300 THE FLORIST. 



Cossack, Yellow Beauty, Duke of Wellington, Amazon, Miss Burdett 

 Coutts, Duchess of Kent, Fearless, Annie, Annie Salter, Sir C. Napier, 

 Lilac King, Empress, and Agincourt; 2nd, Mr. Keynes, Salisbury, 

 with Triumphant, Rachel Rawlings, Argo, Pre-eminent, Ruby Queen, 

 Annie, Orange Perfection, Miss Caroline, Primrose Perfection, Dr. 

 Reid, Sir J. Franklin, Colonel Baker, Lady Folkestone, Sir C. Napier, 

 Malvina, Duchess of Kent, Lord Bath, Lilac King, Richard Cobden, 

 Robert Bruce, John Keynes, Annie Salter, Queen of Whites, Essex 

 Triumph ; 3rd, Mr. Legg, Edmonton ; 4th, Mr. Walker, Thame ; 

 5th, Mr. C. E. Allen, Shackle well. Fancy varieties, 24 blooms, not 

 more than two of a kind : — 1st, Mr. Keynes, with Triomphe de Rou- 

 baix, Claudia, Lady Grenville, Elizabeth, Mrs. Hansard, Mrs. Wilhs, 

 Empereur de Maroc, Duchess of Kent, Baron Alderson, Jonas, Marvel, 

 La Tropique, Mrs. Spary, Princess Charlotte, Phaeton, Pigeon, Comet ; 

 2nd, Mr. C. Turner, with Baron Alderson, Triomphe de Roubaix, 

 Empereur de Maroc, Marvel, Laura Lavington, Gloire de Kain, Admi- 

 ration, Jonas, Mrs. Hansard, Comet, Flora M'lvor, Pigeon, Butterfly, 

 Duchess of Kent, Miss Frampton, Kossuth, Semiramis, EHzabeth, 

 Attraction, Jenny Lind, Reine des Fleurs. Hollyhocks, spikes, 7 va- 

 rieties : — 1st, Mr. Grant, gardener to Robert Fellowes, Esq., Shottesham 

 Park, with Pourpre de Tyre, Sulphur Queen, Eva, Elegans, Charles 

 Turner, Solfaterre, and Brennus ; 2nd, — Benningfield, Esq., Brox- 

 bourne, with Souvenir, Sulphur Queen, Mrs. Ashley, Joan of Arc, Eva, 

 and Sir David Wedderburn ; 3rd, — Bower, Esq. ; 4th, — Dyson, 

 Esq., Stoke. Nurserymen : — 1st, Mr. Chater, of Saffron Walden, 

 with Empress, Salmonius, Sulphur Queen, Elegans, Mont Blanc, and 

 two seedlings ; 2nd, Mr. Bircham, Hedenham, with Unique, Norfolk 

 Hero, Duchess of Sutherland, Pourpre de Tyre, Eva, Lemonade, and 

 Purple Perfection ; 3rd, Messrs. Paul, with tall fine spikes. 24 Cut 

 Blooms, not more than two of each ; Amateurs : — 1st, Mr. Roake, 

 Clewer, with Eugenie, JuHa, Emperor, Pourpre de Tyre, Mrs. Ashley, 

 Souvenir, Miss Ashley, Lilac Model, Beauty of Cheshunt, and eight 

 seedlings ; 2nd, — Benningfield, Esq. — the varieties in this collection 

 dissimilar from the first were Pearl, Sulphur Queen, Emily, Sir D. 

 Wedderburn, Eva, Comet, Joan of Arc, Lizzy, and Conspicua ; 3rd, 

 Mr. J. Long, Watford ; 4th, Mr. C. Grant. Nurserymen, 24 dis- 

 similar varieties : — 1st, Mr. Chater, with Fearless, Boule de Feu, Mrs. 

 Ashley, James, Malvina, Empress (very fine), Mulberry Superb, 

 Finella, Alpha (fine), Salmonius, Autocrat, Nitilina, Pourpre de Tyre, 

 Walden Rival, Alexandrina, Julia, Golconda, Ochre (fine). Lilac Queen, 

 Summit of Perfection, Mont Blanc, Walden Gem, Model, and a seed- 

 ling; 2nd, Mr. C. Turner. The varieties in this collection, which were 

 fine, and not in the first, were Standard, Mrs. Parsons, Argo, Miss 

 Parsons, Little Gem, Pilot, Orestes, Rosy Circle, Fehcia, and Beauty 

 of Cheshunt; 3rd, Messrs. Paul and Son. Verbenas: — 1st, Mr. G. 

 Smith, ToUington Nursery, Hornsey, with Brilliant de Vaise, Viscount 

 de Beleval, Empress, Lord Raglan, Joan of Arc, White Perfection, 

 Sobraon, Morpha, Beauty, Madame de LavaUiere ; 2nd, Mr. J. August, 

 Beddington. In Seedlings, Dahhas were the most conspicuous. These 

 were contributed in considerable numbers, some of which were marked 



