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THE FLORAL WORLD AIS^D GARDEN aUIDE. 



as at the Crystal Palace. Tiiis was 

 owing to some heavy showers which 

 we had a day or two before the 

 exhibition. 



Dahlias. — Mr. Turner was, as 

 usual, first amoDg the nurserymen. 

 His collection of forty-eight were 

 grand specimens of cultivation ; they 

 comprised iNorfolk Hero, Andrew 

 Dodd, Mr. C. Waters, Donald Bea- 

 ton, Miss Pressley, Hon. Mrs. Trot- 

 ter, Warrior, Seedling IS'o. 19 (a light 

 yellow), Sidney Herbert, Seedlmg 

 !No. 77 (a deep mauve), Mrs. Cliurch, 

 Mr. Stocken, Criterion, Garibaldi, 

 Princess of Prussia, Mrs. Bush, 

 Madge Wildfire, Midnight, Gold- 

 iinder, Triomphe de Pecq, Grand 

 Master, Seedling (a light lilac, with 

 the imder sides of the florets deep 

 lilac). Seedling No. 25 (white). Pre- 

 eminent, Huiili Miller, Beauty of 

 Hilpertou. Lord Cardigan, Mrs. W. 

 Pigott, Delicata, Lord Derby, General 

 Jackson, Sir George Douglas, Seed- 

 ling No. 17 (lilac). Lady Popham, 

 Bob Eidley, Mrs. Henshaw, Earl 

 of Shaftesbury, Chairman, Juno, 

 Pioneer, Cliarlotte Dorling, Lord 

 Clyde, Volunteer, Lord Palruerston, 

 George Elliot. Cygnet, Mauve Queen, 

 Umpire. Mr. H. Thorneycroft, 

 Floore, near Weedon, was first among 

 the amateurs for eighteen varieties, 

 all of which were beautiful. 2nd. 

 T. Charlton, Esq., Knibworth, near 

 Leicester. 3rd. Mr. W. Corp, Mil- 

 ford, Salisbury. 4th. Eev. C. Fel- 

 lowes, Norwich. The Eev. C. Eellowes 

 was, however, first with twelve fan- 

 cies, which were a charming let : 

 Pauline, Seedling (large flower, yel- 

 low with crimson stripes). Flirt, 

 Seedlinj:; (pink with crimson stripes), 

 Lady Paxtou, Oliver Twist, Queen 

 Mab, Seedling (dull red, deep stripes), 

 Fancy Queen, Seedling (carmine, 

 white tipped), Harlequin, Summer- 

 tide. 2nd. Mr. W. Corp, Milford, 

 Salisbury. 3rd. Mr. J. Sladden, 

 Sandwich, Kent. 4th. Mr. C. J. 

 Perry. Mr. J. Keynes, of Salisbury, 

 was first for twenty-four fancies, 

 shown by nurserymen ; Mr. Turner 

 being second, and Mr. Legge, of Ed- 

 monton, third. 



New Dahlias.— By Mr. C. J. 

 Perry, 2nd class certificate for Sylph, 



white, deeply edged with lilac. By 

 Mr. Collier, Bethnal Green Eoad, 

 2nd class certificate f >r Annie, medium 

 size, pinkish-white, heavily margined 

 with crimson. By Mr. Hopkins, 

 Brentford : Brunette, bud", heavily 

 edged with plum. By Mr. H. Legge : 

 Eoundhead, deep maroon ; Euclian- 

 tress, buff', broad peach edging, both 

 2jid class certificates ; 1st class for 

 White Perfection, good size, fine 

 form, stiff" florets. By Mr. Turner : 

 Prince of Wales, bright yellow, 2nd 

 class. By Mr. Keynes, 1st class cer- 

 tificates for Anna Keynes, white, 

 tipped with lilac, Earl of Pembroke, 

 deep plum; Fanny Purchase, bright 

 yellow ; 2ud class certificates for 

 Sam Bartlett, lilac, striped with crim- 

 son ; Magpie, rich crimson, heavily 

 tipped witli white ; Eegularity, white, 

 striped, and splashed with plum and 

 lilac. By Mr. Burgess, Chelsea: 

 Hero, tawny buff, inclining to mauve 

 towards the centre, 2iid class. By 

 Messrs. Bragg and Co., Slough : Gari- 

 baldi, dark salmon; Useful, plum, 

 rather coarse, both 2nd class. By C. 

 Kimberley, Coventry : Messenger, 

 lilac striped with dark crimsun, 2nd 

 class. By Mr. Wheeler, Warminster : 

 Watty, large, bright red. 2nd class; 

 1st class for Coronet, briglit maroon. 



Gladioli. — Messrs. Youell and 

 Co., of Great Yarmouth, made a very 

 beautiful display, obtaining Ist prize 

 for twenty-four distinct varieties, all 

 of them excellently produced. Mr. 

 Standish was second, and Mr. Price, 

 of Oxford, third. 



Asters were shown in large num- 

 bers, but the tips of the florets of 

 most of them were turning brown. 

 Ist. For twenty-four, E. H. Bette- 

 ridge, Esq. 2nd. Mr. C. Wvatt. 

 3rd. Mr. C. Sanford. These exhi- 

 bitors occupied similar positions with. 

 German asters. 



Hollyhocks. — Mr. Chater was first 

 with twelve, which were Acme, War- 

 rior, Geo. Young, Princess, Seedling 

 of a bright rose colour, Minerva, De- 

 cision, Eev. Joshua Dix, Carus, In- 

 vincible, Macrantha, and Princess of 

 Wales. 2ud. Messrs. W. Minchin 

 and Son, Hook Norton, Oxon, 3rd. 

 Messrs. Paul and Son. 



Fruit, — The show was by no 



