A. Yates. For the best brace of lettuces, to 

 Mr. Isaac Cooke ; for the second best, to Mrs. Dyson; 



Extra Prizes. For a plate of pears, to William Earle, Esq. For a 

 plate of nuts, to Mr. Whalley. For the best rhubarb, to Mr. Barnes, For 

 artichokes, to Mr, J. A. Yates. For cabbages, to Mrs. Rathbone. For 

 apples of last year, remaining on the branch, to Mr. Roskell. For a fine 

 specimen of the palm, Sabal Blackburniawfir, with fruit and flowers, to John 

 Blackburne, Esq. M.P. For a fig tree, to Mr. Powell. For a specimen 

 of the Cactus specioslssima, to Earl Grosvenor. {Liverpool Advertiser^ 

 May 27.) 



Herefordshire Horticultural Society. — The second HofticfiltUral Ejchi- 

 bition of this Society for the present year, took place on May 16th, and 

 attracted a very fashionable, and, considering the state of the weathef , 

 numerous attendance. We have never seen the grand stage, which is nearly 

 forty feet long, better covered ; the geraniums were particularly fine, and 

 such was the influx of plants and flowers for competition, that the prize 

 stand was not sufficiently large to contain one half of them. The tulips 

 were excellent, being brilliant and distinct in colour, and the anemones 

 and hot-house plants were much admired. The stand for vegetables con- 

 tained strawberries, peas, asparagus, mushrooms, and potatoes. The straw- 

 berries were very fine for the season, as were also the green peas, &c. 

 At two o'clock the doors of the splendid exhibition room were thrown open 

 to the subscribers and their friends, to welcome whom a band, concealed at 

 the back of the large stage by the blossoms and foliage of exotics, struck up 

 the " Rose-bud of summer," and at intervals enlivened the scene by selec- 

 tions from Mozart, and appropriate airs and quadrilles. This was allowed 

 to have a very pleasing effect, and will doubtless be contiaaed. Prizes were 

 awarded as follows : — 



