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Cjold-striped, Mr. Twitchett ; 6. Scarlet and Gold, Mr. Stubbings ; 6. Melange des Beautes, Mr. 

 Crisp. — Shaded White : 1. Cooper's Curion, Mr. Twitchett ; i'. Tillo!t's Blush, Mr. Ready ; 

 3. Cooper's Curion, Mr. Twitchett ; 4. Tillott's Blush, Mr. Stubbings; .5. TiUott's Blush, Mr. 

 I'inch; 6. Gyett's Caroline, Mr. Twitchett— Mottled : 1. Julienne, Mr. Bailey; L'. Julienne, Mr, 

 Finch; 3. Thompson's Queen, Mr, Twitchett; 4. Manlius, Mr. Ready; 5. Thompson's Queen, 

 Mr. Bailey; 6. Cassandra, Mr. Ready. — Seedling Ranunculus, Mr. Bailey. 



Pinks. Red-laced: 1. Hogarth's Rose, Mr. Ripsher ; 2. Harefield Beauty, Mr. Prynr ; 

 3. Hunter's Miss Gloss, 4. Hogarth's Rose, and 5. Styles's Hero, Mr. Ripsher; 6. Kean's Wel- 

 lington, Mr. Pryor. — Purple-laced : 1. Lord Byron, Mr. Rickard ; 2. Tranter's Emperor of Mo- 

 rocco, Mr. Pryor ; 3. Bow's Lustre, Mr. Ripsher ; 4. Harefield Beauty, Mr. Pryor ; 5. Davies's 

 Royal Standard; 6. Tranter's Emperor of Morocco, Mr. Pryor. — Rose-leaved : 1. Harefield Rose, 

 Mr. Rickard ; 2. Bow's Suwarrow, Mr. Twitchett ; 3. Harefield Beauty, Mr. Pryor ; 4. Karefiohi 

 Beauty, Mr. Rickard. — Plain : 1. Hopkins's Number Nine, Mr. Ripsher. — Seedhngs : J, 2, 3, 4-, 

 5, and 6. Mr. Ripsher. {Cambridge C/ironicle, June 17.) 



Cambridgeshire Horiicultui-al Sodetij. — April 20. The Rev. R. Lascelles (the 

 chairman) announced the following adjudication of prizes : — 



Flowers. Auriculas. Best four, one of a sort : 1. Lee's Colonel Taylor (green), Grimes's Priva- 

 teer (grey), Taylor's Favourite iwhite), Hutton's Squire Mundy (self), Rev. R. Lascelles. Best two 

 of different colours : Warris's Blucher, Netherfield Beauty, Rev. R. Lascelles. Best of any colour, 

 Stretche's Alexander, Rev. R. Lascelles. Seedling, Mr. Gimson. — Polyanthus, Brown King, Mr. 

 Widnall. Seedling, Rev. R. Lascelles. — Pot of Pinks (grown at King's College), La Belle Alli- 

 ance, Mr. Catling. — Double Primroses (in pots). Double White, Crimson, Scotch, Mr. Denson. 



Fruit. Table Apples: Aromatic Russet, Cheveley Golden Pippin, Nonpareil, Unknown, Mr. 

 Challis. — Strawberries, Keen's Seedling, C. Pemberton, Esq. 



Culinary Vegetables. Cucumbers : 2. Catling's Superb, Mr. Catling. — Potatoes, forced, planted 

 in 1831 (14 to the pound) : Early Manchester, Mr. Palmer. — Broccoli, White, Colonel Pember- 

 ton. — Cabbage (2 lbs. 3oz. weight), Wellington, Mr. Widnall. 



Extra-Prixes. Lettuces: White Cos, Mrs. R. Foster, jun. — White Cabbage, C. Pemberton, 

 Esq. — Plant in a pot : 1. Azalea indica ;-bsea, Mr. Biggs. 



A brace of very fine cucumbers, and some early potatoes (10 to the pound), sent to the hall by 

 Mr. Ekin of the Sun Hotel, were too late for competition. {Cambridge Chronicle, April 22.) 



Mai/ IS. The following is the award of the judges : — 



Floivers. Tulips. Six best, one of a sort : 1. Siam, Charbonnier, Triomphe Royal, Zwart 

 Violet, La Tendresse, Baguet, Mr. Frederick Finch ; 2. Claudiana, Charbonnier, Noir, Triomphe 

 Royal, Captain White, La Mere Brunp, Incomparable, Roi de Siam, Mr. Twitchett. Threa 

 best, one of a sort : Lord Russell, Washington, DiSesse Flora, Mr. Haylock. Best : l.Majestueuse, Mr. 

