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Bridge Road, 5/. In Mr. Colyer's collection Erica elegans, Boronia 

 piiinata, and Leschenaultia formosa were very fine. 



Class III. Twelve Stove and Greenhouse Plants in Flowers. — 1st, 

 Mr. Dods, gardener to Sir J. Cathcart, Bart., Cooper's Hill, Surrey, 18/. ; 

 2nd, Mr. Carson, gardener to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., Nonsuch Park, 

 12/. ; 3rd, Mr. Frost, gardener to E. L. Betts, Esq., Preston Hall, 6/. 

 Extra Prizes : Mr. W. Cutbush, Barnet, 6/. ; ]\Ir. W. May, gardener 

 to Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing, 5/. ; Mr. R. Dingle, gardener to A. Lawrence, 

 Esq., Bath, 4/. ; Mr. W. Carmichael, gardener to G. C. Tugwell, Esq., 

 Bath, 3/. ; Mr. W.Taylor, gardener to J. Coster, Esq., Streatham, 2/. ; 

 Mr. R. Roser, gardener to J. Bradbury, Esq., Streatham, 1/. In Mr. 

 Dods' collection the most remarkable plants were a noble plant of Pimelea 

 spectabihs and Ericas Cavendishi and depressa, the latter perhaps the 

 finest ever grown of this kind. 



Class IV. Six Stoi'e and Greenhouse Plants in Flower. — 1st, 

 Mr. Williams, gardener to Miss Traill, Hayes, Kent, 10/ ; 2nd, Mr. 

 Rhodes, gardener to J. Phillpot, Esq., Stamford Hill, 6/. ; 3rd, Mr. 

 Hamp, gardener to Jas. Thorne, Esq., South Lambeth, 3/. ; 4th, Mr. 

 Girdler, gardener to Miss Wilson, Snaresbrook, 2/. Extra Prizes : Mr. 

 Clarke, Brixton Hill, 21. ; Mr. Brush, gardener to F. Tritton, Esq., 

 Norwood, 2/.; Mr. C. Smith, Norwood Grove, 1/. Mr. Chilman, 

 gardener to Mrs. Smith, Epsom, Mr. J. Tyler, Beckenham, Mr. A. Young, 

 gardener to John Edwards, Esq., and Mr. Woolaston, of Sydenham, also 

 exhibited in this class. 



Class V. Twenty Variegated Plants. — 1st, Messrs. Veitch and 

 Son, Exeter and Chelsea, 7/- 5 2nd, Mr. Franklin, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, Ealing Park, 5/ ; 3rd, Mr. Young, gardener to W. Slam, 

 Esq., Dulwich Hill, 4/. ; 4th, Messrs. J. and C. Lee, Hammersmith, 3/. 



Class VI. Ten Plants with fine Foliage. — 1st, Messrs. Veitch and 

 Son, Exeter and Chelsea, 5/. ; 2nd, Messrs. RolUsson and Son, Toot- 

 ing, 3/. ; 3rd, Mr. Outridge, gardener to J. Foster, Esq., Stamford 

 Hill, 21. 



Class VII. Twenty Orchids, of Exotic Species (Amateurs). — 1st, 

 Mr. Mylam, gardener to G. Reed, Esq., Burnham, Somerset, 30/; 2nd, 

 Mr. Williams, gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., Hoddesdon, 20/. ; 3rd, 

 Mr. Hume, gardener to R. Hanbury, Esq., Poles, Ware, 10/. Extra 

 Prize : Mr. Woolley, gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., Cheshunt, 7/- Mr. 

 Bassett, gardener to R. S. Holford, Esq., of Westonbirt, also exhibited 

 in this class, having in his collection fine plants of Saccolabium guttatum 

 splendens and Cypripedium barbatum. 



Class VIII. Twenty Orchids, of Exotic Species (Nurserymen). — 

 1st, Messrs. Veitch and Son, Exeter and Chelsea, 30/. ; 2nd, Messrs. 

 Rollisson and Son, Tooting, 20/. In Messrs. Veitch's collection we 

 noticed fine plants of Oncidium ampliatum majus, Aerides " Fox's 

 Brush," Cattleya Mossise superba, Dendrobium anosmum, Cypripedium 

 barbatum majus, Aerides Veitchi, Aerides virens superbum, Dendrobium 

 moniliforme. The plants in this collection were very fine. Messrs. 

 Rollisson had in their collection a noble plant of Oncidium sphacelatum, 

 with about 30 spikes of bloom. Messrs. Veitch and Son also exhibited 

 a collection of 20 fine plants not for competition, among which were fine 



