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and Mr. Hedge, of Colchester, were the heroes of the day — the first in the trade, 

 the second in the amateur classes. Messrs. Turner, Paul and Sons, Fraser, Mitchell, 

 and Francis were the principal trade exhibitors ; and Messrs. Hedge, Chard, Moffat, 

 Wright, Stoddart, Lacey, and Dr. Cooper, the principal amateur exhibitors. The 

 principal defects of the flowers were thinness of petal, and the pi-cvalence of open 

 eyes. There was, in fact, not one complete stand in the whole show ; for even in 

 those that took first prizes a few open-eyed flowers, or examples of malformation, 

 ■were to be seen. Having carefully inspected the whole, we think we cannot do 

 tetter for the information of our readers than enumerate the varieties shown in the 

 three principal classes. These enumerations will give the names of the favourites, 

 and may be considered the best selections that could be made this season by the 

 most eminent exhibitors. Varieties selected by experienced exhibitors for exhibition 

 on so important an occasion cannot but be desirable in .every private garden, and 

 therefore the following particulars will have a practical value, in spite of the 

 " dryness" of mere catalogues of names. 



Mr. Keynes's First Prize Ninety-six.— G&x\qt2.\ Jacqueminot, Marechal Niel, 

 Kate Hausburg, Gloire de Vitry, Victor Verdier, Alphonse Belin, Devoniensis, 

 Alpaide de Rotalier, Beauty of Waltham, Madame Willermoz, Madame Emain, 

 Countess Barbantanne, Olivier Delhomme, Souvenir d'un Ami, Louis Van Houtte, 

 Madame Sertot, Charles Lefebvre, Centifolia Rosea, John Standish, Moire, Comte de 

 Nanteuil, Mdlle. Bonnaire, Admiral La Feyrouse, Adam, Souvenir de Charles 

 Montault, Louis de Savoie, Lord Macaulay, Belle Normandie, Vicomte Vigier, 

 Madame Furtado, America (shown in several stands, and in every case good), 

 Madame Clemence Joigneanx, Madame Rivers, Maurice Bernardin, Sombreuil, 

 Colonel de Rougemont, Le Baron de Rothschild, Louise Magnan, Joseph Fiala, Gloire 

 de Dijon, Bernard Palissy, La Ville de St. Denis, Gabriel de Peyronny, Jules 

 Margottin, Jaune d'or, Comte de Paris, Clement Marot, Souvenir de William Wood, 

 Souvenir d'Elise, Leopold Premier, Monte Christo, Achille Gouod, Prince Camille 

 de Rohan, Mansais, Marechal Souchet (Damaizin), Madame Moreau, Madame 

 Charles Wood, Duchesse d'Orleans, Madame Victor Verdier, Gloire de Mousseuses, 

 Madame Caillat, Anna Alexieff, Due de Rohan, Triomphe de Rennes, Gloire de 

 Santenay, Vicomtesse Douglas, Anna de Diesbach, Charles Lawson, Monsieur de 

 Pontbriant, Marie Bosset, Francois Lacharme, Triomphe de terra de roses (a rose of 

 immense size, finely cupped, and by no means coarse, the petals beautifully arranged, 

 colour drill purplish-rose), La Brillante, Caroline de Sansal, John Keynes, Michael 

 Bonnet, L'Eblouissante, Marguerite St. Amand, Pierre Netting, Momere, Due de 

 Wellington, Madame Hector Jacquin, John Hopper, Souvenir de la Malmaison, La 

 Reine, Madame la Route (T.), Xavier Olibo, Cloth of Gold, Madame Pauline Villot, 

 Madame Boll, Prince Henri de Pays Bas, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Madame Vidot, 

 Baronne de Wassanaer, Madame Charles Wood. 



Mr. Keynes's First Prize Forty-eight. — Centifolia Rosea, Madame Victor 

 Verdier, Caroline de Sansal, Mdlle. Amelia Halphen, Madame Sertot, Madame 

 Charles Joigneaux, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Lord Macaulay, Madame Charles 

 Verdier, Gloire de Mousseuses, Moire, Charles Lawson, La Reine, Manrine Ber- 

 nardin, Duchesse d'Orleans, Beauty of Waltham, Souvenir d'un Ami, Jules 

 Margottin, Cloth of Gold (superb), Due de Rohan, America (fine), Madame Moreau, 

 Madame Vigneron, Victor Verdiei-, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Kate Hausburg, 

 Louise de Savoie, Triomphe de Rennes, Souvenir de William Wood, Belle Norman- 

 die, Baron A. de Rothschild, Gloire de Dijon, Senateur Vaisse, John Hopper, Mar- 

 guerite St. Amand, Pierre Netting (a very telling dark rose), Devoniensis, Madame 

 Charles Wood, Madame Vidot, General Jacqueminot, Vicomte Vigeur (fine), 

 Madame Rivers, Senateur Vaisse. 



Messrs. Paul and Son's, Second Prize, Fcrty-eight. — Madame Crapelet, 

 Xavier Olibo (becoming a favourite, the centre rolls up in a conical form, as some 

 of the best of the teas do ; the outer petals folding back boldly, one of the most 

 distinct and beautiful of the dark roses). Monsieur Bonceau, Souvenir de ia Mal- 

 maison, Jean Goujon, La Fontaine, Louise Margottin, Lord Clyde (a poor thing), 

 PieiTe Netting, Catherine Guillot, Souvenir d'un Ami, John Hopper, Madame 

 Charles Verdier, Baron A. de Rothschild, Princess of Cambridge (beautiful), Monte 

 Christo (looking crushed and dusty), Madame Julie Daran, Jules Margottin, Madame 

 Rivers, Madame Boll, Le Rhone, Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Francois Lacharme, 

 Mdlle. Bonnaire, Madame Charles Wood, Marechal Niel (this wears well, is always 



