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2. Mr. Searle. Cockscomb, Mr. R. Foster, jun. Georginas : (best three) Brewer's Cambridge 

 Surprise, Kentish Hero, Elizabeth, Mr. Brewer ; (one) Globe Dark Crimson, Mr. Widnall. Bou- 

 quet (Treasurer's), Mr. Gimson. — Fruit. Melon (not less than 2 lbs.) : 1. Scarlet Flesh, Mr, 

 Dall ; 2. Waterloo, Mr. Newman, Lord De la Warr's gardener. Apricots, Mr. Searle. Duke 

 Cherries, Mr. Challis. Raspberries, Mr. Dall. Gooseberries: Red (12 to the pound), Roaring 

 Lion, Mr. Rickard ; White U6 to the pound), Mr. Challis ; Green (14 to the pound), Green Ocean, 

 Mr. Challis ; Yellow (16 to the pound), Gunner, Mr. Fordham, gardener to Mr. Quintin ; for fla- 

 vour, Early Green', Col. Pemberton ; Seedling, Mr. Brown of Fordham ; Heaviest, of any colour 

 (loz. Sdwts. Bgrs.), Roaring Lion, Mr. Rickard. Currants, White (30 bunches to the pound), 

 Dutch, Mr. Palmer ; Red (42 to the pound), Mr. Henry Green. Plums, Mr. Searle. Pears, 

 Citron des Carmes, Mr. Palmer. Apples : 1. White Imperatrice, Mr. Gimson ; 2. Glory of Ford- 

 ham, Mr. Brown of Fordham. — Culinary Vegetables. Lettuces, Paris Cos, Mr. Lestourgeon. 



Cottagers' Prizes. Carnation, Balsam, and Currants, Joseph Beales, Cherryhinton. Goose- 

 berries, Crown Bob, Solon Denson. The cucumber prize would have been awarded to Joseph 

 Beales, but his cucumbers were grown under a hand-glass. 



Extra-Prizes. Cottager's Onions, James Tuck, Windmill Cottage, Harston. Larkspur, Mr. 

 Brewer. Peaches, Galande, Mr. Palmer. Nectarines, Early Newington, Mr. Palmer. Georginas : 

 Anemone Flora, Globe Lilac, Spectabile, Painted Lady, Mr. Widnall. Prussian Stock, Mrs, 

 Lascelles. Yiicca dracbnis, Mr. Jas. Wilson. Agapanthus, Mr. Brewer. Hydrangea, Mr. Hudson, 

 {Cambridge Chronicle, July 30.) 



Cambridge Florists' Society. — July 26. The award of the judges was as 

 follows : — 



Carnations. Premium Subscription Prizes (five best blooms.one of each sort) : 1. Wilde's Per- 

 fection, Gregory's King Alfred, Stearne's Dr. Barnes, Turner's Princess Charlotte, and Fletcher's 

 Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Twitchett ; 2. Mr. Sharp; 3. Mr. Rickards. Bizards. Scarlet: 1. 

 Wilde's Perfection, Mr. Sharp ; 2. Wilde's Perfection, Mr. Twitchett ; 3. Wilde's Perfection, Mr. 

 Haylock ; 4. and 5. Wilde's Perfection, Mr. Twitchett ; 6. Wild's Perfection, Mr. Peeling. Crimson : 



1, 2, and 3. Gregory's King Alfred, Mr. Twitchett ; 4. and 5. Gregory's King Alfred, Mr. Sharp ; 

 6. Gregory's King Alfred, Mr. Rickard. Flakes. Scarlet: 1. Pearson's Madame Mara, Mr. 

 Sharp; 2. Stearne's Dr. Barnes, Mr. Twitchett; 3. Stearne's Dr. Barnes, Mr. Sharp; 4. Stearne's 

 Dr. Barnes, Mr. Stearne ; S. Pearson's Madame Mara, and 6. Stearne's Dr. Barnes, Mr. Sharp. 

 Purple : 1. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Rickard ; 2. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Sharp ; 



3. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Ripsher ; 4. and 5. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Twitchett ; 

 6. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Sharp. Rose: 1. Fletcher's Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Bailey; 



2. Fletcher's Duchess of Devonshire, and 3. Pollitt's Triomphe Royal, Mr. Twitchett ; 4. Fletcher's 

 Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Peeling; 5. Fletcher's Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Sharp; 6. Pollitt's 

 Triomphe Royal, Mr. Twitchett. Seedling : 1. Painted Lady, Mr. Twitchett ; 2. Duke of Sussex, 

 Mr. Crisp ; 3. Duke of Sussex, Mr. Haylock. — Picotees. Scarlet. Heavy-edged : 1. Chilwell 

 Beauty, and 2. Spratt's Earl of Effingham, Mr. Haylock ; 3. Brinklow's Seedling, Mr. Twitchett ; 



4. Ladv Effingham, Mr. Taylor; 5. Barclay's Beauty, Mr. Haylock ; 6. Hufton's Will Stukely, 

 Mr. Rickard. Light-edged : 1. and 2. Russell's Incomparable, Mr. Twitchett ; 3. Wood's Tri- 

 umphant, Mr. Ripsher; 4. and 5. Wood's Triumphant, and fi. Bunting's Hon. Miss Neville, Mr. 

