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collections fine iiowere abounded, one 

 particular group f twenty-five out- 

 shone them all, and this was from 

 Mr. May, gardener to C. M. Worth- 

 ington, Esq., Caversham Priory, 

 Heading. These surpassed in size, 

 quality, and freshness every similar 

 group shown this season ; such roses 

 are, in fact, but rarely seen, even in 

 these days of spirited competition. 

 The usually flat and offensive, though 

 richly-coloured Eugene Appert, be- 

 comes almost a first-class rose in Mr. 

 May's hands ; at all events, it made 

 a splendid figure in this fine group. 

 Triomphe de Rennes, in beautiful 

 colour ; La Boule d'Or, Souvenir 

 d'Elise, Devoniensis, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, and Niphetos, all in exquisite 

 condition, and the last-named three 

 of immense size. Madame Victor 

 Verdier was wonderfully done ; Com- 

 tesse Cecile Chabrillant, John Hopper, 

 Charles Lefebvre, Madame Hector 

 Jacquin, Souvenir de Comte Cavour, 

 Madame Bravv,GeneralJacqueminot, 

 Lord Clyde, all in the most charming 

 condition. There was one bad rose 

 in the lot, however, and that was 

 Charles Lawson, which was stale. 

 Pelargoniums : — In the nurserymen's 

 class, Mr. C. Turner was first with 

 twelve ; Mr. Fraser second ; Messrs. 

 Dobson third. In these collections, 

 the most noticeable varieties were : 

 Fairest of the Fair, Lord Clyde, 

 Viola, Desdemona, Pericles, Ariel, 

 Glowworm, Fair Rosamond, Guil- 

 laume Severyns, Mer Polaire, Couleur 

 de Rose, Matilda, Rose Celestial, 

 Prince of Prussia. Mr. Bailey, gar- 

 dener to T. T. Drake, Esq., Amer- 

 sham, Bucks, again occupied the posi- 

 tion of champion among amateurs 

 with a group of ten plants remarkable 

 for size, style, and freshness. In the 

 centre of the group was a plant of 

 Sanspareil nearly five feet over, 

 trained out to a perfect convex out- 

 line, andevenlyandsuperbly bloomed; 

 with it Lord Clyde, Spotted Gem, 

 Lady Canning, Glowworm, Lady 

 Taunton, Guillaume Severyns, etc. 

 Mr. Wiggins was second in this class 

 with a fine lot. Fancies were quite 

 up to the mark, and made a very 

 fresh muslin-like band of colour. 

 Mr. Turner first, Mr. Fraser second, 



in the trade class ; Mr. Bailey first, 

 Mr. Donald second, in the class for 

 amateurs. Mr. Bailey had Roi des 

 Fantaises, Delicatum, Arabella God- 

 dard, Princess Royal, Clemanthe, 

 Madame Rougiere. In the trade 

 collections were : Delicatum, Evening 

 Star, Arabella Goddard, Zoe, Madame 

 Sainton Dolby, Miss in her Teens. 



Royal Botanic. July 5. — Carna- 

 tions, Picotees, and Pinks were shown 

 in good style by Mr. Turner, of 

 Slough, and Mr. Hooper, Widcombe 

 Hill, Bath. Mr. Turner had a silver 

 medal for each of his collections of 

 picotees and carnations ; and Mr. 

 Hooper a bronze medal for each of 

 his collections of carnations, picotees, 

 and pinks. It was impossible to 

 compare them thoroughly, for Mr. 

 Turner's were set back, with Mr. 

 Hooper's flowers in front of them. 

 So far as I could see, there was but a 

 shade of difference between them as 

 to quality, and Mr. Hooper's were 

 the least fresh of the two, through 

 having travelled further. They were 

 all fine, very fine ; the petals stout, 

 clean, the colours pure, and the tex- 

 ture good ; there were, in all, about 

 three hundred blooms shown, and 

 this part of the affair was a complete 

 little exhibition in itself. I secured 

 the names as far as possible, but I 

 could not get the names of some that 

 were set back. Mr. Turner's twenty- 

 four picotees : Mr. Varley, Lady 

 Phillips, Countess of Wilton, Flower 

 of the Day, Miss Se well, Mr.Ingalton, 

 National, Colonel Clerk, Mrs. May, 

 Mrs. Kelk, Scarlet Queen, Unex- 

 pected, Miss Wood, Countess, Rev. 

 H. Matthews, Garibaldi, Mrs. Brown, 

 Lucy, Theodore, Finis, Miss Williams, 

 Fellowes' No. 1, Mrs. Norman. Mr. 

 Turner's carnations : King John, 

 Favourite, Dreadnought, Young 

 Milton, Colonel Thompson, Sarah 

 Payne, Mayor of Nottingham, Chris- 

 topher Sly, Mr. Hobbs, Prince Albert 

 (Hall), Merrimac, Premier, Lorenzo, 

 Juno, Lord Clifton, Nancy, Falcon- 

 bridge, Flora's Garland, Howard, 

 Florence Nightingale, John Reet, 

 William IV., Count Pauline, Cradley 

 Pet. Mr. Hooper's twenty -four car- 

 nations : Duke of Cambridge, Paul 

 Pry, Garland (Brooks), Prince Albert, 



