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the prizes awarded : — To Mr. W. Reid, gardener to James Hunt, Esq., 

 1st prizes for liliums, gloxinias, scarlet geraniums, figs, pears, and a green- 

 fleshed melon ; 2nd prizes for stove and greenhouse plants, plants of fine 

 foliage, a specimen plant, a scarlet-fleshed melon, and a collection of vege- 

 tables ; 3rd prize for fuchsias ; and special commendation for asters and 

 gloxinias. Mr. J. Summers, gardener to A. Mongredien, Esq., 1st prize for 

 stove and greenhouse plants, plants of fine foliage, exotic ferns, and British 

 ferns. Mr. J. T. Salter, gardener to A. Sillern, Esq., 1st prizes for blooms 

 of roses, hollyhocks, and verbenas ; and 3rd prizes for plants of fine foliage, 

 miscellaneous collection of plants, and a specimen plant. Mr. J. Jackson, 

 gardener to James Whittaker, Esq., 1st prizes for a miscellaneous collection 

 of plants, a specimen plant, balsams, achimenes, twelve dahlias, six fancy- 

 dahlias, three bunches of black grapes, and a single bunch of black grapes ; 

 and 2nd prize for exotic ferns. Mr. J. H. Elliot, gardener to C. Davidson, 

 Esq., 1st prizes for fuchsias, verbenas (in pots), cut flowers, and peaches ; 

 2nd prize for blooms of verbenas ; and commendation for a specimen plant. 

 Mr. J. Lee, gardener to H. Cheese wright, Esq., 2nd prize for fuchsias. 

 Mr. J. Pullen, gardener to W. D. Adams, Esq., special commendation for 

 four pots of black grape-vines. Mr. Thomas Beid, gardener to T. N. Far- 

 quhar, Esq., 1st prizes for three bunches of white grapes, one bunch of white 

 grapes, a collection of fruit, and a collection of vegetables ; 2nd prizes for 

 liliums, balsams, achimenes, one bunch of black grapes, plums, and figs. 

 Mr. G. Farrance, gardener to S. Hodgkinson, Esq., 1st prizes for cooking 

 apples and cucumbers ; 2nd prizes for a miscellaneous collection of plants 

 and for cherries ; 3rd prize for dahlias ; and special commendation for cocks- 

 combs. Mr. J. Cranwell, gardener to B. Pullen, Esq., 1st prize for a scarlet- 

 fleshed melon ; 2nd prizes for twelve dahlias, six fancy dahlias, twelve asters, 

 and a green-fleshed melon ; and 3rd prize for blooms of verbenas. Mr. R. 

 Inman, gardener to J. Lintott, Esq., 1st prize for cherries, and 2nd prizes 

 for three bunches of black and three of white grapes. Mr. H. Blundells, 

 gardener to D. Rowland, Esq., 2nd prize for peaches, and special com- 

 mendation for figs. Mr. B. Sharp, gardener to James Kingsford, Esq., 

 1st prize for plums, and special commendation for a collection of fruit.' 

 Mr. Berer, gardener to Captain W. Lord, 1st prize for dessert apples. 

 Mr. H. Moore, 1st prize for one bunch of black grapes. Mr. G. Sykes, 

 1st prize for twelve asters. Mr. Norman, special commendation for twenty- 

 four asters. Mr. Joseph Verey, jun., 1st prize for cucumbers. Mr. Gr. 

 Hopkins, 1st prize for potatoes. We were especially pleased at one feature 

 of this exhibition, on which we cannot now remark as we would wish. Let 

 the following tell its own story for the present : — Six prizes, consisting of 

 vases and scent-bottles of elegant designs in coloured Venetian glass, were 

 awarded to the following ladies : — Eor the best bouquet arranged in a vase, 

 1st prize, Mrs. Hodgkinson ; 2nd, Mrs. W. Beid; 3rd, Mrs. Hurst. For 

 the best bouquet arranged for the hand, 1st prize, Mrs. Wood; 2nd, Miss 

 Pullen ; 3rd, Mrs. Hodgkinson. 



Crystal Palace, Sept. 19 and 20. — This was a tolerably good show, 

 and better attended than many of the piiblic shows have been this season. 

 Dahlias were abundant and beautiful ; roses not abundant, but of average 

 quality ; gladioli very attractive ; fruit generally not quite ripe ; grapes ex- 

 cellent. In dahlias, Mr. Turner was first in the classes for 50 and 24; 

 Mr. Keynes second. Mr. Turner's 50 included Lilac Queen, Pluto, Seed- 

 ling, Deutche, Norah Creina, Seedling, Dr. Gully, Mr. Stockin, Harlequin, 

 Sir Gr. Douglas, Duke of Wellington (Turner), Chairman, Warrior, John 

 Dory, Earl of Shaftesbury. Hon. Mrs. Trotter, Lord Palmerston, Jenny 

 Austin, Lord Cardigan, Golden Drop, Commander, Seedling, Pre-eminent, 

 Miss Pressly, Pioneer, Mrs. Pigott, Lord Taunton, Bravo, Cherub, Sidney 

 Herbert, Miss Watts, Triomphe de Pecq, Mrs. Church, Midnight, Heroine, 

 Grand Master, LadyPophani, Madge Wildfire, Seedling, George Elliott, Seed- 



