628 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — Yorkshire. 



Hum \Aco\or', Xylophylla latifolia ; Passiflora (new hybrid) ; Begoma argy- 

 rostigma ; and the Phoe^nix dactylifera, a fine and noble plant. Green-house 

 Plants: Passiflora csruleo-racemosa; Maurandya Barclaya^za, a beautiful 

 climbing plant from Mexico, quite new, not yet inserted, we believe, in any 

 catalogue; Haemanthiispuniceus and multiflorus; i'empervivum tabulaeforme ; 

 Humea ^legans ; and Ly thrum alatum. The following were from Messrs. T. 

 and J. Backhouse : Eccremocarpus scaber (this beautiful climber lately intro- 

 duced from South America, with its fine spikes of deep orange-coloured flowers 

 and rapid growth, is likely to prove one of the greatest ornaments to our 

 gardens); Digitalis minor; Cistus venustus ; Veronica taurica; Primula 

 scotica ; and Spigelia marylandica, &c. Mrs. Archdeacon Markham, Mrs. 

 Pickard, S. W. Nicoll, Esq., &c., also sent plants to ornament the room. 



In the fruit department there were forty-one dishes of strawberries ; 

 twelve dishes of grapes, with pines, melons, peaches, nectarines, cherries, 

 currants, gooseberries, preserved apples, &c. 



The culinary vegetables consisted of remarkably fine cabbages, seven 

 dishes of cauliflowers, four dishes of salads, five of cucumbers, three of po- 

 tatoes, one of peas, together with turnips, onions, &c. 



Amongst the flowers were a large basket of roses, sent by Mrs. Markham 

 (in which were some beautiful specimens of the moss-rose) ; two trays of 

 roses, from Messrs. Backhouse, containing 127 different kinds ; several most 

 beautiful single roses, which were shown for prizes ; as well as some choice 

 specimens of the ranunculus, pink, and georgina tribes. The chair was taken 

 by the Rev. Danson R. Currer, and premiums were awarded as follows : — 

 Plants. Hardy: 1. Eccremocarpus scaber, Henry Baines; 2. Spigelia 

 marylandica, Joshua Brooks, gardener to Mrs. Pickard, Bootham. Stove ; 

 1. Cactus speciosissima, Anthony Smithers, gardener to the Very Rev. 

 Archdeacon Markham ; 2. Phrynium wolaceum, James Hodgson, gardener 

 to John Smith, Esq., of Hungate. Green-house: Cotyledon hemisph6'icum, 

 Hen. Baines. — Flowers. Ranunculus. Dark: 1. Caffre Royal, and £.Rosney, 

 Mr. Thomas Wilson, York ; 5. Rosney, Mr. Alexander Parker, York. Grey 

 and Olive: 1. Bishop von Lima, Mr. A. Parker; 2. Bouquet Sanspareil, 

 John Raby, gardener to Messrs. Backhouse, York ; 3. Quintin, Mr. Thomas 

 Wilson. Yellow and White Striped : 1. Mignonne, John Raby; 2. Lanza 

 Beauty, Mr. Daglish of Myton. White and Yellow Selfs: 1. Model of 

 Perfection, Mr. T. Wilson ; 2. Model of Perfection, John Raby; 5. Argus, 

 Mr. Godfrey Bean. Red Selfs : 1. Conqueror of the Indies, and 2. Char-! 

 lemagne, Mr. Thomas Wilson ; S.John Rab}'. Spotted: 1. Tendresse, 2. 

 Julius, and 5. Ma d^lice, Mr. A. Parker. Yellow and Red Striped: 1. 

 Mignonne, Mr. T. Wilson. Purple-laced; 1. and 2. Cleopatra, and 5. 

 Bowes's Leicester, Mr. T. Wilson. Red-laced: 1. Bowes's Claudius, Mr. 

 W. Hardham ; 2. Bowes's Cardinal, and 5. Bowes's Eclipse, Mr. T. Wilson, 

 Plain Pinks : 1. Davey's Eclipse, Mr. T. Wilson ; 2. Davey's Eclipse, Mr. A. 

 Parker ; 3. Davey's Eclipse, Mr. T. Wilson. Georginas. Single : I.Mr. Ro- 

 bert Hindsall of Elmsall. 2. Single Striped, John Raby. Double : 1 . Luny, 

 John Raby; 2. Camelh'^c/^bra, Thomas Deuxberry. Bouquets. Hardy, 

 H. Baines. Exotic : 1. Thomas Appleby ; 2. H. Baines ; 3. Samuel Cur- 

 rie. Best Collection of Roses, Messrs. Backhouse, for an assortment of 

 one hundred and twenty different kinds. Best Roses : I.Tuscany, and 

 2. Tinwell Moss, George Clarkson, Walmgate. — Fruits. Melon, Elias 

 Hildyard, gardener to Sir Thomas Frankland. Pines : 1 . William Ash- 

 ton, gardener to B. Gaskell, Esq., of Thornes House; 2. Joseph Benson, 

 gardener to Colonel Croft of Stillington. Grapes. White: l. Muscat, 

 James Brown, gardener to J. Hebblethwaite, Esq., Leeds ; 2. Muscat, Wil- 

 liam Suttell ; 3. Muscat, William Bunting, gardener to John Hutton, Esq., 

 of Sobergate. Black : 1 . Hamburgh, James Brown ; 2. Frontignac, Thos. 

 Appleby ; 3. Frontignac, Thomas Cooper, gardener to R. S. Thompson, 

 Esq., of Bilbrough. Peaches, William Ashton. Nectarines, Thomas Appleby, 



