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Palmorston, La Nuit, and Mimosa, shades of blue ; La Jeune Anne, 

 Emmeline, Howard, ]\Iacaulay, Gigantea, Solfaterre, Ornament de la 

 Nature, Florence Niglitingale, Von Scliiller, Princess Beatrice, Lord 

 Wellington (double). Lady Sale, and Prince of Orange, shades of red ; 

 Paix de I'Europe, Mont Blanc, Princess Helena, Alba maxima. Queen 

 of the Netherlands, Mirandoline, and Alba superbissima, whites ; Due 

 de Malakoff and Ida, yellows ; and Haydn, mauve. Mr W. Paul had 

 Garrick, Sir John Lawrence (a fine dark sport from Charles Dickens), 

 Grand Monarch (a fine pale blue), Couronne des Bleus, and Princess 

 Mary of Cambridge, all three in the way of Grand Lilas ; Baron van 

 Tuyll, Charles Dickens, Bloksberg, General Havelock, Feruk Khan, 

 Lourens Koster, Grand Lilas, and King of the Blues, shades of blue ; 

 Princess Clotilde, La Joyeuse, Macaulay, Koh-i-noor, Vuurbaak (a 

 splendid deep bright-red new variety), Tubiflora, Princess Helena, Le 

 Prophete, Garibaldi (deep red, very line). Von Schiller, Prince Albert 

 Victor, Gigantea, and Fabiola, shades of red ; Alba maxima. La Gran- 

 desse (a magnificent new variety), LTnnocence, Snowball, and Grandeur 

 a Merveille, whites ; Due de MalakofF, Ida, and Bird of Paradise, yel- 

 low ; and Haydn and Sir Henry Havelock, mauve. 3d, Mr George 

 Davies, Old Swan, Liverpool. 4th, Mr C. Turner, Slough. Messrs 

 Van Waveren & Sons, Hillegom, Haarlem, exhibited a fine lot in 

 glasses that had been grown in Holland ; and Messrs Potter and Haw- 

 kins also staged collections. In the class for thirty-six Hyacinths, 

 twelve sorts, three plants of each, Messrs W. Cutbush & Son had 

 splendid examples of Grand Lilas, Marie, Feruk Khan, General Have- 

 lock, and Baron van Tuyll, shades of blue ; Gigantea, Macaulay, and 

 Florence Nightingale, reds ; Snowball and Queen of the Netherlands, 

 whites; and Due de Malakoff and Ida, yellow. Mr W. Paul had 

 Garrick, Feruk Khan, Princess Mary of Cambridge, and Grand Lilas, 

 blue; Fabiola, Gigantea, Von Schiller, and Garibaldi, reds ; La Gran- 

 desse. Snowball, and Grandeur a Merveille, wdiite ; and Ida, yellow. 

 Mr W. Cutbush, Barnet, and Mr Thomas Hawkins also exhibited. 



"With eighteen Hyacinths, distinct, Mr W. Paul was first, with fine 

 and even specimens of Baron van Tuyll, Garrick, Grand Monarch, 

 Charles Dickens, Prince Albert, King of the Blues, and Grand Lilas, 

 blue; Charles Dickens, mauve; Vuurbaak, Koh-i-noor, Fabiola, Von 

 Schiller, and Ornament de la Nature, red ; La Grandesse, LTnnocence, 

 and Seraphine, white ; Ida and Bird of Paradise, yellow. 2d, Messrs 

 W. Cutbush & Son, with Charles Dickens, Baron van Tuyll, General 

 Havelock, Grand Lilas, and Marie, blue; Emmeline, Mrs Beecher Stowe, 

 Macaulay, Florence Nightingale, Ornament de la Nature, and Gigantea, 

 red ; Mirandoline, Alba maxima. Grandeur a Merveille, and Queen 

 of the Netherlands, white ; Haydn, mauve ; and Ida, yellow. 3d, Mr 



