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Prince Henry of Prussia, Mr. Franklin ; 3. Prince Henry of Prussia, Mr. Wood. Double Red 

 or Pink : 1. Honour of Amsterdam, Mr. Raye ; 2. Honour of Amsterdam, Mr. Wood ; 3. Flos 

 sanguineus, Mr. Franklin. Double White : 1. and 2. Groot Voorst, Mr. Dall ; 3. Groot Voorst, 

 Mr. Raye. — Polyanthus Narcissus. Yellow, Soleil d'Or, Mr. Dale. White, Grand Monarque, 

 Mr. R Laindy. 



Fruit. Dessert Apples ; 1. Nonpareil (preserved in box with sand), Mr. Raye ; 2. Baxter's 

 Pearmain (preserved in box with sand), Mr. Dally. — Kitchen Apples: 1. Norfolk Beauffin 

 (packed in box with hay and straw to exclude the air), Mr. Middleton ; 2. French Crab (gathered 

 dry, and packed in straw so as to exclude the air), Mr, Giddings. — Strawberries : Roseberries, 

 Mr. Middleton, 



Culinarjj Vegetables. Early Potatoes : Mr. Bleet (nine weighed 1 lb. 7 oz.). — Rhubarb : 1. Hy- 

 brid, 51bs. l^oz., Mr. Bleet; 2. Wilmot's Green, 41bs. 7|oz., Mr. Giddings. — Lettuce: 1. Bath 

 Cos, Mr. Dally ; 2. Bath Cos, Mr. Giddings. 



Juli/^l. At the Annual Summer Show prizes were awarded as under: — 



FlMoers. Carnations. Scarlet Bizarre : 1. Wild's Perfection, Mr. Sharp ; 2. Wild's Perfection, 

 Mr. Twitchett ; 3. Wild's Perfection, Mr. Franklin ; 4. Wild's Perfection, Mr. Nutter. Purple 

 Bizarre: 1. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Sharp; 2. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Franklin ; 3. Gregory's 

 Alfred, Mr. Twitchett; 4. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Nutter. Scarlet Flakes: 1. Doctor Barnes, 

 Mr. Dearlove ; 2. Doctor Barnes, Mr. Sharp ; 3. Doctor Barnes, Mr. Twitchett ; 4. Doctor Barnes, 

 Mr. Bleet. Purple Flakes: 1. British Flag, Mr. Nutter; 2. Turner's Princess, Mr. Twitchett; 



3. Bellerophon, Mr. Sharp; 4. Princess Charlotte, Mr. Dearlove. Rose: 1. Devonshire, Mr. 

 Sharp; 2. Devonshire, Mr. Twitchett ; 3. Devonshire, Mr. Fordham ; 4. Devonshire, Mr. Franklin. 

 Best in any colour in addition : Wild's Perfection, Mr. Sharp. Seedling in any colour : 1. 

 Walter Scott, Mr, Wood; 2. Earl Grey, Mr. Raye. — Picotees. Purple: 1. Miss Willoughby, Mr. 

 Franklin ; 2. Miss Willoughby, Mr. Twitchett ; 3. Miss Willoughby, Mr, Raye ; 4. Miss Wil- 

 loughby, Mr. Nutter, Red Dark: 1. Wood's Comet, Mr. Raye; 2- Bringclore Champion, Mr, 

 Twitchett; 3. Wood's Comet, Mr. Dally; 4, Smith's Victory, Mr. Sharp. Scarlet or pale Red: 

 1. Russell's Incomparable, Mr. Nutter ; 2. Russell's Incomparable, Mr, Sharp ; 3. Russell's Incom- 

 parable, Mr. Twitchett; 4. Russell's Incomparable, Mr. Dearlove. Rose or Pink: 1. Granta, 

 Mr. Fordham ; 2. Granta, Mr. Raye; 3. Granta, Mr. Nutter ; 4. Queen Caroline, Mr. Twitchett 

 Yellow: 1, Howlet's Paragraph, Mr, Dearlove; 2. Zenobia, Mr. Sharp; 4. Louis Seize, Mr. 

 Twitdiett. Best in any colour in addition : Russell's Incomparable, Mr. Nutter. Seedling 

 in any colour: 1. Beauty of Ripton, Mr. Dally ; 2. Rose Imperial, Mr. Raye. — Double Geor. 

 ginas : 1. Nobla, Augusta, and Apollo, Mr. Slight; 2. Countess of Liverpool, Venusta, and 

 Perfccta, Mr. Franklin ; 3. Robusta, Donna Maria, and Squib's White, Mr.,Wood ; 4. Au- 

 gusta, Imperiosa, and Exjmia, Mr, Nutter. 



Fruit. Gooseberries. Red: i. Roaring Lion, 24dwts. 4 grs., Mr. Hyland ; 2. Roaring Lion, 

 23dwts., Mr. Bleet; 3. Roaring Lion, 22 dwts, 21 grs., Mr. Giddings ; 4. Roaring Lion, 21 dwts. 

