£>32 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



Newcastle Annual Carnation, Picotee, and Gooseberry Show. — Aug. 14. The 

 prizes were awarded as follows; — 



Flowers. Carnations : I. Sherwood's Corinthian, and 2. Sandham's Lady Kay, Mr. John Bates ; 

 3. Bulmer's Lord Manners, Mr. Andrew Buckham ; 4. Pope's Queen, Mr. Pattison ; 5. Hutchin- 

 son's Lady Ridley, Mr. Andrew Buckham. Picotees: 1. Pearson's Favourite, Mr. Hepple; 2. 

 Seedling, Mr. Buckham ; 3. Bates's Choice, Mr. John Bates ; 4. Will Stukely, Mr. Hepple ; 5. 

 Prince of Picotees, Mr. John Bates. — Fruit. Heaviest Gooseberry, grown in any county, and 

 produced by a subscriber: 1. Roaring Lion, 23dwts. 14 grs., Mr. John Menham, grown by Mr. 

 John Dees, Gosforth ; 2. Roaring Lion, 23dwts, 5 grs., Mr. Andrew Buckham, grown by Mr. 

 Matthew Pyle, Stella; 3. Roaring Lion, 23 dwts. 4 grs., Mr. Thomas Donkin, grown by Mr. Jos. 

 Clark, of Close House. Reds : 1. Roaring Lion, 22 dwts. 12 grs., Mr. John Dees ; 2. Roaring Lion, 

 17 dwts. 10 grs., Mr. Michael Ford. Yellows : 1. Nelson's Waves, 17 dwts. 2 grs., Mr. Menham ; 

 2. Viper, 17 dwts. 10 grs., Mr. Michael Ford. Greens : 1. Green Ocean, 19 dwts. 4 grs. Mr. John 

 Dees; 2. Green Ocean, 14dwts. 12 grs , Mr. Hepple. Whites: 1. Smiling Beauty, 14dwts.8grs., 

 Mr. John Menham; 2. Smiling Beauty, 13 dwts. 5 grs., Mr. John Knox. Maiden Prize: Nelson's 

 Waves, 17 dwts. 12 grs., Mr. John Menham. (Newcastle Courant, Aug. 21.) 



The Ponteland Florists' Society held their Show of Pinks on the 10th of July, 

 when the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



1. Sprat's Glory of Abingdon, 2. Brooks's Eclipse, and 3. Harrison's Rising Sun, Mr. Robert 

 Turnbull; 4. Conqueror, Mr. John Turner; 5. Gowland's Beauty, Mr. J. Oliver. (Ibid., 

 July 17.) 



Coxlodge Carnation,, Picotee, and Gooseberry Show. — Aug. 7. The prizes were 

 awarded as follows : — 



Flowers. Carnations : 1. Harvey's Lord Ravensworth, and 2. Bulmer's Lord Manners, Mr. 

 Michael Ford ; 3. Hutchinson's Lady Ridley, 4. Queen Caroline, and 5. Stranger's Friend, Mr. 

 John Menham. Picotees ; 1. M'Queen's Choice, Mr. Andrew Buckham ; 2. Bates's Sir Robert 

 Wilson, Mr. Michael Menham ; 3. Will Stukely, Mr. Michael Ford ; 4. Menham's Fancy, Mr. 

 Michael Menham ; 5. Northumberland's Choice, Mr. John Menham. — Fruit. Gooseberries : 

 The Maiden Prize, 1. Rockwood, 19 dwts. 12 grs., Mr. Robert Dawson. The Stewards' Prizes. 

 Red : 1. Lion, 20 dwts. 2 grs., Mr. John Dees; 2. Prince Regent, 19 dwts. 9 grs., Mr. Edward Low- 

 don. Yellow : 1. Royal Gunner, 22 dwts. 1G grs., Mr. John Dees ; 2. Rockwood, 19 dwts. 16 grs., 

 Mr. John Menham. Green: 1. Ocean, 14 dwts. 17 grs., Mr. Michael Ford; 2. No Bribery, 

 14 dwts. 14 grs., Mr. Ephraim Richardson. White : 1. Wellington's Glory, 16 dwts. 16 grs., Mr. 

 Michael Ford ; 2. Queen Anne, 13 dwts. 16 grs., Mr. Edward Shipley. There was an extra Stew- 

 ards' and Maiden Growers' Prize, which was awarded to Mr. John Menham, for the Lion, 

 22 dwts. 8 grs. (Ibid., Aug. 21.) 



Florists of Monkwear mouth. — Aug. 9. At a Sweepstake Show of Picotees 

 and Gooseberries, held at Mr. John Spence's, the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



Flowers. Picotees : Lamb's George Baker, Mr. William Hind ; best Seedling Picotees, 

 Mr. Thomas Davison. — Fruit. Gooseberries. Yellow: 1. Gorton's Viper, 23 dwts., Mr. Juggings. 

