188 THE FLORIST. 



Cinerarias were scarcely in such good condition, either as regards 

 growth or bloom, as they should have been. 1st, Messrs. Henderson, 

 Pine Apple Place, with Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Lady Camoys, Marianne, 

 Lady Hume Campbell, Beauty and Mrs. Beecher Stowe. 2nd, Mr. 

 Clarke. Amateurs : 1st, Mr. Ward, with Newmgton Beauty, Cerito, 

 Vicar of Wakefield, Rosetta, Dand Copperfield, and Estelle. 



Pansies in pots were extremely good, the flowers generally being in 

 beautiful order. 1st, Mr. Turner, with Earl of Mansfield, Marion, 

 Pandora, Sir John Cathcart, National, Emperor, Monarch, Memnon 

 (a fine dark self). 2nd, Mr. Bragg ; 3rd, Mr. Dobson. There were 

 also several stands of cut flowers, the best of which came from Mr. 

 Turner, of Slough. Of seedlings there were one or two promising 

 flowers, the most conspicuous being Lord Palmerston, described by us 

 on a former occasion. Lord John Russell, yellow ground with an 

 intensely dark striking centre ; Royal Albert, rich shaded plum, a 

 very striking flower. Satisfaction, which has also been described, 

 and Duchess of Sutherland, a clear white ground, with a rich dark 

 centre ; very fine. 



Messrs. I very and Son, of Dorking, had Rhododendron pontic um 

 coccineum, a sort with the colour of arboreum, and the habit and 

 hardiness of ponticum. Also some Azaleas, among which *' Gem" was 

 particularly well-named, being very striking in colour, smooth and 

 beautifully formed — in fact, a perfect gem. 



THE GREAT NATIONAL TULIP EXHIBITION. 



It affords us much pleasure to state that this Society's exhibition (held 

 in the Regent's Park Botanic Gardens, on the 24th ultimo, in connec- 

 tion vdth the Royal Botanic fete) was eminently successful in every 

 respect ;- but, as we predicted, the southern beds were much past their 

 best. This, however, was fully compensated for by the large number 

 of fine flowers brought from the midland and northern counties. We 

 have also the pleasure to announce that the meeting of the Great 

 National Tulip Society for 1855 will be held at Cambridge. The 

 follo^ving are the awards, but the names of the winning flowers shall be 

 given in our next : — 



Class A. Six dissimilar blooms : 1st, Mr. James Parkins, Derby ; 

 2nd, Mr. R. J. LaA\Tence, Hampton ; 3rd, Mr. John Thorniley, Heaton 

 Norris, near Manchester ; 4th, Mr. J. P. Wood, Nottingham ; 5th, Mr. 

 Charles Spencer, Thurlstone, near Nottingham. 



Class B. Twelve dissimilar blooms : 1st, Rev. S. Cresswell, Not- 

 tingham ; 2nd, R. H. Betteridge, Esq., Abingdon ; 3rd, S. Sanders, 

 Esq., Staines ; 4th, Mr. John Thorniley ; 5th, J. Hunt, Esq., Wy- 

 combe. 



Class C. Eighteen blooms : 1st, Mr. R. J. Lawrence ; 2nd, Mr. R. 

 F. Wood ; 3rd, Mr. C, Turner, Slough ; 4th, Mr. W. Bragg, Slough ; 

 5th, Mr. Willmer, Sunbury. 



