634 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



cretia, Mr. Beecroft ; 4. Earl Moreland, Mr. Percy ; 5. Lucretia, Mr. 'Bell ; 6. Scarlatina, Mr. 

 Allinson. Orange, Yellow, antl Buff: 1. and 2. Goliath, Mr. Beecroft ; 3. Adrian, Mr. Bell ; 

 4. Adrian, Mr. Beecroft; 5. Voltaire, Mr. Percy; 6. Fiesco, Mr. Beecroft. Spotted and edged, on 

 White Ground : I. Rose Toussaint, Mr. Heward ; 2. La Temeraire, 3. Benjamin, 4. and 5. Cras- 

 sus, Mr. Beecroft. Spotted and edged, on Yellow Ground : 1. and 2. Princess Amelia, 3. Duchess 

 of Buccleugh, Mr. Beecrjft; 4. Kleine Agamemnon, and .5. Flos Solis, Mr. Percy; 6. Prctiosa, 

 Mr. Beecroft. Stripes on Yellow Ground : 1. Melange des Beautes, Mr. Heward ; 2. Melange des 

 Beautes, Mr. Deighton ; 3. Favorite Mignonne, Mr. Wharton ; 4. Favorite Mignonne, Mr. He- 

 ward ; 5. Mt^'lange des Beautes, Mr. Beecroft ; 6. Melange des Beautes, Mr. Deighton. Stripes on 

 White Ground: 1. and 2. Temeraire, Mr. Bell ; 3. Cour de France, Mr. Allinson : 4. and 5. Al- 

 pbonsus, and6. Planta, Mr. Beecroft. White and shaded White : 1. Argus, Mr. Allinson ; 2. Skid- 

 daw, Mr. Deighton; 3. Laodicea, 4. Queen Caroline, and 5. Argus, Mr. Beecroft; 6. Princess 

 Alexandrina Victoria, Mr. Percy. — Stocks. Brompton : 1. and 2. Mr. Brown, nurseryman. Bar- 

 ton ; 3. Mr. Allinson. {Hull Gazette, June 25.) 



Jult/ 4. The prizes were awarded as under : — 



Flowers. Pinks. Purple-laced : 1. (premium) Bow's Claudius, Mr. Priest ; 2. Lustre, Mr. Bell ; 



3. Lock's Glory of Newport, Mr. Beecroft ; 4. Hewson's Miss Beresford, Mr. D. Brown ; 5. and 6. 

 Bow's Lustre, Mr. Burman. Red-laced: 1. Goulton's George the Fourth, Mr. Burman ; 2. Goul- 

 ton's George the Fourth, Mr. Bell; 3. Duchess Wellington, Mr.Wadsworth ; 4. and 3. Goulton's 

 George the Fourth, Mr. Priest; 6. Suv.'arrow, Mr. Beecroft. Black and White : 1. Smith's Ma. 

 riner, and 2. Davey's Eclipse, Mr. Woolley ; 3. Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Beecroft ; 4. Duchess 

 of Devonshire, Mr. Woolley; 5. Venus, Mr. Beecroft; 6. Windsor Castle, Mr. Wadsworth. — 

 Roses. Moss: 1. Tickhill, Mr. Woolley; 2. Tickhill, Mr. Allison; 3. Tickhill, Mr. Woolley ; 



4. Tickhill, Mr. Allison; 5. Moss Provence, Mr. Brown, Barton; 6. Moss Provence, Mr. Wads- 

 worth. Plain : 1. Grand Swiss, Mr.Wadsworth ; 2. Unique, and 3. Grand Crimson, Mr. Allison; 



4. Blush, Mr.Wadsworth; 5. Tuscany, Mr. Allison; 6. Unique, Mr. Priest. 



Fruit. Strawberries : 1. Wilmot's Superb, Mr. Wadsv>'orth ; 2. Keen's Seedling, 3. Wilmot's 

 Superb, and 4. Blanchester Hero, Mr. Smithson. {Hull Gazette, July 9.) 



July 28. The umpires were Mr. C. Lambert, Mr. J. G. Lumb, and Mr. Benj. 

 Ely of Rotluvell Haigh. Prizes were distributed as follows : >- 



Plant. Green-house, Mr. Charles Foster. 



Fwivers. Ely's Mayor of Ripoa (J. C. Parker, Esq.'s premium), Mr. H. Green ; Bellerophon 

 (Society's premium), Mr. W. B. Percy. Pink Bizarre : 1. and 2. Paul Pry, Mr. Wm. Burman ;. 

 3. Paul Pry, Mr. D. Brown; 4. Heward's Kingston, Mr. Wm. Burman ; 5. Paul Pry, Mr. M. 

 Bell; a Paul Pry, Mr.W. Burman. Scarlet Bizarre : 1. Ely's Mayor of Ripon, Mr. H. Green ; 

 2. William the Fourth, Mr. J. Heward ; 3. William the Fourth, Mr. D. Brown ; 4, 5, and 6. 

 Wilde's Surpasse- Perfection, Mr. Wm.Burman. Purple Flake : 1. Bellerophon, and 2. Major Cart- 

 wright, Mr.W. B.Percy; 3. Bates's WeUington, 4. and 5. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Wm. 

 Burman ; 6. Wilde's Mary Anne, Mr. Samuel Beecroft. Pink Flake : 1. Clegg's Smiling Beauty, 

 Mr.Wm. Burman; 2. Clegg's Smiling Beauty, Mr. R. Deighton; 3. PoUitt's Triomphe Royal, Mr. 

 Wm. Burman ; 4. Pollitt's Triomphe Royal, Mr. D. Brown ; 5. and 6. I'riomphe Royal, Mr. J. 

