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on every stand where ifc was sliown it 

 was of good form and size, and gene- 

 rally exquisitely perfect. The num- 

 ber of blooms shown was large, and 

 many fine stands of new roses graced 

 the transept tables, the merits of 

 which the reader will find di-cussed 

 in another page. The winner of the 

 first prize in the class for 96 varieties 

 was Mr. Mitchell, of Piltdown Nur- 

 series, near Uckfield, Sussex, who has 

 been a spirited exhibitor for many 

 years. His flowers were marvellously 

 fresh, and were grouped with con- 

 siderable slnll ; 2nd, Mr. Charles 

 Turner, of Slough ; 3rd, Messrs. 

 Paul and Son, Cheshunt ; 4th, Mr. 

 Cant, of Colchester; 5th, Mr. Cran- 

 ston, of King's Acre, Hereford. In 

 class 2, for 48 varieties, three trusses 

 of each, Mr. Cant, of Colchester, was 

 first with a superb lot. The varieties 

 were, Mathurin Eegnier, Gregoire 

 Bourdillon, Jules Margottin, Madame 

 Willermoz, Souvenir d'un Ami, Oli- 

 vier Delhomme, Eugene Appert, 

 Comte de Paris, Baronne Prevost, 

 Comte de Falloux, General Jacque- 

 minot, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Pau- 

 line Lanzezeur, Adam, Victor Ver- 

 dier, Madame Bravy, Francois La- 

 charme, Madame Vidot, Lord Kaglan, 

 Wm. Griffith, Charles Lawson, Sou- 

 venir de M. Houssean, Senateur 

 Vaisse, Mrs. Elvers, Anna de Dies- 

 bach, Duchess of Norfolk, Monte 

 Christo, Bougere, Bubens, Duke of 

 Cambridge, Lselia, Madame Boll, 

 Victor Trouillard, Madame Knorr, 

 Francois I., Madame Domage, Paul 

 Eicaut, Modele de Perfection, 

 Devoniensis, Empereur Napoleon, 

 Triomphe de Lyon, Souvenir de Comte 

 Cavour, and C. Lefebvre. Mr. Charles 

 Turner, of Slough, was second, with 

 General Jacqueminot, Comtesse de 

 Chabrillant, Gloire de Dijon, La Ville 

 de St. Denis, Madame Charles Wood, 

 Baronne Prevost, Geant des Batailles, 

 Madame Vidot, Eugene Appert, Sou- 

 venir de Comte Cavour, Madame 

 Bravy, Jules Margottin, Madame 

 Guinnoisssau, Devoniensis, Alphonse 

 Damaizin, Triomphe de Eennes, Anna 

 Alexieflf, Catherine Guillot, Francois 

 Arago, Victor Verdier, Louis XIV., 

 Vicomte Vigier, Coupe d'Hebe, Ma- 

 dame de Cambaceres, Souvenir d'un 



Ami, La Brillante, Duchess D'Or- 

 leans, Madame Knorr, Jean Bart, 

 Evequede Nimes, Madame C. Capre- 

 let, Celine Forestier, Modele de Per- 

 fection, Paul Eicaut, Lord Eaglan, 

 MathurinEegnier,Narcisse,LaEeine, 

 Senateur Vaisse, William Griffith, 

 BulFon, La Fontaine. Messrs. Paul 

 and Son, 3rd ; Mr. HoUaraby, 5th. 

 No 4th prize awarded. In class 3^ 

 for 24 blooms, three trusses of each, 

 Mr. Francis, of Hertford, was 1st. 

 Mr. W. H. Treen, of Eugby, was 

 1st with 24 varieties, one truss of 

 each, and Mr. C. Turner was Ist in 

 collections of 12. 



Amateur Collections of Cut Blooms. 

 — As the amateurs are more circum- 

 scribed in the means for growing roses 

 than most of the nurserymen, it is in 

 this department that the queen of 

 flowers is put to the severest test, so 

 that a good amateur stand is a fair 

 index of tho best varieties in culti- 

 vation. Mr. Hedge, of Colchester, 

 occupied, as usual, the most distin- 

 guished place, as he took 1st prize 

 for 36 varieties, 1st for 24, 1st for 

 18, and 3rd for 12 ; Mr. Ingle, gar- 

 dener to C. G. Eound, Esq., of Col- 

 chester, was 2nd for 18, and the Eev. 

 V. Knox Child, of Dunmow, came in 

 1st for 12. In these collections the 

 following varieties were the best : — 

 Hybrid Perpetuals : Comtesse de 

 Chabrillant, Madame Vidot, Madame 

 de Cambaceres, Leo X., Comtesse de 

 Kergolay, Madame Boll, Madame 

 Masson, Senateur Vaisse, Mrs. Eivera, 

 John Hopper, La Eeine, L'Eafant 

 Trouve, Lord Eaglan, Jules Mar- 

 gottin, La Fontaine, William Griffith, 

 Pauline Lanzezeur, Colonel de Eouge- 

 mont, Anna AlexiefF, Prince Leon, 

 Imperatrice Eugenie, Eugene Appert, 

 Madame Furtado, Baronne Pre- 

 vost, General Jacqueminot, Madame 

 Knorr, Madame C. Caprelet, Victor 

 Verdier, Triomphe de Lyon, Louis 

 XIV., Madame Guinnoisseau, Tu- 

 renne. Gallicas : — Letitia, Cynthia, 

 Boula de Nanteuil, Napoleon. I£i/- 

 brid Bourbon :— Coupe d'Hebe, Paul 

 Eicaut, Charles Lawson, Souvenir de 

 la Malmaison. Teas .-—Triomphe de 

 Lyon, Gloire de Dijon, Adam, Sou- 

 venir d'un Ami, Elise Sauvage, Ma- 

 dame Bravy. 



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