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be applied without injuring the Vine, several good soakings may be 

 given, should the weather be dry, in June, July, and August, after 

 which it may take its chance, as the rains of autumn will then suffice. 

 If all has gone on well, the best wishes of the anxious cultivator will 

 now be realised, and he may enjoy the fruit of his own labour. 



THE ROYAL NATIONAL TULIP EXHIBITION. 



The sixth anniversary of the Great National Tulip show was held a t 

 Cambridge on the 29th of May, and was much more successful than 

 many were led to anticipate from the late cold ungenial spring. The 

 Society was established in 1849, when its first exhibition was held at 

 York. The class for six blooms, one feathered and one flamed of each 

 class, has always been the principal and most difficult for exhibitors, 

 many of the southern growers not being yet up to the mark in making 

 their selections. 



It is a curious fact that, with one exception, the principal prize on 

 each occasion has been carried off by different growers. At York, in 

 1849, John Thorniley, Esq., of Heaton, Mersey, was first; at Man- 

 chester, in 1850, Thomas Houghton, of Nottingham, was the fortunate 

 winner; 1851, at Derby, Thomas Adams, Esq., of that town, was first. 

 Thence it was adjourned to Birmingham, 1852, when Mr. Houghton 

 proved successful for the second time. In 1853 the exhibition was 

 held at Nottingham, Mr. Allestree, of Draycot, near Derby, being first. 

 The next meeting 1854, was in London, Mr. Parkins, of Derby, being 

 first, from which place we find the Society migrating to Cambridge, 

 under the auspices of R. Headley, Esq. ; here the first prize was awarded 

 to Mr. C. Turner, of Slough. 



Our remarks on the new varieties and principal blooms must 

 be deferred to another occasion, our space being limited this month, 

 from the large number of exhibitions we have to find room for, including 

 the great show at the Crystal Palace. The following are the awards : — 



Six blooms, one in each class, first prize. £10 10s.: — 1st, Mr. C. 

 Turner, of Slough, with Madame Vestris, Duke of Devonshire, Rutley's 

 Queen, Alexander Magnus, Triomphe Royale, and Glory of Abingdon ; 

 2nd, Mr. C. Spencer, of Thurlston, Derby, with Royal Sovereign, 

 Victoria Regina, Heroine, Pilot, Salvator Rosa, and Triomphe Royale ; 

 3rd, Mr. R. I. Lawrence, Hampton, with Everard, Queen Charlotte, 

 Kate Connor, Byzantium, Triomphe Royale, and Vivid ; 4th, Mr. H. 

 Betteridge, Milton Hall, Abingdon, with Bion, Royal Sovereign, Friend, 

 Triomphe Royale, David, and Everard ; 5th, Mr. Thomas Adams, 

 Derby, with Captain White, Aglaia, Gem, Duke of Devonshire, 

 Salvator Rosa, and Heroine ; 6th, Mr. Joseph Hunt, High Wycombe, 

 with Lady Denman, Camuse de Croix, Sir Joseph Paxton, Princess 

 Royal, Bion, and Vivid. Other competitors in this class were Mr. 

 Headley, Mr. Barratt, and Mr. Lenton, of Cambridge ; ]\Ir. Lymbery, 

 Nottingham ; Mr. Houghton, Hempshill ; Mr. Allestree, Draycot ; 

 Mr. Thorniley, Heaton Norris ; and Dr. Sanders, of Staines. 



