The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-06 00:00:00

THE EXHIBITION.

Ranged along the -middle of the tent were a great
variety of heaths,
.white and pink, scarlet and fancy-
fuchsias, greenhouse and stove plants, liliums, and
baskets of flswers, surmounted by stately ferns
.of the
rarest order: . On. the right side of the tent potent the
loveliest- -rases, -and. calceqarirti,'orchidriceonir, plants,
and devices of . flowers,: were. tastefully. arranged on a
spacious shelf. The effect was extremely
.pleasing. On•
the left side, similarly ordered, were the •beantiful
got:finals), aadiarieties of ferns. The endi.of the teat
were respectively occupied •by cut roses and
,specimens
of links and Vegetables. The old standard Competitors
for floral honours were repreiented as strongly as ever.
MeSsrs: Littledele, Leatherbarrow, Hornby, Bibby, Goo.
Davies; Yairrie, Holt, Gardner, Jackson, Bristow, Bates,
Grilltbs, &teahouse, and Martindale's names presented
themselies on'the usual cards in every department, whilst
there appeared a feW stranger-names here and there. Mr.
Griffiths reigned supreme' amongst' the roses—with the
exception of one or two of the Rev. Mr. Croekett'shis
roses appeared 16
.have, carried off all
.the prizes, .and
certainly the specimens he exhibited were 'of the rieheSt
posSible kind ; encomiums were shoWered upon them
from all quarters. Mr. Leatherbarrow shone among the
'fuchsias, the first prize for six specimens, and the second,
prize for four, being won by him ; the specimens were
--deeidedlY.liandseinelloiers,: Mr. Holt took the palm for
fbar varieties most creditably. The prize specimens exhi-
bited by Mr.. Hugh Hornby were also beautiful leviers;
btft their- pale colours .did ant' .attraal all the attention
bestoyiedion their more pretending neighbours, the red
'and-Muu:of Mr. Leatherbarrow. Lovely verbena were
those-of Mr. &teahouse. . The variegated plants of Mr.
Martindale 'And Miss Bahr; and . the greenhouse and
stoveplants or Messrs. Bibby,-Dairies, -Leatherbarrovi, •
,A.44..)144..ri,..w.er.e. truly magnificent:: The hardy.ahrube,
and ',the? more showy pelargoniums;- came. up to the
usual. "stiaidarel and le, indeed,: did every flower in
every department. The devices of 'flowers 'added not
a littile to .the attractions of the north end of the
:tent') yet there was something more attractive in
that end thah either ferns or flowers, viz., the specimens

of fruits. These were really magnificent. A mamma
';•Was`, ieard to address her little son—" Now, my boy,
come away.. from • these strawberries : they smell so
.nicely,. that r am Afraid. temptation,will beset us, if
we remain." The Earl of
'Derby took, a first, prize
Ifni:the bCst collection of fruits,,which.couiiite&nf Some,
beautiful black grapes,, peaches, and cherries. .11e also
.exhibited another set of prize peaches-,lall_reallk excel-
lent. Mr. Jackson showed a colleetion of fruits, little,
_if anything,,inferior to those of 'the noble, earl. Of
'melons, gooseberries, strawberries, nectarines,. black and
red currants, &c:,there.was a splendiddisplay. There
war a large amOunt of vegetables exhibited ; and, look-
ing at them prOniiscuously, each appeared 'to outvie the
• ••• • • '
rye following is a list of the prizes • • -
r".
" L PS OF PLANTS.

