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George Davies, Messrs Turner, Yan Waveren & Sons, and W. Cut- 

 bush, also exhibited. A new class for eighteen red Hyacinths was 

 scarcely attractive enough to lead one to wish it should again form a 

 part of the schedule, as, light Hyacinths predominating, there was an 

 inevitable sameness about the collection. Mr W. Paul staged a fine 

 lot of average size, and with an equal preponderance of dark and 

 light shades ; but unfortunately this collection was disqualified, owing 

 to two plants of Von Schiller being staged. The dark-red flowers 

 were Linnseus, Prince Albert Victor, Heine des Jacinthes, Annie 

 Lisle, and Solfaterre ; of medium shades, Von Schiller, Princess 

 Cio tilde, Macaulay, Mrs Beecher Stowe, Princess Helena, and Koh-i- 

 noor ; and of pale flowers, Noble par merite, Geant des Roses, Fabiola, 

 Ornament de la Nature, Lord Wellington (double), and Cavaignac. 

 Messrs W. Cutbush & Son were placed fifst with Solfaterre, Lady 

 Sale, and Cynthia, dark red ; Macaulay, Mrs Beecher Stowe, Princess 

 Clotilde, Milton, Duchess of Richmond, and Von Schiller, medium 

 red ; and Le Prophete, Cavaignac, Sussanah Maria, Ornament de la 

 Nature, Gigantea, Duke of Wellington, Prince of Orange, Florence 

 Nightingale, and Hogarth, pale red. There was no second prize 

 awarded, owing to the disqualification of Mr Paul. 



The Hyacinths exhibited by amateur growers were very good in- 

 deed, especially those grown in the neighbourhood of Highgate. With 

 six kinds, Mr James Weir, gardener to Mrs Hodgson, The Elms, Hamp- 

 stead, w^as first with Charles Dickens and Raphael, blue ; Von Schiller 

 and Duchess of Richmond, red ; and Grandeur a Merveille and 

 Gigantea, white. 2d, Mr Potter, gardener to B. Noakes, Esq., High- 

 gate, with General Havelock and Grand Lilas, blue; Macaulay and Lord 

 Wellington, red ; and Snowball and Paix de I'Europe, white. 3d, Mr 

 George Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. H. Goldsmid, Bart., Regent's Park. 

 Three other exhibitors also competed with six Hyacinths grown in 

 windows in pots. Mrs Noakes, North Hill, Highgate, was first — Prince 

 of Orange, Princess Helena, and Duchess of Richmond, red ; Baron 

 van Tuyll and Grand Lilas, blue ; and Grandeur a Merveille, white : 

 2d, Miss Wilding : 3d, Mr Janes. 



But one collection of six new Hyacinths, never before exhibited, 

 was staged, Mr W. Paul being the exhibitor. The sorts were Hector, 

 a -pale-blue flower of the build of Grand Lilas, but with more of mauve 

 in it ; White Swan, single, very poor ; Double Diebitsch Sabal- 

 kausky, a double form of this red flower ; Dante, single, dark-blue, 

 of the style of Mimosa, but, as shown, not so good ; Purple Queen, a 

 very poor dark purplish-blue single kind ; and Andromache, single 

 red, having a spike of flower similar in build to Von Schiller, but not 

 so good in colour. 



