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in variety ; these were Golden Eagle, ]\Ir. Seldon, Rose of England, 

 Indispensable, Seraph, Edmund Foster, Triumphant, Rachel Rawlings, 

 Model, Duke of Wellington, G. Villiers, Robert Bruce,' Amazon, Bob;. 

 Halo, Sir C. Napier, Lollipop, Sir R. Whittington, Susan, Ringleader, 

 R. Cobden, Lilac King, Bishop of Hereford, and Sir J. Franklin ; 3rd, 

 Mr. J. S. Prockter, Bermondsey ; 4th, Mr. J. Robinson, Pimlico. For twelve 

 blooms Mr. Fellowes was again successful in obtaining the first prize, 

 with Queen Victoria, Sir C. Napier, Miss Caroline, Rachel Rawlings, 

 The Nigger, Edmund Fester, Pre-eminent, Cossack, Diadem, Golden 

 Eagle, Mrs. Seldon, Robert Bruce ; 2nd, J. Sladden, Esq., Ash, with 

 Beauty of Thanet, Annie Salter, Mrs. Seldon, Fanny Keynes, Fearless, 

 Miss Caroline, Mr. Seldon, General Faucher, Triumphant, Duchess of 

 Kent, Bob, and Amazon ; 3rd, Mr. G. Holmes ; 4th, Mr. J. S. Prockter. 

 Fancy Varieties, twelve blooms, 1st, Rev. C. Fellowes, with Duchess 

 of Kent, Claudia, Unanimity, Lady Grenville, Marvel, Elizabeth, Mrs. 

 Hansard, Attraction, Flower of the Day, Flora M'lvor, and Topsy ; 

 2nd, Mr. J. S. Prockter, with Flora M'lvor, Laura Lavington, Princess 

 Charlotte, Mrs. Hansard, Duchess of Kent, Reine des Fleurs, Miss 

 Compton, Gloire de Kain, Spectabilis, Queen of Fancies, and Elizabeth ; 

 3rd, Mr. Robinson ; 4th, Mr. J. C. Perry. Six New Varieties : 1st, 

 J. Sladden, Esq., with King of Yellows, Mrs. Rawlings, Primrose 

 Perfection, Fanny Keynes, Indispensable, Rosea elegans ; 2nd, Mr. 

 J. S. Prockter, Indispensable, Rachel Rawlings, Primrose Perfection, 

 Lady Mary Labouchere, Beauty of Slough, and Mrs. Rawlings ; 3rd, 

 Mr. J. C. Perry, Birmingham. Classes open to all England, twenty- 

 four blooms : 1st, Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, with Mr. 

 Seldon, Mrs. Seldon, Miss Caroline, R. Bruce, Malvina, George Glenny, 

 Essex Triumph, Queen of Whites, Annie Salter, Sir C. Napier, Lilac 

 King, Sulphurea elegans, R. Cobden, Dhawala Giri, Rachel Rawlings, 

 Miss Spears, Sir F. Bathurst, Amazon, Ringleader, Ahce, Bob, 

 Whittington, Sir J. Franklin, and Espartero ; 2nd, Mr. J. Keynes, 

 Salisbury, with Negro, Rachel Rawlings, George Glenny, Brilliant, 

 Annie Salter, Edward Harrison, Malvina, Susan Sainsbury, Amazon, 

 Ruby Queen, Sir F. Bathurst, Primrose Perfection, Robert Bruce, 

 Red Gauntlet, Plantagjenet, Mornino; Star, Whittington, Fearless, Miss 

 Caroline, Richard Cobden, Ariel, Sir C. Napier, Mrs. Ferguson, and 

 Triumphant; 3rd, ]\Ir. W. C. Drummond, Bath; 4th, Mr. Legge, 

 Edmonton. Eighteen Fancy Varieties : 1st, Mr. Keynes, with 

 Emperor de Maroc, Due de Brabant, Triomphe de Raubaix, Topsy, 

 Phaeton, Reine des Fleurs, Miss Herbert, Butterfly, Princess 

 Charlotte, Seedling, Jonas, Abbe Boquillon, Mrs. James, Claude, Gloire 

 de Kain, Lady Grenville, Syren, and Miss Blackmore ; 2nd, Mr. 

 Turner, with Princess Charlotte, Didon, Unanimity, Reine des Fleurs, 

 Triomphe de Roubaix, Mrs. Willis, Laura Lavington, Empereur de 

 Maroc, Le Paon, Miss Weyland, Attraction, Elizabeth, Admiration, 

 Duchess of Kent, Phaeton, Gloire de Kain, Pigeon, and Marvel ; 3rd, 

 Mr. Legge ; 4th, ]\Ir. Mitchell, Piltdown. 



Of seedling Dahlias there was a good display. First class 

 Certificates were awarded to Pre-eminent (Fellowes's), a rich full 

 sized deep purple, with close centre, very deep, and first-rate 



