298 THE FLORIST. 



Miss Frampton, Favourite, Butterfly, Oliver Twist, Inimitable, Countess 

 of Bective ; 2nd, Rev. C. Fellowes ; 3rd, Mr. Thornycroft ; 4th, Rev. 

 C. Boe. Six fancies : 1st prize, Mr. Hobbs, with Baron Alderson, 

 C. Perry, Lady Granville, Lady Paxton, Gloire de Kain, Jupiter; 2nd, 

 Mr. Cooper; 3rd, Mr. Woodward; 4th, Mr. Goodwin. 



Seedlings formed a great feature ; they were both numerous and 

 good ; many of the kinds will be found in our best collections for many 

 years to come. Not less than three blooms each were shown. First 

 class certificates were awarded to Harlequin (Grant), a striped fancy, 

 yellow ground, with bright red marking, the colour most evenly and 

 beautifully distributed, and of fine form ; Lilac Queen (Grant), pale 

 lilac, finest form ; Lady Taunton (Turner), white edged with bright 

 crimson, full size, great depth, and new ; Sir J. Badcliffe (Grant), 

 maroon ; Pluto (Turner), dark fancy, maroon tipped with white, of great 

 depth; Alba multiflora (Turner), a pure white kind for bedding; Queen 

 Mab (Turner), fancy, scarlet and white, large and fine ; Mrs. H. 

 Vyse (Church), white edged with purple. The two latter received 

 second class certificates. The above were contributed by Mr. C. Turner. 

 Mr. Keynes also sent a large number of seedlings. First class 

 certificates were awarded to Lady Pennant (Keynes), pale yellow ; Mrs. 

 Wellesley Piggot (Keynes), pure white, very fine flower ; William 

 Dodds (Keynes), deep yellow ; Sir Geo. Douglass (Dodds), yellow 

 tipped and veined with red ; — and second class certificates to Leopard 

 (Keynes), striped fancy; Mr. Boshel (Rawlings), buff; and Jenny 

 Austin (Keynes), lilac. Mr. C. J. Perry received a first class certificate 

 for Acme, a pleasing light flower, of good form ; and Earl of Shaftesbury, 

 a light mottled purple, of good size and form. Mr. S. Hodges, Chelten- 

 ham, received a first class certificate for Model, a small buff flower, of 

 good outline. The same award was made to Mr. Addis, Gospel End, 

 Wolverhampton, for Oscar, a red flower, with fine petal and outline. 



In addition to the certificates just enumerated, eight money prizes were 

 awarded for seedlings, six blooms of a kind. These were awarded as 

 follows : — 1, Lady Taunton (Turner) ; 2, Acme (Perry) ; 3, Lady D. 

 Pennant (Keynes) ; 4, Jenny Austin (Keynes) ; 5, Mrs. W. Piggot 

 (Keynes) ; 6, William Dodds (Keynes) ; 7, Miss Chetwode (Walker) ; 

 8, Sir G. Douglass (Dodds). 



THE ROYAL GARDENS, FROGMORE. 

 As an account of these gardens has appeared more than once in the 

 Florist, I do not hope or expect to give any very fresh information 

 about them ; in fact, my simple object is to state the impression they 

 made upon me, and wherein I consider their excellences or defects to be. 

 It is more than twelve years since I had visited them before, and they 

 were then, comparatively speaking, new ; the trees were young, and all 

 about it had the appearance of a place not yet formed. Twelve years, 

 under the management of such an experienced hand as Mr. Ingram, 

 must needs have made a vast difference, but I was certainly hardly 

 prepared for such rapid progress as had evidently been male. It may 



