610 Provincial Horticultural Societies : — 



Harris's conqueror; Light ground spottled, mottled, or edged, 1. Mr. Todd's 

 Dod's Mary; Light crimson, or ruby, 1. Mr. Pearson's chance; Dark ground, 

 white tip or edge, 1. Mr. Pearson's king of tips; Lilac, I. Mr. Chaplin's Lady 

 Borer; Dark ground striped or edged, L and 2. Mr. Duke's Frederica; 

 Salmon, or buff, 1. Mr. Hepton's exquisite; Seedlings, 1837-38, 1, 2, 3, and 

 4. Mr. Pearson ; 5. Mr. Todd. (Ibid.) 



The York Ancient Florists' Society. — Sept. 27. Among the prizes were : 

 Dark purple, 1. Mr. Beane's Widnall's ne plus ultra; White, or blush, 1. Mr. 

 Beane's Foster's Eva; Dark puce, or maroon, 1. Mr. Edward's Girling's 

 Suffolk hero; Pink, or rose, 1. Mr. Beane's Turner's carmine perfection; 

 Light scarlet, or orange, 1. Mr. Edwards's Widnall's reliance ; Yellow, or sul- 

 phur, 1. Mr. Bell's Sulphurea elegans; Globes, L Rev. H. Chaloner's crimson; 

 Dark scarlet, or red, 1. Mr. Beane's Dray's glory of the west; Light ground 

 spotted, mottled, or edged, Rev. H. Chaloner's Dod's Mary; Lilac, I. Mr, 

 Beane's Neville's hope; Dark crimson, 1. Mr. Edwards's Knight's victory; 

 Yellow ground striped or edged, 1. Mr. Edwards's Ansell's unique; Dark 

 ground white tipped or edged, 1. Mr. Beane's star of Buckland ; Light crim- 

 son, or ruby, 1. Mr. Edwards's Girling's ruby; Dark ground striped or 

 edged, \. Mr. Parker's Frederica; Salmon, or buff", 1. Mr. Beane's Kingston's 

 maid of Judah. (I/nd.) 



North Riding Horticidtural and Floricidtural Society. — Alay 25. Among 

 the prizes awarded by the judges were: — Fruits: Black grapes, Mr. Whiting, 

 gardener to the Earl of Tyrconnell ; white grapes, Mr. Whiting. Vegeta- 

 bles : — Cucumbers : 1. Mr. Ellinor, gardener to J. Hutton, Esq, Flowers : 

 — Stove plants in pot : 1. Sinningza guttata, Mr. Ellinor. Green-house plants : 



1. Azalea indica Smithra, Mr. Ellinor. Heaths : Eutaxia wzyrtifolia, Mr. Ma}'. 

 Pelargoniums, 1st class, 1. Reform, Mr. Ellinor; 2d class, 1. Pavonium maxi- 

 mum, Mr. Ellinor; 3d class, 1. Mollifolium, Mr. Ellinor; 4th class, 1. 

 Queen of Scots, Mr. Ellinor; 5th class, 1. Britoniensis, Mr. Ellinor; 6th 

 class, 1. Ne plus ultra, Mr. Ellinor. Calceolarias : 1. Justick bicolor, Mr. 

 Ellinor ; 2. Crenata splendens, Mr. May ; 3. Elegantissima superba, Mr. 

 May; 4. Paxtonz'a superba, Mr. Ellinor; 5. Cactiflora splendens, Mr. May; 

 6. Kellya?2fl! grandifolia, Mr. May. (York Herald, June 2.) 



July 27. Floivers. Stove plants in pot : 1. Fuchsi« fulgens, Mr. May ; 



2, Russelk _yuncea, ditto. Green-house plants in pot : I, 2. Gladiolus, Mr. 

 May. Exotic bouquet: 1. Mr. Ellinor. (Ibid., Aug. 4.) 



Sept. 21. The fruits and vegetables were of the very first order, and the 

 display of dahlias beautiful beyond description. Two of the judges, who at- 

 tended from York, declared they had never seen a finer collection. The chair 

 was taken by the Rev. T. W. Morley, who, after addressing the company 

 with reference to the objects of the day, read to the company a very elegant 

 treatise on the nature and the culture of the dahlia, which had been drawn 

 up by Mr. Wood, one of the judges from York, and which was much admired 

 and approved of. About twenty cottagers' prizes were given by the Earl of 

 Tyrconnel. Among the prizes was one for a stove plant in pot, Gloriosa 

 superba, Mr. Ellinor. (Yorkshireman, Sept. 29.) 



West Riding Horticultural Society. — July 25. This show is principally for 

 fruit and vegetables, 



Sheffield Horticidtural Society. — Sept. 26. On no former occasion was 

 there ever a richer display of plants, fruits, and vegetables. (Ibid.) 



Ripon Florists' Society. — • Sept. 22. The following were among the prizes 

 awarded : — Dahlias : 1st class, Dark, 1. Mr. P. Gregg's Beauty of Bedford; 

 2d class, Purple, 1. Mr. P. Gregg's Lord Liverpool; 3d class. Sulphur, 1. 

 Mr. Binn's Sulphurea elegans; 4th class, Rosy crimson, I. Mr, Binn's Spring- 

 field rival ; 5th class. Blush, Mr. Binn's beauty of Cambridge ; 6th class. 

 Scarlet, 1, and 2. Mr. W. Hebden's scarlet perfection; 7th class. Yellow, I. 

 Mr. T. Harrison's unknown; 8th class. Purple-edged, 1. Mr. T. Harrison's 

 unknown; 9th class. Crimson, 1. and 2. Mr. W. Gregg's Black Prince; 10th 

 class. Spotted, 1. Mr. W. Grayson's Dod's Mary; 11th class, Whites, I. 



