JULY. 211 



Sambo, and Anclrocles ; 2nd, Mr. August, Beddington, with Duke of 

 Norfolk, Queen of England, Joe Miller, Duke of Perth, Sir J. Paxton, 

 Miss Talbot, A\urora, Commander-in-Chief, British Queen, Royal Visit, 

 Mrs. Beck, IMarchioness of Bath, Sir J. Cathcart, Maria, Master Lacon, 

 Mrs. Hamilton, Ibrahim Pacha, Monarch, France Cycole, Ophir, Thisbe, 

 Lucy Neal, Pandora, St. Andrew ; 3rd, Mr. Holder, gardener to the 

 Rev. E. Coleridge, Eton College, with Lucida, Mrs. Rouse, Samson, 

 Marchioness of Bath, Duke of Perth, Royal Visit, Kate, Alfred the 

 Great, British Queen, Ophir, Mr. Thomson, Great Western, Ibrahim 

 Pacha, Optima, Post Captain, Euphemia, Sir. J. Paxton, Mrs. Coleridge, 

 Mrs. Hunt, Fearless, National, Androcles, St. Andrew, and Monarch. 



Open Class. — Seedlinjs. First class certificates were awarded to Mr. 

 Turner, for Lord Palmerston, Memnon, and Satisfaction; Lord Palmer- 

 ston and Satisfaction, are yellow-ground varieties of fine form, and dis- 

 tinctly marked. Memnon is a noble dark variety, very large and smooth. 



Extra Prizes for the best 6 yellow grounds: 1st Prize, Mr. August, 

 for Sir J. Cathcart, Duke of Norfolk, Robert Burns, Mr. Beck, 

 Thisbe, Pandora ; 2nd to Mr. Holder, for Timour, Pandora, Sir J. 

 Paxton, Alfred the Great, Duke of Norfolk, Mr. Thomson. For the 

 best 6 white grounds: 1st, Mr. Holder, for National, Mrs. Rouse, 

 INIarquis of Bath, Royal Visit, Climax, and Queen of England ; 2nd, 

 Mr. Lane, for Aurora, Exquisite, Queen of England, Duchess of 

 Rutland, Euphemia, and Climax. For the best flower in the exhibi- 

 tion, the prize was awarded to ]Mr. Lane, for the variety called Egon 

 (Turner), a flower similar in colour and marking to Mr. Beck, but 

 much more perfect in form, and exceedingly smooth on the edges. 



GREAT NATIONAL TULIP EXHIBITION FOR 1854. 



In our last number we were able to report the names of the successful 

 exhibitors only; we now proceed, according to promise, to give some 

 account of the winning flowers. 



In the class of six blooms of one feather and one flame in each 

 class, which is the most difficult for the exhibitor, the competition was 

 very great; the stands being so near each other in quality, that the 

 udges had great difficulty in deciding. The first prize, a silver cup 

 of the value of ^l. lOs., was awarded to Mr. James Parkins, Derby, 

 for a stand of neat, well marked flowers, but not large : they were 

 Heroine, Princess Royal, Gibbons's Salvator Rosa, very fine; Maid of 

 Orleans, Royal Sovereign, and Pilot; the latter a noble specimen, 

 which was also awarded the premier prize for the best flame Bizarre 

 exhibited ; 2nd, Mr. R. J. Lawrence, Hampton, with a chaste stand 

 of flowers, of uniform size, consisting of Ulysses, Glory of Abingdon, 

 Arlette, Triumph Royal, Maid of Orleans, and Bloemart; 3rd, Mr. J. 

 Thornily, of Heaton Norris, near Manchester, with Maid of Orleans, 

 Queen Charlotte, Lacheses, Heroine, Pilot, Royal Sovereign — this was 

 also a very good lot of flowers; 4th, Mr. J. F. Wood, Nottingham, 

 with PlatoflT, Willison's Sir J. Paxton — this is a superb new variety, 



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