7i8 Prw). Hort. Soc. : — NoriJmmberlcmd and Durham, 



3. Mr. Cuthbertson. Pears : 1. Jargonelle, Mr. T. Harrison, Ripon ; 2. Jargonelle, Mr. P. Douriss ; 

 3. Summer PortuKal, Mr. May. Apples. Eating: 1. Kibston Pippin, Mr. Elias Hiiyard, gardener to 

 Sir Thomas Franlvland, Bart., of Thirklcby; 2. Downton Pippin, Mr C. Whytall. Baking: I.Kes- 

 wick Codlin, and 2. King's Apple, Mr. Abbott, Knaresborough. Melons : 1. Mr. Robert Camp, 

 bell, gardener to the Hon. '1'. O. Powlett ; 2. Mr. Abbott. — Culinnri/ Vegetables. Tomatoes. 

 Yellow : 1. Mr. C. Whytall, gardener to Tliomas Mason, Esq. of Copt Hewick ; 2. Mr. A. Kirk- 

 patrick. Red, Mr. T. Mason. Celery: 1. Mr. Abbott; 2. Mr. Kirkpatrick. Onions: 1. Tripoli, 

 Mr. T. Mason ; 2. Mr Abbott. Broccoli, Mr. Abbott. 



Judges: for Flowers, Mr. Hill, Mr. Knowles, and Mr. Campbell; for Fruits and Vegetables, 

 Mr. Morton, Mr. Peter Neesh, and Mr. Sam. Wiim. 



Prizes were also awarded to Mr. May, Mr. Cuthbertson, and Mr. Thos. Grayson, for their 

 respective contributions, for decorating tlie room during the season ; to Mr. Smith of Green 

 Royd, for a fine bouquet of sweet-scented China roses; to T. Dickens, Esq., for two very rare and 

 splendid exotics, the Cri'issula falcata and Chirbn/a /ychnoides, both which were mucli admired 

 by the amateurs, being so seldom seen in bloom, and rarely, even then, in such perfection as were 

 these ; to Mr. Cuthbertson, for a superior collection of cockscombs, namely, Celbiia cristata cocci- 

 nea, Celbsia cristJita liltea, Celbsia cristata pyramidalis, much admired for their size and brilliancy 

 of colour ; to Mr. May, for Gloxinin specibsa var. albiflbra, Fuchsza cunica, Fuchs/« gracilis, Thun- 

 b(5rgM alata, ThunbergMfragrans, Absa salicifblia, iV/imuIus Ititeus var. rivularis, &c. &c. The 

 exhibition of georginas was of a very superior order, and well competed. [Yorkshire Gazette, 

 Sept. 26.) 



York Florists' Society. — On Aug. 11., the Ancient Society of York Florists held their Annual 

 Show of Carnations, Picotees, &c. The pi-i-es were adjudged as follows : — 



Carnations. Bizards. Scarlet : 1. Davey's Sovereign, and 2. Number Sixty-one, Mr. Parker ; 

 3. Ely's Mayor of llipon, Mr. W. Hardman ; 4. Number Sixty-two, and 5. Number Six, Mr. 

 Parker. Pink: 1. Cartvvright's Rainbow, 2. Number Fifty-one, 3. Gregory's Alfred, and 4 Num. 

 ber Fifty-two, Mr. W. Hardman ; 5. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Parker. Flakes. Scarlet: l.Lacey's 

 Queen, Mr. W. Hardman ; 2, 3, and 4. Wilson's Seedling, Mr. Wilson ; 5. Number Fifty-eight, 

 Mr. W. Hardman. Purple: 1. Hufton's Mrs. Godfrey, and 2. Number Twenty-seven, Mr. W. 

 Hardman ; 3. Number Twenty seven, 4. and 5. Seedling, Mr. Wilson. Rose : 1. Clegg's Smiling 

 Beauty, Mr. W. Hardman ; 2. Clegg's Smiling Beauty, Mr. Parker ; 3. Number Fifty-three, Mr. 

 W. Hardman ; 4. and 5. Number Sixty-three, Mr. Parker. Selfs : 1. and 2. Seedling, Mr. Wilson ; 

 3. Number Eighty-four, and 4. Number Fifty-five, Mr. W. Hardman ; 5. Number Seventy, Mr. 



Parker. Picotees. Red and White: 1. Wilson's Duke of Wellington, Mr. Wilson ; 2. Pearson's 



England's Defiance, Mr. W. Hardman ; 3. Lee's Will Stukely, Mr. Parker ; 4. Lee's Will 

 Stukely, Mr. W. Hardman ; 5. Wilson's Bonaparte, Mr. Wilson. Purple and White : 1. Wilson's 

 Ulysses, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Wilson's Seedling, Mr. Wilson. Yellow and Buff: 1. Charlton's Yellow 

 Picotee, 2. Dobson's Seedling, 3. Number Fifty-nine, 4. Maid de Magdeburg, and 5. Number Sixty, 

 Mr. W. Hardman. Best Bouquet, Mr. Parker. — Gooseberries: Heaviest, Mr. Parker ; fewest 

 in a pound, Mr. Parker. {Yorkshire Gazette, Aug. 22.) 