 Bailey. Purple. Heavy-edged : 1. Lee's Cleopatra, Mr. Twitchett ; 2. Mason's Black Prince, Mr. 

 Bailev ; 3. Lee's Cleopatra, 4. Martin's Linnzeus, 5. Read's Beauty, and 6. Mason's Black Prince, 

 Mr. Twitchett. Light-edged : 1. Metcalfe's Flora, Mr. Bailey ; 2. Brinklow's Seedling, Mr. 

 Twitchett ; 3. King William the Fourth (seedling), and 4. Serjeant Frere (seedling), Mr. Bailey ; 



5. Dr. Syntax, Mr. Ripsher ; 6. Countess of Sandwich, Mr. Twitchett. Rose: Cornfield's Lady 

 Miller, Mr. Rickard; 2. Brinklow's Queen Caroline, Mr. Twitchett; 3. Cornfield's Lady Miller, 

 Mr. Rickard; 4. Cornfield's Lady Miller, Mr. Haylock; 5. Cornfield's Lady Miller, Mr. Bailey; 



6. Wood's Aurora, Mr. Twitchett. Yellow: 1. Howlett's Paragraph, Mr. Rickard; 2. Howlett's 

 Paragraph, Mr. Bailey ; 3 Howlett's Paragraph, Mr. Rickard ; 4. Marshal Bulow, Mr. Ripsher ; 

 5. Hyland's Zenobia, "Mr. Sharp ; 6. Seedling, Mr. Bailey. Seedling, Queen Adelaide, Mr. Bailey. 

 — Georginas. Premium Prize : 1. Donna Maria, and 2. Desiderabilis, Mr. Widnall ; 3. Brewer's 

 Cambridge Surprise, Mr. Brewer; 4. Squibb's Pure Yellow, Mr. Nutter; 5. Widnall's Prince 

 George, and 6. Imperiosa, Mr. Widnall. {Ibid., July 30.) 



NORFOLK. 



Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society. — July 8. Prizes were awarded 

 as follows : — 



Plants. Cycas revoluta (sago palmt, Rev. G. Leathes. Citrus decumana (shaddock tree), 

 R. Alderson, Esq. Araucaria excelsa (Norfolk Island pine treel, Lord Stafford. Fuchsia gra. 

 cilis, Robert Atter, gardener to Frs. Gosling, Esq. —Flowers. Pink : 1. Barratt's Conqueror, Mr. 

 Wilson ; 2. Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Asker, jun. Bouquet of Roses, Mr. J. Smith. Bouquet, 

 Mrs. Mackie. — Fruit. Melon, Cantaloup, Mr. Whiting, gardener to Lord Staflbrd. Strawber- 

 ries, Wilmot's Superb, Mrs. Gurdon. 



Cottagers' Prizes. Raspberries, Robert Atter. Windsor Beans, P. Widdow. Pink, Davis's 

 Eclipse, Wilkinson. Collection of Irises (aiphioldes), George King. 



Robert Alderson, Esq., sent two orange trees in fruit. — Rev. G. Leathes, Celosia cristata. — 

 Mr. Middleton, six plants of iVerium splendens, and eight very fine balsams. — Mr. Brundell, six 

 varieties of China rose from one bush, and twelve other roses. — Mr. J. Smith, eighteen pelargo- 

 niums, and bouquet of mixed flowers. — Brace of Cantaloup melons, from J. J. Gumey, Esq. — 

 Roses, pinks, and different varieties of strawberries (very.fine hautbois), from the Rev. Jeremiah 

 Burroughes. — Col. Harvey, apricots, gooseberries, several sorts of strawberries, and white pip- 

 pins. — Mr. Matchett, Lakenham, Persian and green-fleshed melons, and long white semi-trans- 

 parent radishes (new here). — Brace of Cantaloup melons, from Mr. J. Cozens. A specimen of 

 the snake cucumber (4 ft. Bin. in length) was sent by John Gregory, gardener to the Rev. J. Day 

 of Hethersett. — Mrs. Mackie, Maurandya Barclaytmrt, a splendid specimen, covering 69 ft. wire. — 

 Four double georginas, flowered in pots, viz. Scarlet, Alexandrina Victoria, Colville's Perfecta, 

 and Gerban Eclipse. Two of Ferbtna Aubletw. An Alstrcemerza hirtella. One Azalea nudiflbra 

 var. serotina rubra, a splendid specimen. A Potentilla seedling hybrid, variety between For- 

 mosa and Atrosanguinea. Forty specimens of distinct roses, amongst which the most admired were 

 White Globe, Celestial, Tuscany, Purple and White Noisette, Boursault, Carmine Enchanters, 

 Grand Purple, Purple Mignonne, Negro, Royal Bouquet, Blanche Pompone, and Brussels. 

 Forty specimens of choice herbaceous flowers, amongst which the most conspicuous were Delphi- 

 nium bicolor, pictum, and chinense ; Potentilla formosa RusselUVmtf, and a new seedling hybrid 



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