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the best seedling carnation (which he named the Triumph of Eslington), the 

 silver medal ; and for the best double pirotee (Yellowley's Lady Ravens- 

 worth), the silver medal, to Mr. Anthony Oliver, gardener to the Hon. H. T. 

 Liddell, Eslington House. A fine plant of the Zea Mays, or Indian Corn, 

 was exhibited from the garden of the Hon. H. T. Liddell, Eslington House ; 

 and some fine specimens of apples and pears from the garden of Wm. Bur- 

 rell, Esq., Broomepark. {Neiucastle Cour., Sept. 13. 20.) 



Lancashire, 



Manchester Floral and Horticultural Society. — A Meeting of this So- 

 ciety was held on Sept. 15. The day being extremely fine, the show was 

 fully and fashionably attended. The Meeting being intended principally 

 for the exhibition of fruits, it was not expected that there would be so 

 great a collection as usual of stove, green-house, and herbaceous plants ; 

 but a greater number of these was sent than had been anticipated, and the 

 collection, if not very extensive, was at least select, and comprehended 

 some beautiful specimens in those classes of shrubs and flowers. The show 

 of dahlias was extremely splendid ; and exceeded, perhaps, any collection 

 of that beautiful flower ever exhibited in Manchester. The fruits, which 

 formed the chief attraction of the show, were displayed upon a table in the 

 west end of the room, and never did table groan beneath a more luscious^ 

 load of nature's choicest gifts. Pines, melons, peaches, grapes, and necta- 

 rines, together with pears and apples in the most varied and profuse abun- 

 dance, contended for the preference ; and thei'e was a lack of nothing in 

 the vegetable world that could give delight to " sight, smell, or taste." 

 The prize for the best ripe pine was awarded to Mrs. John Sherratt; se- 

 cond (an Otaheitean fruit), to George Scholes, Esq.; third (seedling), to 

 John Entwistle, Esq. The best two bunches of grapes (White Muscadel) were 

 the production of Richard Barton, Esq. ; the second (Black Hamburgh) 

 were a second crop from the vine, belonging to William Smith, Esq., which 

 gained the prize in May. The best ripe melon was produced by Richard 

 Barton, Esq.; the best ripe nectarine by Mr. Bayley; and the best ripe 

 peaches by Hugo Worthington, Esq. Of apples there was a most abun- 

 dant show, and prizes were awarded to the best twelve plates. The prize 

 for the best plate (Greenup Pippins) was won by Mr. John Moore; the 

 second (Ribston Pippins), by Mr. Smith, senior. Premier prizes were also 

 given to G. R. Chappel, Esq., for a Goose apple; and to Mr. Moore, Mr. 

 Smith, and Captain Webster, for Greenup Pippins. In addition to these, 

 extra prizes were given to Charles Walker, Esq., for a Nelson apple; to 

 Mr. Smith, for a Lording and a White Loaf; and to G. R. Chappell, Esq., 

 for a Newtown Pippin ; also to T. H. Hadfield, Esq., for a plate of beauti- 

 ful small round red apples of an imknown sort. The best plate of pears 

 (Berganiotte) was produced by Charles Walker, Esq., the second by Cap- 

 tain Webster. Four premier prizes were also given, two of which were 

 won by Charles Walker, Esq., one by Mr. Poole, and one by T. H. Had- 

 field, Esq. The other prizes were as follows : — Best plate of filberts : 1. R. 

 Barton Esq. ; 2. Hugo Worthington, Esq. Mulberries, extra prize, B. H. 

 Green, Esq. Whinberries (Tacclnium andromed<s/'o/iz«K)5 extra prize, Mrs. 

 H. Sandford. Plate of tomatoes, extra prize : 1. Charles Walker, Esq. ; 2, 

 R. Barton, Esq. Besides the fruits we have enumerated, there were on 

 the table a small apple tree bearing fruit, a dish of plums and magnum 

 bonums, gourds, English and African, capsicums, peas, walnuts, cucumbers, 

 two fine specimens of vegetable marrow, a dish of gooseberries, and one of 

 strawberries. The vegetables were placed on a separate table. The prizes 

 were: red cabbage, extra-prize, Charles Walker, Esq. ; best onions, Charles 

 Wood, Esq. ; best celery, L. Loyd, Esq. The flowers and shrubs were 

 placed in the middle of the room. Six prizes were awarded to the best 

 single, and six to the best double dahlias. The prize for the best single was 



