738 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



Achilles, Victory, Rose Coiistantia, Lord Farnborough. Six best, one of a sort: 1. Mogul, Splen- 

 dida, Blaclc Turban, Bright Sulphur Yellow, Galatea, Seedling ; 2. Countess of Liverpool, Bar- 

 ratt's Susiana, Cambridge Surprise, Achilles, Pure Yellow, Perfecta, Mr. Biggs. Georgina, Globe 

 Dark Crimson, Mr. Widnall. Seedling, Mr. Robert Nutter. 



Fruit. Grapes : Black, Black Hamburgh, Rev. George Jenyns ; White, White Nice, Mr. 

 Ball; Frontignac, White, Mr. Dall; White Out-door, Sweetwater, Mrs. R. Foster. — Peaches. 

 Two sorts, six of a sort : Noblesse, Colonel Pemberton. — Nectarines. Two sorts, six of a sort : 

 Elruge, Colonel Pemberton. Six of any sort. Red Roman, Mr John Newman. — Plums. Two 

 sorts, ten of a sort : Coe's Seedling, Green Gage, Mr. Challis. Dish, Green Gage, Rev. George 

 Jenyns. — Cherries, Morello, Mr. Challis. — Gooseberries, Warrington Red, Mr. Challis. — Melon 

 (second prize). Netted Cantaloup, Mr. Gimson. — Figs, Brown, Colonel Pemberton. — Apples, 

 Nonesuch, Mr. John Denson. 



Culinary Vegetables. Lettuce, Bath Cos, Mr. J. Denson. 



Among the cottagers' prizes, the only two named were : — Onions, Spanish, Benjamin Knight, 

 Waterbeach ; and Apples, Nonesuch, John Chapman, Wimpole. 



The next Show was announced for the 30th of November; and, before the Show closed, a let- 

 ter from Lord Hardwicke to the secretary was read, recommending an extension of the garden 

 premiums to cottagers. {Cambridge Chronicle, Sept 9.) 



CUMBERLAND. 



Whitehaven Horticultural Society. — April 29. The following is a list of the 

 prizes, &c. : — 



Flowers. Auriculas. Green-edged : 1. Clough's Defiance, Mr. Robert Elliott, gardener to M. 

 Hartley, Esq., Rose Hill (this also won Mr. Penny feather's premium for the best of any kind ) ; 

 2. Buckley's Jolly Tar, Mr. William Sawyers ; 3. Moor's Jubilee Green, Mr. John Gaitskell. 

 Grey-edged : 1. Taylor's Ploughboy, Mr. James Clarke, gardener to the Earl of Lonsdale; 



2. Kenyon's Ringleader, Mr. John Gaitskell ; 3. Ashworth's Rule All, Mr. R. Elliott. White- 

 edged : 1. Lee's Earl Grosvenor, Mr. Robert Elliott ; 2. Pillar of Beauty, Mr. William Sawyers ; 



3. Lee's Venus, Rev. H. Lowther. Self-coloured: 1. Redmain's Metropolitan, Mr.Wm. Sawyers; 



2. BeiTy's Lord Lee, Mr. James Clarke ; 3. Clarke's Countess, Mr. Robert Elliott Polyanthus : 



1. Fletcher's General Hill, Mr. James Clarke ; 2. Pearson's Alexander, Mr. Henry Gird ; 3. 

 Tantararara, Mr. James Clarke. Seedling, Mr. Isaac Williamson. {Cumberland Pacquet, 

 May 3.) 



May 1 7. Prizes were awarded as under : — 



Plants. Green-house (neither Ericas nor Geraniums). Best-bloomed : 1. C^reus flageltiformis, 

 Mr. R. Elliott; 2. Calceolaria integrifblia, Mr. J. Gaitskell; 3. Calceolaria corymbbsa, Mr. Robt. 

 Elliott. — Herbaceous Hardy : I. Jacoba^an Lily, Mr. James Clarke, gardener to the Earl of 

 Lonsdale ; 2. Rose-coloured Tree PiEony, Mr. Isaac Williamson. — Heath : 1. £r"ica mediterranea, 



Mr. Alexander Oliver, Gillfoot ; 2. £r~ica herb^cea, Mr. Robt. Elliott, Rose Hill Rare Native : 



1. Polygonum alpinum [a native of Italy, not of England], Mr. Robt. Elliott, Rose Hill ; 2. O'rchis 

 macul&ta, Mr. A. Oliver, Gillfoot. 



Flowers. Tulips. Flamed Bizarre: 1. Prince de Gondii (which also won Mr. Pennyfeather's 

 prize for the best tulip). Miss Fox, St. Bees ; 3. Leopoldina, Mr. Thornton, Keswick. Feathered 

 Bybloemen : 1. Buonaparte, Mr. A. Oliver, gardener to T. Hartley, Esq., Gillfoot ; 2. Black 

 Baguet, 3. Susiana, and 4. Ceres Primo, Mr. Thornton, Keswick. Feathered Roses : 1. Marshal 

 of France, Mr. Thornton, William Pit ; 2. Neat and Clean, Mr. Thornton, Keswick ; 3. Do 

 Little, Mr. Isaac Williamson ; 4. Sherwood's Lady Crewe, Mr. John Gaitskell, Hall Santon. 

