494' Provincial Horticultural Societies : — Devonshire. 



41ba, Joseph Ridgway, Esq. Geraniums: 1. Victory, and 2. Lady of the 

 Lake, R. Holland, Esq. Erica, R. Holland, Esq. — Fruits. Pine, W. 

 Hiilton, Esq., Joseph Ridgway, Esq. Grapes, E. Ashworth, Esq. Melon, 

 Joseph Ridgwaj', Esq, Cherries, E. Ashworth, Esq. Strawberries, W. 

 Hulton, Esq., James Cross, Esq. Gooseberries, Mr. Matthew Gaskell. — 

 Culinary Vegetables. Cucumbers, James Cross, Esq. Cauhflowers, Mr. 

 Jos. Taylor. Lettuce, Miss Pilkington. 



Extra-Prizes. Z/cdum altius, Jos. Ridgway, Esq. Cucumber, E. Ash- 

 worth, Esq. Broccoli, Celery, and Carrots, W. Hulton, Esq. Spinach, 

 R. Rawson, Esq. Onions, A. Knowles, Esq. Calathea [? sp.], Gladiolus 

 cardinalis, and Marant« zebrina, Joseph Ridgway, Esq. Passiflora, E. Sil- 

 vester, Esq. Thunbergm [? sp.] and Eccremocarpus scaber, Roger Holland, 

 Esq. Combretum pur[)ureum, W. Hulton, Esq. Best Basket of Flowers, 

 E. Ashworth, Esq. {Manchester Courier, 5\i\y 4:.) 



Bolton Floral and Horticultural Society. — The Second Meeting of this 

 Society, for the season, was held on May 29. The exhibition of tulips, 

 stove, green-house, and herbaceous plants, fruit, &c., was excellent; and the 

 very tasteful manner in which they were staged, gave the room a very 

 pleasing effect. The company who attended consisted of nearly all the 

 beauty and fashion of the town and neighbourhood. The Bolton old band 

 was in attendance, as usual, and performed several interesting airs, in very 

 creditable style. From the extensive and increasing patronage bestowed 

 upon this Society, we anticipate that, at no distant period, it will rank as 

 one of the first of the kind in the kingdom. We are sorry to say, that, 

 from the lateness of the hour at which we received the list of the prizes, and 

 the names of the persons to whom they were adjudged, we have been com- 

 pelled to insert only the names of those who gained the first in each class : 



Plants. Stove, Miisffl coccinea, Joseph Ridgway, Esq. Green-house, 

 Calceolaria rugosa, R. Holland, Esq. Herbaceous, iSedum album, Joseph 

 Ridgway, Esq. Hardy, jDaphne 6'nedrum, E. Ashworth, Esq. Geranium, 

 the best Triomphe de Flora, R. Holland, Esq. Erica, tubiflora, R. Hol- 

 land, Esq. — Tulips. Best pan (as in each class), and best Tulip, Goud 

 Beaurs, Mr. James Tomlinson, Feathered Bizard, Due de Savoy, Mr. 

 James Rushton. Feathered Bybloemen, Bienfait, Mr. Richard Greenhalgh. 

 Feathered Rose, Comte de Vergennes, R. Holland, Esq. Flamed Bizard, 

 Incomparable Bizard, Mr. William Crossley. Flamed Bybloemen, Atlas, 

 Mr. James Rushton. Flamed Rose, Rose Unique, Mr. Wm. Crompton. 

 Self: Yellow, Mr. Richard Greenhalgh. Breeder, Isabella of Cherries, 

 Mr. Henry Pickering. Double, Crown Imperial, Mr. Richard Greenhalgh. 

 — Fruit. Pine, Joseph Ridgway, Esq. Grapes, James Cross, Esq. Straw- 

 berries, J. Ridgway, Esq. — Culinary Vegetables. Cucumbers, E. Ash- 

 worth, Esq. Lettuce, Miss Pilkington. {Bolton Chron., May 30.) 



Devonshire. 



The Devon and Exeter Horticidtural Society is now regularly organised, 

 and we have just received a printed copy of their rules and regulations. 

 ** The objects of the Society will be, to extend the knowledge of botany, 

 and to encourage useful and ornamental horticulture in the south-west of 

 England." Meetings and exhibitions are to be held, a library formed, and, if 

 practicable, a botanical and experimental garden established. The ordinary 

 members are of two classes, who pay yearly 2\s., and \0s. 6d. i-espectively j 

 payments made in advance, on the 1st of January each year — a wise regu- 

 lation; and donors of 25/., and subscribers of 2/. 2^. and upwards, annually, 

 shall be perpetual members and committee-men. The following is also an 

 excellent regulation : — "As the property and advantages of the Society 

 increase, no new members [except practical gardeners] shall be admitted, 

 without the payment of a premium on admission, in addition to their sub- 



