410 Promncial Horticultural Societies. — Yorkshire. 



ing been called to the chair, introduced the business of the Meeting in a 

 very appropriate address, during which, he remarked upon the cheering cir- 

 cumstance of a member of the Society having obtained a medal from the 

 London Horticultural Society, which he characterised as being likely to 

 produce a very useful and laudable competition among the gardeners to ob- 

 tain a similar honour. The Society, he said, had now established a branch 

 in connection with it at Wakefield, and another at York ; so that it might 

 now, perhaps for the first time, with propriety adopt the appellation of 

 The Yorkshire Society. This was a very important alteration, and he 

 had no doubt the most beneficial results would accrue from it, and the 

 Society become a most influential one in consequence, as there were then 

 present members from Wakefield, and members from York. He should 

 now proceed to bestow such prizes as the judges had thought proper to 

 award. 



Fruit. For the best pine, to Wm. Ashton, gardener to B. Gaskall, Esq. 

 Thorn's House, Wakefield ; and for the second best, to Thomas Deuxberry, 

 gardener to the Rev. J. A. Rhodes, Horsforth Hall. For the best melon, 

 to Wm. Campbell, gardener to H. Teal, Esq., Stourton Lodge. For the 

 best white grapes, to J. Brown, Gardener to J. Hebblethwaite, Esq. ; for 

 the second best, to Ralph Hopps, gardener to W. Gott, Esq., Leeds. For 

 the best black grapes, to Thomas Deuxberry ; for the second best, to Joseph 

 Moore, gardener to T. B. Pease, Esq., Chapel Allerton. For the best 

 peaches, to Joseph Moore. For the best nectarines, to Thomas Deuxberry. 

 For the best figs, to W. Baines, gardener to Hawksworth Fawkes, Esq., 

 Farnley Hall. For the best oranges, to Wm. Baines. For the best cher- 

 ries, to John Menzies, gardener to C. Rawson, Esq., Halifax. For the best 

 strawberries, and best raspberries, to Thomas Appleby, market-gardener, 

 Leeds. For the best gooseberries, to Mr. Hick, of Beningbrough, near York. 

 For the best lemons, to Wm. Ashton. For the best currants, to Mrs. Ken- 

 nedy, North Hall nursery. 



Culinary Vegetables. For the best cucumbers, to John Cockerline, gar- 

 dener to Richard Lac)', Esq., Rigton Hall, Ripley ; for the second best, to 

 Wm. Baines. 



. Mr. Hadfield presented specimens of two sorts of seedling strawberries, 

 which were very much approved of. 



Philts. Brown-laced: 1. W. Riley ; 2. Geo. Pickersgill ; 3. W. Clark. 

 Red-laced: 1. W. Clark : 2. John Smith, gardener to the Rev. L. Hird ; 5. 

 W. Rile3^ Dark-eyed: 1. W. Hudson ; 2. John Smith; 3. W. Hudson. 

 Seedlings : 1 and 2. W. Riley; 3. W. Clark. 

 . Ranunciduses. Edged: 1 . John Clayton ; 2. W. Chadwick. Striped: 



1. John Smith ; 2. W. Chadwick. Spots and mottled: 1. W. Chadwick; 



2. J. Clayton. Selfs: 1. John Clayton ; 2. John Smith. 



Roses. For 104 species, to Mr. Baines, gardener to Messrs. Backhouse. 



Dahlias. For the best, to Joseph Deuxberry. 



Bouquet. Hardy : 1. John Turner, gardener to John Burton, Esq., 

 Roundhay; 2. John Menzies; S.John Barrett, nurseryman, Wakefield. 

 Exotic : Mr. Baines, at Messrs. Backhouse's. 



For the rarest and best stove and green-house plants, prizes were 

 awarded to Mr. Thomas Heselgrave, near Wakefield, for a fine specimen of 

 the Gloxinia speciosa alba ; and to Mr. Joseph Moore, for a fine speci- 

 men of Mus« coccinea. Premiums were awarded to Mrs. Kennedy of North 

 Hall, Mr. Joseph Marshall of Rothwell Haigh, and to Mr. Appleby of 

 Leeds, for their exhibition of exotics. Amongst the rare hardy plants for 

 which a prize was adjudged to Mr. Baines, gardener to Messrs. Backhouse 

 of York, were the following : — Clarkea pulchella ; Gilia capitata ; MU 

 mulus luteus ; M. moschatus ; Martjnia proboscidea ; Valerianella congesta ; 

 CEnothera Romanzovii, &c. In Mr. Baines's exotic bouquet were Calceolaria 

 rugosa, C. corymbosa, Crassula coccinea, Lechenaiiltfa formosa, &c. Miss 



