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seedling Heaths, triumphans rosea and andromedseflora rosea, from 

 Messrs. Jackson & Sons ; and four fine Azaleas from Messrs. Ivery & 

 Son, of Dorking : these were Beauty of Reigate, a handsome striped 

 white variety, of Lateritia habit ; Iveryana, .also a handsome striped 

 variety ; Criterion, and Rosea superba. Messrs. Ivery also exhibited a 

 collection of Azaleas, among which we particularly noticed Criterion, 

 Trotteriana, bright rosy carmine, and a free bloomer ; Lord llaglan, pale 

 salmon pink, large, but deficient in form andsubstance ; General Williams, 

 a fine variety, pale orange scarlet, of good form ; and the beautiful Crispi- 

 flora. From this firm also came cut fiowers of Rhododendron ponticum 

 coccineum, very deep rich scarlet, fine truss, one of the parents evidently 

 being arborea. Messrs. Dobson & Son staged 12 Pansies in pots, the 

 sorts being Queen Victoria, Omar Pacha, Father Gavazzi, Mary Taylor, 

 Marian, Emperor, Aurora, Satisfaction, Nonpareil, Great Western, 

 Constance, and Topaz. Some of these subjects received awards, but 

 owing to the difficulty of getting a full report, the company being so 

 numerous, we are unable to give them further. 



Fruit. — Only one collection was sent, by Mr. Fleming, of Trentham. 

 It contained a well coloured and swelled Moscow Queen Pine, very fine 

 Black Hamburgh Grapes, some beautifully ripened Nectarines, good 

 Bi'itish Queen Strawberries, two nice Melons, two dishes of Plums (well 

 ripened), and fine May Duke Cherries. 



In letter B, collections of Pine-apples, Mr. Davis exhibited a fine 

 collection, which obtained the first prize, containing Providence, Black 

 Jamaicas, one Blood Pine, Enville, and several Queens — in all, thirteen. 

 The next prize was awarded to Mr. Nichol, Oxton Park, Devon, for an 

 Enville Providence and Cayenne. Mr. Hobinson, of Hedson, also 

 exhibited three fine Providence Pines in this class, but being all the 

 same variety, -the judges could only award them an extra prize of the 

 first class. For single specimens of Providence, Mr. Davis was first 

 with a well swelled fruit ; Mr. Robinson, second ; and Mr. Bailey, 

 Shardelowes, third : these were all well swelled fruit for the season. 

 For single fruit of the Queen, Mr. Turnbull, of Blenheim, was first 

 with a well swelled fi-uit ; Mr. Davis, second ; Mr. Jones, Dovvlais, 

 South Wales, third, with a fine fruit rather past its best ; and Mr. 

 Peed, of Norwood, fourth. In Jamaicas, Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, was 

 first, with a well-grown Jamaica ; Mr. Jones, second, with the same ; 

 Mr. Taylor, Streatham, third, with a smooth Cayenne, a nice fruit ; 

 Mr. Turnbull, fourth, with a prickly Cayenne, over-ripe. 



For collections of three dishes of Grapes, Mr. Turnbull, gardener to 

 the Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim, was awarded the first prize. His 

 collection contained very fine Muscats, very good St. Peter's, and well- 

 ripened Black Hamburgh ; the second prize was given to Mr. Monroe, 

 gardener to Mrs. Oddie, Colney Hatch, for Grizzly Frontignan, Black 

 Hamburgh, and Sweetwater ; a third prize was also given to I\Ir. Tegg, 

 Roehampton. Single dishes of Black Hamburgh : A large number of 

 dishes was exhibited. The best were sent by Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, 

 and were fine specimens of gocd cultivation; the second })rize fell to 

 Mr. Clarke, of Hoddesdon, for fruit not much inferior to the above ; the 

 3rd, to Mr. E. Bundle, Streatham ; fourth, to Mr. Spary, Brighton — 



