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ous bouquets graced the room, comprising upwards of 100 different sorts of 

 roses, and containing a specimen of nearly every hardy or annual flower of 

 the season, {heeds Intelligencer^ July 9.) 



Malton and District Floral and Horticultural Society, — Sept. 27. The chief 

 attraction of this season being the dahlia, the twenty classes of that flower 

 were placed on a continuous line of tables down the centre of the room, with 

 all the winning specimens elevated above the rest. Of fruit, upwards of four 

 hundred dishes were exhibited, occupying tables the whole length of the 

 room. Another not less useful, and more substantial, class of garden produce 

 attracted universal interest and admiration ; viz. the vegetables, which were in 

 great abundance, and extremely fine. The specimens of agricultural vege- 

 tables were also numerous, and of extraordinary growth at such an early 

 period ; and excited particular attention from all the admirers of that valu- 

 able produce of this peculiarly agi-icultural district. A more than ordinary 

 interest was created by an extra prize of half a guinea, by the committee, for 

 the best dahlia of any colour, to be selected from all the winning flowers, 

 after the first selection was made by the judges. The principal competitors 

 were Messrs. Morrell, Revis, Slater, and Mrs. Kimberley. The flowers of 

 the two latter being withdrawn, the umpires were called in to assist in the 

 decision, when Mr. Morrell's flower (Criterion) was declared the premier. 

 The room was embellished by three beautiful and tastefully arranged bou- 

 quets, sent from the gardens of Capt. Newbery, and Messrs. Dunlop and 

 Hopkins. {Yorkshire Gazette, Oct. 1. 1836.) 



Pontefract Horticultural Society. — Aug. 4. The show of fruits and vegeta- 

 bles was good ; but comparatively few fine flowers were exhibited. Mr. 

 Tinker and Mr. Jones were most successful with the dahlias, and Mr. Ely 

 with the picotees and carnations ; in which, in fact, he won every prize. 

 {Leeds Mercury, Aug. 1.3.) 



Sheffield Horticidtural Society. — May ^^. The show of specimens of or- 

 chideous and stove plants from Wentworth House, which was extremely 

 numerous, choice, and rare, attracted universal attenti(m ; and, at some 

 periods, there was a complete crowd to witness their beauty. From Wel- 

 beck, also, there were several choice hardy shrubs, as well as some choice 

 plants, from the gardens of George Younge, Esq., of Sheaf House ; S. Shore, 

 Esq., of Meersbrook ; and other gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Sheffield. 

 A choice display of ripe grapes was shown from the Duke of Portland : a 

 coiled one in a pot, loaded with fruit, attracted general attention. A truly 

 grand specimen of the palm-tree, from the Sheffield Botanic Gardens, was 

 much noticed. The green-house plants from the town and neighbourhood 

 were numerous. The show of auriculas, polyanthuses, and hyacinths, was 

 not only numerous, but, in point of quality, very superior. The show of the 

 tribe of Cactus was, likewise, extensive, rare, and beautiful. The bouquets 

 were numerous and attractive, and drew forth the admiration of the numerous 

 visiters. In every description of vegetables, the display was far more nu- 

 merous and excellent than could have been anticipated. The apples and 

 pears excited wonder as to the means of their preservation. Mr. Milan took 

 the first prize for asparagus: and Mr. A. Hall the prize for British plants, as 

 well as several others. Messrs. Crowder had awarded to them the following 

 prizes: — The best and second best Camelh'« japonica; the best hardy her- 

 baceous plant; the second best display of cut flowers; the best exotic fruit; 

 and the best collection of roses. On the whole, the present exhibition 

 exceeded whatever might have been anticipated, whether as regards the 

 quality and extent of the numerous specimens, or the attendance of visiters, 

 which, in point of numbers and respectability, was unexampled in the annals 

 of the Sheffield Society. {Doncaster, 6^-c., Gazette, May 6.) 



June 22. This ' exhibition was of first-rate character ; the plants, fruits, 

 and vegetables being of the finest quality, and the display of ranunculuses 

 exceeding that of any former year. The most successful exhibiters were 

 G. Younge, Esq. ; Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Surrey, Mr. Mearns, and 



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