636 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — Lancashire. 



burgh, Mr. Preston ; 3. Damascus, W. Earle, Esq. "White : 1. Muscat, Mr. 

 Tayleur; 2. Muscat, H. B. HoUinshead, Esq. ; 3, Frontignac, Rev. R. Gvvil- 

 lym. Currants : Black, Mr. Whalley ; White, Mr. Walker ; Red, Mr. 

 Wlialley. Cherries: 1. Mrs.Rathbone; 2. Mr. Roskell. Apples : I.June- 

 eating, Mr. H. Wilson ; 2. Margarette, Mr. Roskell ; 3. Summer Pippin, 

 Mr. A. Yates. Pears: l. Citron, Mr. Manifold ; 2. Citron, Mr. Powell ; 

 3. Early Spring, Mr. Manifold. Gooseberries. Heaviest ripe Red, Sports- 

 man, Mr. Skirving. Red : 1. Roaring Lion, Mr. Whalley ; 2. Huntsman, Mr. 

 Skirving; 3. Mr. Leighton. Heaviest ripe Yellow, Sovereign, Mr. Apple- 

 ton. Yellow: 1. Rockwood, Mr. Skirving; 2. Mr. Range; 5. Mr. C. 

 Logan. Heaviest ripe Green : Premier Prize, Gunner, Mr. Skirving, 

 Green : 1. Greenwood, Mr. Whalley ; 2. Ocean, and 3. Wainman's Ocean, 

 Mr. Skirving. Heaviest ripe White: Premier Prize, Eagle, Mr. John 

 Appleton. White: 1. Mr. Skirving; 2. Scholefield's Royai, Mr. W. F. 

 Porter; 3. Gunner, Mr. Skirving. — Culinary Vegetables. Celery: I.Mr. 

 Walker; 2. H.B. HoUinshead, Esq.; 3. Mr. Horsfall. Onions: 1. Mr. S. 

 Button ; 2. Mr. Smith; 3. Mr. O. Heyworth. Broccoli : 1. Mr. S. Wood- 

 house ; 2. Mr. Comer. Lettuce : 1. T. Case, Esq. ; 2. Mr. Smith, Fulwood. 

 Cucumbers: 1. Mr. Smith, Fulwood; 2. Mr. Whalley. Cabbage, Mr. T. 

 Orret. 



Extra-Prizes. Grapes in Pot, Mr. Smith ; Dracae^na fragrans. Miss 

 Waterhouse ; Fruit of the Palm, John Blackburne, Esq. ; Two Baskets of 

 Flowers, Mr. Powell ; Thunbergia alata, Mr. Skirving ; Campanuki pyra- 

 midalis alba, Mr. Powell ; Clarkia pulchella, Mr. Smith, Fulwood. (Gore's 

 General Advertiser, Aug. 6.) 



Bolton Floral and Horticultural Society. — The Fourth and last Meeting 

 for the season, of this Society, for the exhibition of carnations, stove, green- 

 house, and herbaceous plants, &c. was held on August 1 2. It would be a de- 

 reliction of duty to omit noticing the unequalled specimens of horticultural 

 art produced this year by Mr. Whittle, the gardener of W. Hulton, Esq. 

 There were three turnips exhibited of his cultivation, called early stove; they 

 were nearly of the same size : the heaviest weighed 14 lbs., and measured 

 2 ft. 9 in. in circumference ; he had a yearling vine in a pot, which con- 

 tained fifteen bunches of fine fruit. He also had two dishes of magnifi- 

 cent celery, one of which won the first prize. He has obtained prizes this 

 year with blanched celery at four different shows of auriculas, tulips, pinks, 

 and carnations. Nor must Mr. Holland's gardener be passed over in silence. 

 He produced the best pan of carnations, which attracted much notice, and 

 some went so far as to say that it surpassed all they had witnessed this 

 year. He won twenty-one prizes, viz. four stove plants out of five : three 

 green-house out of five ; four ericas out of five ; two geraniums out of 

 five ; and three hardy plants out of five. Miss Pilkington's currants and 

 raspberries were also much admired. Prizes were awarded as follows : — 



Plants. Stove : 1. Pitcairnia hvomelicefdlia, E. Ashworth, Esq. ; 2. Me- 

 lastoma corymbosa, S.Thunbergia alata, 4. Begonia Agrostemma, and 5. Pan- 

 cratium amoe^num, R. Holland, Esq. Green-house : 1. Crassula coccinea, 

 W. Hulton, Esq. ; 2. Fuchsia gracilis, and 3. Loddigesia oxalifolia, R. Hol- 

 land, Esq. ; 4. iVerium splendens, W. Hulton, Esq. ; 5. Poljgala cordifolia, 

 R. Holland, Esq. Ericas : 1. Bowieawa ? and 2. E. ventricosa, R. Holland, 

 Esq. ; 3. E. Savilii, Mr. W. Faulkner ; 4. E. ampullacea, and 5. E. tricolor, 

 R. Holland, Esq. Geraniums : 1. P. BanksiawzwB, Mr. W. Faulkner; 2. P. ma- 

 cranthum, Mr. W. Crompton ; 3. Victory, and 4. T>aveyanum, R. Holland, 

 Esq. Herbaceous: I. QSnothera missouriensis, R. Holland, Esq.; 2. Poten- 

 tllla nepal^nsis, W. Hulton, Esq. ; 5. Campanula pyramidalis, and 4. Che- 

 lone barbata, R. Holland, Esq. ; 5. Lobelia fulgens, E. Ashworth, Esq. 

 Hardy : 1. Colutea Pocockii, Mr.W. Faulkner ; 2. jSpirae'a sorbifolia ? E. Ash- 

 worth, Esq. ; 5. Potentilla fruticosa, Mr. W. Faulkner. — Flowers. Car- 

 nations. Best pan, R. Holland, Esq. Premier Prize, Gregory's King (a most 



