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,'" The Unities for J'egetahles consist of Eight Properties. 1. Rarity of sort; 2. Precocity of 

 season; 3. Magnificence of size or weight ; 4. Beauty of colour or of blancliing; 5. Perfection of 

 form and excellence of quality; 6. Extent of quantity sent for exhibition ; 7. Ingenuity of cul- 

 ture ; 8. Cheapness of production. 



" Example in the Cucumber. 1. Green Turkey ; 2. First week in March ; 3. 18 in. long ; 4. Uni- 

 form green, with fine bloom; 5. Thin, straight, and seedless; 6. A brace; 7. Hot-water pipe, 

 Weeks's patent, average heat 70°; 8. Usual culture as to soil and frames." {Norfolk Chronicle.) 



LANCASHIRE. 



Rochdale Floral and HorlicuUural Society. — Jidyl, 1830. Prizes were awarded 

 as follows : — 



• Plants. Stove: 1. Hedychium angustif61ium, and 2. HtEm&nthus multiflbrus, John Entwisle, 

 Esq. ; 3. Thunbergja al^ta, George Priestley, Esq. ; 4. Erythrina Crista galli, John Entwisle, 

 Esq. Hardy Shrubs: 1. Calarapelis scSibra, Mr. Henry Midgley; 2. Cytisus nigricans, Mr. 

 Robert Robertson ; 3. Azklea glauca alba, Mr. James Falkner; 4, Kalm/a angustifblia rubra, 

 John Entwisle, Esq. ; 5. PotentiUa floribunda, Mr. John Ecroyd ; 6. iJhododc^ndron hirsutum, 

 Mr. Alexander Fothergill. Green-house : 1. Calceolaria rugbsa, Mr. Robert Robertson ; 2. 

 Selago spClria, John Entwisle, Esq. ; 3. Ferb&na Mellndres, George Priestley, Esq. ; 4. iychnis 

 coronata, Clement Royds, Esq.; 5. Calceolaria corymbosa, George Priestley, Esq. Herbaceous: 

 1. Z)elphinium grandiflurum pleno ^legans, Mr. James Falkner; 2. Campanula macrantha, Mr. 

 Robert Scholfield : 3. Galardza bicolor, Mr. John Ecroyd; 4. Cyprip&dium spectabile, Mr. Robert 

 Scholfield ; 5. iychnis fulgens, Mr. Henry Midgley; 6. ^nembne palmata, Mr. Joseph Tate; 7. 

 Pentstfemon digitalis, Mr. John Whitworth ; 8. Pentst^mon ovatus, Mr. Henry Midgley; 9. Gfeum 

 coccineum, Mr. Robert Robertson ; 10. Primula coxiMsoides, Mr. James Falkner. 

 , Flowers. Pniks. Purple-laced: 1. Suwarrow, Mr. Alexander Fothergill; 2. Duke of St. Alban's< 

 Mr. James Falkner : 3. Claudius, Mr. John Etches ; 4. William the Fourth (seedling), 5. Ten- 

 dresse, 6.Lustre, 7. Comet, and 8. Seedling, Mr. James Falkner. — Red-laced : 1. Mars, iVIr. James 

 Falkner; 2. Rosea, Mr. Thomas Smith; 3. Humphry Cheetham, Mr. John Etches; 4. Sir 

 Robert Peel, and 5. Bonny Bess, Mr. James Falkner; 6. Cato, Mr. Jonathan. Ashworth ; 7. Prin- 

 cess Charlotte, Mr. Jolin Etches; 8. Reine des Roses, Mr. James Falkner. — Black andVvliite: 



1. Cicero, Mr. Thomas Smith ; 2. Queen of June, Mr. Jonathan Ashworth; 3. Moscrop's Atlas, 

 Mr. James Tweedale ; 4. Lord Bagot, Mr. John Etches; 5. Beauty of Flora, 6. Commerce, and 

 7. Eclipse, Mr. James Falkner ; 8. Venus, Mr. Edward Ball. — Ranunculuses. Striped : 1. Oressus, 



2. Unknown, 3. Tortilla, 4. Melange des Beautes, and 5. CEillet Parfait, Mr. J. Tate. . Yellow- 

 edged. Spotted : 1. Orange Brabangon, Mr. J. Cheetham ; 2. Isodorus, and 3. Sultan d'Or, George 

 Priestley, Esq. ; 4. Julius, Mr. James Falkner ; 5. Mr. James Cheetham. Dark Self-coloured: 1. 

 Naxara, Mr. James Cheetham ; 2. Quixote, Mr. James Falkner ; 3. Gunner, George Priestley, 

 Esq. Grey or Purple-edged : 1. Variat, George Priestley, Esq. ; 2. Duke of Northumberland, Mr. 

