Provincial Horticultural Societies : — ■ Lancas/iire. 493 



Leighton ; 5. Little, Mr. Taylor ; 4.Walworth, and 5, Triomphe Royal, Mr, 

 Morris; 6. Gastelle, Mr. Appleton; 7. Holden's Rose, Mr. Bruce. Flamed 

 Cherry, or Rose: ]. Unique, Mr. Morris; 2. Vesta, Mr. Leighton ; 5. In- 

 comparable, Mr. Wlialley ; 4. Triomphe Royal, Mr. Leighton; 5. Rose Ce- 

 rise, Mr. Bruce ; 6. Rose Mintia, Mr. L Taylor ; 7. Rose Domingo, Mr. 

 Pyke. Double Tulips : 1. Mr. Appleton; 2. Mr. Whaliey; 3. Mr. Board- 

 man; 4. Mr. Bruce. Self, or Breeder Tulips: 1. Yellow, and 2. Breeder, 

 Mr. L M. Taylor; 3. Seedling, Mr. Appleton ; 4. Flag, Mr. Roby. Maiden 

 Growers. Best Feathered Bizard : l. Due de Savoy, Mr. John Leigh; 

 2. Magnus, Mr. Carter. Best Flamed Bizard : 1. Catafalque, and 2. Phcenix, 

 John Leigh. Best Feathered Bybloemen : 1. Baguette, John Leigh; 2. Seed- 

 ling, Mr. Carter. Best Flamed Bybloemen : 1. Triumph, and 2. Prince of 

 Egypt, John Leigh. Best Feathered Cherry, or Rose: 1. Dolittle, Mr. 

 Davis; 2. Triumph, John Leigh. Best Flamed Cherry, or Rose : I.Vesta, 

 Mr. Carter ; 2. Cerise, John Leigh. — Fruit. Pine-Apples : 1. and 2. Jamaica, 

 Mr. Powell ; 3. Enville, Mr. Comer. Grapes. Black : 1, and 2. Hamburgh, 

 Mr. Tayleure; 3. Mr. Cunningham. White: l. and 2. Frontignac, Mr. 

 Cunningham; 3. Mr. Smithj Fulwood Lodge. Strawberries: l, Mr. Ros- 

 kell; 2. Rev. R. Guillam ; 3. Mr.Roskell. Apples of 1828 : 1. and 2. Mr. 

 Roskell ; 3. Mr. Isaac Harrison ; 4. H. B. Hollinshead, Esq. Nuts of 

 1828: 1. and 2. Mr. Whaliey. — Cidinar7j Vegetables. Asparagus: I.Mr. 

 S. Woodhouse ; 2. Mr. A. Yates; 3. Mr. Smith, Fulwood Lodge. Cucum- 

 bers : 1. and 2. Mr. Smith, Knowlesley; 5. T. Case, Esq.; 4. Mr. Powell. 

 Turnips: 1. Mr. T. Walker; 2. Mr. Smith, Fulwood Lodge ; 3. Mrs. 

 Rathbone. Lettuces : 1 . Mr. Davis ; 2. W. Earle, Esq. ; 3. Mr. T. Walker. 

 Mushrooms: 1. W. Earle, Esq. ; 2. H. B. Hollinshead, Esq. ; 3. Mr.Ros- 

 kell. Peas: 1, 2. and 3. Mrs. Rathbone; 4. W. Earle, Esq. Beans: 

 1. T. Case, Esq. French Beans : 1. T. Case, Esq. ; 2. Mr. Smith, Knowles- 

 ley; 3. Mr. Tayleure; 4. Mr. Smith, Knowlesley. Cauliflowers: 1. Mrs. 

 Rathbone; 2. Mr. Preston ; 5. Mrs. Rathbone. 



Extra-Prizes. Cabbage, Mrs. Rathbone and Mrs. Cropper. Rhu- 

 barb, Mr. H. Barnes and Mr. Whaliey. Persian Lilac, Mr. R. B. Yates, 

 Baskets of Plants, W. Earle, Esq., Mr. Dyson, Mr. Powell, Mr. Dobson, 

 Mr. O. Heyworth, Mrs. Rathbone, Mr. H. Wilson, Mrs. Pyke, Mr. Skirving, 

 Mr. Cooke, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Hadwen, Mr. Whaliey, and Mr. Tudor. 

 Fuchsia gracilis (green-house), Mr. Skirving and Mrs. Cropper. Ixora 

 coccinea (stove), H. B. Hollinshead, Esq. Justicia bicolor (stove), Mr. 

 Horsfall. {Liverpool Chronicle, May 30.) 



The Ashton under Lyne Floral Society held their Second Meeting on 

 June 29. ; and 



2Vie Stockport Floral Society held their First Meeting on June 50. Both 

 Meetings were numerously and most respectably attended. {^Manchester 

 Courier, July 4.) 



Bolton Floral and Horticultural Society. — The Third Meeting of this So- 

 ciety was held on July 1., at the large room in the Commercial Inn, for the 

 exhibition of pinks, ranunculuses, stove, green-house, and herbaceous plants, 

 fruits, &c. On account of the excessive wetness of the weather, the com- 

 pany was not so numerous as on former occasions, but the Show itself was 

 peculiarly worthy of admiration. The ericas of Roger Holland, Esq., at- 

 tracted much notice, and deservedly, as they were truly superb and unique. 

 The following ai*e amongst the principal prizes obtained : — 



Plants. Stove: 1. Erythrina crista gal li, W. Hulton, Esq. ; 2. Hoya 

 carnosa, W. Grey, Esq. ; 3. Gardenia radicans, E. Silvester, Esq. Green- 

 house : 1. Clethra arborea, Joseph Ridgway, Esq. ; 2. Poljgala cordi- 

 folia, W. Hulton, Esq. ; 3. Calceolaria rugosa, R. Holland, Esq. Herba- 

 ceous : 1. Delphinium grandiflorum, R.Holland, Esq.; 2. P?c6nia alba 

 Whitleij, Mr. James Rushton. Hardy : 1. KalmM angustifolia, K. Ash- 

 worth, Esq.; 2. /Rhododendron ponticum, R, Holland, Esq.; 3. Azalea 