 Red: 1. Crown Bob, 18 dwts. lOgrs., Mr. William Hind. Green : 1. Wardman's Green Ocean, 

 18dwts. 4grs., Mr. William Hind. White: 1. Cheshire Lass, 16dwts. 4grs., Mr. Juggings. 

 {Ibid., Aug. 21.) 



Newcastle Annual Gooseberry Show. — Aug. 7. This Show was held at Mr. 

 Richard Harker's, Gate6head Low Fell, when the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



1. Roaring Lion, 22 dwts. 18 grs., and 2. Gunner, 20 dwts. 18 grs., Mr. Robert Rickaby ; 3. Green 

 Ocean, 20 dwts., Mr. John Wilson ; 4. Yates's Thrasher, 18 dwts, Mr. Robert Rickaby. (Ibid. 

 Aug. 21.) 



The Ovingham Gooseberry Show. — Aug. 9. This Show was held at Mr. Isaac 

 Johnson's, when the prizes were awarded as follows : — 



1. Roaring Lion, 17 dwts. 9 grs., 2. Green Ocean, 15 dwts. 20 grs., 3. Whitesmith, 14 dwts. 16 grs., 

 and 4. Viper, 14 dwts. 4 grs., Mr. John Lawson. A gooseberry was produced at the Meeting, 

 grown by Mr. Edward Dobson, of Mounthully, which weighed 21 dwts., but he not being a mem- 

 ber was not allowed to compete for the prizes. (Ibid., Aug. 21.) 



Burnopjield Gooseberry Show. — Aug. 14. The prizes were adjudged as 

 follows : — 



Red: 1. Crown Bob, 20 dwts. 5. grs., Mr. M. Hunter; 2. Crown Bob, Mr. W. Handcock ; 3. 

 Crown Bob, Mr. T. Robinson. Green : 1. Wardman's Green Ocean, 18 dwts. 22 grs., Mr. M. Hun- 

 ter ; 2. Green Ocean, Mr. T. Robinson ; 3. Green Ocean, Mr. B. Pearson. Yellow : 1. Gordon's 

 Viper, 18 dwts. 6 grs., Mr. M. Hunter; 2. Gordon's Viper, Mr. T. Rippon ; 3. Gordon's Viper, 

 Mr. T. Robinson. White : 1. Smiling Beauty, 18 dwts. 3 grs., Mr. M. Hunter ; 2. Mr. R. Pear- 

 son ; 3. Mr. M. Hunter, with a Seedling which he named William the Fourth. (Ibid., Aug. 21.) 



LANCASHIRE. 



Liverpool Floral and Horticultural Society. — August 5. The following is a 

 list of the various specimens to which prizes were awarded : — 



Best Pan (silver cup) : 1. Perfection (scarlet bizard), Paul Pry (pinkbizard), Champion (scarlet 

 flake), Geo. Crew (rose flake), Bellerophon (purple flake), Eclipse (red picotee), Hector (purple 

 picotee), Mr. Wakefield, Manchester; 2. Perfection (scarlet bizard), Rainbow (pink bizard), Seed- 

 ling (scarlet flake), Devonshire (rose flake), Cartwright (purple flake), Stukeley (red picotee), 

 Cleopatra (purple picotee), R. F. Buckley, Esq., Chester; 3. Perfection, Paul Pry , ! Etna, Foote, 

 Commander, Magnificent, Cleopatra, W. Leighton, Esq., Preston. 



Stove Premiers : 1. Cattleya Loddigesii, Mr. A. Harrison ; 2. Crlnum amabile, Mr. Horsfall ; 3. 

 Cuphea Melvillo, Mr. Skirving. Green-house Premiers: 1. Fuchsia conica, Mrs. Cropper; 2. 

 Clethra arbbrea, Mrs. Rathbone ; 3. Fuchsia microphylla, Mr. Thomas Davis. 



Plants. Stove: 1. Strelitzia regmas, Mr. C. Downie; 2. Lagerstroe^mia indica, Mr. C. Tay- 

 leure ; 3. Bignbnia grandiflbra, Mr. Dobson ; 4; Erythrlna Crista galli, Mr. S. Davis ; S. Cattlfeya 

 Forbesz'i, Mr. A. Harrison ; 6. Didymocarpus Rexii, Mr. Smith, Fulwood ; 7. Gloxinia hirsuta, 

 Mr. S. Davis; 8. Cactus specibsa, Mr. Smith. Green-house: 1. Calceolaria arachnoidea, Mr. C. 

 Cunningham ; 2. Fuchsia gracilis, Mr. Skirving; 3. Fuchsia tenella, Mrs. Cropper ; 4. £lichry- 

 sum proliferum, Mr. H.Wilson ; 5. Lechcnaultz'a formbsa, Rev. R. Gwillam ; 6. SalpigMssis picta, 

 Mr. Skirving ; 7. Alstrcemer ia Pelegrlna, and 8. Moricandia Barclaydna, Mrs. Cropper. Pelargo- 



