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Turban Romano, scarlet. 

 Turban Serapbique, citron. 

 Turban Suaveolens, orange. 



Twelve Varieties of Double Anemones. 

 Admiral Zoutman. dark blue. 

 Azure Incomparable, blue. 

 Blancbe et Rouge, red and white. 

 Ccelestina, blue. 

 Colour de Sang, red. 

 Feu superbe, scarlet. 

 High Admiral, scarlet. 

 Lightning, scarlet. 

 Lord Palmerston, puce. 

 Prince de Joinville, scarlet. 

 Rose surpassante, rose. 

 Salvaterre, orange, red, purple. 



HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 



ilRYSTAL PALACE Autumn Show of Fkuit and Cut Flowers, 

 August 26. — The grand autumn show of fruit and cut flowers, held 

 under the auspices of the Crystal Palace Company on the above date, 

 evinced no falling off either in the quantity or quality of the fruit, but 

 the long-continued drought, in combination with the excessive heat of 

 the past summer, had visibly affected that portion of the exhibition devoted to the 

 cut flowers. There was probably not more than one half the numbers of entries as 

 in former years, in any of the classes. It is not to be wondered at, for in many- 

 parts of the country hollyhocks and gladioli were more than a month earlier in 

 their season of flowering than last year. Sti-ange to say, nearly the whole of the 

 collections were fir&t-rate, with the exception of the rosea, which proved pretty- 

 clearly that the exhibitors bad taken no little pains over their productions ; and we 

 confess to feeling a little surprised at seeing the wonderfully fresh condition of the 

 subjects exhibited in the winning stands, more especially the dahlias and gladioli. 

 As the space at our disposal is so limited, we can do little more than enumerate the 

 names of the varieties in some of the prize stands, which, after all, Avill perhaps be as 

 useful as though we were to offer a long commentary on each. 



Dahlias. — In the trade classes, Mr, H. May, Bedale, Yorkshire, contributed 

 some grand stands, and took first for forty -eight, and twelve fancies, and second 

 for twenty-four ; Mr. Keynes, Salisbury, also had several good stands, taking first 

 with twenty-four, and second with forty-eight, and twelve fancies, 



Cut Bkoms exhibited by amateurs were not equal in finish to those staged by 

 the trade, though they were much better than could reasonably have been expected, 

 with the season Ave have had. The principal competitors were Mr. J. C. Perry, 

 The Cedars, Castle Bromwich ; Mr. Draycott, gardener to T. T. Paget, Esq., M.P., 

 Humberston Hall, Leicester ; Mr. T. Beck, Wimbourne, Dorset ; Mr. Perry being 

 first with twenty-four, and twelve fancies, with Mr. Draycott second in the first 

 class, and Mr. Beck in the second. In the other twelves, Mr. Draycott first ; Mr. 

 Rurfett, gardener to C. Lambert, Esq., Wandsworth Common, second ; Mr. Hop- 

 kins, New Brentford, third; and Mr. J. C. Perry, fourth. 



Gladioli were next in importance to the dahlias, and the grand stands from 

 Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport, who were first with twenty-four spikes, and 

 the best collection of seventy-two, were much admired. Altogether, the Gladioli 

 were one of the most attractive features of the whole exhibition. In the twenty- 

 fours, Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Laing, Stanstead Park Nursery, Forest Hill, 

 were second ; Mr. Bunyard, jun., Ashford, third. Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, 

 also contributed a fine stand. In this collection, Mr. Bunyard was second. The 

 amateurs' classes were rather sparingly filled. The Rev. E. H. Dombrain, The 

 Vicarage, Westmell, Ashford, had the best varieties in the twenty-fours, therefore 



