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Gasparine ; 2d, Mr. Robinson, with Comte de Flandre, Empereur de 

 Maroc, Madame Bassaville, Floral Beauty, Lady Grenville, Madame 

 Wachy; 3d, C. Lockner, Esq., Paddington ; 4th, Mr. Kowden. 



Nurserymen, 24 blooms : 1st, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurserj^, 

 Slougli, with Grandis (Turner's), Sir F. Bathurst, Mrs. Seldon, 

 Thames-bank Hero, Earl of Clarendon, Negro, Snow-flake, Mr. Sel- 

 don, Queen of Lilacs, Marchioness of Cornwallis, Richard Cobden, 

 Andromeda, Black Prince, Miss Hawtrey, Essex Triumph, Duke of 

 Wellington, Grenadier (Turner), Nonpareil, Duke of Cambridge, 

 Utilis, Seraph, Frederick Jerome, Yellow Standard, Fearless. — 

 Equal: 1st, Mr. J. Keynes, Salisbury, with Klagnificent, Cleopa- 

 tra, Princess Louisa, Snow-flake, Essex Triumph, Richard Cobden, 

 Yellow Standard, Queen of the East, Bathonia, M. Gauberts, Sir F. 

 Bathurst, Mr. Seldon, Mrs. Bacon, General Negrier, Marchioness of 

 Cornwallis, Crocus, Toison d'Or, Miss Vyse, Fearless, Dulcet, Shy- 

 lock, Golden Fleece, Buffalo Girl, Sarah ; 3d, Mr. Bragg, Slough ; 

 4th, Mr. Gurney ; 5th, Mr. Hunt, Paddington. 



Fancies, 12 blooms : 1st, Mr. C. Turner, with Striata perfecta, 

 Belle de Nogent, Mrs. Hansard, Unique, Miss Compton, Elizabeth, 

 Post-secretaire, Hane, Dulce's Lady Grenville, Jenny Lind, Mr, La- 

 bouchere, Comte de Flandre ; 2d, Mr. Keynes, with Miss Compton, 

 Elizabeth, Highland Chief, Comte de Flandre, Bell Bouquet, Rain- 

 bow, Candidate, Striata perfecta. Miss Blackmore, Lady Grenville, 

 Forget-me-not, Jeannette ; 3d, Mr. Bragg. 



Hollyhocks were shewn in spikes, and in capital condition, by 

 Mr. Bircham of Hedenham, Norfolk, and by Mr. Chater of Saff'ron 

 Walden : there were also numbers of single blossoms, which in this 

 state looked miserable. They should be shewn in spikes, or not at all. 



Verbenas were poor. Some pretty seedlings were sent by Mr. 

 G. Smith. 



Seedling Dahlias. These were more numerous than good. There 

 were several useful flowers staged, but few novelties ; among the 

 latter, Mitchell's Queen of Beauties was the most attractive, colour 

 waxy soft white, with clear rose tip, and very delicate, but appa- 

 rently having a treacherous centre ; the form of its petal and outline 

 are good. Bragg's Admiral is a good useful lilac, and appeared to 

 be very constant. Others consisted of Keynes' Summit of Perfec- 

 tion, dark purple ; ditto. Honourable Mr. Herbert, shaded red and 

 yellow, both full flowers ; Stein's Nil Desperandum, good heavy 

 scarlet ; Turner's Grandis, much the same colour ; Holmes' Barmaid, 

 very promising white ; ditto. Roundhead, dull buff^, of fine form ; 

 Soden's Beauty of the Grove, small and neat, and the darkest flower 

 we have seen. Edwards' Mrs. Hansard is a noble fancy, yellow 

 tipped with white ; this flower is large, and of very fine form, de- 

 cidedly the best of its class. A large number of blooms were put up 

 for inspection ; but we were unable to ascertain which flowers received 

 certificates, on account of the crowd which had assembled before the 

 cards were put on. 



Several other Dahlia- shows have taken place lately, which we 

 shall take an early opportunity of noticing. 



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