524* Provincial Horticullurcd Societies. — Bedfordshire. 



sens;er : Seedling (Miss Mary Howes), Mr. Messenger. Red Picotees : I. 

 Spratt's Earl of Effingham, Mr. Cornfield ; 2. Will Stukeley, Mr. Martin ; 

 5. Martin's Incomparable, Mr. Messenger. Purple Picotees: I.Bailey's 

 Beauty, Mr. Messenger ; 2. Purcer's Lady Jane Grey, Mr. Cornfield ; 3. 

 Mrs. H. Gunning, Mr. Martin; Seedling (Martin's Lady Jane Grey), Mr. 

 Martin. — Culinary Vegetables. Cucumbers : Long Prickl)', Mr. H. Law. 

 • — Fruit. Gooseberries: Red: 1. Roaring Lion, 19dwts. 1 gr., Mr. H. 

 Law; 2. Crown Bob, 15 dwts. 2 grs., Mr. Martin. Yellow: 1. Viper, 

 12 dwts. 4 grs., Mr. Martin ; 2. Lancashire Gunner, 1 1 dwts. 19 grs., Mr. H. 

 Law. Green: 1. Langley's Green, 16 dwts. 5. grs., Mr. H. Law; 2. Laurel, 

 9 dwts. 4 grs., Mr. Martin. While : 1. Rock, 10 dwts. 15 grs., Mr. Martin ; 

 2. Rock, 9 dwts. 6 grs., Mr. Auld. Red Currants : Best pound weight (28 

 bunches), Mr. H. Law. 



The Annual Florists' Feast was held at Northampton on the 23d July, when 

 the different prizes were adjudged as follows : — Floiuers. Scarlet Bizards : 



1. Conqueror, Mr. Martin; 2. Cartwright's British Hero, Mr. Carter; 5. 

 Duke of Clarence, Mr.HoUiday; 4. Sir R. Gunning, Mr. Mason ; 5. Landon's 

 Sir John Bowey, Mr. S.Allen ; 6. The Monarch, Mr. Messenger; Seedling 

 (Martin's Glory), Mr. Martin. Crimson Bizards : 1. Davey's Rainbow, Mr. 

 Mason ; 2. Davey's Rainbow, Mr. Holliday ; 3. Cartwright's Rainbow, Mr. 

 Martin ; 4. Davey's Rainbow, Mr. Messenger ; 5. Cartwright's Rainbow, 

 Mr. Weston ; 6. Cartwright's Rainbow, Mr, Carter ; Seedling (Duchess of 

 Clarence), Mr. Mason. Scarlet Flakes : 1 . Madame Vestris, Mr. Holliday ; 



2. Setting Sun, Mr. Messenger ; 5. Sir James Langham, Mr. James Allen ; 

 4. Plummer's Waterloo, Mr. Mason ; 5. Blucher, Mr. Carter ; 6. Madame 

 Mara, Mr. Weston ; Seedling (Sir Edward Codrington), Mr. Holliday. 

 Purple Flakes: 1. Ufton's Miss Godfrey Munday, Mr. Messenger; 2. Tur- 

 ner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Martin; 3. The Albion, Mr.HoUiday; 4. 

 Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Carter ; 5. Kenney's Excellent, Mr. 

 Mason ; 6. Boyle's Lord Ashbrook, Mr, James Allen ; Seedling (Britannia), 

 Mr. Holliday, " Rose Flakes: 1, Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Martin ; 2. 

 The Balloon, Mr. Holliday ; 3. Duchess of Bedford, Mr, Messenger ; 4. 

 Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. James Allen ; 5. Venus, Mr. Mason ; 6. 

 Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. S, Alien ; Seedling (the Balloon) Mr. Holli- 

 day. Red Picotees : 1, Will Stukeley, Mr. Carter ; 2. Martin's Incompa- 

 rable, Mr. S.Allen; 5. Spratt's Earl of Effingham, Mr. Messenger ; 4. 

 Neat and Clean, Mr. Mason ; Seedling (Miss Benbow), Mr. Mason. Purple 

 Picotees: 1. Isabella, Mr. Carter; 2. Lady Wake, Mr, Mason; S.Lee's 

 Cleopatra, Mr. Holliday ; 4, Mayor of Northampton, Mr. S. Allen ; Seed- 

 ling (Mayoress of Northampton), Mr. Martin. — Fi-uit. Gooseberries (Crown 

 Bob): 1. 16 dwts. 19 grs., Mr, Weston; 2. 16 dwts., Mr. Carter; 5. 

 15 dwts, 22 grs., Mr. Messenger ; 4. 14 dwts. 3 grs,, Mr. Mason. 



Bedfordshise. 



Bedfordshire Horticultural Society. — This Society held their Annual 



Show of Fruit and Flowers, on Friday the 25th of July, when the following 



prizes were distributed: — Flotvei's. Scarlet Bizards : 1. Furze's Lord of 



the Main, Mr. Furze; 2. Cartwright's British Hero, Mr. Whitebousej 



3. Yeomanson's Triumphant, Mr. Brinklow ; 4. Yeomanson's Triumphant, 

 Mr. Kemp, Crimson Bizards : 1 . Furze's Enchanter, Mr. Furze ; 2. Gregory's 

 Alfred, Mr. Bunday ; 5. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Kemp ; 4. Gregory's Alfred, 

 Mr, Whitehouse. Scarlet Flakes: I.Pearson's Rising Sun, Mr. Smith ; 

 2. Pearson's Rising Sun, Mr, Bunday ; 3, Thornicroft's Blucher, Mr, Furze ; 



4. Thornicroft's Blucher, Mr. Pullen. Rose Flakes : 1. Fletcher's Devon- 

 shire, Mr, Whitehouse ; 2. Fletcher's Devonshire, Mr. Frazer ; 5. Fletcher's 

 Devonshire, Mr, Pullen; 4. Fletcher's Devonshire, Mr, Furze. Purple Flakes : 

 1 . Turner's Princess, Mr, Furze ; 2, Turner's Princess, Mr, Whitehouse j 



