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Sulphur Queen, Pillar of Beauty, Rosea grandiflora, Lady Dalrymple, 

 IShaded ]Model, Lord Ronald, Eugenie, ]\Iarquis of Tweedale, Agricola, 

 Queen, Pourpre de Tyre, Mountain of Light, Walden Gem, Beauty of 

 Tweedale, Charles Lidgard, and Sir David Wedderbum. 



For the prize of half-a-guinea, offered by Messrs. Dovvnie and 

 Laird to amateurs, for the best six blooms of Hollyhocks, there were six 

 competitors. The prize was gained by William Blackwood, Esq., 

 Kerfield Cottage, Peebles, with Sulphur Queen, Lizzy, Pourpre de Tyre, 

 Charles Barron, Letitia, and Walden Gem. 



The prize of one guinea, offered by J\lessrs. J. Dickson and Sons, 

 for the best eighteen autumn Roses, was gained by Mr. Robertson, 

 Rockville, with the following sorts, viz. : — Lady Alice Peel, IMarshal 

 Bugeaud, Geant des Batailles, Moiret, William Griffiths, Ophirie, 

 Gloire de la Guillotere, Robin Hood, Elise Sauvage, Napoleon, Madame 

 Desprez, Cymedor, Abbe IMioland, Euphrosyne, Augustine Leheur, 

 Amie Vibert, Carolina, and L' Enfant d'Ajaccio. 



The Silver Cup (value three guineas) offered to practical gardeners 

 and amateurs for the twelve best and most distinct spikes of Hollyhocks, 

 brought ten competitors. Tlie prize was gained by Mr. Laing, gardener 

 to the Earl of Rosslyu, Dysart House, with Walden Gem, Eva, White 

 Globe, Hon. Mrs. Ashley, Yellow Model, Beauty of Cheshunt, Queen 

 of Denmark, Pourpre de Tyre, Shaded Model, Souvenir, Emperor, and 

 Joan of Arc. The second prize (two guineas) was assigned to ]\Ir. Pow, 

 gardener to A. Berwick, Esq., of Norton, for Sulphur Queen, Joan of Arc, 

 Lizzy, Watford Surprise, Walden Gem, Lady Braybrook, Illuminator, 

 Napoleon, Rosea grandiflora, Pourpre de Tyre, Charles Barron, and 

 Gem of the North. A third premium (Society's Silver JNIedal) was 

 voted to WiUiam Blackwood, Esq., Kerfield Cottage, Peebles ; and 

 a fourth to Mr. Pender, Moredun. 



The Hollyhock show this season surpassed by far any former show 

 here, both in length of spike and quality of bloom. In the first stand 

 the Hon. Mrs. Ashley stood pre-eminent, nearly four feet high, and a 

 perfect pillar of uloom. Then came Queen of Denmark, and Eva, and 

 Beauty of Cheshunt, three feet spike, was as near perfection as we have 

 seen ; so was Shaded IModel and Joan of Arc. In the second stand 

 Lizzy and Rosea grandiflora were fine ; this stand was completely 

 destroyed by the spikes being cut only twenty- one inches long : they 

 were merely stumps. The spikes in the third stand were very long, 

 four to five feet, but the blooms were very thinly set, and not at all 

 compact. 



Mr. Laing, Dysart House, exhibited eighteen spikes of Seedling 

 Hollyhocks. A first class Certificate was awarded to No. 1, 1854, 

 named Countess of Rosslyn, flowers purple, shaded with lilac ; and a 

 certificate of merit to No. 5, 1854, named Aurantia superba, which 

 was recommended for fine quality of spike and novelty of colour. 



INIessrs. Downie and Laird exhibited spikes of three seedling Holly- 

 hocks. A first class certificate was given to Isabella, flowers pale 

 primrose, smooth, and of fine form. Certificates of merit were 

 awarded to Beauty of Beechwood, and Rose Perfection — the former a 

 deep crimson, the latter a pale peach-coloured sort. Laing's Countess 



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