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Sixth — Mr John Spencer, Lenton, 

 near Nottingham. — A seedling feather- 

 ed Kose, and Nymph, a seedling flame, 

 very nicely marked ; Kossuth and 

 Loi'enzo; Turner's Premier and Sir 

 Joseph Paxton. 



Seventh — Mr Henry Waters, Staple- 

 ford. — Koyal Sovereign, a good feather; 

 Topsy, a bad flame ; Victoria Regina, 

 a very good feather ; and a finely-marked 

 Lord Denman ; Pose Elizabeth and 

 Aglaia. 



Eighth— '^Iv William Oldham, Chil- 

 well, near Nottingham. — Heroine ; 

 Aglaia ; Abbott's Gem ; Duchess of 

 Sutherland ; a bad Koyal Sovereign, 

 and a moderately-marked Polyphemus. 



Ninth — Mr Thomas Smedley, Staple- 

 ford. — Aglaia and Heroine ; Abbott's 

 Gem, a very poor feather ; and a fine- 

 marked Lord Denman ; Platoff", good ; 

 and Captain White, pure. 



The premiers were chosen from the whole collection, Mr Barber's stand 

 contributing no less than three of them — namely Heroine, feathered Pose ; 

 AValker's Duchess of Sutherland, flamed Byblcemen ; and Storer's General Lee, a 

 beautiful flamed Bizarre. Nymph, in Mr Atkin's stand, deservedly took the 

 honour d& flamed Rose. Lord Byron was the feathered Bizarre in Mr Shardlow's 

 stand, and Victoria Pegina the feathered Byblcemen, shown by Mr Waters. 



Some very fine blooms were placed in the classes, but the feathered Roses 

 fell very far short of the requisite number from lack of supply, nine being the 

 full length. 



Tenth — Mr Coulby, Nottingham. — 

 Heroine ; Triomphe Royale ; a fine 

 Duchess of Sutherland ; Mrs Pickerill ; 

 a bad Royal Sovereign ; and Shake- 

 speare, not equal to Polyphemus. 



Eleventh — Mr Joseph AYinfield, Staple- 

 ford. — Royal Sovereign, a fine feather ; 

 a fair Captain White ; Lord Denman, 

 good; and a flamed Byblcemen, un- 

 known ; Fairy Queen and Aglaia. 



Twelfth — Mr Samuel Smedley, Stan- 

 ton-by-Dale.^ — Queen Charlotte; Chan- 

 cellor; Lady Lilford, heavy flame ; Kate 

 Atkins, a poor feathered Rose ; a fine 

 Sir Joseph Paxton, and a very poor 

 Duke of Devonshix'e. 



Thirteenth — Mr Lowe, Lenton. — Ne- 

 paulese Prince, a good flower; Lorenzo, 

 indifferent ; Grande Rose Desire ; and 

 Aglaia; Paul Pry, a moderate flame; 

 and a bad feathered Bizarre. 



Feathered Roses. — 1. Heroine, Mr 

 Storer ; 2. Heroine, Mr Barber ; 3. 

 Heroine, William Coulby ; 4. Sarah 

 Headley, D. Barber. 



Flamed Eoses. — 1. Aglaia, Mr Hex- 

 tall ; 2. Triomphe Royale, Mr Storer ; 

 3. Rose Celestial, Mr Storer ; 4. Rose 

 Emily, Mr Barber; 5. Triomphe Royale, 

 jMr Wardle ; 6. Lady Wildair, S. Smed- 

 ley ; 7. Vicar of Radford, Mr Atkins ; 



8. Lady Catherine Gordon, Mr Storer; 



9. Mrs Lomax, ]\Ir Barber. 

 Feathered Byhlcemens. — 1. Mrs 



Pickerill, C. Shardlow; 2. Headley's 

 Adonis, Mr Barber ; 3. Maid of Orleans, 

 Mr Barber ; 4. Violet Amiable, Mr 

 Hextall; 5. Queen of the North, Mr 

 Barber; 6. Exile, Mr Barber; T.Abbott's 

 Gem, Mr Burdiekin ; 8. Chancellor, Mr 

 Plumbe ; 9. Chancellor, Mr Spencer. 



Flamed ByUmmens. — 1. Duchess of 

 Sutherland, Mr Storer; 2. Lord Den- 

 man, Mr Hurt ; 3. Adonis, Mr Hextall ; 

 4. Maid of Orleans, Mr Storer; 5. 

 Queen Charlotte, Mr Barber ; 6. Chan- 

 cellor, Mr Gibbons; 7. Due d'Orleans, 

 Mr Spencer ; 8. Verona, Mr Battersby ; 

 9. General Barnaveldt, Mr Hurt. 



Feathered Bizarres. — 1. Royal Sove- 

 reign, T. Smedley ; 2. Wilson's Unique, 

 Mr Hextall ; 3. Royal Sovereign, Mr 

 Battersby ; 4. Dormon's Prince Al- 

 bert, Mr Battersby ; 5. Royal Sovereign, 

 James Plumbe ; 6. Duke of Devonshire, 

 Mr Barber ; 7. John Brown, Mr Barber ; 

 8. Polyphemus, Mr Gibbons ; 9. Storer's 

 Seedling, Mr Oldham. 



Flamed Bizarres. — 1. Sir Joseph 

 Paxton, Mr Barber; 2. Storer's J. D. 

 Hextall, Mr Hextall; 3. Sir Joseph 



