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The only collection staged for the "Florist and Pomologist" prizes came from 

 Messrs Bell & Thoi'pe, Hallard Hall Nursery, Stretford Road, Manchester, who 

 had Achimenes Carl Walforth, a very fair specimen ; Petunia Miss Earle, a pretty 

 rose-coloured variety ; Plumbago capensis, and a medium-sized but handsome 

 plant of Lantana mutabilis. In the class for nine stove and greenhouse plant?. 

 Heaths included, Messrs E. Cole & Sons of the Withington Nurseries, near 

 Manchester, came first, with a very fine, large, and healthy specimen of Allamanda 

 nobilis, a splendid specimen of Kalosanthes Madame Celeste Winans, a very 

 good Erica Parmentieriana rosea, and a similarly good specimen of Allamanda 

 cathartica, &c. Mr J. Bolton, gardener to W. W. Worswick, Esq., Birstal Hall, Lei- 

 cester, came second, with, amongst others, a beautifully grown and flowered Clero- 

 deudron fallax, and a small but admirably-bloomed Rhynchospei mum jasminoides, 

 good examples of Vinca oculata and alba, and a fine specimen of Pentas carnea, 

 &c. Mr W. E. Dixon was third, showing another, good specimen of Oncidium 

 pulvinatum, and an exceedingly fine Kalosanthes, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, 

 and some good Ericas. Mr B. S. Williams was first in the nurserymen's class 

 for nine fine foliaged plants with a remarkably fine group, consisting of Cordyline 

 indivisa, Croton variegatum and pictum, Cycas revoluta, Pandanus ornatus, 

 Dasylirion acrotrichum, &c., all very fine specimens ; Messrs Felton & Sons, 

 Birmingham, were second, with, amongst others, a large specimen of Sanchezia 

 nobilis, not sufficiently variegated, a large and very good Alocasia metallica, 

 Pandanus utilis Feltoni, and some very fair examples of Crotons, &c. ; and Mr 

 John Shaw was third with a collection of smaller plants, containing a small but 

 most beautifully furnished Agave filifera, a good Dractena Cooperi, Pandanus 

 ornatus, and a very handsome Yucca aloifolia, &c. Mr J. Bolton was first in the 

 amateurs' class for nine with a remarkably handsome Seaforthia elegans, and a well- 

 grown and finely-coloured Cissus discolor, Lycopodium caesium arboreum — a 

 beautiful pyramid, about 6 feet in height — and a large and good Croton angusti- 

 folium, &c. The first prize, offered by the city of Manchester, went to Mr W. 

 Cardwell, gardener to T. Hobsou, Esq., Pownhall Hall, Cheshire, who had a very 

 fine group, consisting of admirably grown examples of Erica Fairrieana and E. 

 ampullacea major, Ixora coccinea in fine condition, fine specimens of Croton 

 angustifolium and variegatum, a very good Alocasia Lowii, and Allamanda 

 cathartica, in first-rate order, &c. Mr AV. E. Dixon was second with a good bush 

 of Croton angustifolium, Phoenocoma prolifera Barnesii, a very fair specimen ; 

 Ixora amboynensis and alba, Vanda suavis, a tall specimen, beautifully furnished 

 with healthy leaves to the top of the pot, and having two nice spikes of bloom ; 

 and a finely-flowered Erica Parmentieriana rosea, &c. Mr John Shaw was third with 

 a very nice collection, in which were several fine Yuccas, a grand bush of Croton 

 variegatum, a good healthy specimen of Allamanda Hendersoni, nicely flowered ; 

 a large and handsome Rhopala corcovadense, and Phormium tenax variegatum, in 

 good condition. Messrs Cole & Sons took the prize offered by H. L. Micholls, Esq., 

 for six miscellaneous plants, the collection to comprise three fine-foliaged and three 

 blooming plants, including two Ixoras. In this collection were Ixora Colei, white, 

 with good large trusses, and coccinea. Erica Paxtoni, a well-grown specimen, 

 about 3 feet through, a mass of bloom ; splendid specimens of Croton variegatum 

 and angustifolium, and a beautiful Yucca aloifolia variegata. Mr Baines, the 

 donor's own gardener, also competed with a fine group. In another class for eight 

 the first prize was taken by Mr J. Brierly, gardener to T. Kendal, Esq., Cheadle, 

 with a very good Erica venosa, and a wonderfully fine specimen of Allamanda 

 Hendersoni, an excellent Croton magnificum, and Bougainvillea glabra, &c. — the 



