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Berkshike, 



The Wallingford Eanunculus Show was held at the Town Hall there, on 

 the 9th of June, at twelve o'clock. The flowers exhibited were very supe- 

 rior. The Mayor and other gentlemen honoured the Society with their 

 company. Messrs. Groom of Walworth, Ronalds of Brentford, and Bidall 

 of Finchingfield were umpires, and the prizes were awarded as follov\ s : — . 



First Class. Dark and dark purple : 1. Naxara, Rev. Jos. Tyso ; 2. Variat, 

 and 5. Voctonnox, Mr. Clarke ; 4. Naxara, Mr. Costar ; 5. Ajax, Mr. Wood- 

 bridge ; 6. Variat, Mr. Wells. Second Class. Strijyed : 1 . Temeraire, and 

 2. Melange, Rev. Jos. Tyso; 5. Temeraire, Mr. Woodbridge ; 4. Oressus, 

 Mr. Wells; 5. Pier le Grand, Mr. Costar; 6. Cour de France, Mr. Clarke. 

 Third Class. Crimson, Red, and Rose : I.Rubens, and 2. Henriette, Rev. 

 Jos. Tyso; o. Heliotrope, Mr. Atkinson ; 4. Coe's Rising Sun, Mr. Clarke; 

 5. Apollo, Mr. Costar; 6. Independent, Mr. Woodbridge, Fourth Class. 

 Edged : 1. Venus, and 2. Dr. P>anklin, Mr. Clarke; 3. Horatio, Rev. Jos. 

 Tyso ; 4. Tendresse, Mr, Wells ; 5. Wertemberg, Mr. Woodbridge ; 6. Galit- 

 zin, Mr. Costar. Fifth Class. Spotted : 1. Agamemnon, and 2. Arbrisseau, 

 Mr. Clarke; 5. Princess of Wales, Mr. Atkinson ; 4. Fabius, Mr. Costar; 

 5. Cremona, Mr. Woodbridge ; 6. Andrew, Rev. Jos. Tyso. Sixth Class. 

 Orange, Yellow, and Straw: 1. Beroth, Rev. Jos. Tyso; 2, Cedo Nulli, 

 Mr. Clarke ; 3, Golconda, Mr, Atkinson ; 4. Eliza, Mr. Wells; 5. Hannan's 

 Sulphur, Mr. Costar; 6. Yupi, Mr. Woodbridge. Seventh Class. Mot- 

 tled: 1. Angouleme, Mr. Clarke ; 2. Nixon's Queen, Rev. Jos. Tyso; ,5. 

 Thompson's Queen, Mr. Woodbridge; 4. Curion, Mr. Costar; 5. Cora, 

 Mr. Wells ; 6. Vesta, Mr. Atkinson. Dish of Nine different Flowers not 

 shown in the above Classes : 1. Mr. Birkett ; 2. Rev. Jos. Tyso; 5. Mr. 

 Clarke; 4. Mr. Atkinson ; 5. Mr. Woodbridge ; 6. Mr. Wells; 7. Mr. Cos- 

 tar. Steward's Prize : Mr. Birkett. — Joseph Tyso, Secretary. Walling- 

 ford, June 24. 1828. 



Nottinghamshire. 



At a Maiden Gooseberry Show held at Lenton on the 21st of July, the 

 prizes were adjudged as follows: — Stewards' Prizes: T. Chawner's (red) 

 Lion, 16 dwts. 6grs. ; J. Wallis's (green) Ocean, 11 dwts. 5grs. , J. Twigg's 

 (yellow) Royal Gunner, 14 dwts. 3 grs. ; B. Shepperd's (white) Eagle, 

 12 dwts. 22 grs. ; Reds: 1. Wallis's Huntsman, I 5 dwts. 21 grs.; 2. Broom- 

 head's Crown Bob, 14 dwts. 18grs. ; S.Brown's Lancashire Lad, 13 dwts. 

 1 gr. Greens : 1. Chawner's Laurel, 1 1 dwts. 4 grs. ; 2 Evans's Greenwood, 

 9 dwts. 21 grs. ; 3. Twigg's Jolly Angler, 10 dwts. Yellows: I.Ward's 

 Viper, 13 dwts. 8 grs. ; 2. Windle's Queen, 11 dwts.; 3. Selby's Weed- 

 ham, 8 dwts. 20 grs. Whites: 1. Croft's Whitesmith, 11 dwts. 19 grs. ; 2. 

 Ward's Lion, 11 dwts. 14 grs,; 3. Brown's Thrasher, 10 dwts. 2 grs. 



At a Gooseberry Show held at Southwell on the 22d of July, the heaviest 

 of all colours, Mr. Stapleton's Lion, weighed 20 dwts. 13 grs. Reds: 

 I.Swift's Lion, 20 dwts. 10 grs. ; 2. J. Sandaver's Huntsman, 19 dwts. 

 9grs, ; 3. Gamble's Sir John, 18 dwts. 8grs. ; 4. Adlington's Top Sawyer, 

 17 dwts, 11 grs.; 5. Leeson's Bob, 16 dwts, 3 grs. ; 6. Butler's Jubilee, 

 16 dwts. Yelloivs : 1, Fletcher's Nelson's Waves, 18 dwts. 15 grs. ; 2, J. 

 Sandaver's Gunner, 16 dwts, 22 grs, ; 3. Adlington's Rockwood, 16 dwts. ; 



4, Stapleton's Golden Fleece, 14 dwts, 6grs, ; 5, Fletchei-'s Sovereign, 



14 dwts, 2 grs, ; 6, Gamble's Scorpion, 14 dwts, 1 gr. Greens: 1, Leeson's 

 Angler, 1 6 dwts. 3 grs. ; 2, S, Sandaver's Troubler, 1 5 dwts, 5 grs, ; 3. 

 Fletcher's Greenw,, 14 dwts. 18 grs. ; 4. Shumach's Ocean, 13 dwts, 16 grs. ; 



5. Glazebrook's Southwell Hero, 13 dwts. llgrs. ; 6. Swift's Wistaston 

 Hero, 13 dwts. 10 grs. Whites: 1. Shumach's Wellington's Glory, 18 dwts. 



15 grs. ; 2. Leeson's Queen Anne, 18 dwts. 1 gr. ; 3. Shumach's Thrasher, 



16 dwts. 13 grs. ; 4. Glazebrooke's Bonny Lass, 15 dwts. 5 grs. ; 5. Knoll&'s 



