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marked seedling, but we did not like the white, which was dull. In 

 rose flakes we have before observed. King John took the lead ; Flora's 

 Garland, Mr. Strutt, Poor Tom, and Aglaia, were very good. 



Mr. Dodwell's flowers were as usual very clean, smooth, and well 

 marked, but not quite so large as we have seen him exhibit on 

 previous occasions. Mr. Steward, of York, had the best stand of 

 Picotees in the amateur class ; the blooms were very good indeed, and 

 of a uniform size. Mr. Bailey also had some very fine specimens in 

 his stands. The following are the awards. 



Class A : Premier prize. Nurserymen. Twelve Carnations and 

 twelve Picotees ; dissimilar varieties: A Silver Cup, eight guineas. 

 Mr. C. Turner, of Slough, with Carnations : King John (May), 

 Ascendant (May), Exit (May), Mr. Strutt (Turner), Royal Purple 

 (Puxley), Aglaia (May), Indispensable (Puxley), Prince of Olden- 

 burgh (Puxley), Captain Butler (Puxley), Defiance (Puxley), Black 

 Diamond, Admiral Curzon. Picotees : Sylvia (Turner), Mrs. Headley 

 (Headley), Sultana (Turner), Countess of Erroll (Turner), Mrs. Hoyle 

 (Hoyle), Mrs. Kelk (Turner), Prince Albert (Headley), Helen (May), 

 Mrs. Drake (Turner), Princess (Turner), Lady Grenville (Turner), 

 Lord Chancellor (Headley). 



Class B : Premier prize. Private growers. Twelve Carnations 

 and twelve Picotees, not less than nine varieties of each : A Silver Cup, 

 eight guineas. Mr. Dodwell, of Derby, with Carnations : Admiral 

 Curzon, Premier, Lorenzo, Sarah Payne, Friar Lawrence, Seedling, 

 Mr. Ainsworth, Firebrand, Lord Milton, Lovely Ann. Picotees : 

 Dodwell's 33, DodweU's 29, Dodwell's 15, May's Helen, DodweU's 48, 

 Mrs. Norman, Alfred, Mrs. Barnard, Haidee, Venus. 



Class C : Premier prize. Private growers. Open to cultivators 

 of not more than 200 pairs. Six Carnations and six Picotees : a Silver 

 Cup, four guineas. Mr. Taylor, of Nottingham, with Carnations : 

 Captain Franklin, Lucia, Hale's Albert, Earl of Leicester, Admiral 

 Curzon, Squire Trow. Picotees: Lord Nelson, Ophelia, Princess 

 Royal, Mrs. Barnard, Mary, Ganymede. 



Class D. Nurserymen. Twelve Carnations (the losing stands in 

 Class A. were allowed to compete in this class, and class E.) 1 st, 

 Prize, Mr. Keynes, Sahsbury, with Flora's Garland, Hale's Albert, 

 Acca, Lord Ranclifle, Valentine, Black Diamond, Queen of Roses, 

 Jacques, Sarah Payne, Aglaia, Admiral Curzon, Puxley 's Queen : 2d, Mr. 

 Turner, with Mr. Strutt (Turner), Silistria (Puxley), King John (May), 

 Ascendant (May), Omer Pacha (Puxley), William Catleugh (Puxley), 

 Victoria Regina (Headley) Jenny Lind (Puxley), Morgan May (Puxley), 

 Poor Tom (May), Black Diamond, Christopher Sly (May) ; 3d, Mr. 

 Oswald, Birmingham, with Lord Rancliffe, Uncle Tom, Beauty of 

 Woodhouse, Magnificent, Companion, Duke of Cambridge, Ariel, Duke 

 of Sutherland, Lovely Ann, Lydia, Admiral Curzon, King of Scarlets. 



Class E. First stand of twelve Picotees: 1st, Mr. Turner, with 

 Countess of Erroll (Turner), Sultana (Turner), Mrs. Drake (Turner), 

 Princess (Turner), Mrs. Kelk (Turner), Mrs. Keynes, Countess (May), 

 Helen, Mrs. Hoyle (Hoyle), Alice (Hoyle), Ariel (May), Mrs. Dod- 

 well; 2d, Mr. Keynes, with Lilacea, Lavinia, Ophelia, James II., 



