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Pinks. —(4 best, one of a sort) Fir.st Prize—Ilarefielcl Beauty, Big;;les\vade Beauty, Bojlli’s 
Wellington, Sharpe’s Seedling—Mr. Prior. 
Second Prize—Borrett’s Conqueror, Barnard’s Bexley Hero, La Belle Alliajice, 
Harefield Beauty—Mr. Haylook. ' 
Pink—Prize—Bray’s Invincible—Mr. Haylock. 
Seedling Ditto—Prize—Mr. llijy.sher. 
Roses—(6 best.) First Prize—Seedling, Pouiponore Blanc, African Black, Blanch Superb, 
White, ISouvelle Piroine, Basse Violette—Mr. Widnall. 
Second Prize—Double Yellow, George the Fourth, White Proveuce, Blush Scarlet 
Moss, two unknown—Kev. 11. Lascelles. 
llo.se—Prize—Shaleuse Provence—Mr. Gimson. 
COTTAGER’S PRIZES. 
Potatoe.s—(IIB of new)—James Tuck, Windmill Cottage, Ilarston. 
Roses—(.1 of different sorts) George the Fourth, Moss Rose, Unknown—Edward Dowse, 
Tckleton. 
The next show was announced for Friday, the 22nd of July, when Cottager’s Prizes will be 
given for the best Carnation,Balsam, | tt> of Currants, ditto of Gooseberries, 50 French Beans, 
and Nosegay, to be cut from the cottager.s’s own garden only. A vote of thanks to the Chair- 
man was passed unanimously, after the business of the day was over. 
CAMBRIDGE FLORISTS’ SOCIETY. 
The Florists’ Society held their Ranunculus and Pink Shows, at the Hoop Hotel, on Tuesday 
June 21st. There were upwards of 400 blooms sent in for competition. 
DEVON AND EXETER BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
At the Monthly Committee Meeting of this Society, yesterday, at tlieir room, 2G3 High-Street 
in this city, there were exhibited from tlie. gardens of Mr. Johnes, Hill’s-Court, beautifiii spe¬ 
cimens of the Alstrcemeria Tricolor, Piinele Decussata, Lilium LongiHorum, and Gloxinia 
Caulescens; and from the gardens of Messrs. Dymond and Co, a rich display of Pelargoniums, 
amongst which were the following varieties;—P. Instratnm, Nutans, Glorianum or (ineen of 
Portugal, Betsy, Compartuin, Laxitiorium, Princess Augusta, Herione, Conchyllatum, Colley- 
anum, &c., together with a specimen of Thunbergia Alata, some part of Messrs. Dymoiid’s 
display fiiiding a purchaser in the room.— Exeter Elying POST. 
HULL BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
The Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Garden was held at the King.stone 
Hotel on Wednesday, May the IIth—Col. Althorpe, the President in the chair. In the first 
instance, the attention of the Meeting wliicli was much larger than usual, was called to the 
statement of the accounts, and such explanations were given as satisfied every person present 
that great economy had been used, and the finances were m a most favourable state. A long 
li.st of donations to the Garden was then read, and tlianks voted to the donors. The other resolu¬ 
tions werecaiTied and a committee chosen for the ensuing year. W. Engli.sh E.sq. of Denmark 
Hill, has presented to the Botanic Garden u ne varieties of the Ixia, brought from the Cape of 
Good Hope, by Mr. Webb, a friend of his. 
MANCHESTER BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Second Exhibition of this Society, for the present season, was held at the Royal-Ex¬ 
change Dining-Room, on ftlonday, July 18th. The display of Fruits and Yegetables was 
excellent, ^rticnlarly the Grapes, some of the bunches weighing several pounds each, all 
heautifully’^swelled and ricldy coloured. Amongst the Vegetables, our attention was .also di¬ 
rected to some fine Celery, the size of which at so early a season, far exceeded anything of the 
kind we ever before witnessed.— We hope some of our Manchester friends will not fail to favor 
us with an article on its cultivation. 
The manner of placing the Fruit ibr exhibition, was the best we have ever .seen;—each sort 
was placed together di.stinctly, commencing with Ihnes, then Grapes, dec. by this plan a com¬ 
parison of their respective merits was at once t'asily made. 
None but Subscribers and their families were admitted, until a certain hour m the afternoon, 
when the public was allowed to enter by paying a small remuneration. We imderstaiul, the 
Society intends to have its next Exhibition at tlie Garden, winch is, considering the little time it 
has been commenced, in an amazing state of foiwardness.- CONDUCTORS. 
MANCHESTER FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
(FREE TO ALL ENGLAND.) 
Th E second meeting of tins Society for the present season, was held on Monday the 23rd of Ma v 
in the Albion Bazaar. The meeting ^as intended principally for the exhibition of tulips. ()f 
these there was a numerous assemblage; but, unfortunately for several of the i)rincipal growers, 
the day of exliibitioii was fixed at too late a period to allow of their producing many of their 
best flowers in a state of perfection ; numbers of those produced were considerably overblown ; 
and many others, we understand, were entirely withheld, from the same cause. Notwithstand¬ 
ing this disadvantage, the show wa.s fully etjual, and wa.s considered by several jndge.s, lo bn 
.vui>erior to that of any former meeting; the feathered bizarres in particular were decidedly 
entitled to this praise; and the featliered roses were scarcely, if at all, inferior to Uieui. Tlie 