 22 grs., Mr. Askew. Yellow: 1. Jolly Gunner, 21 dwts. 19 grs., Mr. Askew; 2. Golden Globe, 

 17 dwts. 18 grs., Mr. Hyland; 3. Goliisn Sovereign, 16 dwts. 10 grs., Mr. Franklin ; 4. Jolly Gun- 

 aer, 16 dwts. 9 grs., Mr, Fordham. Green: 1. Green Ocean, 20 dwts. 4 grs., Mr. Giddings; 2. 

 Green Ocean, 20dwts. Igr,, Mr, Fordham; 3. Angler, 19dwts. 18 grs., Mr. Bleet; 4. Angler and 

 Ocean, 17 dwts. I2grs., Mr. Wood and Mr. Hyland. White: I. Governess, 23dwts. 22 grs., Mr. 

 Hyland; 2. Whitesmith, 21 dwts. 16grs.,.Mr. D. Veasey ; 3. Eagle, 20dwts. 16grs., Mr. Giddingsj 



4. Eagle, 19 dwts. 13 grs., Mr. Fordham. In any colour in addition : Roaring Lion, 24 dwts. 4 grs., 

 Mr. Hyland. Seedling, White : Marquess Lothian, 22 dwts., Mr. Hyland, Fewest to the Pound : 

 1. 14 Gooseberries, Mr. Hyland ; 2. 14 Gooseberries, Mr. Bleet ; 3. 14 Gooseberries, Mr. Wood. 



— Currants (fewest to the Pound), White : 1. 20 Bunches, Mr. Giddings ; 2. 32 Bunches, Mr. 

 Bleet ; 3. 33 Bunches, Mr. Slight Red : 1. 37 Bunches, Mr. Giddings ; 2. 42 Bunches, Mr. Hyland. 



— Cherries: 1. May Duke, Mr. Dall ; 2. Bigarreau, Mr. Bleet; 3. May Duke, Mr. Dally. 



LANCASHIRE. 



Bolton Floral and HorlicuUural Society. — May 27. Prizes were awarded to 

 the following amongst numerous others : — 



Cfereus speciosi'ssimus (the first prize in stove plants). Potatoes, French Beans, and I,et(uces, 

 with numerous others, W. Hulton, Esq. Calceolaria Gillen«a)ia [;FothergillH7], a beautiful 

 Green-house Plant, first prize, R. Holland, Esq. {Bolton Chronicle, May 28.) 



July 6. The Third Meeting for the season, of this Society, was held in the 

 large room at the Commercial Inn, when the exhibition of flowers, stove, green-house and herb- 

 aceous plants, fruits, &c., far exceeded any former one. The stage of pinks was said to be the 

 most splendid ever witnessed in this county. The roses and ranunculuses were not so good, owing 

 to the extreme forwardness of the season. {Wheeler's Manchester Chronicle, July 9.) 



Avgust 3. The specimens of plants and flowers shown were excellent, but in 

 fruit there was an evident falling ofE The principal prizes were disposed of as under : — 



Stove Plant, Brugmansia suavfeolens, James Ormrod, Esq. Green-house Plant, A'^rium 

 Oleander var. spl^ndens, Roger Holland, Esq. Second Green-house Plant, Flichs;a gracilis, R. 

 Barlow, Esq. Melon, James Cross, Esq., a most beautiful specimen, weighing 10|lbs. Scarlet 

 Bizarre Carnation (Foxhunter), Mr. John W;.Ish. Bizarre Carnation (Rainbow), Mr. Turner. 

 Scarlet Flake Carnation (Madame Mara), Mr. Mawdsley. Pink Flake Carnation (Conquering 

 Hero), Mr. Jos. Ash worth. {Bo/ton Chronicle, August 13.) 



Lancaster Floral and Horticultural Society. — July 26, Prizes were awarded 

 as under : — 



Plants. Green-house: 1. Erythrlna tourifblia, and 2. Alstrcem&n'flsPf/f^riw/r, Mr. Hargreaves ; 

 3. Plumbago, J. Dockray, Esq. Hardy : 1. /fibiscus (new), and 2. Salpiglossis atropurpdrea, 

 Mr. Hargreaves; 3. Commelina tuberbsa. Miss Dalton; 4. Campanula pyramidalis alba, Mr. 

 Darwen. 



Flowers. Carnations. Scarlet Bizarres : 1. Wild's Perfection, and 2. Ely's Mayor of Ripon, 

 Messrs. Connelly and Son ; 3. Triumphant, Mr. Hargreaves ; 4. Smalley's Foxhunter, Messrs. 

 Connelly and Son ; 5. Royal Sovereign, Mr. Hargreaves ; 6. Lee's Lord Nelson, Messrs. Connelly 

 and Son; 7. Salamander, Mr. Hargreaves. Pink Bizarres: I.Wakefield's Paul Pry, Messrs. 

 Connelly and Son ; 2. Squire Trafford, Mr. Hargreaves; 3. Potter's Sir William, 4. Plumber's 

 Lord Denbigh, 5. Lee's Duke of Kent, 6. Plummer's Waterloo, and 7= Tve's Prince Leopold, 

 Messrs. Connelly and Son. Purple Flakes: 1. Leighton's Bellerophon, and 2. Oddie's Henrv 



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