JULY. 175 



rum, Roi de Navarre, Claudiana, Fleur des Dames, Optiraus, Due de 

 Bordeaux, Sanzio, Manteau Ducale, and Hughes's Commodus ; 5th, 

 to Mr. Duttson, for Fabius, Aglaia, Polyphemus, Roscius, Cerise 

 Belle Forme, Polyphemus, Washington, Abercrombie, Unknown Rose, 

 Bijou des Amateurs, and Claudiana ; 6th, to Mr. Noakes of Camber- 

 well, for Captain White, Triomphe Royal, Vivid, Thunderbolt, Opti- 

 mu3, Violet, Blondeau, Aglaia, Malibran, Holmes's King, Salamander, 

 Duchess of Clarence, and Demeroque. Nurserymen's Class: 1st 

 prize, to Mr. Lawrence of Hampton, for lago, Madame Vestris, Se- 

 lim, Rosa Blanca, Musidora, La Belle Nannette, Violet Alexander, 

 Lady Sale (new variety), Due des Bonsfleurs, Catalani, and Hamlet ; 

 2d, to Mr. Turner of Slough, for Madame Vestris, Bolivar, Holmes's 

 King, Triomphe Royal, Musidora, Lac, Platoff, Queen Charlotte, 

 Hamlet, Lavinia, Catalani, and Polyphemus ; 3d, to Mr. Batten of 

 Clapton, for May's Hercules, Platoff, Triomphe Royal, Lawrence's 

 Friend, Drinkwater's Pink, Cerise Blanche, Alcon, Polyphemus, 

 Aglaia, Holmes's King, Walker's King, and Fleur des Dames ; 4th, 

 to Dr. Bushell, for Ruttey's No, 8, Aglaia, Abercrombie, Commodus, 

 Willmer's Duke, Roscius, Dutch Ponceau, Tres Blanc, Bacchus Bi- 

 zarre, Triomphe Royal, Globe Bizarre, Royal George, and Rose 

 BrilHant. 



Pansies, as usual, came in for their share of admiration, as well 

 they might, for they were exhibited in capital order ; but the sorts 

 being so nearly the same as those given in our last Number in the 

 report of the Hammersmith Heartsease Society, we will not occupy 

 room unnecessarily by repeating their names here. 



Certificates were awarded to a white Azalea produced by Messrs. 

 Frazer ; to Mr. Gaines for Calceolarias Magnifica and Cruenta ; to 

 Mr. Beck for Pelargonium Rosa ; to Mr. Bragg for a dark Pansy, 

 Joseph Hunt ; to Mr. Ivery for Mimulus Rubini, and to Mr. Pawsey 

 for Antirrhinum Duke of Wellington. 



The 19th of June was the Pink and Ranunculus show; but it 

 was too early for Pinks, and they were not in good character. Ra- 

 nunculuses were, however, abundant and fine, and somewhat com- 

 pensated for the absence of Pinks. In the latter flower there M'ere 

 in all three stands of twenty-four blooms and three of twelve blooms. 

 In the Nurserymen's class, Messrs. Norman of Woolwich obtained 

 the first prize for Lady Dartmouth, Musqueteer, Harriet, Smith's 

 Goliath, Young's Lady Mildmay, Willmer's Princess Royal, Hillyer's 

 Goliath, Elridge's No. 10, Smith's Diana, Garrett's Alpha, Willmer's 

 Surplus, Hodges' Melona, Henbrey's Rubens, Young's Winchester 

 Rival, White's^ Warden and Duchess of Kent, Omega, Elridge's Pick- 

 wick, Hodges' Gem, Costar's Alfred Morrison, King of Purples, Will- 

 mer's Laura, Giddy's Jenny Lind, and Reed's Maryanne. Among 

 Amateurs, the first prize was given to J. Edwards, Esq., of Holloway, 

 whose stand contained Benjamin, Winchester Rival, Morning Star, 

 Rubens, Mrs. Herbert, Laura, Melona, King of Purples, Blackheath 

 Rival, Jenny Lind, Joseph Sturge, and Duchess of Kent. 



There were fourteen stands of Ranunculuses, most of them con- 

 taining beautiful blooms. Among Nurserymen, Mr. Tyso of WaU 