Pit Ipeginaens ; 1, Mr George Davies, nurseryman ;
2,.A Fairrie, .Esq; Rimmer, gardener. Four: 1, Hugh
Itoriftiyi,,=Esq,l,' Dawrion, gardener; 2, J J Bibby, Esq,
riiraUeltle;ligdiner:
o,tichs*s;*:;;Aii : Leitiherbarrow, EN, Charles Jones,
gardener; 2, N Martindale, Esq, John Matthews, gardener;
_Penn' 1, G Half, jun; 'Esq, Thomas Parkinson, gardener.. 2,
J •Leatlierbariow, Esq; 3, T Stenhouse, Esq, David Reid,
gardener. •

Pelargoniums. Eight : 1, Mrs Rawdon, T!iomas Roberts,
gardener; 2, Mr C Rylance, nurseryman ; 3, Mrs Stringer,
Samuel Liversage, gardener. Four: 1, Sir R Bulkeley, John
Mabel, gardener ; 2, Mrs Rawdon ; 3, Mrs Stringer. Six
fancy : 1, W Jackson, Esq, W Woolley, gardener ; 2, Mrs
Stringer; '3', Sir R Bulkeley.
Ro&es; in pots. Eight : 1 and .Mr R Griffiths. Four : 1
and 2,. Rey 11 1' Creckett, George Ward, gardener ; 3, Mr R
• Griffiths. • •

Achimenvst Four : 1, Mrs Rawdon ; 2, 8 -Radford, Esq, W
trnins, gaideiief; 'B, Mrsßird, Thomas Fleetwood, gardener.
Verbenas. Six : 2, T Stenhouse, Esq.

Rix : 1, It Bates, tsq, John Turner, gardener ; 2,
T Stenhouse, Esq ; 3, Mrs Rawdon.
. _

. „
Caleeolarias. Six : 1, T Stenhouse, isq ; 2, J J Bibby, Esq
3, William dxley;ESq, T M'Glashan, gardener.
gioxineas.: Six : 1, J B Leatherbarrow, Esq; 2, N Martin-
dale, Esq, John Matthews, gardener; 3, George Davie nur-
seryman.

Ferns. Eight: 1, J T Baynes, John Vernon, gardener; 2
and 3, Isaac Hadwen, J Armstrong, gardener.
Lyeopodiums. Six : 1, Miss Bahr, John Glover, gardener;
2, Mrs Bird; 3, John Campbell, Esq, J Everett, gardener.
Exotic Orchidacete.—Six : 1 and 2, Isaac Hadwen. Four :,
1, Isaac Hadwen, Esq ;2, .13 Leatherbarrow, Esq ; 3, Mrs
Rawdon. •

Stove or Greenhouse Volts. Eight:. I, J B Leatherbarrow,
Esq ; 2, Hugh Hornby, Esq; 3, A Fairrie, Esq. Four: 1, Jl3
Leatherbarrow, Esq; 2, A Fairrie, Em ;. 3; John Bristow, Esq,
Aichard•Leadbetter, gardener. •

Variegated Plants. Eight : 1, Mit*" Pithi; 2, N Martindale,
Esq.' '
CLASS lI—SII4.GLE SP CIMENB.
Heath .1, ThOmas Kendall, Esq, J Feitionside,gardener ; 2,
A Fairrie, Esq ; 3,:Mrs WROskell; P R Cola gardener.
Fuchsia : 1, George Holt, jun, Esq ; 2, 31,-C, Gardener, Esq.
R Dwerryman, gardener; 3, C Rylance, nurseryman.
Pelargoniuni: 1 'and 2, W Jackson, Esqi '3; Hir Richard
Bulkeley, Bart:. :Fancy ditto : 1, W Jackson, Esq ; 2, Mrs
Stringer ; 3. John. Bristow, Esq.
Orchidateous Plant 1; 14ro name; 2 ind 3, Thos Kendall,
Esq: •
CalceOlatia : t Stenhonse, Esq ; 2.and 3, Mrs W Roskell.

I,ilium : I, Rev R P Crokett ; .2, no name.
`'Stove Plant: .1; Thomas Kendall, Esq ; 2, George Davies,
nurseryman; 3; J'B Leatherbarrow.
Greenhouse Plant : and 3, J J Bibby, Esq ; 2, George
Davies, nurseryman. , • •
'''herbaceous Plant, in pot: 1, E Bates, Esq; 2, Mr Richard
PAittlths i. 3, John Campbell, Esq.
" Hardy Shrub : Mlsa Bahr.
CLASS 111.. MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS.