 Flamed Roses : 1. Marshal of France, Mr. Thornton, William Pit ; 2. Rose Unique, and 3. Rose 

 Quarto, Mr. Gaitskell. — Geraniums: 1. Triumphant, 2. George the Fourth, 3. Commander, 



4. Moore's Majestic, 5. Celestial, Mr. Robert Elliott, Rose Hill. 



Fruit. Apples (of 1830). Dessert: 1. Grey Leadington, Mr. Robert Elliott ; 2. French Pippin, 

 Mr, John Pennyfeather, gardener to the Earl of Lonsdale. {Cumberland Pacquet, May 24.) 



August 5. The Carnation Show of this Society was held on August 5. Prizes 

 weri! awarded as follows : — 



Plants. Green-house : 1. Erythrlna Cri'-sta galli, Mr. James Clarke ; 2. Swainsbnja coronillje- 

 f&'ia, Mr. A. Oliver; 3. Maurandya Barclaynna, Mr. J. Clarke. — Herbaceous: 1. Eschscholtzja 

 californica, Mr. James Graham; 2. Campanula pyramidalis alba, Mr. Robt. Elliott ; 3. Gentiana 

 saponkria, Mr. John Gaitskell. 



Flowers. Carnations. Scarlet Bizarres : 1. Wild's Perfection, Mr.Wm. Gird ; 2. Smalley's Fox- 

 hunter, and 3. Lee's Lord Nelson, Mr. James Clarke. Purple Bizarres : 1. Rainbow, Mr. Henry 

 Gird; 2. Gregory's Alfred, and 3. Plummer's Jubilee, Mr. Wm. Gird. Purple Flakes : 1. Tur- 

 ner's Princess, Mr.Wm. Gird; 2. Wood's Commander, Mr. James Clarke; 3. Rawson's Cham- 

 pion, Mr. Henry Gird. Rose Flakes : 1. Rawson's Queen Adelaide, Mr. Wm. Gird ; 2. Smiling 

 Beauty, and 3. Miss Foote, Mr. James Clarke. Scarlet Flakes : 1. Chance, Mr. James Clarke. 

 Seedlings of any colour : 1. Helvellyn, and 2. Ned of the Fell, Mr. Henry Gird. Best Carnation 

 (Mr. Pennyfeather's prize), Wild's Perfection, Mr.Wm. Gird. — Picotees. Purple: 1. Princess 

 Victoria, 2. Mason's Wellington, and 3. Lee's Cleopatra, Mr. James Clarke. Red : 1. Will 

 Stukely, Mr. Wm. Gird; 2. Chilwell Beauty, Mr. James Clarke; 3. Mayor of Northampton, 

 Mr. Isaac Williamson. 



Fruit. Melons : 1. Improved Scarlet Flesh, Mr. A. Oliver; 2. Egyptian Red Flesh, Mr. Jas. 

 Clarke. — Nectarines, best six : 1. Old Newington, Mr. James Clarke ; 2. Brugnon, Mr. Robert 

 Elliott. — Peaches, best three : 1. Royal George, Mr. James Clarke ; 2. Magdalen, Mr. Robert 

 Elliott. — Grapes. Best Bunch of Black or Red : 1. Black Spanish, and 2. Lombardy, Mr. Alex. 

 Oliver. Of White: 1. Tokay, Mr. James Clarke; 2 Early White Muscadine, Mr. Alex. Oliver. 

 Of Grizzly Frontignac, Mr. James Clarke. Gooseberries : Best dish of Champagne, Mr. R. 

 Elliott. — Plums. Best ten : 1. Wilmot, Mr. Robert Elliott ; 2. Red Magnum Bonum, Mr. J. 

 Pennyfeather. — Pears, Table. Best plate of nine : Jargonelle, Mr. A. Ohver. 



Extra-Prixes. Dr6sera rotundifolia, and pelargoniums which have remained in the open 



ground all the year, Mr. Robt. Elliott, gardener to Milham Hartley, Esq Bouquet and seedling 



georginas, Mr. John Gaitskell, Hall Santon. — A member's premium to that cottager in the 

 neighbourhood whose garden combines the advantages of neatness and utility, was awarded to 

 John Robinson, engine-man. Scale Gill, near Low Hall. 



Judges. For Flowers and Fruit : Mr. Connolly of Lancaster, Mr. Joseph Whalley of Liver- 

 pool, and Mr. Irving of the firm of Messrs. Hutton, Carlisle. {Cumberland Pacquet, Aug, la) 



