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The exLibition of fruit was also of great excellence, and the whole arrangements 

 reflected great credit on Mr T3^erman, the Curator of the Botanic Gardens, and 

 Mr R/ IST. Kerr, seedsman, Basnett Street. 



The judges were — Fruit : Mr Lees, gardener to the Earl of Haddington, and 

 Mr Grey, gardener to the Earl of Zetland. Plants and Flowers : Mr Baines, Bow- 

 den ; Mr Hibberd, Stoke Newington ; Mr Broome, of the Temple Gardens, Lon- 

 don. The following are their awards : — 



Nine large-flowered Chrysanthemums 

 (amateurs) — 1. R. Houghton (Fleming, 

 gardener) ; 2. J. E. Reynolds (Wilson, 

 gardener) ; 3. R. Higgin, (Myers, gar- 

 dener). 



Six large-flowered Chrysanthemums 

 —1. R. Houghton ; 2. Mrs Holt (New- 

 man, gardener) ; 3. J. E. Reynolds. 



Three large-flowered Chrysanthemums 

 — 2. S. S. Parker (Lowndes, gardener). 



One specimen large-flowered Chrysan- 

 themum — 1. J. E. Reynolds ; 2. R. 

 Houghton ; 3. F. C. Braun (Dunbar, 

 gardener); extra, J. M'Ardle (Airey, gar- 

 dener). 



Nine Pompone Chrysanthemums 

 (amateurs) — 1. R. Houghton; 2. J. E. 

 Reynolds; 3. Lieut. -Colonel Wilson; 

 extra, H. Pearce (Orr, gardener). 



Six Pompone Chrysanthemums — 1. 

 J. M'Ardle; 2. H. Pearce; 3. Lieut. - 

 Colonel Wilson; extra, P. M. Hannay 

 (Shaw, gardener). 



Three Pompone Chrysanthemums — 

 1. J. E. Reynolds; 2. S. S. Parker, R. 

 Higgin, and Major Blundell (Woollam, 

 gardener) ; 3. J. M'Ardle, F. C. Braun, 

 and H. Pearce. 



One Pompone Chrysanthemum — 1. 

 R. Houghton and R. Higgin, equal ; 2. 

 J. E. Reynolds; 3. H. Pearce, S. S. Par- 

 ker, and Major Blundell, equal. 



One standard Chrysanthemum — 1. J. 

 M'Ardle; 2. J. E. Reynolds; 3. F. C. 

 Braun; extra, J. M'Ardle. 



One Pyramid Chrysanthemum — 1 . 

 Lieut. -Colonel Wilson ; 2. J. E. Rey- 

 nolds ; 3. F. C. Braun ; extra, F. 

 C. Braun. 



Three Anemone - flowered Chrysan- 

 themums — 2. P. M. Hannay. 



One Anemone-flowered Chrysanthe- 

 mum— 1. J. E. Reynolds; 2. P. M. 

 Hannay. 



Eighteen cut Blooms, large-flowered 



Chrysanthemums — 1, Mr Hobbs, Bris- 

 tol ; 2. S. H. Thompson (Foster, gar- 

 dener) ; 3. J. Crosfield (Tiller, gardener). 



Twelve cut Blooms, large-flowered 

 Chrysanthemums— 1. Mr Hobbs, Bris- 

 tol ; 2. S. H. Thompson and F. C. Braun, 

 equal ; 3. J. Crosfield. 



Six cut Blooms, large-flowered Chry- 

 santhemums — 1. Mr Hobbs, Bristol; 2. 

 J. G. Bateson (M 'Hardy, gardener), and 

 F. C. Braun, equal; 3. S. H. Thomp- 

 son. 



Six fringed Primulas— 1. P. M. Han- 

 nay; 2. J. M'Ardle; 3. R. Higgin. 



Four double Pi'imulas — L Mrs Zwil- 

 chenbart (Sorley, gardener) ; 2. J. 

 M'Ardle. 



Six stove and greenhouse Ferns — 1. 

 Mrs Had wen (Armstrong, gardener) ; 2. 

 R. Alison (Sinclair, gardener) ; 3. J. 

 Mayer (Tharm, gardener). 



Three stove and greenhouse Ferns — 

 1. Mrs Had wen ; 2. R. Alison ; 3, J. E. 

 Reynolds. 



One stove or greenhouse Fern — 1. R. 

 Alison; 2. Mrs Hadwen ; 3. Major 

 Blundell. 



One Tree Fern — Earl of Derby (Free- 

 man, gardener). 



Two Standard Mignonettes — 1. P. S. 

 Boult (Lamb, gardener); 2. S. S. Parker; 

 3. J. E. Reynolds. 



Two Pots Mignonette— 1. S. S. Par- 

 ker ; 2. P. S. Boult. 



Bouquet for the Hand (amateurs) — 

 1. R. Houghton; 2. Earl of Derby ; 3. 

 Mr Eaves, Green Lane. 



Bouquet for the Hand (nurserymen) 

 — 1. Mr Rylance, Town Green; 2. Mr 

 Delamere, St John's Market; 2. Mr 

 Ash croft. West Derby. 



Three Poinsettia Pulcherrima — 1. F. 

 C. Braun ; 2. Colonel Thomson (Tither- 

 ington, gardener) ; 3. J. Campbell (Eve- 

 rett, gardener). 



