630 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — Durham, 



Flowers. Society's Premium, Vulcan, Mr. We Burman. B. Haworth (of Kowiston), Fsq.'s 

 Premium, Benjamin, Mr. Bell. Ranunculuses. Dark : 1. Vulcan, Mr. Bell ; 2. Naxara, Mr. 

 Beecroft; 3. Thomasina, Mr. Robert Oglesby ; 4. Naxara, Mr. Burman. Light Purple, Grey, 

 and Ash : 1. Shakspeare, Mr. Allinson ; 2. Venus, Mr. Deighton ; 3. Nocturnus, and 4. Brillante, 

 Mr. Heward. Scarlet, Crimson, and Pink: 1. Mercurius, Mr. Percy; 2. Crimson Brillante, Mr. 

 T. Lambert, gardener to Mr. Casson ; 3. Adonis, Mr. Allinson ; 4. Rosney, Mr. Heward. Orange, 

 Yellow, and Buff : 1. Juliana, Mr. Burman; 2 Urelia, and 3. Golconda, Mr. Beecroft ; 4. Saint 

 James, Mr. Robert Oglesby. Spotted and edged, on Vy'hite Ground: 1. Benjamin, Mr. Burman ; 

 2. CEillet Parfait, Mr. Heward; 3. Venus, Mr. Burman; 4. Temeraire, Mr. Kobt. Oglesby. Spotted 

 and edged, on Yellow Ground: 1. Preciosa, 2. Lady Falconberg, and 3. Preciosa, Mr. Beecroft; 

 4. Prince Galitzin, Mr. Bell. Stripes, on Yellow Ground : 1. Favorite Mignonne, and 2. Melange 

 ties Beautes, Mr. Beecroft ; 3. Favorite Mignonne, Mr. T. Lambert ; 4. Melange des Beautes, Mr. 

 Beecroft.. Stripes, on White Ground : 1. Temeraire, Mr. Bell ; 2. Oressus, and 3. Rose Invincible, 

 Mr. Burman; 4. Temeraire, Mr. Bell. White, and shaded White: 1. Argus, Mr. Beecroft; 



2. Princess Coburg, Mr. Bell ; 3. and 4. Princess Augusta, Mr. Percy. Stocks. Brompton : 1, 2, 



3. and 4. Mr. Wadsworth, gardener to G. Egginton, Esq. Of any other description : 1, 2, 3, and 



4. Mr. Wadsworth, gardener to G. Egginton, Esq. Best Bouquet, Mr. D. Brown. — Culinary 

 Vegetables. Cauliflowers : 1. Mr. Robert Robson ; 2. Mr. Wadsworth ; 3. Mr. Robert Robson ; 

 4. Mr. H. Blundell. For the best plate of Vegetables (Rhubarb), Mr, George Donkin. {Hull 

 Advertiser, June 25.) 



July 5. The judges placed the flowers and fruit in the following order : — 

 Flowers. Society's Premium, Bowes's Lustre, Mr. Burman. B. Haworth, Esq.'s Premium, 

 Duchess of Wellington, Mr. Wadsworth, gardener to G. Egginton, Esq. Pinks. Purple-laced: 

 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Bowes's Lustre, Mr. Burman ; 6. Jackson's jubilee, Mr. Percy. Red-laced : 1. 

 Duchess of Wellington, Mr. Wadsworth, gardener to G. Egginton, Esq. ; .2. and 3. George .the 

 Fourth, Mr. Burman ; 4. Duchess of Wellington, Mr. Wadsworth ; 5. George the Fourth, and 6. 

 Bates's Seedling, Mr. Burman. Black and White : 1. Incomparable, Mr. Priest ; 2. and 3. Incom- 

 parable, Mr. Burman ; 4. Davey's Eclipse, Mr. Norman ; 5. Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Robert 

 Oglesby ; 6. Dormont's Supreme, Mr. Burman. Semi-double of any description : 1. Duchess of 

 Devonshire, Mr. Norman ; 2. and 3. Bowes's Lustre, Mr. H. Blundell ; 4. and 5. Bowes's Cato, 

 and 6. Bowes's Suwarrow, Mr. C. Oglesby. Roses. Moss: 1. White, Mr. Wadsworth; 2. Pro- 

 vidence, Mr. Allinson ; 3. Scarlet, Mr. Wadsworth ; 4. Single Red, Mr. Allinson ; 5. Prominence, 

 Mr. Wadsworth ; 6. Prominence, Mr. Allinson. Plain : 1, Duke of Tuscany, Mr. Norman ; 2. Rose 

 Unique, Mr. Wm. Priest; 3. Burning Coal, and 4. Rose Unique, Mr. Robson ; 5. Rose Unique, 

 Mr. Wm. Priest ; 6. Grand Swibb, Mr. Wadsworth. Bouquets: 1. Mr. D. Brown ; 2. Mr. R. 

 Robson. — Fi-uit. Grapes. Best bunch of White (Haddington's White),, weight 51b, 6 oz., Mr. 

 Wadsworth, gardener to G. Egginton, Esq. Best bunch of Black, Mr. Thomas Holmes. Straw- 

 berries : 1. Wilmot's Superb, Mr. Robson ; 3. Wellington, Mr. Daltry ; 3. Blanchester Hero, Mr. 

 Norman ; 4. Keen's Seedling, Mr. T. Simpson, gardener to Mrs. Casson. (Ibid., July 9.) 

