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staged for competition, and among them were a great number of splendid 

 flowers {Gard. Gaz., June 23.) 



Stafford Horticultural Society. — Aug. 8. The company was not numerous, 

 but the flowers were very good. 



Lichfield Floricidtural and Horticultural Society. — Ai(g. 23. This was a 

 most splendid show of carnations. 



Westhamjjton and Staffordshire Horticultural and Floricidtural Society. — 

 Jtdy 3. This show was for friiit. 



Tannvorth Horticultural Society. — May. A splendid show of auriculas. 



JBurton upon Trent. — May 8. A good show. 



North Staffordshire Horticultural Society. — June 9. This was for hyacinths 

 and auriculas. 



Wolverhampton Floricidtural and Horticultural Society. — Sept. 18. This 

 was a grand dahlia show. 



Burtmi under Needwood Horticultural Society. — May 15. The best green- 

 edged auricula was the ploughboy ; grey, Kenyon's ringleader; and the best 

 white, pillar of beauty. {Gard. Gaz., June 2.) 



Suffolk. - — Stowmarket Horticultural Society. — Sept. 14. The exhibition 

 was of a superior character. {Ibid.) 



Surrey. — Kingston Royal Floricidtural and Horticidtural Society. — Sept. 

 This was a dahlia show. 



Sussex. — Chichester Horticidtural Society. — Aug. 28. The dahlias were 

 remarkably fine, and there were some splendid new varieties. (Ibid., 

 Sept. 22.) 



Hurst Horticultural Society. — Aug. 7. Many rare plants were exhibited, 

 but the gooseberries formed the chief attraction. 



Warwickshire. — Warwickshire Floral and Horticultural Society. — Jidy. 

 The following is a list of the principal prizes awarded at the third exhibition 

 of this Society : — Roses : premier prize, crimson moss, Mr. Coudrey ; purple, 

 scarlet, and crimson, 1st prize, royal purple, J. Pope and Sons ; 2d, seedling, 

 J. Pope and Sons; blush, pink, and lilac, 1st prize, Provence, Mr. Coudrv ; 

 shaded, mottled, striped, or edged, 1st prize, Rosa Mundi, J. Pope and 

 Sons ; white, cream, and yellow, 1st prize, Madame D'Aubray, W. C. Burman, 

 Esq. ; moss roses, 1st prize, blush, Mr. J. Moore; roses, in pots, 1st prize, 

 sweet-scented China, Mr. Coudrey; cluster, 1st prize, RusselbV«7«. — Pinks: 

 premier prize, Duke of St, Albans, Mrs. Haslope; purple laced, 1st prize, 

 Duke of St. Albans, Mrs. Haslope; red laced, 1st prize, seedling, Mr. Cou- 

 drey; plain, 1st prize, seedling, Mr. Barnes. — Ranunculus: premier prize. 

 Princess Charlotte, J. Pope and Sons ; purple, crimson, and scarlet, 1st prize, 

 Mr. Phillips ; orange, yellow, and pale colours, 1st prize, Mr. Wilcox; white 

 ground, striped, spotted, and edged, 1st prize, Mr. Phillips ; yellow ground, 

 striped, spotted, and edged, 1st prize, Mr. Wilcox. — Stove plants : 1st prize, 

 Gloxfn2« speciosa, D. Houghton, Esq. — Orchideous plants : 1st prize, Cyc- 

 noches Loddigesii, J. Pope and Sons; 2d, Epidendron fragrans var., D. 

 Houghton, Esq. — Green-house plants: 1st prize, Pimelea decussata, J. 

 Gough, Esq. — Plants of commerce : 1st prize, Thea Bohea, D.Houghton, 

 Esq. — Ericas : 1st prize, Gemmifera, Mrs. Haslope — Calceolarias : 1st prize, 

 C. guttata J. Gough, Esq. — Frame plants : 1st prize, Cypripediun spectabiie, 

 J. Pope and Sons. — Herbaceous plants : 1st prize, Z)elphfnium Barloww, Mr. 

 Dickenson. — Tender annuals : 1st prize, Clintoma pulchella, Mr. Dickenson. 

 Hardy annuals : 1st prize, Collinsk bicolor, Mr. Whale. (Midland Counties 

 Herald, July 26.) 



jBirmingham Horticultural and Botanical Society. — The following summary 

 will show the progress that this Society has been making, during the past 

 year ; it is from the Report of the Committee : — 



" Your committee, in submitting to the members of the Society a statement 

 of their proceedings during the past year, cannot but congratulate them on 

 the increasing celebrity of the gardens, which are daily attracting the attention 

 of the most distinguished British and foreign botanists, many of whom 

 during the last few months, have honoured them with a visit, and expressed 



