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Reynolds ; 2. Col. Money ; 3. Mr. J. D. Wheeler ; 4. Mr. Reynolds ; 5. Mr. T. Edwards. Crim- 

 son : 1. Mr. Crump ; 2. Mr. J. D. Wheeler; 3, 4, and 5. Mr. Crump. Flakes. Scarlet : 1. and 2. 

 Mr. J. D. Wheeler ; 3. Mr. Crump; 4. Mr. T. Edwards ; 5. Mr. Crump. Purple : 1. Mr. Crump ; 



2. Mr. J. D. Wheeler ; 3. Colonel Money ; 4. Mr. J. C. Wheeler ; 5. W. Gillman, Esq. Rose : 1. Mr. 

 Crump; 2. and 3. Messrs. Breese and Reynolds; 4. Col. Money; 5. Mr. J. D. Wheeler. Picotees. 

 Purple : 1. W. Gillman, Esq. ; 2. Mr. J. C. Wheeler ; 3. Mr. J. D. Wheeler ; 4. and S. Mr. T. Ed- 

 wards. Red : 1. J. F. Willis, Esq. ; 2. Mr. Crump ; 3. Mr. J. D. Wheeler ; 4. Mr. Crump ; 5. Mr. 

 T. Edwards. Georginas. Dark Double : 1. Messrs. Breese and Reynolds ; 2, 3, and 4. Mr. J. C. 

 Wheeler; 5. Messrs. Breese and Reynolds. Light Double: 1. and 2. Messrs. Breese and Rey- 

 nolds ; 3. Mr. James Rudge ; 4. Mr. Wm. Wheeler; 5. Messrs. Breese and Reynolds. Balsams : 

 1. and 2. Mr. Reynolds ; 3. Mr. J. C. Wheeler ; 4. and 5. Mr. Reynolds. Cockscombs: 1. and 2. 

 Mr. J. D. Wheeler ; 3. Mr. Reynolds ; 4. Mr. J. D. Wheeler ; 5. Mr. Reynolds. Best Nosegay, Mr. 

 Reynolds. — Fruit. Gooseberries. Red: 1. T. Spencer, Esq.; 2. Mr. P. Baylis; 3. Mr. Holbert; 

 4. Col. Money ; 5. Mr. Holbert. Green : 1. Mr. P Baylis ; 2. and 3. T. Spencer, Esq. ; 4. Mr. Hol- 

 bert ; 5. Colonel Money. Yellow : 1. Mr. P. Baylis ; 2. T. Spencer, Esq. ; 3. Rev. L. Robertson ; 

 4. K. Evans, Esq. ; 5. Mr. Holbert. Grapes : 1. Muscadel, Colonel Money; 2. Black Prince, and 



3. Black Frankenthal, Mr. J. D. Wheeler; 4. Black Hamburgh, Messrs. Breese and Reynolds; 

 5.. Sweetwater, E. Prichard, Esq. Melons: 1. Kew Green Flesh, 2, 3, and 4. Windsor Prize, 

 K. Evans, Esq. ; 5. Rev. L. Robertson. Apricots, Mr. Holbert. Raspberries : 1. Red, R. Comp- 

 ton, Esq. ; 2. Mr. Holbert; 3. C. Biss, Esq. ; 4. White, Mrs. Piatt; 5. Red, Mrs. Webb. Currants : 

 1. ■ White, Mrs. Nourse ; 2. Red, Rev. L. Robertson ; 3. Red, R. Compton, Esq. j 4. Black, Col. 

 Money; 5. W. Gillman, Esq. {Hereford Journal, July 28.) 



YORKSHIRE. 



Yorkshire Horticultural Society. — July 1. Prizes were awarded as follows : — 

 Plants. Stove: 1. Humen Regans (a fine specimen, grown from seed brought from South 

 America), Mr. Joseph Moore; 2. Gloxim'a caulescens, Mr. John Menzies, gardener to C. Raw- 

 son, Esq., of Hope House, Halifax. Green-house: 1. Zup'mus pulchellus (a beautiful specimen 

 from Mexico), Mr. John Menzies, gardener to C. Rawson, Esq. ; 2. Calceolaria arachnoidea, Mr. 

 W.Wood, from Messrs. Backhouse of York ; 3. O'xalis Bowieana, Mr. James Brown ; 4. Fuchsia 

 microphylla, Mr. John Menzies. Best Geranium : 1. De Vere, and 2. Lineatum maculatum, Mr. 

 Thos. Appleby. Rarest Hardy Plant : 1. Potentilla RusselkVmrt, and 2. Galardw aristata, Mr. 

 John Menzies. — Flowers. Ranunculuses. Dark and Dark Purple : 1. Bravura, 2. Vercati, and 

 3. Bishop van Lima, Mr. Anthony Parker of York. Striped and mottled : 1. Oressus, and 2. Me- 

 lange des Beautes, Mr. Anthony Parker ; 3. Benjamin, Mr. John Raby. Spotted and edged : 1. Le 

 Temeraire, Mr. Anthony Parker ; 2. Tendresse, Mr. William Firth ; 3. Julius, Mr. Anthony Par- 

 ker. Selfs : 1. Kermes, and 2. Charlemagne, Mr. John Raby ; 3. Unknown, Mr. William Firth. 

