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shade of bluish purple, were raised by Mr. Nye, gardener to E. Foster, 

 Esq., Clewer Manor. Bacchus, Ajax, and Unique, also of superior 

 form, were from the same raiser. Angelina (Hoyle),an improved Fair 

 Ellen, and very fine, was second. Of large spotted kinds, known as 

 French, there were considerable numbers. King of Purples is a large 

 "flower of good quality ; Bracelet, rose ground, finely marked with 

 maroon spots, full size, and good habit ; Magpie, white and maroon 

 with black in centre of the spots. Rifleman, Beadsman, flowers in the 

 style of Sanspareil, much better, and as free. These all came from Mr. 

 Turner, of Slough, the three first named being selected by the judges for 

 prizes. In Fancies were Sarah Turner, bright crimson, with white 

 centre and edge, and free good habit; and Omega, a rosy crimson, 

 suffused with purple, and of the finest possible form ; Amy Sedgwick, 

 fine Rose, Louisa Pyne, light, and Lady Craven, crimson Rose, were 

 each and all good and new. These were raised and exhibited by Mr. 

 Turner. The judges selected the two first. 



In bedding Geraniums, Messrs. Veitch received a first prize for Mrs. 

 Ponsonby Moore, a spotted kind, of dwarf free blooming habit, colour 

 bright crimson, each petal being ornamented with distinct maroon spots. 

 This was greatly admired. Christina (Kinghorn) also received a prize ; 

 it appeared to be a good free blooming bedding kind of a lively pink 

 colour. 



Collections of Pelargoniums were numerous and generally good. Mr. 

 Nye had some fine plants, the best and most effective of which were 

 Flora, Prince of Wales, Saracen, Meteor, Fair Ellen, Viola, Wonderful, 

 and Carlos. Mr. Thos. Bailey, gardener to T. J. Drake, Esq., Amer- 

 sham, sent the next best collection, which contained a good Carlos, Miss 

 Foster, Meteora, Mr. Marnock, Governor-General, and Spotted Gem. 

 Mr. Bailey was first with fancies in the amateur class, his plants being 

 nicely bloomed, but not large — Acme, Celestial, Lady of the Lake, 

 Evening Star, Princess Royal, and formosissimum were the kinds. Mr. 

 James and Mr. Oubridge also contributed collections. In the Nursery- 

 man's class Mr. Turner, Messrs. Dobson, Mr. Windsor, and Messrs. 

 Fraser were placed in the order in which their names appear. The 

 best in Mr. Turner's collection were Candidate, Cynthia, Viola, Governor- 

 General, Fair Ellen, and Saracen. Messrs. Dobson's contained good 

 plants of Evelyn, Fairest of the Fair, the Bride, Miss Foster, and Rose- 

 leaf. 



In the class of fancies were some remarkable specimens. Mr. 

 Turner's plants were Celestial, delieatum, Evening Star, Madame 

 Sontag, Madame Rougiere, and Cassandra. These were of immense 

 size and of unequalled beauty, every leaf being hid by the mass of 

 blossoms, which in some cases were so crowded together as to prevent 

 many opening. Mr. Windsor and Messrs. Fraser also sent well 

 bloomed collections. 



Of Fuchsias there were some beautiful exhibitions, consisting of 

 pyramidal plants six and eight feet high, and loaded with flowers from 

 bottom to top. The sorts were not different from those shown before 

 this year. One plant, Souvenir de Chiswick, is however well worthy of 

 notice. It was a fine specimen of a good kind, and was literally loaded 



