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Mr. D. Brown; 2. Mr. G.Wharton; 3. Mr. T. P. Smithson.— Culinary Vegetables. Lettuce, 

 Cos : 1. and 2. Mr. H. Blunrlell ; 3. Mr. G. Wharton ; 4. Mr. Allinson. Cabbage : 1, Mr. Allin- 

 son ; 2. and 3. Mr. G. Wharton ; 4. Mr. W. V. Norman. Potatoes (grown in.the open air), Kid- 

 ney : 1. Mr. Allinson ; 2. Mr. T. Simpson, gardener to Mr. Casson ; 3. Mr. T. P. Smithson ; 4. 

 Mr. John Jones. Any other description : 1. Mr. Cankrein; 2. Mr. Robson ; 3. Mr. John Jones ; 

 4. Mr. T. Plumber. Best plate of Vegetables (Mushrooms), Mr. Davies. {Hull Gazette, May 29. 

 1830.) 



DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 



Botanical and Horticultural Society of Durham, Northumberland, and Newcastle 

 upon Ti/ne. — May 14. The following prizes were adjudged : — 



For the best green and the best china-edged auriculas, viz. Lord Eldon and Lord Exmouth, 

 silver medals, and for the best self-coloured auricula, Scotia, the bronze medal, to Mr. John 

 M'Queen, gardener to S. W. Parker, Esq., Scots House. For the best grey-edged auricula, Wil- 

 son's Royal George, the silver medal, to Mr. John Wilson, Newcastle. The above were all seed- 

 lings, raised by Mr. M'Queen and Mr. Wilson ; and Mr M'Queen 's seedling, Lord Eldon (a very 

 fine flower), gained the seedling prize last season. For the best double hyacinth, Groot Voort, 

 the silver medal, to George Stephenson, Carr's Hill, near Gateshead. For thebest single hyacinth, 

 Bonaparte, the silver medal, to Mr. William Kelly, gardener to A. Donkin, Esq., Jesmond. For 

 the best polyanthus, the bronze medal, to Mr. T. Cooke, gardener to T. W. Beaumont, Esq., 

 Bywell Hall. For the best six lettuces, the bronze medal, to Mr. John Ward, gardener to C. J. 

 Clavering, Esq., Axwell Park. For the best exotic plant, Cactus speciosissima, in flower, the 

 silver medal, to Mr. Adam Hogg, at Messrs. Falla and Cc.'s, Gateshead. For the best bouquet of 

 flowers, the silver medal, to Mr. T. Cooke, gardener to T. W. Beaumont, Esq., Bywell Hall. For 

 the best red currant wine, fourteen years old, the silver medal, to Mr. W. Dunlop, Newcastle. 

 Some hemp and rope, grown and manufactured at the prison of Durham, of much superior quality 

 to last year's, were sent by Mr. Frushard, governor of the prison. Several very beautiful exotics, in 

 great perfection, were exhibited by members of the Society ; the magnificent Cactus speciosissima, 

 from Messrs. Falla's, attracted universal attention and unparalleled admiration. Mr. Hall of 

 Beacon Lough exhibited thirteen varieties of seedling apples, in very good keeping. A curious 

 assortment of proliferous ranunculuses, from Sicily, were exhibited by Mr. J. Johnson, of Gates- 

 head ; and a beautiful drawing of the splendid Crlnum giganteum, shown last year by C. J. Claver- 

 ing, Esq., and drawn by Miss Haswell, of Summer Hill Terrace, was sent to the exhibition. 

 {Newcastle Courant, May 15.) 



June 11. — The following prizes were adjudged : — 



For the best melon (Green-fieshed Egyptian), and for the best dish of grapes of sorts, silver 

 medals to Mr. Scott, gardener to J. C. Lamb, Esq., Ryton. For the best half-peck of potatoes, 

 from the open ground, and for the best half-peck of peas, silver medals, to Mr. Joseph Clarke, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Bewicke, Close House. For the best bybloemen tulip (Madame Pompadour), a silver 

 medal, to Mr. Matthew Bates, Kenton. For the best rose white ground tulip (Rose Guerrier), a 

 silver medal, to Mr. Moderell, gardener to J. C. Anderson, Esq., Point Pleasant. For the best 

 bizard tulip (Maddock's Yellow), the silver medal, to Mr. Thomas Smith, Heaton. For the best 

 bouquet of scarlet and white Brompton stocks, a silver medal, to Mr. J. Harrop, Sunderland. For 

 the best exotic plant in flower (A r erium sple'ndens), the silver medal, to Mr. Moderill, gardener to 

