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The Cowpen Florists' Society held their show of ranunculuses July 8. 1st 

 class, Mr. William Marshall, Cowpen, first, with supreme ; 2cl class, Mr. R. 

 Oliver, Cowpen Collier}', first and second, with Quaker and Brabancon. {Neiv- 

 castle Courant, July 21.) 



The Fellon Florist Society held their annual show of ranunculuses and pan- 

 sies on July 17., when the prizes were awarded as follows : — Mr. Dawson, 

 first and second, with Lady Fitzherbert and supreme. Pansies : the Rev. 

 James Allgood, first. Mr. Dawson first, with the Queen stock. {Ibid.) 



The Felton Florist Society held their annual show of carnations and pi- 

 cotees August 21. Carnations: Mr. Burn, first, with Simpson's superb. 

 Picotees : Mr. Henderson, first, with Lord Wellington ; Mr. Dawson, second, 

 with Telford's Miss Fanny Kemble. Mr. Burn, extra, with the seedling pi- 

 cotee. Queen Victoria. {Ibid., Sept. 1.) 



The Florists of North Shields and its Vicinity held their annual show of tulips, 

 wallflowers, and pansies, July 10. Tulips: Mr. Moses Dormond, Percy Main, 

 first, with rose tulip. Princess Victoria. Bizarre tulips : Mr. Robert Gardner, 

 first, with grand du monde. Wallflowers : Mr. Noble Young, first, with 

 Orange Boven ; second, with Blackwall. Mr. Robert Walker exhibited some 

 of the most beautiful pansies. Mr. Walker of North Shields exhibited some 

 gooseberries, one of which was liin. in diameter. {Ibid,, July 21.) 



The Florists of Seghill held their annual show of tulips June 17. Whites: 

 Mr. John Lynn, first, with rose triumph. Yellows : Mr. Thomas Campbell, 

 first, with Prince of Orange. Mr. Davidson, the best bouquet of flowers. 

 {Ibid., June 23.) 



The Florists of Seghill and Cramlington held their annual show of carnations 

 and picotees August 19. Carnations : Mr. Jonathan Campbell, first, with 

 Paul Pry. Picotees : Mr. Jonathan Campbell first, with Miss Fanny Kemble. 

 {Ibid., Sept. 1.) 



Nottinghamshire. — Nottingham Floral and Horticultural Society. 



June 6. Although the weather had been very unfavourable, many of the 

 flowers were of first-rate order, and great praise is due to the growers for 

 bringing up their pans of tulips in such condition. We noticed several plants 

 from the gardens of Colonel Rollestone, F. Wright, Esq., G. Walker, Esq., 

 and Needham and Green, which were very fine ; and some of them took 



prizes. The grapes, from Towle, Esq. of Burrowash, were very fine, 



added greatly to the value of the exhibition. We congratulate the Society on 

 their first show, and hope to see them go on prosperously'. The first pan of 

 tulips was won by Mr. Gascoigne, with the following flov/ers, viz. : — 1. Earl 

 Grey ; 2. Captain White ; 3. Black Bagot ; 4. Sable rex ; 5. Triomphe 

 royal ; 6. Unique. {Nottingham Review, June 9.) 



Baivtry and Retford Horticidtural Society. — Sept. 28. The principal objects 

 of attraction were two fine specimens : Cactus senilis, and Mammill;\ria gemi- 

 iiispina, from the garden of Thomas Short, Esq. ; as well as two new species 

 of terrestrial Orchideae, from the same. A fine collection of fuchsias (from 

 Earl Spencer's) and dahlias were much admired ; as were the stove and 

 green-house plants, from the gardens of the Earl of Lincoln, R. P. Milnes, 

 Esq., and G. S. and F. T. Foljambe, Esqrs. : but the best exhibition was 

 of fruits : the apples and currants were particularly fine. Three bunches 

 of white currants, grown by Thomas Short, Esq., weighed li oz., and con- 

 tained 44 berries. J. B. Simpson, Esq., exhibited some very fine pears, apples, 

 peaches, and cherries. A gourd, from Earl Spencer's, weighed 60 lb. The 

 vegetables were very fine : the turnips, carrots, and onions were well worthy 

 of notice. {Doncaster Chronicle, Oct. 7.) 



Shropshire. — Salojj Horticidtural Society. — Aug. 5. This show was for 

 carnations and picotees. 



Somersetshire. — Bath Horticidtural Society. — May 2. Notv.ithstanding 

 the ungenial spring we have experienced, the show of flowers and fruits was 

 most brilliant. Among the successful competitors for prizes, were A. C. 



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