SEPTEMBER. 277 



Seedling (good), Bertha, Mrs. Dodwell, Mrs. Turner, Bertha, Queen, 

 Crystal, Mr. Dodwell, Lauretta, Lady Grenville, Ada Mary, Victoria. 



Class H. For Private Growers — Six Blooms of Carnations, dissimilar 

 varieties, open to growers whose stock does not exceed 150 varieties : 

 1st, Mr. E. Wood, York, for Grand Monarch, Jenny Lind, King John, 

 Lovely Ann, Warrior, Comet ; 2nd, Mr. Biierley, Chadderton, for 

 Lady Curzon, Lovely Ann, Sportsman, Warrior, Admiral Curzon, 

 Black Diamond ; 3rd, Mr. Mellor, Ashton, for Warrior, Seedling, Queen 

 Boadicea, Black Diamond, Esther, Admiral Curzon ; 4, Mr. Bardsley, 

 Oldham, for Admiral Curzon, Splendour, Sportsman, Esther, Lord 

 Milton, Rosy Queen ; 5th, Mr. H. Williamson, Oldham, for Admiral 

 Curzon, Splendour, Warrior, Black Diamond, Sportsman, Lovely Mary. 



Class I. For Private Growers, Six Blooms, white-ground Picotees, 

 dissimilar varieties, open to cultivators whose stock shall not exceed 

 150 pairs : 1st, Mr. E. Wood, York : Ada (Barnett's, a very pretty 

 thing), Seedling, Mr. Hoyle, Aurora, Eva, Mrs. Bailey ; 2nd, Mr. 

 Brierly, Chadderton : Amy Robsart, Mrs. Turner, Seedling, Mrs. 

 Norman, Venus, Lord Nelson ; 3rd, Mr. Weller, Ashton : Mrs. 

 Dodwell, Mrs. Turner, Crystal, Sultana, Mrs. Barnard, Eugenia, 

 4th, Mr. Badsley, Oldham : Mrs. Dodwell, Lord Nelson, Miss Holbeck, 

 Haidee, Helen, Ada Mary ; 5th, Mr. H. Williamson, Oldham : Amy 

 Robsart, Ada Mary, Mrs. Norman, Picco, Eva, Mrs. Dodwell. 



CLASS SHOWING. 



Carnations. — Scarlet Bizarre : 1, Admiral Curzon, J. J. Open- 

 shaw, Esq. ; 2, do., Dodwell and Bayley ; 3, Dreadnought, do ; 4, 

 Admiral Curzon, do. ; 5, Palladin, J. J. Openshaw, Esq. Crimson 

 Bizarre: 1, Black Diamond, J. .1. Openshaw, Esq.; 2, La Mullen, 

 do. ; 3, do., do. ; 4, Jenny Lind, do. ; 5, Black Diamond, do. Rose 

 Flakes : 1, Lovely Ann, Mr. Cheetham ; 2, Maid of Athens, J. J. 

 Openshaw, Esq. ; 3, Poor Tom, Mr. Elliott; 4, Rose of Castille, Dodwell 

 and Co. ; 5, Seedling, Mr. Baildon. Purple Flakes : 1, Seedling, Mr. 

 Baildon ; 2, do., J. J. Openshaw, Esq. ; 4, Napier, Mr. Cheetham ; 5, 

 Premier, J. J. Openshaw, Esq. Scarlet Flakes; Splendour, J. J. Open- 

 shaw, Esq. ; 2, do., do. ; 3, William IV., Mr. Cheetham ; 4, Fire- 

 brand, Baildon. 



Picotees. — Heavy Purple : 1, Mrs. Bayley, J. J. Openshaw, Esq. ; 

 2, do., Mr. J. Walmesley ; 3, do., Mr. J. Yardley ; 4, do., Mr. J. 

 Walmesley; 5, Lord Nelson, J. J. Openshaw, Esq. Heavy Red: 

 1, Sultana, Dodwell and Co.; 2, Mrs. Dodwell, Mr. Steward; 3, Mrs. 

 Norman, Mr. Baildon ; 4, J. J. Openshaw, Esq. ; 5, Mrs. Dodwell, 

 Mr. Yardley. Heavy Rose ; 1, Aurora, J. J. Openshaw, Esq. ; 2, 

 Venus, Dodwell and Co.; 3, do., do.; 4, Alice, do.; 5, Venus, do. 

 Light Purple : 1, Amy Robsart, J. J. Openshaw, Esq. ; 2, do., do. , 3, 

 Haidee, do. ; 4, Amy Robsart, do. ; 5, Mrs. Eyre, do. Light Red' 1, 

 Eugenia, J. J. Openshaw, Esq. ; 2, do., do. ; 3, do., Mr. Mellor : 4, 

 Charles Turner, Mr. Steward ; 5, Miss Holbeck, J. J. Openshaw, Esq. 



The company of Alvan's Coloured Opera Troupe, as well as a fine 

 regimental band, enlivened the whole, the former proving an almost 

 paramount attraction. 



Grove Cottage, Radford. Alfred G. Sutton, F.H.S, 



