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THE GARDENER. 



[Sept. 



The first of the special prizes given by Edward Joynson, Esq., for eighteen cut 

 Roses (amateurs), was also taken by the Rev. S. E. Hole, who had fine blooms of 

 Victor Yerdier, ]\Iardchal Vaillant, Triomphe de Rennos, Prince Camille de Rohan, 

 Comtesse de Chabrillaut, Black Prince, Devoniensis, Leopold I., Charles Rouil- 

 lard, Madame Victor Verdier, Mar^chal Niel, Dr Andry, Madame Th^rese Levet, 

 Madame C. Joigneaux, Louise Magnan, Madame Hector Jacquin, Due de Rohan, 

 Monsieur de Montigny, &c. Second, Mr Thomas Draycott. Third, Mr C. J. 

 Perry. 



The first of the special prizes, given by H. Birley, Esq., M.P,, for eight varieties 

 of cut flowers, was taken by Messrs E. Cole & Sons, who had Ixora coccinea, I. Colei, 

 Kalosanthes puniceus, Eucharis amazonica, Allamanda grandiflora. Erica venosa, 

 Dipladenia crassinoda, and D. amabilis. To fill out the stand, the exhibitors ex- 

 hibited further four other kinds of Ixoras — viz., javanica, amboynensis, Alexandra, 

 resembling an orange form of L amboynensis, spotted with crimson, and salicifolia; 

 Messrs G-. & W. Yates were second with an Amaryllis, Crinum giganteum, 

 Cattleya Loddegesii, Gardenia Fortunei, and others, badly staged in a common 

 deal box ; Mr S. Barlow, Chadderton, who had arranged his group in an orna- 

 mental flower-pot, was third. 



We have just space to remark of the fruit that it was on a par with 

 the July exhibitions of the Royal Botanic Society at the Regent's Park. 

 In Grapes the Black Hamburgs were in many cases excellent. The White 

 Grapes, especially the Muscats, were unripe. Pines were pretty numerous, but 

 nothing more can be said of them, for in quality they were like what we 

 generally see on such occasions. Strawberries were numerous and fine. The 

 collections of vegetables were very abundant, and of fine quality and cultivation. 

 At a considerable sacrifice of space we give the list of prizes, from which our 

 readers will learn who had the most meritorious productions on the occasion. 



WE ANNEX A FULL LIST OF THE PRIZES. 



Class 1— For the best and most effec- 

 tive Group of 20 Plants (Prizes offered by 

 the Royal Horticultural Society and Man- 

 chester Botanical and Horticultural So- 

 ciety)—!. Mr T. Baines, gardener to H. 

 L. Micholls, Esq., Summerfiekl, Bowden, 

 Cheshire, £25 ; 2. Mr W. E. Dixon, Nor- 

 wood Nxirsery, Beverley, Yorkshire, £15. 



Class 2 — For the best Collection of 

 Fruits and Vegetables (Prize offered by 

 the Proprietors of Gardeners' Chronicle) 

 — 1. Mr J. Pottle, gardener to R. D. Col- 

 vin, Esq., Bealing's Grove, Woodbridge, 

 Suffolk, £21, 



Class 3 — For the 2 best Desserts, con- 

 sisting of not less than 7 kinds of Fruits 

 of 1869 (Prizes offered by the Proprietors 

 of the Joitrnal of Horticulture) — 1. Mr W. 

 Carmichael, gardener to H.R.H. the 

 Prince of Wales, Sandringham, £10, 10s.; 

 equal, Mr J. Wallis, gardener to J. Dix- 

 on, Esq., Astle Park, Congleton, £10, 10s. 



Class 4 — For the best 4 Softwood 

 Greenhouse Plants (Prizes offered by the 



Proprietors of Florist and Pomologist) — 



1. Messrs Bell k Thorpe, Nurserymen, 

 Stratford-on-Avon, 6 vols., forming the 

 second series of the Florist and Pomolo- 

 gist. 



Class 5— For 10 Dishes of Fruit, 8 dis- 

 tinct varieties (Prizes offered by the 

 Mayor of Manchester and Mr Peter 

 Bailey) — 1. Mr G. S, Miles, gardener to 

 Lord Carrington, Wycombe Abbey, £10, 

 10s. ; 2. Mr W. S. Dobson, 19 St James's 

 Street, London, £5, 5s. 



Class 6 — For 12 Miscellaneous Plants 

 (Prizes offered by the City of Manchester) 

 — ], Mr W. Cardvvell, gardener to T. 

 Hobson, Esq., Wilmslow, Cheshire, £12, 

 12s, ; 2. Mr W. E. Dixon, nurseryman, 

 Beverley, £8, 8s. 



Class 7— For 6 Dishes of Fruit, distinct 

 (Prizes offered by Lady Watts) — 1. Mr 

 J. Simpson, gardener to Lord Wharn- 

 cliffe, Wortley Hall, Sheflaeld, £6, 6s. ; 



2. Mr J, WalU-s, £4, 4s. 



Class 8— For 10 Orchids (Prizes offered 