 Pinks. Purple-laced : 1. Bowes's Suwarrow, Mr. William Firth ; 2. Bowes's Cato, Mr. Win. Clark, 

 Rodley; 3. Penny's Queen, Mr. Robert Jackson of Leeds. Scarlet-laced : 1. Gorton's George the 

 Fourth, Mr. William Firth; 2. Bowes's George the Fourth, Mr. William Riley ; 3. Mann's 

 Oldenburgh, Mr. John Raby. Dark-eyed: 1. Westlake's Heroine, Mr. John Raby; 2. Beauty 

 Flora, and 3. Seedling, Mr. William Riley. Georgina, Mr. John Kearsley of Woodhouse Hill, 

 Hunslet' Hardy Bouquet: 1. Mr. John Menzies; 2. Mr. Thomas Appleby. Exotic Bouquet: 

 1. Mr. Wm. Wood ; 2. Mr. Samuel Currie. — Fruit. Pine : 1. Mr. Joseph Deuxbury, gardener to 

 Abr. Rhodes, Esq., of Roundhay ; 2. Mr. T. Appleby, gardener to the Rev. J. A. Rhodes, Horsforth 

 Hall. Grapes. White : 1. Muscat, Mr. James Brown, gardener to John Hebblethwaite, Esq., 

 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds; 2. Mr. Wm. Ashton, gardener to B. Gaskell, Esq., Thornes House; 

 3. Sweetwater, Mr. J. Deuxbury. Black : 1. Black Hamburgh, Mr. William Reynolds, gardener to 

 Armitage, Esq., Farnley Hall; 2. Mr. James Brown; 3. Mr. William Ashton. Melon: 



1. Mr. Joseph Deuxbury ; 2. Mr. Samuel Currie, gardener to James Ingham, Esq., of Blake 

 Hall, Mirfield. Peaches : 1. Mr. James Brown ; 2. Mr. James Sykes, gardener to Wm. Radclifte, 

 Esq., of Lightcliffe, near Halifax. Nectarines, Mr. Thomas Appleby. Currants, White and 

 Red, Mr. William Hatfield of Wakefield. Oranges, very large and fine, Mr. J. Catton, gardener 

 to B. Sadler, Esq., of New Laiths,near Leeds. Cherries, Mr. Wm. Ashton. Strawberries : 1. Mr. 

 William Clark of Rodley ; 2. Mr. S. Currie. Seedling, Mr. Wm. Hatfield. Raspberries, Mr. S. 

 Currie. Gooseberries : 1. Mr. G. Hick, farmer, of Beningborough, near York ; 2. Mr. John Raby, 

 gardener to Messrs. Backhouse of York. Apples, eating : 1. (for a fine specimen preserved in dry 

 sand in jars), Mr. John Raby ; 2. (for a fine specimen preserved in a dark room, with a porous 

 floor to absorb the moisture), Mr. Win. Ashton. — Culinary Vegetables. Cucumbers : 1. Mr. Jas. 

 Brown ; 2. Mr. Wm. Wood, from Messrs. Backhouse of York. Peas, Mr. Wm. Wood, from 

 Messrs. Backhouse of York. Potatoes: ]. Rosslyn Castle, Mr. J. Raby; 2. Ashtop Kidney, Mr. 

 S. Currie. Celery (a very large and beautiful specimen), Mr. S. Currie. Cabbages : 1. Mr. John 

 Catton ; 2. Mr. John Marshall, gardener to Edwin Birchall, Esq., Burley Grove, near Leeds. 

 Lettuce : 1. Mr. Wm. Hatfield ; 2. Mr. S. Currie. French Beans, Mr. S. Currie. Parsley (a beau- 

 tiful specimen), Mr. W. Clark, from Messrs. Backhouse of York. Cauliflower : 1. Mr. S. Currie ; 



2. Mr. William Appleby of Wydam, near Buslingthorpe, Leeds. Carrots, Mr. S. Currie. Cape 

 Broccoli, Mr. John Moore, gardener to T. B. Pease, Esq., Chapeltown, near Leeds. Turnips, Mr. 

 John Marshall. Onions, Mr. W. Clark of Rodley. 



Mr. Hazelgrave of Wakefield exhibited a new specimen of the Potentilla, which was much 

 admired. A superior specimen of iupinus pulchellus was shown by Mr. Menzies, gardener to 

 C. Rawson, Esq., of Hope House : it was highly eulogised by the chairman. A beautiful assort- 

 ment of roses, comprising 146 different specimens, was exhibited by Messrs. Backhouse of York. 

 A similar collection of 100 different roses was exhibited by Mr. Menzies, gardener to C. Rawson, 

 Esq., each of them being named. A beautiful sample of seedling white grapes was exhibited by 

 Mr. James Brown, gardener to John Hebblethwaite, Esq. At the request of several gentlemen, 

 the chairman named it " Hebblethwaite's Seedling." The following choice and rare plants were 

 exhibited by the gardener of Christopher Rawson, Esq., of Hope House, Halifax, in addition to 

 those mentioned above : — Alstrcemerws tricolor, ^nagallis Webbz'a?M, Calceolaria angustif blia, 

 Calceolaria arachnoidea, Calceolaria corymbbsa, Calceolaria paniculata, Calceolaria purpurea, 

 Calceolaria thyrsiflbra, Eschseholtzz'a calitornica, O'xalis floribunda, Pentstemon diffusus, Salpi- 

 glussis stramlnea, Sinningzo Hcllcrz, Ferbena Melindres, Verbena pulchella, Lathyrus califurni- 

 cus. {Halifax Commercial Citron., July 10.) 



Hull Floral and Horticultural Society. — June 21 . The flowers were adjudged 

 by Dr. Blundell, and Messrs. Norman and Lumb, who placed them as follows : — 



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