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Morning Star. White ^tfyg— Ashworth's Regular. 5e//— Butcher's King of the 

 Crimsons. Second 6^ Mr. Pink: Green Edae—OWiyer's Lovely Ann, Page's 

 Defiance. Grei/ JEdge — Grime's Privateer, Waterbouse's Conqueror of Europe. 

 White Hdffe— Lee's Bright Venus, Popplewell's Conqueror. First 4, Mr. J. 

 Butcher : OUivers Lovely Ann, Headley's Stapleford Hero, Ashworth's Kegular, 

 Spalding Metropolitan. Best single plant in the entire show, Lightbody's Robert 

 Traill, shown by Mr. Butcher. 



Show Pelargoniums at Eotal Botanic Exhibitions. — Equal, First 9, Messrs. 

 Turner and Fraser (May 29). Mr. Turner's were— Royal Albert, Pericles, Belle of the 

 BaU, Desdemona, Spotted Gem, Patroness, Lord Clyde, Lilacina, Fair Rosamond. 

 Mr. Eraser's were— Leander, Desdemona, Etna, Empress Eugenie, Rose Celestial, 

 Lilacina, Pizarro, Ariel, James Lodge. In the amateur class : First, Mr. Nye, with 

 Garibaldi, Patroness, Belle of the Ball, Etna, Rose Celestial, Fair Rosamond, Sir 

 Colin Campbell, Madlle. Patti, Desdemona. Second, Mr. Ward, with Beacon, 

 Pericles, Rose Celestial. Empress Eugenie, Sir Colin Campbell, Desdemona, Madlle. 

 Patti, Lilacina, Garibaldi. Third, Mr. Wiggins, with Alba formosa, Flambeau 

 (fiery, but scarcely a show variety), Maid of Honour, Cynosure, Pericles, Regina 

 formosa. Princess of Denmark, Royalty, Aimee. Fourth, Mr. Weir, gardener to 

 Mrs. Hodgson, Hampstead, with Argo, Belle of the Ball, Etna, International, Queen 

 of Beauties, Pericles, Attraction, Sir Colin Campbell, Virginia. On the 19th June, 

 Mr. Turner led with Royal Albert, Viola, Miss Burdett Coutts, Patroness, Lord 

 Clyde, Guillaume Severeyns, Regina formosa, Jewess, Mary Hoyle. Mr. Fraser 

 led with Amy, Fair Rosamond, Excelsior, Favourite, Lord Clyde, Princess of Prussia, 

 one of the finest whites known ; Inez, Ariel, Guillaume Severeyns. Messrs. Dobson 

 and Son third, with Pasha, Purity, Patrician, fine, the flowers large, smooth, and 

 richly coloured ; Leotard, Caractacus, splendid for colour ; Constance. Regina 

 formosa, Favourite, Bacchus. In the class for amateurs, Mr. Nye first, with Madlle. 

 Patti, Conflagration, Pericles, Empress Eugenie, Lord Chancellor, International, 

 Perdita, Lord Clyde, Fair Rosamond. Second, Mr. J. Ward, with Diana, Viola, 

 Bacchus, Empress Eugenie, Conflagration, Madame Furtado, Caliban, Fairest of the 

 Fair, Lord Clyde. 



Fancy PELARGOxirMS at Royal Botanic— On the 29th of May, Mr. Fraser 

 led with Clara Novello, Celestial, Maroon, Lucy, Roi des Fantaisies, Arabella 

 Goddard. Second, Mr. Turner : Roi des Fantaisies, a superb Delicatum, Lady Craven, 

 Lucy, Godfrey Turner, Ellen Beck. In the amateur class, first, Mr. Donald, with 

 Bridesmaid, Queen of the Valley, Lady Craven, Miss in Her Teens, Rosabelle, Clara 

 NoveUo. Mr. Weir showed Lady Craven, Mrs. Stewart Hodgson, Evening Star, 

 Bridesmaid, Celestial, Delicatum. Mr. James, of Isle worth, showed Silver Mantle, 

 Princess Helena, Cloth of Silver, .Godfrey Turner, Mrs. Marnock (in the style of 

 Godfrey Turner, but lighter and brighter), Mrs. Ford. On the 19th of June Mr. 

 Fraser again led with Hebe, Ellen Beck, Miss in Her Teens, Lady Craven, Arabella 

 Goddard, Roi des Fantaisies. Second, Mr. Turner, with Sarah 'Turner, Delicatum, 

 Anne Page, Silver Mantle, Mrs. Dorling, Clemanthe. Third, Messrs. Dobson and 

 Son, with Fairy, Arabella Goddard, Lucy, The Rover, Delicatum, Acme, Roi des 

 Fantaisies. In the class for amateurs, first, Mr. Donald : Ellen Beck, Hebe, 

 jMarionette, Cloth of Silver, Celestial, Roi des Fantaisies. Second, Mr. Bailey, with 

 Clemanthe, Delicatum, Zoe, Eleanor, Madame Dolby, Bridesmaid. Equal second, 

 Mr. Windsor, with Miss in Her Teens, Delicatum, Mrs. Ford, Roi des Fantaisies, 

 Arabella Goddard, Godfrey Turner. 



Tulips at the National Exhibition. — The exhibition was this year held at 

 Stockport ; the following were the varieties shown in the principal classes : — First 

 Pan of 12, Mr. William Lea's ; the varieties were Mrs. Lea, Heroine, Violet Amiable, 

 Mrs. Pickerill, Curion, Masterpiece, Sans Joe, Ajax, Duchess of Sutherland, 

 Bacchus, Sarah Hedley, Triomphe Royal. Second Pan of 12, Mr. John Turner : 

 Apelles, Charles, Mrs. Pickerill, Violet Amiable, Heroine. Mrs. Lea, Sans Joe, 

 Polyphemus, Alex. Magnus, Denman, Aglaia, Triomphe Royal. Third 12, Mr. 

 William Longson : Waterloo, Lord Lilford, Violet Amiable, George Glenny, Heroine, 

 Lady Crewe, Sans Joe, Paxton, Denman, Queen Charlotte, Aglaia, Lavandicken. 

 Fourth 12, Mr. George Mort : Colbert, John Wilkinson, Seedling, Amiable, Compte, 

 Heroine, Captain White, Slater's Telemachus, Charlotte, Denman, Aglaia, Bion. 

 First Pan of 6, Mr. William Lea : Masterpiece, Violet Amiable, Heroine, Ajax, 

 Bacchus, Triomphe Royal. Second 6, Mr. Peter Swindells : Charles^ Beauty, Andro- 



