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Ashton's Prince of Wales, Lovely Ann, Ringleader, Sir John Moore 

 (Lightbody), Lancashire Hero (Cheetham) ; 2d, Mr. James Dickson, 

 Brixton, ^vith Crucifix, Conqueror of Europe, Glory, Boliver, Cham- 

 pion, Duke of Wellington ; 3d, Mr. Willmer, Sunbury. 



Po/t/antliiises. 1st, Mr. Chawner, Sydenham, with Buck's George 

 IV., Gold Lace, Exile, King; 2d, C. P. Lochner, Esq., Alexander, 

 Lord RanclifFe, King, Bang Europe. Nurserymen : 1st, Mr. J. 

 Bushell, Invincible, Royal Sovereign, and Eclipse were the only 

 varieties dissimilar from the above. 



Pansies. Amateurs: 24 blooms, 18 varieties, 1st, Mr. A. Lane, 

 High Wycombe, with Almanzor, Constellation, Queen of England, 

 Duke of Perth, Climax, Commander-in-chief, Pompey, Ophir, Master- 

 piece, Notabihs, Thisbe, Duchess of Rutland, Mr. Beck, Leader, 

 Viceroy, Maid of Athens, Wallace, Lucy Neal, Polyphemus, Rubens, 

 and Plutarch; 2d, J. H. Brown, Esq., Tulse Hill. Nurserymen: 24 

 varieties ; these were large and very rich in colour ; 1st, Mr. Turner, 

 with Duke of Norfolk, Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. Beck, Ophir, Duke of 

 Perth, Robert Burns. Disraeli, Sir R. Peel, Elegant, Rainbow, Thisbe, 

 Keepsake, Euphemia, Juventa, Climax, Sambo, Sir J. Franklin, Bel- 

 lona, France, Cycole, Caroline, Pompey, Pandora, Duchess of Rut- 

 land ; 2d, Mr. Bragg, Slough. The kinds differing from the first 

 stand were. Lady Carrington, Africanus, Queen of England, Fire- 

 King, Aurora, Constellation, Master Lacon, Kate, Grace Darling, 

 Constantine, Supreme, Ibrahim Pasha, Wallace. Seedlings : six 

 blooms were shewn of Turner's Sir J. Cathcart ; three of Hale's 

 Monarch, a rich yellow - ground variety, very dark top -petals and 

 margin, and smooth on the edges. Three blooms were also shewn 

 of Turner's National, a creamy- white ground, with blue-purple top- 

 petals ; lower petals having a narrow margin of the same shade, thus 

 leaving a large shield or ground-colour round the eye, which is 

 dense. 



Cinerarias were but scanty : a first-class certificate was awarded 

 to Messrs. I very and Son of Dorking, for Lady Flora, white, tipped 

 with pale blue ; large and showy, with very small disk. Mr. G. 

 Smith sent good specimens of Queen of Beauties and Alba Magna, 

 two fine whites ; we prefer the former, having a neat small disk, but 

 both are of fine form ; and Lochner's Surprise, slate-purple ; a flower 

 of good properties. 



Several neat collections of miscellaneous plants were shewn. 

 For 15, Mr. Pvosier was awarded the first prize, in which we noticed 

 a good Pimelea, and a small but charming plant of Erica elegans ; 

 2d, Mr. Oner, who had a fine Epacris grandiflora ; 3d, Mr. Hamp. 

 Nurserymen: 18 plants, 1st, Messrs. Eraser, of Lea-Bridge Road; 

 2d, Messrs. Fairbairn, Clapham. The plants generally consisted of 

 Azaleas, Pimeleas, Ericas, Aphelexis, Epacris, Polygalas, &c. &c.; but 

 nothing particularly new. 



