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sporting phrase, " placed." The zeal and earnestness displayed upon the 

 occasion, although in such a comparatively lowly station, were truly grati- 

 fying ; and, so long as the cottager is stimulated by the trifling contribution 

 of the rich, to employ his leisure hours in the cultivation of his-garden, so 

 long will he be virtuous, happy, and true to his country. It is the small 

 village of Muskham where these horticulturists principally live, and we 

 think that in no one parish of England is there less crime. We have been 

 induced to make these remarks as a stimulus to additional exertion upon 

 the part of the gentry of Newark as well as of other large towns. — T. C. H. 

 Aug. 8. 



Lancaster Gooseberry Show, July 28. — Prizes were given for the following 

 berries : — 



Best Pan. Red, Top Sawyer, 20 dwt. 16 gr. ; Yellow, Rockwood, 

 20 dwt. 14 gr.; Green, Ocean, 15 dwt. 12gr. ; White, Nailor, 15 dwt. 8 gr. 



Second Pan. Red, Roaring Lion, 19 dwt. 19 gr. ; Yellow, Globe, 16 dwt. 

 22 gr.; Green, Troubler, 14 dwt. 15 gr.; White, Wellington's Glory, 

 13 dwt. 18 gr. 



Best Berry in any Class. Huntsman, 20 dwt. 1 gr. Red, 1 . Roaring 

 Lion, 19 dwt. 11 gr. ; 2. Huntsman, 19 dwt. 7 gr. ; 3. Top Sawyer, 18 dwt. 

 15 gr.; 4. Overall, 17 dwt. 15 gr. ; 5. Sir John, 17 dwt. 6 gr. Yellow, 

 1. Rockwood, 16 dwt. 9gr.; 2. Globe, 16 dwt. 9gr. ; 3. Golden Queen, 

 15 dwt. 21 gr.; 4. Gunner, 15 dwt. 20 gr. ; 5. Sovereign, 15 dwt. 14 gr. 

 Green, 1. Favourite, 14 dwt. 22 gr.; 2. Elijah, 14 dwt. 14 gr. ; 3. Peover 

 Pecker, 1 4 dwt. 7 gr. ; 4. Ocean, 14 dwt. 1 gr. ; 5. Angler, 14 dwt. 1 gr. 

 White, 1. Bonny Lass, 16 dwt. ; 2. Governess, 15 dwt. 12 gr.; 3. Thrasher, 

 15 dwt. 9gr. ; 4. White Lion, 15 dwt.; 5. White Eagle, 1 4 dwt. 20 gr. 

 Best Seedling, 1 2 dwt. 2 gr. 



Lancaster Carnation Show, August 3. — Prizes were given away for the 

 following flowers : — 



Scarlet Bizard, Perfection ; Pink ditto, Rainbow ; Purple Flake, Henry 

 Hunt ; Scarlet ditto, Salamander ; Pink ditto, Duchess of Devonshire : 

 forming the best pan of Carnations. 



The best Carnation of any Class. — Perfection. 



Scarlet Bizards. 1. Perfection; 2.Foxhunter; 3. Lord Bagot; 4. Rising 

 Sun ; 5. Triumphant ; 6. Davey's Sovereign. 



Pink Bizards. 1. King Alfred ; 2. Rainbow ; 5. Prince Leopold ; 4. Mar- 

 quess Wellesley; 5. Miss Wilmot ; 6. Lee's Diana. 



Purple Flakes. 1 . Major Cartwright; 2. Wood's Commander ; 3. Broad's 

 Queen Charlotte; 4. Princess Charlotte ;5. Wild's Mary Anne; 6. Henry 

 Hunt. 



Scarlet Flakes. 1. Falkner's Salamander; 2. Potter's Champion; 



3. Madam Mara; 4. Thornicroft's Blucher ; 5. Cartwright' s Commander ; 

 6. Rising Sun. 



Pink Flakes. 1. Duchess of Devonshire; 2. Incomparable ; 3. Smiling 

 Beauty; 4. Rochdale Beauty; 5. Miss Landers; 6. Lady Hood. 



The best Picotee of any Class. Cleopatra. 



Purple Picotees. I.Cleopatra; 2. Ogden's Mary Anne; 5. Princess 

 Charlotte ; 4. Duke Wellington ; 5. Lady Bagot ; 6. Pearson's Eminent. 



Red Picotees. 1. Will Stukely; 2. Childwall Beauty; 3. Nonpareil; 



4. Incomparable ; 5. England's Defiance; 6. Pearson's Maria. 



The best and second best seedling carnation or picotee, green-house 

 plants, hardy plants, fruit, bouquets, pine-apple, vegetable marrow, celery, 

 pears, apples. {Lancaster Gazette, Aug. 11.) 