 James Falkner ; 3. Nomius, Mr. John Whitworth. White-edged Spotted : 2. Tendresse, Mr. Joseph 

 Tate; 3. La Temeraire, George Priestley, Esq.; 5. Benjamin, Mr. James Falkner. Light Self- 

 coloured : 1. De Tronelutin [?], George Priestley, Esq. ; 3. Golconda, Mr. James Cheetham. — 

 Pelargoniums. Grown with Green-house : 1. De Vere, 2. Anne Boleyn, and 3. Spectabile macu- 

 IJltum, G. Priestley, Esq. ; 4. Lady Essex, and 5. Prince of Orange, John Entwisle, Esq. Grown 

 without Green-house : 1. I)a\ eydnum, Mr. James Taylor ; 2. Victory, Mr. Henry Slidgley ; 3. Ma- 

 cranthon, and 4. Augustus coccineus, Mr. James Cheetham ; 5. Prince Leopold, Mr. James 

 Taylor. — Roses. Red or Blush : 1. Prince Consignor [?], and 2. Bazaar Delechina [?], Mr. James 

 Falkner. Marbled or Striped : 1. Gladiator, Mr. James Falkner; 2. York and Lancaster, Clement 

 Royds, Esq. Dark: 1. Pluto, Clement Royds, Esq. ; 2. Tuscany, Mr. Robert Robertson. White: 

 1. Provence, Mr. Alexander Fothergill. Monthly: 1. Lady Ibbetson, Mr. Joseph Tate. 



Fruit. Grapes : 1. Lonibardy, John Entwisle, Esq. ; 2. Sweetwater, Joseph Fletcher, Esq. ; 



3. Black Hamburgh, Clement Royds, Esq. — Strawberries, Keen's SeedUng: 1. Mr. Robert Robert- 

 son. 



Cidhiary Vegetables. Peas : 1. Superfine Early, Mr, Joseph Tate ; 2. Early Frame, Mr. Joseph 

 Aston. — Cucumbers: 1. Incomparable, Mr. John Ashworth 4, Green Levant, Mr. Robert Ro- 

 bertson. — Potatoes. Kidney: (Jnwin's Kidney: 1. Mr. Alexander Fothergill; 2. Mr. Robert 

 Robertson; 3. Mr. Joseph Aston. Round: 1. Golden Dwarf, Mr. John Ecroyd; 2. Golden 

 Dwarf, Mr. Robert Robertson ; 3. Fox's Seedling, Mr. John Ecroyd. — Alexander Fothergill, 

 Secretary. 

 . August 18. 1830. — Prizes were awarded as under : — 



Plants. Stove or Green-house : 1. Cactus specibsa, John Entwisle, Esq. ; 2. Kalosanthes coc- 

 cfnea, and 3. Erythrina Crista-galli, Mr. Joseph Sleath ; 4. Calceolaria rugbsa, Mr. James Chee- 

 tham; 5. Phcenocoma prolifera, Mr. Jos. Tate; 6. Hedychium coron^rium, and 7. Crinum'ameri. 

 c^num, John Entwisle, Esq. — Hardy : 1. jErica stricta, Mr. J. Ecroyd ; 2. Cistus ladaniferus,' Mr. J. 

 Whitworth ; 3. PotentiUa floribunda, 4. MenzifesM polifblia, Mr. J. Ecroyd ; 5. Qf'tisus capitatus, 

 Mr. R. Scholfield. Herbaceous: 1. Campanula pyramidalis alba ; 2. Chelbne digitalis, Mr. James 

 Hoyle; 3. SeedUng Delphinium, Mr. James Cheetham ; 4. Gtum coccineum, Mr. R. Robertson ; 



5. flSnothera serutina. Mr. J. Ecroyd ; 6. Ge\\i'\una asclepinrfea, Mr. George Haworth ; 7. Phlox 

 elegans, Mr. J.Tate; 8. iilium chalced(jnicura, Mr. J. Cheetham. — Pelargoniums. Grown in the 

 Green-house : 1. Victory, John Entwisle, Esq ; 2. Tricolor, Mr. J. Tate ; 3 Lancashire Lad, 

 John Entwisle, Esq ; 4. Hi;imei, Mr. J. Tate. Grown without a Green-house : 1. Macr^nthon 2. S. 

 Victory, and 4. Spectabile, Mr. H. Midgley; .'5. Prince Leopold, Mr. R. Crossley. — Annuals or 

 Biennials: 1. Coreopsis tinctbria, Mr. E. Brumfitt; 2. Clarkza pulchella, and 3. iUalope trlflda, 

 Mr. J. Ecroyd; 4. Calceolaria pinnata, and ,'j. /bferis umbellata, Mr. R. Robertson. 



Flowers. Carnations : Paul Pry (Silver Cup, given by John Wakefield, Esq. ; premier). Miss 

 Jane Clough. Potter's Champion (Subscription), Mr. John Whitworth. Scarlet Bizarres : 1. 

 Perfection, Miss Jane Cough ; 2. Rising Sun, Mr. John Whitworth ; 3. Duke of Richmond, Mr„ 

 Nathan Kershaw ; 4. Seedling, Mr. Joseph Tate ; 5. Mrs. Knyvett, Mr. John Morton; 6. Seed- 

 ling, George Priestley, Esq. ; 7- Fletcher's Lord Nelson, Mr. Alexander Fothergill ; 8. Fo.^hunter, 

 Mr. C. Lee. Pink Bizarres : 1. Rainbow, J. M. Taylor, Esq. ; 2. King Alfred, Mr. C. L-e ; 3. 

 Paul Pry, George Priestley, Esq.; 4. Seedling, Mr. E. Hilton; 5. Duke of Kent, Sir. C. Lee; 



6. Bang Europe, 7. .Summit of Perfection, and 8. Seedling, Mr. James VValmsley. Purple Flakes : 

 1. Major Cavtwright, Mr. Thomas Smith ; 2. Princess Charlotte, and 3. Seedling, Creorge Priest, 

 ley, Esq.; 4. Henry Hunt, Mr. John Schoies ; 5. Colonel, Mr. John Morton; 6. John Wright, 

 George Priestley, Esq. ; 7. Bates's Wellington, Mr. Thomas Smith ; 8; Commander, Mr. John 



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