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thoroughly discussed. The awards were as follows : — Spikes, eleven 

 dissimilar varieties ; 1st prize, Mr. Bircham, Bungay, Hedenham, 

 Norfolk, with Solfaterre, Yellow Model, FeUcia, Pourpre de Tyre, 

 Unique, Comet, Criterion, Lilac Model, Queen of Denmark, Brennus ; 

 these were large, clean, even, and of first-rate quahty ; 2d, Mr. W. 

 Chater, Saffron Walden, with Spectabilis, Admirable, Lady Braybrooke, 

 Sulphur Queen, Walden Gem, Meteor, Joan of Arc, Pourpre de Tyre, 

 Hon. Mrs. Ashley, Comet ; Sd, Mr. C. Turner, of Slough, with Orestes, 

 Duchess of Sutherland, Pourpre de Tyre, Yellow Model, Souvenir, 

 Eugenia, Eva, Emperor, Walden Gem, Mrs. Foster, Charles Turner ; 

 4th, Messrs. A. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, with Pourpre de Tyre, 

 White Globe, Lizzy, Magnum Bonum, Charles Baron, Beauty of 

 Cheshunt, Sulphur Queen, King of Roses, Metropolitan, Eugenia, 

 Aspacea. Cut blooms in twenty-four distinct varieties ; 1st, Mr. C. 

 Turner, with Agricola, Lizzy, Walden Gem, Susannah, Charles 

 Turner, Emperor, Purpurea, General Bem, Pourpre de Tyre, Orestes, 

 Sulphur Queen, Sir David Wedderburn, Felicia, Hope, Souvenir, 

 Pillar of Beauty, Hon. Mrs. Ashley, Shaded Model, Beauty of 

 Cheshunt, Eleanor, Black Prince (new), Eugenia, Duchess of Suther- 

 land, Ovid ; 2d, Mr. W. Chater, with Enchantress, Safi-anot, Black 

 Prince (new), Rosy Circle, Brennus, Mulberry Superb, Golden Fleece, 

 Lady Neville, Seedling, Charles Lidgard, Souvenir, Comet, Eugenia, 

 Seedling No. 2, Hon. Mrs. Ashley, Elegans, Sir D. Wedderburn, 

 Lilac Model, Seedling Yellow No. 1, Walden Rival, Gen. Bem, Emily, 

 Pourpre de Tyre, Sulphur Queen ; 3d, Mr. Bircham. 



Private growers. Spikes in seven varieties : 1st, Mr. Roake, 

 Clewer, near Windsor, with Julia, Pourpre de Tyre, Sulphur Queen, 

 White Globe, Walden Rival, Beauty of Cheshunt, Hon. Mrs. Ashley ; 

 these were very fine, with large flowers ; 2d, George Holmes, 

 Esq., Brooke Lodge, near Norwich, with Elegans, Penelope, Pourpre 

 de Tyre, Lemonade, Warrior, Meteor, Challenger ; 3d, Mr. Benning- 

 field, Broxbourn, Essex ; 4th, Mr. Glascock, Bishop Stortford ; 5th, Mr. 

 Dyson, Stoke. 



Twenty-four cut blooms in twelve varieties : 1st, Mr. Roake, with 

 Seedling No. 1, 1854, Ovid, Joan of Arc, Walden Rival, Pillar of 

 Beauty, Hon. Mrs. Ashley, Charles Lidgard, Julia, Pourpre de Tyre, 

 Souvenir, Shaded Model, Sulphur Queen ; 2d, Mr. Long, Watford, 

 with Pourpre de Tyre, Yellow Model, Hector, Emily, Sir D. Wedder- 

 burn, Joan of Arc, Comet, Orestes, Susannah, Gen. Bem, Shaded 

 Model, Eva ; 3d, Mr. Benningfield ; 4th, Mr. Grant, Gardener to R. 

 Fellowes, Esq., Shotesham Park, near Norwich ; 5th, to Mr. Dyson. 

 The prize for the finest spike was selected from Mr. Bircham's collection, 

 and was a beautifully grown Mrs. Ashley ; it was, however, very 

 closely contested with a spike of Lady Braybrook, exhibited by Mr. 

 Chater. The best single bloom was exhibited by Messrs. Paul, who 

 produced bloom of their Beauty of Cheshunt. 



There was not a large number of seedlings ; the judges selected 

 Bircham's Purple Perfection as the best ; this is a full sized, fine shaped 

 flower, in the way of Pourpre de Tyre, but more purple. It is 

 unquestionably a first-class flower. Mr. Bircham sent several 



