522 Provincial Horticultural Societies. — Northamptonshire. 



Mr. Thomas "Warner will, next year, give the sum of three guineas to 

 any person resident within the county, who shall exhibit the best pan of 

 carnations of his own bona fide growth, to consist of six blooms, viz. scarlet 

 bizard, crimson bizard, scarlet flake, purple flake, rose flake, and picotee. 

 Mr. William Hester, also, gives one guinea for the second best pan. Con- 

 ditions as above. 



Northamptonshire. 



Northamfton Loyal Horlicultiiral Society. — The second Annual Feast 

 Pay of this Society was held in Northampton, on Friday the 18th July, 

 .when the prizes were adjudged as follows : — Flowers. Carnations : Scarlet 

 Bizards: J. Mr. J. Whitmy ; 2. Mr. G. Mason ; 3. Mr. T. Mason ; 4. Mr. 

 A. Fisher ; 5. Mr. Martin ; 6. Mr. J. Steevenson ; Seedling (Sir R. Gunning), 

 Mr. G. Mason. Crimson Bizards : 1. Mr. J. Steevenson; 2. Mr. G. Ma- 

 son ; 3. Mr. P. Cornfield ; 4. Mr. Martin ; 5. Mr. Dainty ; 6. Mr. J. Auld ; 

 Seedling (Lord ¥/estmoreland), Mr. J. Whitmy. Scarlet Flakes : 1. Mr. 

 Martin ; 2. Mr. G. Mason; 5. Mr. J. Allen ; 4. Mr. J, Auld ; 5. Mr. Dainty; 

 6. Mr. J. Steevenson ; Seedling (Earl Compton), Mr. J. Whitmy. Rose 

 Flakes: l. Mr. P. Cornfield ; 2. Mr. J. Allen ; 5. Mr. Martin ; 4. Mr. J. 

 Auld; 5, Mr. T. Mason; 6. Mr. A. Fisher; Seedling (Marchioness of 

 Northampton), Mr. Martin. Purple Flakes : 1. Mr. J. Allen ; 2. Mr. P. 

 Cornfield ; 3. Mr. T. Mason ; 4. Mr. Martin ; 5. Mr. C. Kirshaw ; 6. Mr. G. 

 Mason ; Seedling (Spencer Gunning), Mr. J. Whitmy. Picotees : Scarlet, 

 or red-edged : 1. Mr. G. Mason; 2. Mr. T. Mason ; 5. Mr. P. Cornfield ; 



4. Mr. Martin; 5. Mr. J. Whitmy; Seedling (Mason's Miss Gunning), Mr. 

 G. Mason. Purple, or Violet : 1. Mr. Martin ; 2. Mr. T. Mason ; 5. Mr: J. 

 Allen ; 4. Mr, P. Cornfield ; 5. Mr. G. Mason ; Seedling (Duke of Welling- 

 ton), Mr. Martin. Rose-coloured: 1. Mr. P. Cornfield ; 2. Mr. Martin; 

 3. ]\Ir. J. Allen ; 4. Mr. T. Mason ; 5. Mr. J. Auld ; Seedling (Cornfield's 

 Glorioso), Mr. Cornfield. Yellow: Cornfield's Mezzotinto (Best Bloom), 

 1. Mr. J. Allen ; 2. Mr. Martin ; 3. Mr. Cornfield ; 4. Mr. G.Mason.— FrzaY. 

 Pines : 1. 7 lb. 2 oz., Mr. B. Law ; 2. 3 lb. 3 oz. 5 dwts., Mr. P. Cornfield; 



5. 3 lb. 2 oz. 15 dwts., Mr. J. K. Higgins. Grapes (best bunch) : Black: 

 1. 2 lb. 4 0Z. 5 dwts., Mr. Law; 2. 2"lb. 4 oz. 4 dwts., Mr. T. Hewlett, 

 jun. White : 2 lb. 9 oz. 7 dwts., Mr. Law. Melons : l. 7 lb. 5 oz., Mr. 

 Law; 2. 5lb. 4oz. 10 dwts., Mr. Higgins. Cucumbers (best brace) : I.Mr. 

 J. Steevenson; 2. Mr. J. Whitmy. Gooseberries: Red, 1. Roaring Lion, 

 20 dwts. 1 6 grs., Mr. P. Cornfield ; 2. Roaring Lion, 18 dwts., Mr. Martin ; 



3. Crown Bob, 17 dwts. 6 grs., Mr. Campion; 4. 17 dwts. 5 grs., Mr. Auld. 

 Yellow: 1. Gunner, 14 dwts. 18grs., Mr. P. Cornfield ; 2. Viper, 13 dwts., 

 Mr. Martin; 3. 10 dwts. 19 grs, Mr. J, Steevenson; 4. 10 dwts. 16 grs., Mr 

 Whitmy. Green : 1. Ocean, 16 dwts., Mr. P. Cornfield ; 2. Ocean, 12 dwts. 

 13 grs., Mr. Whitmy ; 3. Gooseberry, 11 dwts. 10 grs., Mr. Steevenson ; 



4. Ocean, 1 1 dwts. 3 grs., Mr. Martin. White : 1 . Cheshire Lass, 16 dwts. 

 3 grs., Mr. P. Cornfield ; 2. Whitesmith, 12 dwts. 14 grs., Mr. Steevenson ; 

 3. White Whitesmith, 1 1 dwts. 5 grs., Mr. Whitmy; 4. Whitesmith, 1 1 dwts., 

 Mr. Martin. Plates of Gooseberries: 1. Nineteen in number, 1 lb. 

 11 dwts., Mr. T.Hewlett, jun.; 2. Nineteen in number, 1 lb. 8 dwts., Mr. 

 T. Mason; 3. Twenty in number, 1 lb. 6 dwts., Mr. J. Steevenson. Plates 

 of Currants: Red, 1. Thirty- eight bunches, lib., Mr. Butterfield ; 2. For- 

 ty-four bunches, Mr. T. Mason. White; 1. Twentj'-one bunches, lib., 

 Mr. T. Mason ; 2. Twenty-three bunches, 1 lb. 2 dwts., Mr. P. Cornfield; 

 3. Twenty-three bunches, lib. I dwt,, Mr. J. Campion. 



Mr. J. Perkins presented the Society with two beautiful bunches of 

 grapes ; one, the White Hamburgh, weighing 7 lb. 15 dwts. ; the other. 

 Black Hamburgh, weighing 2 lb. 6 oz. 15 dwts. 



The show of fruit and flowers, altogether, was one of the raost magnificent 

 ever produced in this tov/n. 



