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James (Headley). Light Red Edge : 1st, Mr. Dodwell, for Mary 

 (Dodvvell) ; 2d. ditto, for Mary (Dodwell) ; 3d, Rev. A. Matthews, 

 for Cassandra; 4th, Mr. Turner, for Gem (Youell). Light Purple : 

 1st, Mr. Turner, for Prince Albert ; 2d, Mr. Bragg, for Juliet ; 3d, 

 Rev. A. Matthews, for Purity ; 4th, ditto, for Circe. Heavy Pur- 

 ple : 1st, Mr. Turner, for Alfred (Dodwell) ; 2d, ditto, for Viola 

 (May) ; 3d, ditto, for Seedling (May) ; 4th, Mr. May, for Viola. 

 Light Rose : 1st, Mr. Turner, for Mrs. Barnard ; 2d, ditto, for Mrs. 

 Barnard ; 3d, ditto, for Mrs. Barnard ; 4th ditto, for Countess Howe 

 (HoUyoake). Heavy Rose; 1st, Mr. Turner, for Queen Victoria 

 (Green) ; 2d, ditto, for Venus, (Headley) ; 3d, ditto, for Venus 

 (Headley); 4th, ditto, for Unexpected (Marris). 



Aug. 7. — The exhibition for the Northern division was held in 

 Derby, in connexion with the Midland Horticultural Society ; and as 

 far as the Carnations and Picotees were concerned, it proved pre- 

 eminently satisfactory. Middlesex, Surrey, Bucks, Bedford, Oxford, 

 Nottingham, Leicester, Warwick, Stafford, Lincoln, Lancashire, 

 Wilts, and Yorkshire, were duly represented both by flowers and 

 delegates. Thirty-six stands of sixes, 15 boxes of twelves, and up- 

 wards of 1000 single specimens, were systematically arranged, and 

 entirely filled the large table in the centre of the County Hall. The 

 awards were as follows : 



Northern Carnations (in sixes) : 1st, Mr. Dodwell, for Princess, 

 Admiral Curzon, Seedling 31, Seedling 47, Seedling 32, Premier; 

 2d, Mr. Haines, for Black Diamond (Haines), Hamlet, Lady Ely, 

 Squire Meynell, William IV. (Wilson), Lord Lewisham ; 3d, Mr. 

 Turner, for Miss Rushin, Lord Lewisham, Seedling (Hollyoake), 

 Admiral Curzon, Seedling (Marris), Lord Byron ; 4th, Mr. Busw^ell, 

 for Lord Byron, Admiral Curzon, Ocean Queen, King of Scarlets, 

 Bellerophon, Lord Milton; 5th, Mr. Bayley, for Seedling (Dodwell), 

 Lord Milton, True Briton, Admiral Curzon, Squire Meynell, Seed- 

 ling (Dodwell). 



Southern Carnations: 1st, Mr. Turner, for Flora's Garland, Em- 

 peror (Puxley), Poins (May), Jenny Lind (Puxley), Tybalt (May), 

 Ariel (May) ; 2d, Mr. Haines, for May's Hotspur, Flora's Garland, 

 Apollo, Ariel, Excellent, Venus (Willmer) ; 3d, Mr. Dodwell, for 

 Firebrand, President, Apollo, Lord Rancliffe, Ariel, Prince Albert ; 

 4th, Mr. Edwards, for Queen, Mary Ann, Ariel, Lord RanclifFe, 

 Hero of Middlesex, Flora's Garland; 5th, Mr. Bragg, for Ariel, 

 Flora's Garland, Prince Albert, Sarah, Payne, Prince de Nassau, 

 Princess Royal. 



Northern Picotees: 1st, Mr. Turner, for Victoria Regina (Mar- 

 ris), Alfred (Dodwell), Countess Howe (Marris), Duke of Rutland 

 (Hollyoake), Grace Darling (Marris), Alice (Dodwell); 2d, Mr. 

 Dodwell, for Alfred (Dodwell), Princess Royal (Marris), Prince of 

 Wales (Marris), Fanny (Dodwell), Miss Rosa (Merry wether), Duke 

 of Rutland (Hollyoake); 3d, Mr. Bayley, for Seedling (Dodwell), 

 Prince of Wales, Seedling (Dodwell), Iphigenia (Marris), Seedling 

 (Dodwell), Seedling (Dodwell) ; 4th, Mr. Haines, for Prince of 