 Wadsworth, gardener to J. Eggington, Esq. Scarlet Flake : 1. Andrew Marvel (seedling), and 

 2 Madame Mara, Mr. M. Bell ; 3. Madame Mara, Mr. S. Beecroft ; 4. Mount Etna, Mr. W. B. 

 Percy ; 5. Mount Etna, Mr. Burman ; 6. Salamander, Mr. M. Bell. — Picotees. Purple-edged : 

 1. and 2. Ely's High Admiral, Mr. Wm. Burman ; 3. Ely's Elizabeth, Mr.Wm. Woolley ; 4, 5, and 

 6. Mary Queen of Scots, Mr. M. Bell. Red-edged : 1. Cato, Mr. Beecroft ; 2. and 3. Queen Ade- 

 laide, 4. Pearson's Chilwell Beauty, and5. and 6. Queen Adelaide, Mr. Heward. Yellow Ground : 



1. Goldfinch, Mr. D. Brown; 2. and 3. Goldfinch, Mr. Burman ; 4. Emily's Pride, Mr. Norman ; 



5. Stadtholder, Mr. H. Green ; 6. Stadtholder, Mr. Brown, Barton. Seedling, Mr. John Heward. 

 — Carnations. Best Seedling, Mr. James Wadsworth. 



Fruit. Grapes Black : 1. Black Hamburgh, Mr. H. Blundell ; 2. Black Hamburgh, Mr. T. 

 Holmes ; 3. Black Hamburgh, Mr. T. P. Smithson, &c. White : 1. Syrian, Mr. J. Wadsworth ; 



2. Tokay, Mr. Henry Blundell ; 3. Syrian, Mr. Thomas Holmes ; 4. Frontignac, Mr. T. P. Smith- 

 son. — Melons : 1. Netted Cantaloup, Mr. J. England ; 2. Hague's Pizarro, Mr. Henry Blundell; 



3. Netted Cantaloup, Mr. J. England ; 4. Netted Rock, Mr. W. Norman. — Gooseberries. Red, 

 Roaring Lion, Mr.Wadsworth. Green, Ocean, Blr. Wadsworth. Yellow, Rock wood, Mr. Wads- 

 worth. White, Eagle, Mr.Wadsworth. — {Hull Mercury, Aug. 2.) 



Sheffield Horticultural Society. — May 4. Tliere were several pots of Keen's-. 

 seedling strawberries, one of which contained sixty-three ripe strawberries, some of them measur- 

 ing near 6 in. in circumference. These were sent by Mr. Paxton, from the gardens of His Grace 

 the Duke of Devonshire. Mr. Lambie, gardener to Sir George Sitwell, sent some cut flowers, 

 very excellent of their kind, with other articles of interest. Prizes were awarded for the follow- 

 ing.fruits, vegetables, &c. : — 



Plants. Stove : 1. Bletia Tankervill/i^, Mr. Paxton ; 2. Sinningz'a velutina, and 3. Sinning/a 

 villbsa, Mr. Lambie. Green-house : 1. E'pacris grandiflbra, and 2. Azalea indica alba, Mr. Pax- 

 ton ; 3. Cactus specibsa, Mr. Hallet ; 4. Cyrtanthus angustif olius, and 5. Amaryllis formosissima, 

 Mr. Weldon ; 6. Yellow China Rose, 7. Corrsa^/z specibsa, and 8. £rica nigrita, Mr. Paxton. 

 Herbaceous, Trillium grandiflbrum, Mr. Crowder. 



Flowers. Auriculas. Pan of four (comprising one of each class, with not less than four pips on 

 a stem) : 1. Lee's Colonel Taylor, Ploughboy, Taylor's Glory, Self-coloured, not named, Mr. 

 Joseph Waterhouse ; 2. Moore's Jubilee, Morning Star, Incomparable, True Blue, Mr. John Re- 

 vill. Green-edged : 1. Kenyon's Ringleader, and 2. Rider's Waterloo, Mr. William Archer ; 

 3. Hudson's Leopold, Mr. John Revill ; 4. Lee's Colonel Taylor, Mr. Jos. Waterhouse ; 5. Tra- 

 falgar, Mr. John Revill ; 6. Taylor's Ploughboy, Mr. James Wild. Grey-edged : 1. Taylor's 

 Ploughboy, Blr. James Wild; 2. Kenyon's Ringleader, Mr. J. Driver; 3. Seedling, and 4. Thomp- 

 son's Revenge, Mr. William Archer ; 5. Lord John Russell, and 6. Rider's Waterloo, Mr. Mat- 

 thew Addy. White-edged : 1. Hallamshire, Mr. John Revill; 2. Taylor's Glory, Mr.W. Archer; 

 3. Hughes's Pillar of Beauty, Mr. James Wild ; 4. Leigh's Bright Venus, Mr. J. Revill ; 5. Pott's 

 Regulator, Mr. J. Driver; 6. Popplewell's Conqueror, Mr. Joseph Waterhouse. Self-coloured: 

 1. Grimes's Flora's Flag, 2, 3, and 4. Seedling, Mr.Wm. Archer ; 5. Bishop of Lichfield, Mr. John 

 Revill ; 6. Bishop of Lichfield, Mr. John Driver. — Polyanthuses. Dark Ground: 1. Alexander, 

 Mr. John Revill; 2. Prince Regent, Mr.Wm. Archer; 3. George the Third, and 4. William the 

 Fourth, Mr. Joseph Waterhouse; 5. Billington's Beauty, Mr.Wm. Archer; 6. Turner's Emperor,^ 

 Mr. John Revill. Red Ground ; I, Coxe's Prince Regent, Mr. J. Driver; 2. Crownshaw's Invini 



