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Kelso Horticultural Society, Sept. 14. The premiums 
were awarded as follows : 
Dahlias : 1, Mr. D. Crichton, for Beauty of the Plain, Conqueror of 
the World, Rouge et Noir, Danecroft Rival, Andrew Hofer, Pickwick, 
Yellow Defiance, Lewisham Rival, Constancy, Bishop of Winchester, 
Phenomenon, Windmill Hill Rival; 2, Mr. J. Amour. 
Seedling : 1, Mr. J. Crichton; 2, Mr. H. Tait. 
Sweepstakes for the best Twenty Dahlias: 1, Mr. D. Crichton; 2, 
Mr. C. Pillans. 
Sweepstakes for the best Six Dahlias , by Amateurs: 1, Mr. R. 
Laidlaw; 2, Mr. W. Hilson. 
Sweepstakes for Nurserymen , best Twenty blooms : Mr. Lockie, 
Danecroft Rival, Advancer, Lee’s Bloomsbury, Pamplin’s Bloomsbury, 
Bishop of Winchester, Highgate Rival, Springfield Rival, Nicholas 
Nickleby, Pickwick, Egyptian Prince, Phenomenon, Oriental Pearl, 
Scarlet Defiance, Admirable, President of the West, Indispensable, Regina, 
Grande Baudine, Conservative, Lord Dudley Stuart; 2, Mr. Deans. 
Best 2 blooms of Mr. Lockie's Lady Charlotte , 3 1. 35., Mr. Douglas. 
Calceolarias: 1, Mr. G. Cruickshanks; 2, Mr. Scott. 
Fuchsias: 1, Mr. Deans; 2, Mr. Brunlees. 
Herbaceous Plants: l,Mr. Smith; 2, Mr. G. Cruickshanks. 
China Asters: l,Mr. Smith; 2, Mr. Dickson. 
Marigolds : 1, Mr. Smith ; 2, Mr. J. Amour. 
Penstemons : 1, Mr. Wilson ; 2, Mr. Reid. 
Verbenas: 1, Mr. Smith; 2, Mr. G. Cruckshanks. 
Phloxes: 1, Mr. Wilson ; 2, Mr. Smith. 
Lobelias : 1, Mr. C. Pillans; 2, Mr. G. Cruickshanks. 
Seedling Pansies of 1841 and 1842 : 1, Mr. Ferguson ; 2, Mr. Tait. 
Hollyhocks: 1, Mr. G. Taylor; 2, Mr. Wilson. 
North of England Dahlia Society, £ept. 21. The First 
Exhibition of Dahlias, cut Flowers, &c., was held at Mr. Dewar’s 
Jismond Gardens, on which occasion a laige pavilion, tastefully 
decorated with Flowers and Evergreens, had been erected on a 
portion of the ground. The attendance was highly respectable. 
The following prizes were awarded : 
Nurserymen, 1st Class: Dahlias. 
Eighteen blooms: 1, Mr. J. Edwards, York, for Duke of Richmond, 
Bang-up, Bloomsbury,Lady Harland, Scarlet Defiance, Pickwick, Andrew 
Hofer, Indispensable, Princess Royal, Premier, Essex Rival, Hope, 
Optime, Marquess of Lansdowne, St. George, Phenomenon, Sir R. 
Throckmorton, Mrs. Stanley; 2, Mr. H. Newton, Newcastle. 