Ripon Florists' Society. —The members of this Society held their Third and Final Meeting this 

 year, in Ripon, on Aug. 15,, when the specimens exhibited were numerous, and of a very superior 

 description. The prizes were awarded as follows : — 



Carnations. Bizards. Scarlet : 1. Wild's Perfection, and 2. Ely's Mayor of Ripon, Mr. Cuth- 

 bertson ; 3. Mayor of Ripon, Mr. G. Grayson ; 4. Mayor of Ripon, and 5. Doctor Syntax, 

 Mr. May ; Wild's Perfection, Mr. J. Binn. Pink : 1. Bang Europe, Mr. May ; 2. Ive's Prince 

 Leopold, Mr. Cuthbertson ; 3. Ive's Prince Leopold, Mr. Mufham ; 4. Gregory's King Alfred, 

 Mr. J. Binn ; 5. Hall's Morning Star, Mr. Clarke; 6. Ive's Prince Leopold, Mr. J. Binn. Flakes. 

 Purple : 1. Turner's Princess Charlotte, and 2. Smith's Number One hundred and eighty-seven, 

 Mr. Cuthbertson ; 3. Pike's Nonpareil, Mr. J. Binn ; 4. Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Sweet- 

 ing ; 5. Bate's Wellington, Mr. Clarke ; 6. James's Queen, Mr. T. Harrison. Scarlet : 1. Cart- 

 wright's Commander, Mr. May ; 2. Pearson's Madame Mara, Mr. G. Grayson ; 3. Harley's 

 Wonderful, and 4. Pearson's Madame Mara, Mr. Clarke; 5. Unknown, Mr. May; 6. Pearson's 

 Madame Mara, Mr. Sweeting. Pink : 1. Seedling, Mrs. Lawrence, 2. Tate's Miss Nanny, and 



3. Yates's Supreme, Mr. Cuthbertson ; 4. ^Tate's Waterloo, Mr. Sweeting; 5. Plant's Lady Byron, 

 Mr. Mufham ; 6. Unknown, Mr. Sweeting. — Picotees. Purple : 1. Lee's Cleopatra, Mr. Jlay ; 



2. Hufton's Miss Emma, Mr. Clarke; 3. Ely's Lady Grantham, Mr. G. Grayson ; 4. Hufton's 

 Miss Emma, andS. Milkmaid, Mr. Moore; 6. Complete, Mr. Sweeting. Scarlet: 1. Ely's Com- 

 plete, and 2. Marshall's Miss Bramilin, Mr. Cuthbertson ; 3. Will Stukely, Mr. T. Harrison ; 



4. Will Stukely, Mr. Cuthbertson ; 5. Will Stukely, Mr. Mufham ; 6. Marshall's Miss Bramilin, 

 Mr. Sweeting. Yellow : 1. Hird's Miss Harriett, Mr. J. Binns ; 2. Highland's Grenadier, Blr. May; 



3. Fair Maid of the Alps, Mr. Mufham ; 4. Highland's Phoenix, 5. Highland's Turtle Dove, and 

 6. Highland's Excellent, Mr. May. (Yorkshire Gazette, Aug. 22.) 



Bedale Florists' Society. — The members of this Society held a Meeting in Bedale, on Aug. 15., 

 when the prizes were adjudged as follows : — 



Carnations. Bizards. Scarlet : 1. Plant's Lord Nelson, 2. Foxhunter, and 3. Seedling, Mr. 

 Hewson. Pink and Purple : 1. Doctor Syntax, and 2. Plummer's Lord Denby, Mr. Spence ; 

 3. Gregory's Alfred, Mr. Hewson. Flakes. Scarlet : 1. Madame Mara, Mr. Sanderson ; 2. Thorni- 

 croft's Blucher, Mr. Whitton; 3. Seedling, Mr. Hewson. Purple: 1. Seedling (the Rector of 

 Bedale), Mr. Hewson ; 2. Harley's Diana, Mr. Sanderson ; 3. Wood's Commander, Sir. Spence. 

 Rose : 1. Waterhouse's Rose Imperial, Mr. Hevvson ; 2. Plant's Lady Hood, and 3. Duchess of 

 Devonshire, Mr. Whitton. —P/cofecs. Scarlet : I. Will Stukely, Mr. Whitton ; 2. Will Stukely, 

 Mr. Hewson ; 3. Alpha, Mr. Hird. Purple: I.Telford's Major Healey, Mr. Hewson; 2. Cleo- 

 patra, and 3. Seedling, Mr. Sanderson. Yellow : 1. Sultana, Mr. Caven; 2. Sultana, Mr. Whitton; 

 3. Fair Maid of the Alps, Mr. Caven. {Yorkshire Gazette, Aug. 22.) 



NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHABI. 



The Botanical and Hoi-ticultiiral Society of Durham, Northumberland, and Newcastle upon 



same 



gentleman. Red-fleshed melon, the silver medal ; dish of best- flavoured gooseberries, the silver 

 medal; and seedling apple, the silver medal; to Mr. Joseph t larke, gardener to Mrs. Bewicke, 

 Close House. Six peaches, the silver medal, to Mr. Robert Turnbull, gardener to the Rev. J. S. 

 Ogle, Kirkley Hall. Dish of nectarines, the silver medal; and dish of plums, the silver medal j 



