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Best 3 Cockscombs, Sir M. Montefiore. 
Best 3 Balsams, Mrs. Alexander; second-best ditto, L. C. 
Humfrey, Esq. 
Best 3 scarlet Geraniums, J. Slater, Esq. 
Best 3 Verbenas (Stewartii, 2 not named), T.N. Harris, Esq.; 
second-best ditto (not named), ditto. 
Best 6 miscellaneous plants (Heliotropium peruvianum, 
Fuchsia conspicua, Hoya carnosa, Nerium Oleander, Maurandya 
Barclayana); second-best ditto, Gesneria zebrina, G. splendens 
major, Campanula garganica, Stapelia glandulifera, Leschenaultia 
formosa, Fuchsia Youellii, 1. N. Harris, Esq., L. C. Humfrey, 
Esq.; best 3 ditto (Myrtus communis, Citrus Aurantium, 
Salvia fulgens), Sir Richard Burton; second-best ditto, Mrs. 
A. lcxsn de 1 * 
Cut Flowers. — Best 12 Dahlias, a silver cup, value 5/., the 
Rev. J. G. Hodgson; second-best ditto, Mr. Hills ; third-best 
ditto, Mr. Silk; best 6 ditto, the Rev. J. G. Hodgson; second- 
best ditto, Mr. Silk ; third-best ditto, Captain Isacke. 
Best 6 Lemon African Marigolds, the Rev. F. V. Lockwood; 
second-best ditto, Mr. Silk; best 12 double French ditto, John 
Sladden, Esq.; second-best ditto, ditto. 
Best 12 double Asters, the Rev. F. V. Lockwood; second 
best ditto, Mr. Silver. 
Best 12 Zinnias, John Sladden, Esq.; second-best ditto, ditto. 
Best floral device—an ornament, value 2£. 2s. (an embroideied 
chair, cushion, and carpet), Mrs. Humfrey ; second-best ditto (a 
booth with a flower-show beneath), Mrs. Geoige Hodgson. 
Extra. — Best 6 Orange African Marigolds, Mr. Silk ; second 
best ditto, the Rev. F. V. Lockwood. 
A Seedling Dahlia of 184-3 (Lady St. Maur), Mr. Brown of 
Slough. . ... 
A specimen plant (Lisianthus Russelhanus), Mi. Cuthill, 
Denmark-hill, Camberwell. 
An Ornamental hive of bees, Sir Richard Burton. 
Nottingham Floral and Horticultural Society. 
On Wednesday the 20th instant, the last show for the present 
season of this Society, took place at the Assembly Rooms, Not¬ 
tingham, for the exhibition of Dahlias, Stove, Greenhouse, and 
Herbaceous Plants, Ericas, Hardy Shrubs, and specimens of all 
Fruit and Vegetables in season. At two o’clock, the room was 
opened to the public, when it was soon filled by a highly le- 
spectable and fashionable assemblage. The Dahlias were very 
scarce, in consequence of their having been attacked by an in¬ 
sect (which is general this year) called the “thnp, which 
entirely destroys both the shape and the colour of the flowei s, 
those exhibited were, however, good; and showed that gieat 
care and attention must have been bestowed by the pai ties who 
produced them, more especially the first amateur s pan of 24 
