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Preston ; pink flakes, Richard Greenhalgh ; purple flakes, Colonel Lee ; 

 purple picotees (striped), the best Lovely Anne, James Rushton ; purple 

 picotees (feathered), the best Cleopatra, Thomas Booth ; red picotees 

 (striped), the best Will Stukely, John Hardman. The stove and green- 

 house plants were truly magnificent ; of the former, the best Cymbidium 

 ensifolium was won by Joseph Ridgwa)-, Esq. ; Cassia bicapsularis, by W. 

 Hulton, Esq., of Hulton Park ; Melastoma corymbosa, by R. Holland, Esq. 

 The latter gentleman also produced the best Ffnca alba. Amongst the 

 green-house plants, William Hulton, Esq. , produced the best Clethraarborea, 

 Fuchszfi! gracilis, and Crassula coccinea. The best iVerium odorum, John 

 Livesey, Esq. — Ericas, the best Longifolia, James Faulkner. — Geraniums : 

 the best Majestum and Davy«raz«w, William Hulton, Esq.; Victory, Ro- 

 ger Holland, Esq, ; and Macranthon, John Bradshaw. — Herbaceous 

 plants: the best Yucca filamentosa, James Faulkner; Campanula pyramidalis. 

 Miss Morris; illium tigrinum, E. Ashworth, Esq. ; and ffinothera fruti- 

 cosa, Roger Holland, Esq. — Hardy plants : the best jErica multiflora, 

 E. Ashworth, Esq. ; and Snowberry, R. Holland, Esq. Dahlia (double), 

 best pan of six, James Faulkner. Dahlia (single), best pan of six, R. Hol- 

 land, Esq. — Best pine, Joseph Ridgway, Esq. Best bunch of grapes, 

 E. Ashworth, Esq.; heaviest bunch of grapes, Joseph Ridgway, Esq. Best 

 melon, W. Leighton, Esq., of Preston. Plate of six nectarines, William 

 Hulton, Esq. Plate of Peaches, Joseph Ridgway, Esq. Gooseberries, the 

 heaviest (Red Lion), weight, 20 dwts. 1 1 grs., John Bradshaw ; white (Eagle), 

 18 dwts. 2 grs., Matthew Gaskell; green (Greenwood), 14 dwts. 19 grs., 

 John Bradshaw; yellow (Gunner), 16 dwts. 18 grs., John Bradshaw. The 

 best plate of 12 red gooseberries (Lancashire Lad), John Bradshaw; 

 best plate of 12 white (Eagle), John Bradshaw; best plate of 12 green 

 (Greenwood), John Bradshaw ; and best plate of 12 yellow (Husbandman), 

 John Bradshaw; smallest gooseberries (Whitesmith), John Greenhalgh. 

 Best plate of white currants, Richard Ainsworth, Esq., who also won the 

 best plate of red currants ; best plate of black currants, John Pilkington, 

 Esq.; white and red raspberries, by the same gentleman. Best plate of 12 

 apples (Early Margaret), W. Leighton, Esq., of Preston. Best plate of 12 

 pears (Green Chisell), by the same gentleman. Best plate of onions, James 

 Scowcroft. Best plate of celery, Charles Cragie. — Extra prizes : the best 

 brace of cucumbers (one 20 in. in length, and proportionably thick), Wm. 

 Hulton Esq. ; Kentish cherries, E. Ashworth, Esq. ; JYum purpureum, 

 R. Holland, Esq. ; Lobelia senecioides, by the same gentleman ; Lagerstro'- 

 mia indica, William Hulton, Esq. ; Oleander, William Crompton,tEsq. ; ar- 

 tichokes, Mr. Thomas Rushton, jun. ; and vegetable marrow, R. Holland, 

 Esq. This Meeting was by far more numerously and more respectably 

 attended than any that has taken place this season. The room was literally 

 crowded with ladies ; and persons of the highest respectability, for several 

 miles round, were present. {Manchester Courier, August 9.) 



Lancader Floral and Horticultural Society. — Our indefatigable fellow- 

 labourer, Mr. Saul, has sent us an account of the payments and receipts of 

 this Society, for the years 1827 and 1828, from which it appears that the 

 brilliant exhibitions they display, and the numerous prizes they award, are 

 all effected by little more than the very moderate sum of 4o/. a year. The 

 produce of 156 subscribers is 54/. ; anil, of the remaining sum, 2l. 10s. 6d. is 

 collected at the door, and the rest presented by spirited individuals. We 

 should imagine there are few examples of so well-managed and so useful a 

 Society. 



Shropshire. 



Oswestry Gooseberry Shoiu, August 1. 1828. — Maiden Growers: Mr. 

 James Beckett's Roaring Lion, 17 dwts. 8 grs. Maiden Growers of 1827: 

 Mr. Edward Lowe's Roaring Lion, 15 dwts. 16 grs. Steward's Prizes: l. 



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