THE GARDENER. 



[July 



Arethusa wore flames, the last quite 

 new in this localit}', and likely to prove 

 a favourite. 



Second — Mr David Barber of Stan- 

 ton -by -Dale. — Violet Amiable, a fair 

 feather ; Barber's Clara, a new variety, 

 and good.; an indifferent Lorenzo and 

 a fine Duchess of Sutherland ; Mrs 

 Lomax, a good feathered liose ; Hero- 

 ine, far better ; Triomphe Eoyale, a 

 superb flame ; Mary Barber, a seedling, 

 moderate ; a very fine Storer's Gene- 

 ral Lee ; a bad Dr Horner, placed as a 

 feather ; a very poor Perfection ; and 

 Storer's Mr Mills, flamed. 



Third — j\Ir Storer of Derby. — A 

 grandly -flamed Aglaia, and Triomphe 

 Eoyale, even finer ; Heroine, a mere 

 bud ; Lea's Industry, very light feather ; 

 Victoria Eegiua, moderate ; Gibbons's 

 Venus, a fine flame ; Mrs Pickerill, 

 good; Gibbons's Sarah Anne, a grand 

 flame ; Sphinx, only moderate ; Wil- 

 liam Lea, fine flame ; George Haywood, 

 fine flame, and the same feathered. 



Fourth — Mr John Atkins of Staple- 

 ford. — Violet Sovereign, a fine variety; 

 Mrs Thackeray, feathered, and good; 

 Kepaulese Prince, very fine ; Headley's 

 Adonis, fine feather ; Heroine and Grace 

 ■were fine feathers ; Polyphemus, very 

 fine flame ; Paul Pry, a bad feather ; 

 Ira and Thomas Abbott, both very poor 

 representatives of the red class. 



Fifth— ^Ix Battersby of Mansfield.— 

 Aglaia, a good flame ; Beatrice, also 



flamed ; Martin's Jeanette, a very fine 

 variety, and well marked, but too 

 young ; Heroine, a bud ; Candidate, a 

 fine flamed seedling Bybloemen ; Chan- 

 cellor, a superb flamed Byblcemen ; 

 Adonis, finely flamed, a seedling flamed 

 Bjbloemen ; Royal Sovereign, good 

 feather ; Polyphemus ; Pioneer, fine, 

 a new flamed Bizarre ; and Storer's 

 General Lee, very good flame. 



Sixth — Mr Gibbons of Bramcote. — 

 Disley's Exile, fine ; Abbott's Gem ; 

 Battersby's Chancellor, good ; Violet 

 Alexander, heavy flame ; Miss Grace, a 

 pretty feathered Eose; Napoleon, a 

 pretty feathered Eose ; Aglaia, flamed ; 

 Dixon's Bion, well marked; a fairly- 

 marked Polyphemus ; a good Eoyal 

 Sovereign ; but Sir Joseph Paxton and 

 Paul Pry indiS'erent. 



Seventh — Mr Thomas Greasley, Sandi- 

 acre. — Lord Denman ; Queen of the 

 North, flamed ; Adonis, a good feather ; 

 Lorenzo, too young ; Aglaia, flamed, 

 fine; seedling flamed Eose and Hero- 

 ine, good ; Merit, fine ; Admiral Dun- 

 das, a bud ; Pilot and Delaforce's King. 



Eighth — Mr John Clifford, Bramcote. 

 — Lady Lilford, feathered Eose; Grande 

 Rose Desire, a good flame; Lady Cath- 

 erine Gordon, a fine flame ; seedling 

 feathered Rose ; Lord Denman and Due 

 d'Orleans, flamed ; Cabinet Minister, 

 only moderate ; Sir Charles Napier ; 

 Admiral Dundas, a good flamed Bizarre 

 in the red class. 



STANDS OF SIX BLOOMS. 



First — Mr Shardlow of Derby. — Mrs 

 Pickerill, a fair feather; "Walker's 

 Duchess of Sutherland, fine ; Heroine, 

 a mere bud ; Eose Celestial, very fine 

 flame ; Lord Byron, a good feather ; 

 and a superb Sir Joseph Paxton. 



Second — Mr Burdekin of Nottingham. 

 — Fairy Queen, a good feathered Eose ; 

 Duchess of Sutherland, fine ; Heroine, 

 fine ; Aglaia ; Eoyal Sovereign and 

 Garibaldi, fine. 



Third — Mr James Plumbe of Risley. 

 — Triomphe Royale and Heroine, both 

 fine; Adonis, feather; a very grand 



Lord Denman, an indifferent Eoyal 

 Sovereign, and a very good Merit. 



Fourth — Mr Henry Hurt of Stanton- 

 by-Dale. — Aglaia, flamed, and the same 

 feathered ; Lord Denman and Due d'Oi'- 

 leans ; a very poor Eoyal Sovereign, 

 and a fine flamed seedling of Storer's 

 miscalled Captain AVhite. 



Fifth — llr Wardle of Burton-on- 

 Trent. — Lady Catherine Gordon, heavily 

 flamed ; Triomphe Eoyale, well marked ; 

 a large heavy Norwich Bagnet ; a poor 

 flamed Adonis ; Lord Byron, only a 

 bud ; and a heavy Dr Horner. 