 J. C. Anderson, Esq., Point Pleasant. For the best bouquet of flowers, the silver medal, to Mr. T. 

 Cook, gardener to T. W. Beaumont, Esq., Bywell Hall. For the best white currant wine, the 

 silver medal, to Mr. William Dunlop, Newcastle. A fine seedling Pelargonium, raised from the 

 seed of P. Daveyrmwra, was exhibited by Mr. C. Robson, from the garden of Dr. Headlam, of 

 Jesmond Dean ; Mr. "Robson called it " Priam ;" a silver medal was voted to JVIr. Robson by the 

 judges for it. The show of tulips and bouquets of flowers was very magnificent, and, considering 

 the late weather, truly surprising. The following was omitted in the account of the exhibition in 

 May last : — For the best twenty-five heads of asparagus, the silver medal to Mr. Joseph Cooke, 

 gardener, Bradley Hall. {Ibid., June 12.) 



The Darlington Florist and Horticultural Society. — May 26. Prizes were ad- 

 judged as follows : — 



Plants. Stove : I. iilium concolor, Mr. Watson ; 2. /xia crocata, Mr. Lawson ; 3. Amaryllis 

 formosisshna, Mr. Andrews. Green-house : 1. Melaleuca floribunda, and 4. Calceolaria rugbsa, 

 Mr. Lawson; 2. Calceolaria corymbbsa, 3. £lichrysum humile, Mr. Watson. Ericas: 1. Ventri- 

 cbsa coccinea, and 3. Odorata rbsea, Mr. Watson ; 2. Tricolor, Mr. Lawson. Pelargoniums. 

 White grounds : 1. Apollo, and 2. Macranthon, Mr. Lawson, gardener to James Backhouse, Esq., 

 West Lodge ; 3. Macranthon, Mr. Boyd. Scarlet grounds : 1. Bethalina, 2. Moore's Victory, and 

 3. Shakspeare, Mr. Lawson. Purple grounds : 1. Majestueuse, 2. Humei, and 3. Royal George, Mr. 

 Lawson. Selfs : 1. Cape Scarlet, Mr. Pattison ; 2. Basilisk, Mr. Watson. Exotic Bouquet : 1. 

 Mr. Hodgson, gardener to General Aylmer, Walworth Castle. Hardy bouquet : 1. Mr. 

 Hodgson; 2. Mr. Pearson. — Flowers. Tulips. Bizards : 1. and 2. Mr. Stubbs, gardener to 

 Lord Prudhoe, Stanwick Park ; 3. Mr. Lawson. Bybloemens : 1. Mr. Nicholson ; 2. Mr. Lawson ; 

 3. Mr. Stubbs. Roses : 1. and 2. Mr. Stubbs; 3. Mr. Beckwith. Doubles : 1. Mr. Beckwith ; 2. 

 and 3. Mr. Stubbs. Selfs : 1. and 2. Mr. Stubbs ; 3. Mr. Lawson. Ranunculuses : 1. and 2. Mr. 

 Headley, nurseryman, Yarm ; 3. and 4. Mr. Pattison, gardener to Edward Pease, Esq. Double 

 Anemones : 1. and 4. Mr. Pattison ; 2. and 3. Mr. Headley. — Fruit. Apples. Eating : 1, Mr, Tel- 

 ford, gardener to Major Hartley, Middleton Lodge ; 2. Mr. Sanderson, gardener to Captain Hew- 

 gill. Baking: 1. Mr. Hogget, gardener to William Allan, Esq., Blackwell Grange ; 2. Mr. San- 

 derson. — Culinary Vegetables. Asparagus: 1. Mr. Beckwith, gardener to Jacob Maude, Esq., 

 Selaby Hall ; 2. Mr. Andrews, gardener to John Beaumont Pease, Esq. Cucumbers : 1. Mr. 

 Headly ; 2. Mr. Boyd, gardener to John Allan, Esq. Blackwell; 3. Mr. Spence, market-gardener, 

 Darlington. Cabbages : 1. and 3. Mr. Spence ; 2. Mr. Telford. Peas, Mr. Telford. Potatoes : 

 1. Mr. Telford ; 2. Mr. Hodgson ; 3. Mr. Spence. Mr. Hodgson exhibited a beautiful plate of 

 strawberries. {Ibid., June 12.) 



The Heworth Society of Florists held its Annual Meeting for the show of auriculas 

 on May 5., and the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



1. Metcalf's Lancashire Hero, and 3. Cleugh's Defiance, Mr. David Young, gardener to Joseph 

 Shield, Esq. ; 2. Taylor's Ploughboy, Mr. M. Robson ; 4. Salter's Garland, and 5. Ridling's Junius, 

 Mr. George Boiston. Mr. Michael Robson produced a beautiful green-edged seedling, which was 

 much and deservedly admired : he named it Matthew Bell, M.P. Mr. George Boiston exhibited 

 thebest bouquet of flowers. {Ibid., May 15.) 



