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THE FLORIST. 



Wales, Prince Albert (Marris), Miss Rosa, Seedling (Hudson), 

 Seedling (Haines), Proconsul; 5th, Mr. Merrj^wether, for Miss Rosa, 

 Mrs. Wood (Merrywether), Lady Franklin (Merry wether), Lady 

 Sale (Ely), Seedling 35. 



Southern Picotees : 1st, Mr. Turner, for Mrs. Barnard, Juliet 

 (May), Cleopatra (May), Green's Queen, Viola (May), Lorina 

 (Burroughes) ; 2d, Mr. Merr5^wether, for President, Delicata (Hol- 

 liday), Jessica (May), Princess Royal (Willmer), Mrs. Barnard, 

 Green's Queen ; 3d, Mr. Dodwell, for Green's Queen, Juliet, Mrs. 

 Barnard, Lorina, Venus (Headley), Gem (Youell) ; 4th, Mr. Bragg, 

 for Gem, Lady Harriet Moore, Princess Royal, JuHet, Venus, Jenny 

 Lind ; 5th, Mr. Bayley, for Isabella, Mrs. Barnard, Juliet, Lorina, 

 Venus, Princess Alice (Wood). 



Single Blooms in Classes. Scarlet Bizarres : 1st, Admiral Cur- 

 zon, Mr. Buswell ; 2d, ditto, Mr. Haines ; 3d, ditto, Messrs. Schole- 

 field; 4th, Seedling. Crimson Bizarres: 1st, Jenny Lind, Mr. Tur- 

 ner; 2d, ditto, ditto; 3d, ditto, ditto; 4th, Black Diamond, Mr. 

 Haines. Pink Bizarres: 1st, Prince Albert, Mr. Bragg. (The 

 paucity of blooms in this class prevented any further award.) Pur- 

 ple Flakes : 1st, Squire Meynell, Mr. Buswell ; 2d, Lord Byron, 

 ditto ; 3d, Premier, Mr. Barringer ; 4th, Squire Meynell, Mr. 

 Haines. Scarlet Flakes: 1st, Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Barringer; 

 2d, ditto, ditto ; 3d, ditto, ditto ; 4th, ditto, ditto. Rose Flakes : 

 1st, Lady Ely, Mr. Haines ; 2d, ditto, ditto ; 3d, Princess Royal, 

 Mr. Turner ; 4th, Flora's Garland, Mr. Haines. Heavy Red-edged 

 Picotees: 1st, Picnic, Mr. Harrison; 2d, Isabella, Mr. Haines; 

 3d, Picnic, Mr. Harrison; 4th, King James, Messrs. Scholefield. 

 Light Red: 1st, Seedling 70, Mr. Dodwell; 2d, Paymaster, Mr. 

 Harrison ; 3d, Gem, ]Mr. Buswell ; 4th, ditto, Mr. Barringer. Heavy 

 Purple: 1st, 2d, 3d, Alfred, Mr. Dodwell. Light Purple: 1st, 

 Leader, Mr. Barringer ; 2d, Leader, ditto ; 3d, Juliet, Mr. Turner ; 

 4th, ditto, Mr. Dodwell. Heavy Rose: 1st, Green's Queen, Mr. 

 Turner ; 2d, ditto, Mr. Dodwell ; 3d, Venus, Mr. Turner ; 4th, Vic- 

 toria Regina, ditto. Light Rose : 1st, Mrs. Barnard, Mr. Dodwell ; 

 2d, ditto, ditto ; 3d, ditto, ditto. 



The premier prizes were awarded to Mr. Turner, of the Royal 

 Nursery, Slough, for his stand of Southern Carnations, six magnifi- 

 cent specimens ; and to his stand of Northern Picotees, also display- 

 ing the highest skill in cultivation, combined with the rarest quality. 

 First-class certificates were awarded to ]Mr. Turner, for Puxley's 

 Jenny Lind, C.B., decidedly the finest of its class ; to Mr. Barringer, 

 for his seedling scarlet flake, Duke of Devonshire ; to Mr. Wood, 

 for Robinson's Ehzabeth (heavy red Picotee), a flower of fine pro- 

 perties, well margined with bright red, and extra fine in the white 

 or ground-colour; and to ]\Ir. Dodwell, for Alfred (heavy purple), a 

 variety which has obtained a number of awards altogether unprece- 

 dented. 



An immense number of seedlings was produced. Those espe- 

 cially calling for notice were Marris's Grace Darling, Countess Howe, 

 Victoria Regina, and Hollyoake's Duke of Rutland (exhibited by 



