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Smyth, of Bramham, exhibited a very fine specimen of the bread tree, 

 and two beautiful specimens of the Magnolia grandiflora. An improved 

 coop, for the purpose of breeding and rearing young pheasants, partridges, 

 &c., sent by Richard Lacy, Esq., of Cay ton Hall, near Ripley, was exhibited 

 to the Meeting, and much approved. (Vol. III. p. 124.) A specimen of 

 woollen nets also, for the purpose of preserving fruit trees from the weather 

 and insects, was exhibited by a resident of Yeadon, near Leeds. The Chair- 

 man remarked that he had seen them in use, and, in his opinion, they an- 

 swered the purpose for which they were intended. In distributing the 

 prizes to the successful candidates, the Chairman indulged in a variety of 

 judicious remarks, calculated to excite emulation, and produce a spirit of 

 fair and honourable competition. 



The judges of fruits and bouquets were, Messrs. Pontey of Kirkheaton ; 

 Carver of Wakefield ; and Jamieson, at Lady Beckett's, Gledhow. For 

 flowers, Isaac Hollings, Esq., of Manningham, near Bradford; Messrs. Brad- 

 bury of Burley ; and Henry Baines of York. 



On the conclusion of the business, the Chairman shortly addressed the 

 company, and announced that the next Meeting would be held in Wake- 

 field, in the month of August next. (York Herald, July 5.) 



The York Florists' Society held their Annual Show of Pinks and Roses, 

 in Petergate, on July 5d, when the prizes wei'e adjudged as follows : — 



Pinks. JDark and purple-laced : 1. Bowes's Cato, 2. Gladiator, 3. Cato, 

 4. Wilson's Seedling, and 5. Bowes's Lustre, Mr, Wilson. Red-laced: 1. 

 Green's Princess of Wales, Mr. Parker ; 2. Bowes's Suwarrow, 3. Cobbett's 

 Lady Cobbett, and 4. Bowes's Suwarrow, Mr. Wilson ; 5. Bond's Stranger, 

 ' Mr. W. Hardman. Plain: 1 and 2. Eclipse, Mr. Wilson; 5. Hardman's 

 No. 50., Mr. W. Hardman ; 4. Davey's Eclipse, Mr. Parker ; 5. Davey's 

 Eclipse, Mr. Wilson. 



Roses. Coloured: 1. Semidouble Provence, and 2. Sultan, Mr. Parker; 

 o. Grand due de Toscanie, Mr. Summer. White: I, 2, and 5. Wood 

 Nymph, Mr. Parker. {Ibid.) 



The second General Meeting of the Ripon Ho7'ticultural Society was held 

 at the Town Hall there on the 20th of June. The spacious and elegant 

 room, in which the exhibition took place, was thrown open to the public at 

 two o'clock, and was instantly completely filled. The company assembled 

 comprised a large majority of the neighbouring nobility and gentry. Wil- 

 liam Morton, Esq., the Mayor of Ripon, on being called to the chair, pro- 

 ceeded to address the Meeting, by congratulating the Society on its flourishino- 

 state, and remarked that whether the splendid display of fruit, the high 

 state of perfection of vegetables and roots, or the beauty and variety of the 

 flowers and plants then exhibited, were considered, they must equally excite 

 admiration, and afford the most convincing proofs of the talents and skill of 

 the amateurs and gardeners who produced them. His Worship then, after 

 alluding to the variety and excellence of the articles exhibited both at this 

 and the former Meeting, concluded his address in nearly the following 

 words : — " Surely, then, we have abundant cause of congratulation, and 

 may look forward to future Meetings with renewed hope, and with increased 

 pride and satisfaction. There is one circumstance which, above all others, 

 gives a peculiar zest to the pleasures and enjoyments of all meetings, and 

 that is the presence and support of the ladies. Having been called to this 

 chair very unexpectedly, and on short notice, I am apprehensive that I may 

 have been guilty of some omissions ; but I will assure you, ladies and gentle- 

 men, that there is nothing for which I should feel myself more justly de- 

 serving of censure, than if, on this occasion, I omitted to offer our best thanks 

 to those ladies who have honoured this Meeting by their presence. Under 

 their kind patronage we must continue to prosper." The Chaii-man then 

 proceeded to announce the distribution of the prizes, and to offer the thanks 

 of the company to those individuals who had supplied plants and fruits for 



