Somersetshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, fyc. 683 



tion of no ordinary character was anticipated ; especially as the very liberal 

 scale on which the prize list was formed could not fail to induce distant 

 growers to enter the field of competition. The result fully justified such 

 anticipation ; and it was generally admitted that the blooms on the present 

 occasion were very superior to those exhibited at the previous year's show. 

 The seedlings sent in for competition were very numerous, owing, in a great 

 measure, to the elegant salver presented by Harry Biggs, Esq., for the first 

 prize in this class. This piece of plate had the following inscription neatly 

 engraved on it : — " Presented to the Salisbury and West of England Royal 

 Dahlia Society, by the President, for the best Seedling Dahlia raised in 1838." 

 At the south end of the council chamber appeared a magnificent device, com- 

 posed of upwards of 5000 dahlia flowers, the work of Messrs. Keynes. Beneath 

 the national arms, surrounded by the motto of the garter, appeared the name of 

 our gracious sovereign ; and under this, on a superb scroll, was the name of 

 the patroness of the Society, Queen Adelaide. The manner in which the 

 letters forming these illustrious names were fashioned, and shaded by darker 

 flowers, was highly creditable to the taste and ability of the parties who 

 formed the device. Above the garter was a crown and banners, &c, on two 

 of which were inscribed the names of the Countesses of Pembroke and Rad- 

 nor, the vice-patronesses of the Society. No other material but the flowers 

 of the dahlia was used in this unrivalled tableau, which was 18 ft. in height. 

 In another part of the room appeared a large and splendid representation of 

 the arms of the city, also composed wholly of dahlia blooms. The supporters, 

 formed of bright yellow flowers, were very effective. Mr. Godwin of High 

 Street constructed this latter device. (Ibid., Sept. 29.) 



Calne Horticultural Society. — Sept. 12. 1838. See Gard. Gaz., 1839, p. 62. 



Worcestershire. — Worcestershire Horticultural Society. — Spring show, 

 and May 29. See Ibid., p. 381. — July 17. Ibid., p. 453. — Jidy 23. Ibid., 

 p. 501. 



Yorkshire. — West Riding Horticultural Shoiu. — Sept. 5. 1838. See Ibid., 

 1838, p. 733. 



Keighly Dahlia Show. — Sept. 19. 1838. See Ibid., p. 835. 



Liversedge Horticultural and Floral Society. — Sept. 21. 1838. See Ibid., 

 p. 836. 



Malton Horticultural Show. — Oct. 2. See Ibid., p. 838. 



Hotherham Society of Florists and Amateurs. — Oct. 5. 1838. See Ibid., 

 p. 836. 



The North Riding Horticultural and Floricultural Society. — Sept. 27. The 

 fruits and vegetables were of the very first order, and the display of dahlias, 

 above 1200 in number, beautiful beyond description. There was great com- 

 petition for the prizes granted by the Earl of Tyrconnel and the Society to 

 industrious cottagers, and the vegetables exhibited by them were certainly of 

 the finest sort. (York Herald, Oct. 5.) 



Sheffield Bazaar Florists' Society.— - Oct. 9. 1838. See Gard. Gaz., 1839, 

 p. 76. 



Leeds Horticultural Society. — For the carnation and picotee show for 1838, 

 see Ibid., p. 76. 



Retford and Bawtry Horticultural Society. — May 7. See Ibid., p. 298. — 

 May 14. Ibid., p. 330. — Oct. 4. Ibid., p. 677. 



Sheffield Horticidtural Society. — May 16. See Ibid., p. 331. — June exhi- 

 bition. Ibid., p. 452. 



Hull Floral and Horticidtural Show. — Spring show. See Ibid., p. 365. — 

 Aug. 15. Ibid., p. 546. 



York Horticultural Society. — Spring show. See Ibid., p. 365. — June 26. 

 Ibid., p. 428. — Aug. 20. Ibid., p. 562. 



Ripon Florists' Society. — Spring show. See Ibid., p. 397. — June show. 

 Ibid., p. 600. 



Doncaster Horticultural Show. — Summer show. See Ibid., p. 455. 



Whitby Horticultural Society. — July 23. See Ibid., p. 562. 



