492 Provincial Horticultural Societies .- — Lancashire. 



Liverpool Floral and Horticultural Societxj. — The grand Tulip Show, 

 being the second exhibition of flowers, fruits, &c., of the present season, 

 took place on May 28. The number and perfection of the tulips exhibited 

 commanded universal admiration ; and they were, indeed, beautiful beyond 

 any expectation which the lengthened protraction of a season, particularly 

 unfavourable for their culture, could have permitted one to indulge. The 

 prizes were awarded as follows : — 



Plants. Stove : 1. Cactus speciosissima, Mr. Cunningham ; 2. Ix6r« coc- 

 cinea, Mr. Davis ; 3. Amarylli.? Johnsoni, Mr. Ashton Yates ; 4. Gesnerza 

 verticillata, Thomas Case, Esq.; 5. Gloxinia speciosa alba, Mrs. Edward 

 Cropper ; 6. Thunbergia alata, Mr. Powell ; 7. Gloxinia speciosa, Mr. 

 Smith, Fullwood Lodge ; 8. Oncidium flexuosum, Thos, Case, Esq. Green- 

 house : 1. Maurandya Bardaycma, Mr. Davis; 2. Calceolaria connata, Mr. 

 Whalley ; 5. Calceolaria corymbosa, Mr. Cunningham ; 4. Calceolaria rn- 

 gosa var., Mrs. Rathbone ; 5. Agapanthus umbellata, Mr. C. Rawden; 



6. Calceolaria rugosa, Mrs. Cropper ; 7. Epacris grandiflora, Mrs. Rathbone ; 

 8. Eutaxia ?Kyrtif61ia, Mr. Davis. Ericas : 1. Pregnans cocclnea, Mr. Whal- 

 ley ; 2. Vestita rosea, Mr. Dyson ; 3. Donsa, Mr. Whalley ; 4. Vestita coc- 

 clnea, Mr. Dyson ; 5. Lennox, Mr. Whalley ; 6. Translucens, Rev. R. 

 Guillara ; 7. Laves, and 8. Vestita fulgens, Mr. Davis. Herbaceous : 1. Mi- 

 mulus luteus, Mr. Smith, Fullwood Lodge; 2. iilium longiflorum, Mrs. 

 Cropper; 3. Geum coccineum, Mr. Skirving; 4. Astragalus uralensis, Mr. 

 Davis ; 5. il/imulus nioschatus, and 6. Ramonda pyramidica, Mr. Skirving; 



7. Lenira [? ] alpina, Mr. Powell ; 8. Galardia bicolor, Mr. Skirving. Pelargo- 

 niums: 1. 'Da\eyanu7n, Mrs. Rathbone ; 2. Paul Pry, and 5. Latifolium, Mr. 

 Skirving ; 4. George the Fourth, Mr. Powell ; 5. Tricolor, Mr. Skirving ; 



6. Smfthij, 7. Apollo, and 8. Macranthon, Mr. Thomas Walker. Hardy : 



1. Psdonia arborea, Mr. Whalley; 2. Eccremocarpus scaber, and 3. Hy- 

 drangea hort^nsis, Mr. Skirving ; 4. Azalea calendulacea, Mr. R. B. Yates ; 

 5. Azalea pontica, Mr. Smith, Knowsley; 6. C7'lex europse'us, Mr. Skirving ; 



7. iedum (iuxifdlium, Mr. R. B. Yates ; 8. Azalea cocclnea, Mr. Whalley. 

 Orange Trees : 1. Mrs. Cropper ; 2. H. B. Hollinshead. Lemon Tree : Mr. 

 Roskell. Baskets of Plants : 1 . Mr. Skirving ; 2. Mrs. E. Cropper ; 5. H. B. 

 Hollinshead, Esq. Baskets of Cut Flowers: 1. and 2. Mr. Whalley; 



3. Mrs. Rathbone. Double Dahlia (Georgma) speciosa: 1, 2, 3. and 4. Mr. 

 Davies. Pseonies (Cut Flowers) : 1. Pavonia, Mr. Skirving; 2. Officinalis, 

 Mr. Whalley; 5. Hamilles, 4. Riibra Plena, and 5. Anomalia, Mr. Skirving. — 

 Tulips, Premier Prizes : 1 . Lambert's Rising Sun, Premier Mobile, Rose 

 Unique, Triomphe Royal, Due de Savoy, and Black Baguet, Mr. Leighton ; 



2. Rose Unique, Firebrand, Violet Waller, Charbonnier Noir, Sherwood's 

 Rose, and Baguet, Mr. Morris, Manchester; s. Count de Vergennes, 

 Unique, Cleopatra, Baguet, Firebrand, and Vestris, Mr> Morris, Manches- 

 ter; 4. (Best six bed-flowers) Albion, Unique, Violet Triumphant, Captain 

 White, Baguet, and Flora, Mr. Pyke. Feathered Bizards : 1. Firebrand, 

 Mr. Morris; 2. Due de Savoy, Mr. Bruce; 3. Trafalgar, Mr. Appleton ; 



4. Goud Beaurs, Mr. Morris ; 5. Catafalque, Mr. Bruce ; 6. Surpasse Cata- 

 falque, Mr. Taylor; 7. Rising Sun, Mr. Morris. Flamed Bizards: 1. La 

 Cantique, Mr. Appleton ; 2. Bailey de Holland, Mr. Bruce ; 3. Lustre, Mr. 

 Morris ; 4. Beaute Frappante, Mr. Leighton ; 5. Flamed de Guarel, Mr. 

 Taylor; 6. Onyxcolea, Mr. Bruce; 7. Smith's Alexander, Mr. Leighton. 

 Feathered Bybloemen: 1. Baguette, Mr. Leighton; 2. Soot, Mr. Appleton j 



3. Bienfait, Mr. Leighton ; 4. Surpassant, Mr. Morris ; 5. Rowbottom's In- 

 comparable, Mr. Harrison ; S.Franciscus, Mr. Mori-is ; T.Washington, Mr. 

 Bruce. Flamed Bybloemen : 1. Reine d'Egypt, Mr. Leighton; 2. Violet 

 Alexander, Mr. Bruce ; 3. Princess Charlotte, and 4. Abdalonymus, Mr. 

 Leighton ; 5. Laura, Mr. Bruce ; 6. Marie Pitt, Mr. Powell ; 7. Imperatrice, 

 Mr. Leighton. Feathered Cherry, or Rose : 1. Count, and 2. Nile, Mr. 



