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The Annual Marlborough Pink Show.— June 13. The following prizes 

 were awarded : — First prize, to Mr. James Hillier, for his Marlborough rival, 

 a seedling, Victoria, ditto, Lady Ackland, one of the ring, Barrett's Con- 

 queror, Westlake's hero ; second prize, to Mr. Edward Vaisey, for his Lady 

 Ackland, Royal William, one of the ring, Marlborough rival, Barrett's con- 

 <]ueror, Earl of Uxbridge ; third prize, to Mr. John Wentworth, for his Zelf's 

 Mary-Anne, Lady Ackland, Hibbet's triumphant, Barrett's conqueror, regent, 

 one of the ring. {Salisbury Herald, June 21.) 



The Salisbiay Cucumber Shoiv. — April 26. This show was a very good one, 

 and very well attended. {Ibid., April 27.) 



Kintbury Melon Shoiv. — August 21. The largest green-fleshed melon weighed 

 10 lb. 4 oz., and was of excellent flavour. 



Chippenham Dahlia Show. — Sept. 13. An excellent exhibition, with the 

 room very tastefully decorated. 



Worcestershire. — Worcestershire Horticultural and Floricultural Society, 



— June. This show was for flowers. 



Yorkshire. — Beverley and East Riding Floral and Horticultural Exhibition, 



— June 13. The marquee and assembly-room were well filled, though far 

 from crowded. The exhibition itself (we mean of flowers and fruits) amply 

 sustained — in some respects, much increased — the great celebrity the Society 

 has attained. We question whether any horticultural society could vie with the 

 East Riding in the display of green-house plants; the pelargoniums and cal- 

 ceolarias exceeding anything we had before witnessed. The pelargoniums 

 were principally from the green-houses of the Rev. L. Thoroton, and E. H. 

 Reynard, Esq. ; they were in splendid bloom, and excited universal admiration. 

 Among the calceolarias were several superb vai-ieties sent by Mrs. Bethell of 

 Rise, who takes a warm interest in the Society, and ever enriches the exhi- 

 bitions with some of the choicest exotics and other flowers in bouquets. 

 Among the rarer plants we noticed Clint6n«'« pulchella ; a very fine spe- 

 cimen of the elegant Cineraria Victoria, from the Hull Botanic Garden; 

 the TropEe^olum tricolorum var. major; some splendid rhododendrons ; ex- 

 cellent ericas, principally from Captain Shaw's ; several gorgeous azaleas ; 

 a good variety of tulips ; cut pseonies ; and last, but not least in the 

 admiration obtained, some delicious moss roses, the queen of flowers in 

 our estimation. Amongst the ornamental part of the exhibition was a bouquet 

 of exotic and hardy plants, formed in pilasters, sent by Captain Shaw. This 

 had a novel and most pleasing appearance. We saw also a basket of splendid 

 pelargoniums, sent by E. H. Reynard, Esq. Preeminent in beauty were the 

 collections of pansies sent by the Rev. F. Best. This gentleman is a most 

 successful cultivator of this lovely flower; he produces every year new and 

 most beautiful varieties, and on each occasion appears to eclipse himself. 

 Messrs. Forsyth and Ward of Anlaby sent a couple of trays of very excellent 

 pansies, and Mr. Press of Beverly a stand of beautiful plants. The deco- 

 rations of the marquee were this year novel and well varied, though not so 

 magnificent as in the autumn. At the extreme end was the word "Victoria," 

 each letter composed of a different variety of tulips, anemones, pelargoniums, 

 and other flowers, Over the president's place were the I'oyal arms, formed, 

 one compartment of white, and the other of lilac, flowers, the upper part and 

 crown, which surmounted the whole, being composed of exotics, pansies, and 

 herbaceous plants. We also observed a very splendid imperial crown formed 

 of exotics and herbaceous flowers ; both, we believe, furnished by Mrs. 

 Bethell. . At* the opposite end was the word " Flora," each letter formed of 

 varied-coloured pansies, upon a moss ground ; this was particularly neat and 

 beautiful. From the top of the marquee festoons of laburnum and other 

 flowers fell gracefully, and added much to the lightness and beauty of ap- 

 pearance. On the principal table was exhibited the splendid service of plate 

 so worthily presented to the zealous and able secretary, the Rev. Luke Dennis 

 which excited general admiration. The fruit and vegetables were also very 



