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was of the largest silver kind. He also produced the following vegetables: 

 Dwarf Russian Celery ; Ragley Cove Coss, New Union Cabbage, and New 

 Prussian Cabbage Lettuces. Peas : Williann Appleby, near Leeds. Cucum- 

 bers : 1. Thomas Walker; 2. A. Parker, York. Onions: I. J. Ingles, 

 Clifton; 2. Thomas Mason. Golden Cress: D. Empson, gardener to Mr. 

 Swann. Cabbages: 1. Savoy, John Lambe, Ouseburne; 2. Red, Mark 

 Clarke, foreman to Messrs. Backhouse. 



The Chairman then stated that it became his pleasing duty to return the 

 thanks of the Society to Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Pickard, Miss Nelson, Major 

 Yarburgh, Mr. Smith of Hungate, and Messrs. Backhouse, whose kind 

 contributions of plants and flowers had contributed so much to the deco- 

 ration of the room. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the 

 business of the day concluded at four o'clock. 



Judges of the Fruit : Dr. H, S. Belcombe, Daniel Tuke, Esq., and Mr. 

 Ralph Clark, gardener to R. Denison, Esq., Kilnwick Percy. Judges of 

 Flowers : Mr. Henry Mills, Mr. Francis Bulmer, and IMr. Young, gardener 

 to William Constable Maxwell, Esq., Everingham. Judges of the Culinary 

 Vegetables : Thomas Price, Esq., Mr. Woistenholme, and Mr. Young. 

 {Yoi'Je Courant, Sept. 9.) 



The Florists' Society held their Annual Show of Carnations and Picotees 

 on October 8th, in Bradford. The judges of the flowers were Mr. Benja- 

 min Ely, Mr. Thomas Mellor, and Mr. Christopher Kershaw, who awarded 

 the prizes as follows : — Carnations. Scarlet Bizards : 1. Wild's Perfection, 

 Mr. Edwd. Fletcher; 2. Pearson's Rising Sun, Mr. Shorrocks ; 5. Roby's 

 Salamander, Rev. L. Hird ; 4. Davey's Sovereign, Mr. Hemmingway ; 5. 

 Wild's Major, Mr. Joseph Wood ; 6. Lee's Lord Byron, Mr. Shorrocks; 

 7. Waterhouse's Dr. Syntax, Rev. L. Hird ; 8. Thompson's R. Cartwright, 

 Esq,, Mr. Edwd. Fletcher. Pink Bizards: 1. Cartwright's Rainbow, and 



2. Ely's Junior, Mr- Edw. Fletcher ; 3. Gregory's King Alfred, Mr. Shor- 

 rocks; 4. Birtle's Dr. Brown, Rev. L. Hird; 5, Lee's Duke of Kent, Mr. 

 Jos. Wood ; 6. Pike's Eminent, and 7. Waterhouse's Plato, Mr. Edw. Flet- 

 cher ; 8. Yeomanson's George IV., Rev. L. Hird. Scarlet Flakes : 1. Pear- 

 son's Madam Mara, Mr. Shorrocks ; 2. Potter's Champion, Rev. L. Hird ; 



3. Clegg's Red Lion, Mr. Jos. Wood ; 4. Walton's Frances Anne, and 5. 

 Seedling, Rev. L. Hird ; 6. Heath's King William, Mr. Edw. Fletcher ; 7. 

 Hufton's Cam Hobhouse, Rev. L. Hird; 8. Clegg's George IV., Mr. Shor- 

 rocks. Purple Flakes: 1. Bates's Wellington, Rev. L. Hird; 2. Hufton's 

 La Belle Alliance, Mr. Edw. Fletcher ; 3. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Rev. 

 L. Hird ; 4. Hall's Major Cartwright, Mr. Edw. Fletcher; 5. Hufton's Mrs. 

 Godfrey Mundy, Rev. L. Hird; 6. Unknown, Mr. Wm. Oddy; 7. Ely's 

 Neptune, Rev. L. Hird. Pink Flakes: 1. Mellor's Lady Jane, Mr. Shor- 

 rocks; 2. Hufton's Lady Colville, Mr. Edw. Fletcher; 5. Plant's Lady 

 Hood, Rev. L. Hird ; 4. Clegg's Beauty of Rochdale, Mr. Shorrocks ; 5- 

 Seedling, Rev.L. Hird ; 6. Seedling, Mr. Hemmingway ; 7. Lacey's Prince of 

 Wales, and 8. Seedling, Rev. L. Hird. — Picotees. Scarlet : 1. Seedling, Bessy 

 Bedlam, Rev. L. Hird ; 2. Kenney's Incomparable, Mr. Wm. Oddy ; 3. Huf- 

 ton's Will Stukely, and 4. Clegg's Miss Jane, Rev. L. Hird ; 5, Philanthropy, 

 Mr. Jos. Wood ; 6. Seedling, and 7. Mungo Park, Rev.L. Hird; 8. Baldwin's 

 Seedling, Mr. Shorrocks. Purple: 1. Seedling, Victoria, Rev. L. Hird; 

 2. Ely's Elizabeth, Mr. Jos. Wood ; 3. I^ee's Lady Chatham, Rev. L. Hird ; 



4. Lee's Cleopatra, Mr. Edw. Fletcher; 5. Lee's Duchess of Rutland, Mr. 

 • Wm. Oddy; 6. Bailey's Beauty of Northampton, 7. Hufton's Miss Emma, 



and 8. Mumford's Lord Nelson, Rev. L. Hird. 



Durham, North aMBERLAND, &c. 

 Botanical and Horticultural Society of Durham, Northumherland, and 

 Newcastle upon Tyne. — A Meeting of this Society was held in Newcastle, on 

 Sept. 5., when the following prizes were awarded : — For the best melon, and 