'Basket of Plants, fn pots:, 1, Mrs W Roskell ; 2, E Bates,
Esq ; 3, John Bristow, E5q....7
—.Device of Flowers :-I,.Mr..Charles Johnson, nurseryman;
Mrs Bird.
Colloption of Cut Flowers: 1, John Campbell, Esq ; 2, J Rad-
-3,-.llrs hawdon,

Poppet for the hand: 1, Mrs W Racket'; 2, Messrs J Kel-
lock and Co, nurserymen ; 3, J J Bibby, Esq.
Cut Roses. Twentyrfour't 1,2, and 3, Mr C Rylance.
Twetre : 1, Mrs Bird; 2, Sir it Btilkeley ; 3,•Rev It P Crockett.
Eight : 1, Sir R Bulkeley; 2, competitors not named ; 3, John
Bristow,'Esq. '
: • • - CLASS M.-FLORISTS' • FLOWERS.
• Pinks. ;Twelve : 1 and 2, Thomas Coombes, Esq, A Ross,
gardener.. ' .
Partitee. .Twenty-four : 1 and 2, J Rrundrit, Esq, J Wake-
field, gardener.; ,3,, W Wright, Esq, J Shakeshaft, gardener.
Twelve 1 and 2, W Wright, Esq; 3, J Brundrit,•Esq.
CI,ASS V.---FRUITS: ,
- Best collection of Fruits, . Si; ; Tit! Earl of Derby, J
Jennings, gardener. Four ;- 1, .W Jackson, Esq; 2, Sir R
Bulkeley; Bart ; 3, .1 Meredith, Esq, C Pears, gardener.
, Pine Apples. One: 1 and 3, 3 Meredith,- Esq; 2, Sir R
tinlkeley, Bart.
Black Grapes.. Two : 1, W Jackson, Esq; 2, no name; 3,
the Earl of Derby.
L.:: 111. v... :....,:.,
_ White Grapes. Two : 2, W Jackson, Esq. -,-.,: ...1
Peaches. Sil : 1, the Earl of Derby ; 2, W Jackson, Esq.
Nectarines. Six :1, the Earl of Derby ;2, II Littledale, Esq,
G Smith, gardener. -
~. Nell4lB. One: 1, W Jackson, Esq; 2, Wm Mann, Esq,
4v4Tql, gal.-401pr i 3, Mrs Stringer.
APplealNiOry)„, Six i 1 and 2, Mrs Bird.
§trirwberries, Twentlt-four : It * Roelmk, Esq ; 2 and 3,
W,Wright. Esq,
- .4841Pberries... 1, Harold Littledale, Esclt.
`'G°°Bobeiries. 1, EL Littledale, Esq; 2, 3 Brundrit, Esq;
3, 'w Wright, Esq.
'tlit '
2 ii. re, tB. Bed: 1; 2, and 3, W Mann, Esq. • White : 1 and
-" `4l4edale Eeq . 3, P Blessic Esq, J Richards- gardener.
Neck.; I ana '1 -1 '
Cherries-7V 4 Liftwoe, Xiici ;
_I, J Brundrit, Esq.
1, Eer/pr Derby; 2 and q H I.4ttledule, EN*
• Best cou„,__,.ei:ASS VI:--VEdETABLES.
Derby ; 3, iiZ.'7,ll.' .six : r, }William *VII,' EN ; 2, Rani q
Cucumber!e_ Tetft -Cl4"' ;
3, Mr C Ryisa, W° ; 1, /SU Ckas. Rylance; 2, Earl of Derby;
Mann,
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Rylance; 2, P. Bleseig, Esq; 3, T Stenhouse,
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MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD

Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of this board, Mr,
Cl mice Turner, the chairman, pre'sided, and the other
mashers present were Messrs. Littledale, Brocklebank,
Evans, Rounthwaite, Graves, Inman, Lockett, Boult,
Darbyshire, Segar, Hubback, Farnworth, Forwood.
Monde', Arnold, Rankin, Hutchison, and Shand.