 Hay lock; 2. Triomphe Royal, Mr. Peeling. — Anemones. Four best, one of a sort : 1. L'Empereur de 

 Russe, La Favorite, Deesse Flora, La Belle Josephine, Mr. Searle; 2. Belle Henriette, Nouvelle 

 Aurora, Rose Perni de Flora, Imp(?ratrice de Russe, Mr. A. Newby. Best Rose Seencede Fleur, 

 Mr. Searle. — Pelargoniums. Four best, in pots : 1. Victory, Lord Yarborough, Hilme?, Princess 

 Augusta, Mr. Widnall ; 2. Lord Combermere, Anne Boleyn, Princess Augusta, Macranthon, 

 Mr. Palmer. In a pot: 2. Daveydnum, Mr. Searle. —Stocks, two best cut: 2. White Giant, 

 Mr. John Denson. 



Fruit. Strawberries, Keen's Seedling, Mr. Challis. 



Culinary Vegetables. Lettuces : 2. Brown Cos, Colonel Pemberton. — Asparagus (six best, 

 weight 1 lb. 2 oz.) : 3. Mr. Palmer ; 2. (weight 1 lb. 1 oz.), Mr. Palmer. 



Extra.Prizes. Cabbage, Imperial, Mr. Widnall. — Georgina, Crimson Globe, Mr. Widnall.— 

 Apples : Nonjjaroil, Cheveley Golden Pippin, Mr. Challis. — Cdctus specibsa, The Master of 

 Sidney College. {Cambridge Chronicle, May 20.) 



June 15. The chairman (the Rev. R. Lascelles) announced the following 

 award of tlie judges : — 



Flouiers. Ranunculuses. Twelve best, one of a sort : Prince Galitzin, Jaune en Pompadour, 

 Beroth, Cedo Nulli, L'ACuijou, Germanicus, Nomius, Bouquet Sanspareil, Adrian, Hercules, No- 

 iMius, Robert Burns, Mr. Twitchett. Six best, one of a sort: Feu de Fontenoy, Cedo Nulli, No- 

 mius,Combledes Richesses, Venus, Voctonnox, Mr. Challis. Ranunculus, Mr. F. Finch. Seedling, 

 Bailey's Princess Victoria, Mr Bailey. — Pinks. Nine best, one of a sort : 1. La Belle Alliance, 

 Beau Suwarrow, Knight's Lady Acland, Barratt's Conqueror, Davey's Eclipso.Clarke's Smolensko, 

 Harefield Beauty, Bexley Hero, Little Surprise, Mr. Catling ; 2. Adelaide, Hopkins's Number 

 Two, Bow's Lustre, Keen's Wellington, Styles's Hero, Banbury Hero, Ambrose's Lady Hill, Bar- 

 ratt's Conqueror, Seedling, Mr. Ripsher. Four best, one of a sort: 1. Harefield Beauty, Biggles- 

 wade Beauty, Booth's Wellington, Sharpe's Seedling, Mr. Pryor; 2. Barratt's Conqueror, Bar. 

 nard's Bexley Hero, La Belle Alliance, Harefield Beauty, Mr. Haylock. Pink, Bray's Invincible, 

 Mr. Haylock. Seedling, Mr. Ripsher. — Roses. Six best : 1. Seedling, Pompone Blanche, African 

 Black, Blanche Superbe, White, Nouvelle Pivoine, Passe-Violette, Mr. Widnall ; 2, Double Yel- 

 low, George the Fourth, White Provence, Blush Scarlet Moss, Two Unknown, Rev. R. Lascelles. 

 Rose, Shaler's Provence, Mr. Gimson. 



Fruit. Strawberries. For flavour, Mr. Brewer. Best pound, containing fewest (.34 to the lb.) : 

 Keen's Seedling, Colonel Pemberton. — Cherries, May Duke, Col. Pemberton. — Melon (not less 

 than li lb.), Early Golden Cantaloup, Mr. Dall. 



Cottagers' Prizes. Potatoes, James Tuck, Windmill Cottage, Harston. — Roses : George the 

 Fourth, Moss Rose, Unknown, Edward Dowse, Ickleton. 



Extra-Prizes. Apples, Winter Pearmain, Mr. John Newman, Lord De La Warr's gardener. 

 — C4ctus Jenkinsbnz, Mr. Widnall. — CalceolJiria rugbsa, Mr. Biggs. — Giant Stocks (cottager's 

 extra), J. Tuck, Harston. 



Sept. 7. The flowers were of the highest order, particularly the georginas, 

 China asters, and marigolds. Among the articles for which prizes were given, the following 

 are named : — 



Flowers. Georginas, Double. Twelve best, one of a sort : 1. (medal) Mountain of Snow, 

 Countess of Liverpool, Augusta, Royal Lilac, Bohemia, Surpasse-Triomphe Royal, Barratt's Su- 

 siana, Widnall's Nonpareil, Cambridge Surprise, Foster's Constantia, Widnall's Queen of Roses, 

 Pure Yellow, Mr. Widnall ; 2. King of Whites, Pure Yellow, Countess of Liverpool, Coccinea 

 maxima, Brewer's Cambridge Surprise, Douglas's Augusta, Colville's Perfecta, Roval Lilac, 

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