 Aug. 5. The specimens were placed by the judges in the following order : — 

 Flowers. B. Haworth, Esq.'s Premium, Wilde's Surpasse-Perfeetion, Mr. D. Brown. Society's 

 Premium, Paul Pry, Mr. Wm. Burman. Mr. B. Ely's Prizes : Purple-edged Picotee, Wads- 

 worth's Queen Adelaide, Mr. Wadsworth, gardener to G. Egginton, Esq. ; Red-edged Picotee, 

 Heward's William the Fourth, Mr. Deighton. Bizards. Pink : 1. Paul Pry, 2. Heward's Kingston, 

 and 3, 4. and 5. Cartwright's Rainbow, Mr. William Burman; 6. Heward's Kingston, and 7. 

 Paul Pry, Mr. Percy ; 8. Ranting Widow, Mr. Deighton. Scarlet : 1. Wilde's Surpasse-Perfee- 

 tion, 2, and 3. Ely's Mayor of Ripon, Mr. D. Brown ; 4. Wilde's Surpasse-Perfeetion, Mr. W. Bur- 

 man ; 5. Wilde's Surpasse-Perfeetion, and 6. Ely's Mayor of Ripon, Mr. D. Brown ; 7. Wilde's Sur- 

 passe-Perfeetion, .Mr. W. Burman ; 8. Wilde's Surpasse-Perfeetion, Mr. Deighton. Flakes. Purple : 



1. Bates's Wellington, 2. Ely's Neptune, and 3. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Wm. Burman; 

 4. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Wadsworth ; 5. Wilde's Mary Anne, 6. Pike's Cato, 7. Wood's 

 Commander, and S.Wilde's Mary Anne, Mr. Jos. Allinson. Pink : 1. Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. 

 Wadsworth ; 2. Faulkner's Ehza, and 3. Pollitt's Triomphe Royal, Mr. Burman ; 4. Duchess of 

 Devonshire, 5, and 6. British Rose, Mr. Beecroft ; 7. Plant's Lady Hood, Mr. Burman ; 8 Duchess 

 of Devonshire, Mr. Wadsworth. Scarlet : 1. and 2. Andrew Marvel (seedling), Mr. M. Bell ; 

 3. Madame Mara, Mr. Burman ; 4. Andrew Marvel, Mr. Bell ; 5. Madame Mara, Mr. Nor- 

 man ; 6. Hufton's Hobhouse, Mr. Bell ; 7. 1 .ord Hood, Mr. Norman ; 8. Madame Mara, Mr. Bell . 

 Best seedling Carnation, Mr. Wadsworth. Picotees. Purple-edged: 1. Wadsworth's Queen Ade- 

 laide, Mr. Wadsworth ; 2. Ely's Lady Grantham, Mr. Burman ; 3. Wadsworth's Queen Adelaide, 

 Mr. Wadsworth ; 4. Ely's Mrs. Lawrence, and 5. Mary Queen of Scots, Mr. Burman ; 6. Tate's 

 Surpasse, Mr. Wadsworth ; 7. Rob Roy, Mr. Norman ; 8. Major's Beauty of Northampton, Mr. 

 Burman. Red-edged : 1. Heward's William the Fourth, Mr. Deighton ; 2. Lee's Little Jona- 

 than, and 3. William the Fourth, Mr. Heward ; 4. Will Scarlett, Mr. Norman; 5, and 6. William 

 the Fourth, Mr. Heward ; 7. Will Stukely, Mr. D. Brown ; 8. Lamb's Defiance, Mr. Burman. 

 Yellow Ground : 1. General Ludd, Mr. Wadsworth ; 2. Goldfinch, Mr. D. Brown ; 3. Howlett's 

 Paragraph, Mr. Norman ; 4. Alexander, Mr. Wadsworth ; 5. Goldfinch, Mr. Allinson ; 6. Gene- 

 ral Ludd, Mr. Wadsworth ; 7, and 8. Foreigner, Mr. Norman. Best Seedling Picotee, Mr. Wads- 

 worth. First Bouquet, Mr. D. Brown. — Fruit. First Melon, Mr. W. V. Norman. Gooseber- 

 ries. Red : 1. Roaring Lion, Mr. Allinson ; 2. Huntsman, Mr. Wadsworth ; 3. Crown Bob, Mr. 

 Allinson; 4. Sportsman, Mr. Smithson. White: 1. Eagle, Mr. Allinson; 2, and 3. Toper, Mr. 

 Wadsworth ; 4. Queen Caroline, Mr. Smithson. Yellow : 1. Rockwood, Mr. Allinson ; 2. Gun- 

 ner, Mr. Wadsworth ; 3. and 4. Regulator, Mr. Smithson. Green: 1. Greenhood, Mr. Allinson; 



2, and 3. Ocean, and 4. Greenhood, Mr. Smithson. Best plate of Vegetables (Shallots), Mr. John 

 Jones. Best plate of Fruit (Apples, of season 1829.), Mr. J. G. Lumb. {Hull Packet, Aug. 10.) 



DURHAM. 



Durham Botanical and Horticultural Society. — June 1 0. A Branch Meeting 

 of this Society was held in Alnwick, when the prizes were awarded as follows : — 



For the best Melon, the gold medal to Mr. Thomas Cook, gardener to T. W. Beaumont, Esq., 

 M.P., Bywell Hall ; for the best half peck of Potatoes from the open ground, the silver medal to 

 Mr. Robert Turnbull, gardener to the Rev. J. S. Ogle, Kirkley Hall ; for the best half peck of 

 Peas, the silver medal to Mr. John M'Cleish, gardener to A. J. Cresswell Baker, Esq., Cresswell ; 

 for the best Bouquet of Scarlet and White Brompton Stocks, the silver medal to Mr. Matthew 

 Brewis, Alnwick; for the best Exotic Plant in flower (Crassula versicolor), the silver medal to 



