416 Prov. Horl. Societies. — Durham, Noiihumbeiiand, S^c. 



Hindhaugh ; 3. La Brillante Eclatanta, and 4. Cerise Triumphant, Mr. R. 

 Lewins ; 5. Mantue Ducal, Mr. John Hindhaugh. Violet-coloured : 1. Grand 

 Alexander, Mr. Hindhaugh ; 2. Constant, Mr. M'Lellan ; 3. Atlas Secun- 

 dus, Mr. Barrow; 4. Ursina minor, Mr. John Dickson ; 5. Roi de Pegu, Mr. 

 Hindhaugh. Yelloivs: 1. Gloria mundi, Mr. John Dixon; 2. Goudbeures, 

 Mr. Barrow ; 5. Grandeur du Monde, Mr. Barry ; 4. Liquirus, and 5 

 General Murray, Mr. John Hindhaugh. (^Newcastle Courant, June 14.) 



On the 10th of July the above Society held their Annual Show of Pinks, 

 when prizes were awarded as follows : — 



1. Davy's Earl of Uxbridge, 2. Barnard's Bexley Beauty, and 3. Davy's 

 Agrippina, Mr. John Dixon ; 4. Davy's Prince Leopold, Mr. Hindhaugh j 

 5. Davy's Eclipse, Mr. John Dixon. {Ibid., June 14. July 19.) 



The Hendon Independent Floi-ists held their Annual Show of Tulips, on 

 the 9th of June, when the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



1. Grand Primeure Belle, Mr, Thomas Hull ; 2. Licentia, Mr. Matthew 

 Pattent; 3. General Washington, Mr. William Moody ; 4. Violet Imperial, 

 Mr. C. North ; 5. Grande de Touachatte, Mr. John Hull. (Ibid.) 



Adam's Lodge of Free Gardeners, at Sunderland, held their Annual Show 

 of Tulips, at Brother Lambert's, Gardeners' Tavern, June the 5th, when the 

 prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



1 . Rose Royale, and 2. Belle Actres, Brother Moody ; 3. Triumph Royale, 

 Brother Hull ; 4. Madame de Pompadour, Brother Moody ; 5. Triumph de 

 Europe, Brother Davison. Brother Rutter, gardener to Shakespeare Reed, 

 Esq., Thornhill, exhibited a dish of very fine new potatoes, from the open 

 ground, and a most beautiful cauliflower of an immense size. {Ibid.) 



The Wearside Florists held their Annual Show of Pinks on the 5th of 

 July, when the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



1. Bar's Princess Charlotte, Mr. A Foster ; 2. Smith's Mistake, Mr. Wm. 

 Storey; 3, Right Hon. G. Canning, Mr. Thos. Adamson ; 4. Brooke's Eclipse, 

 and 5. Reed's Duke of Portland, Mi'. G. Hutchinson, who also exhibited 

 two very fine seedlings, which were named Hutchinson's Miss Wade, and 

 Hutchinson's Miss Morris. {Ibid., July 19.) 



The Heworth Society of Florists held their Annual Show of Pinks, at Mr. 

 Thos. Dixon's, on July 8., when the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



1. Davy's Queen Charlotte, 2. Fawcett's Lady Byron, and 5. Davy's Lady 

 Milbanke, Mr. A.Bouglas; 4. Hilby's Fair Phillis, Mr. G.Boiston; 5. Bates's 

 Overall, Mr. M.Robson. 



On August 5. the above Society held their Annual Meeting for the Show 

 of Carnations and Picotees, when prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



Carnations. 1. Hutchinson's Lady Ridlej', 2. Dobson's Lady Collingwood, 

 and 3. Clarke's Mrs. Beadon, Mr. Andrew Bouglas ; 4. Hawkin's Lord Am- 

 herst, Mr. G. Boiston ; 5. Pope's London Queen, Mr. A. Bouglas. 



Picotees. 1. Pike's Defiance, Mr. Andrew Bouglas; 2. Boiston's Lovely 

 Anne, Mr. George Boiston ; 3. Beauty Bailey, Mr. Michael Robson ; 4. 

 Barlow's Rose Leaf, and 5. Kenny's Incomparable, Mr. Andrew Bouglas. 



After the adjudgment of the flowers, the members, accompanied by 

 numerous friends, sat down to an excellent supper, and the evening was 

 spent with the greatest conviviality. {Ibid., July 19. August 16.) 



At a Pink Show, held at Gateshead Low Fell, the prizes were adjudged as 

 follows : — 



1 . Lord Wellington, Mr. R. Carr ; 2. Bar's Princess Charlotte, Mr. M. 

 Fleck ; 3. Brookes's Eclipse, Mr. J. Pattison ; 4. Davy's Eclipse, Mr. J. Glo- 

 ver ; 5. Bates's Freeholder, Mr. J. Pattison. {Ibid., July 19.) 



The Kenton Florists' Society held their Annual Show of Pinks on the 

 12th of July, when the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



1. Roxley's Beauty, Mr. W. Teasdale; 2. Princess Charlotte, Mr. John 

 Kirkley ; 3. Prince Leopold, Mr. W. Teasdale ; 4. Brookes's Eclipse, Mr. 

 Henry Eltringham ; 5. Bates's Freeholder, Mr. Andrew Buckhara. {Ibid.) 



