The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-10 00:00:00

WOOLTON FLORAL, &c. SHOW.

On Thursday the first exhibition for the season took
place, in a spacious marquee, erected for the occasion, on
a plot of ground close to the church. Though the weather
was not so inviting as might have been expected for the
time of year, the attendance was unusually numerous, and
the show was particularly pleasing, being in tae opinion of
many, one of the finest ever witnessed in the same place.
A stand of three pelargoniums, sent by Ambrose Lace, Esq.,
which obtained the first prize, was greatly admired for its
symmetrical form and extraordinary profusion of beautiful
flowers. W. Shand, Esq. furnished several exceedingly
fine plants, and amongst them a rhododendron:), to which
the first prize was awarded, received its due :need of at-
tention. There were several immense sticks of rhubarb,
sent by T. Rawson, Esq. ; and there were some ripe cur-
rants and grapes. which looked as tempting as they were
rare. The new potatoes, peas, and gooseberries, were also
remarkably fine. The baskets of flowers and vegetables
reared and most beautifully arranged by the cottagers,
showed in"a very praiseworthy degree the taste, skill, and
industry of the contributors, and were not by any means
the least attractive arnonp t the multitudinous and splen-
did specimens of nature's beauties by which they were
surrounded. Messrs. Davies, the seedsmen, sent several
plants, but not for competition. The following is a list of
the prizes :
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FRUITS.—Best pine, Mrs. Foster. Best white grapes, Ist prize
Wm. Shand ; ad ditto Wm. Gilgeous. Best dish of apples. Mrs.
George Copeland. Best dish of gooseberries. Ist prize Thomas
Rawson, Esq.; 2d ditto Wm. Gilgeous. Best dish of currants,
Ist prize Thomas Rawson.
VEGETABLKS.—Best dish of peas, Mrs. Joseph Ashton. Best
dish of beans, Mr. Joseph Warburton, of the coffee-house,
Woolton. Best dish of French beans, Mrs. Joseph Alison.
Best brace of cauliflowers. Ist prize Mrs. Joseph Ashton ;
ditto Wm. Shand. Best dish of potatoes. Ist prize Richard
Alison ;2d ditto Thomas Rawson. Best brace of white cabbage.
Ist prize Mr. Dunlop; 2,1 ditto Thomas Rawson. Best bunch
of csrrots. Ist prize William Gilgeous; ad ditto Mrs. Joseph
Alison. Best hunch of turnips. Ist prize Mrs. Joseph Ashton ;
2d ditto Wm. Shand. Best brace of cucumbers. Ist prize Mr.
John Molyneux ; 2d ditto Richard Alison ; 3d ditto John Moly-
neux. Best four sticks of red celery, Wm. Gilgeous. Best
brace • f lettuce, Mr. Warburton. Best dish of curled parsley.
Mr. Dunlott. Best six onions. Ist prize Mr. Dunlop ; 2d ditto
Thomas Rawson. Best dish of mushrooms. Ist prize Mrs.
Joseph Ashton ; 3d ditto Mrs. Foster. Best six sticks of rhu-
barb. according to weight. Ist, 2d, and 3d prizes to Thomas
Rawson. Best collection of vegetables. Ist prize Richard
Alison ; 2d ditto Wm. Gilgeous.
CorrAcags' Paints —Fur the cleanest and best-cultivated
garden. Ist prize Thomas Tattersall ; ad ditto Wm. Molyneux ;
3d ditto Thomas Riding. Best collection of useful common
vegetables. Thomas Riding. Best assortment of cut flowers,
Thomas Riding. Best window plants and flowers. Ist prize
-Mr. Hill ; 2d ditto Thomas Riding.
PLANTS.—Best stove plants. in flower. :St prize Richard
Alison, Esq. ; 2d ditto Mrs. Foster ; 3d ditto Ambrose Lace,
Esq. ; 4th ditto Wm. Shand. Esq. Best green-house plants, in
flors-er. tst prize Mr. Shand ;24 ditto Mrs. J. Ashton ; 3d ditto
Mrs. Foster; 4th ditto Mrs. Ashton. Best st.lnd of three pel kr.
goniums. Ist prize Mr. Lace ; 24 ditto Mr. Shand ; 3d ditto
Mrs. J. Ashton. Best collection of cut roses, (not fewer than
;2 varieties.) Ist prize Mrs. J. Ashton; 2d ditto, Mr. Alison,
Six varieties. Ist prize Mr. Alison; 24 ditto Mrs. J Ashton.
Best stand of six ericas, Mr. A isoo. Best device of flowers.
Ist prize Mr. Wm. Hill ; 2cl ditto Mr. Thomas Tattersall. Best
basket of cut flowers. Ist prize Mr. Alison ; 2d ditto Mr. Shand.
Best basket of plants. Ist prize Mrs J. Ashton ; 2d ditto Mrs.
Foster; 3d ditto sir. Alison. Best stand of three calceolarias.
Ist prize Mr. Alison; 2d ditto Mrs. J. Ashton. Best orchideous
plant. Ist prize Mr. Alison ; 2d ditto Wm. Gilgeous ; 3d ditto
Richard Alison. Best collection of fuchsias ltt prize Mrs.
Fos'er ; 24 ditto Wm. Gilgeous. Best hardy shrub, in flower.
Ist prize Wm. Shand ; 2d ditto Richard Alison.