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tlie greatest abundance and perfection, 

 the judges declaring it to be the 

 finest show of fruit ever seen in the 

 Crystal Palace. There were several 

 bunches of grapes, both of black and 

 white varieties, weighing upwards of 

 five pounds each, plenty of peaches 

 which weighed half-a-pound, fine figs 

 just ripened to the bursting point, 

 excelleut pines, melons, nectarines, 

 apricots, cherries, etc. ; the latter 

 especially being in good condition. 



Dahlias were not quite so nume- 

 rous as usual, but were very fine. 

 The nurserymen's flowers were larger 

 and better than those shown by ama- 

 teurs ; Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, 

 earning the principal honours with 

 admirable collections of flowers ; his 

 stand of 48 were all of them fine 

 blooms, a very even lot, several being 

 absolutely perfection. The varieties 

 were: — Charlotte Dorling, Lord 

 Derby, Mrs. Henshaw, Andrew 

 Dodds, Norfolk Hero, Earl Shaftes- 

 bury, Mrs. W. Pigott, George Elliot, 

 Peri, Sidney Herbert, Mirfield 

 Beauty, Mr. Stocken, Criterion, 

 Hush Miller, Donald Beaton, Madge 

 "Wildfire, Midnight, Count Cavour, 

 Beauty of Hilperton, Mrs. Trotter, 

 Bob Kidley, Umpire, Lord Cardigan, 

 Dinorah, Lord Dundreary, Delicata, 

 Tiger, Cygnet, Una, Seedling, Lord 

 Eversley, Seedling No. 1, Etonia, 

 Caractacus, British Triumph, Model, 

 Volunteer, Mrs. Pressley, Juno, 

 Chieftain, Grand Master, Mrs. H. 

 Vyse, Triomphe de Pecq, Seedling 

 Gen. Jackson, Mauve Queen, Lord 

 Palmers ton, and Lady Pophara; second, 

 Mr. J. Kevnes, Salisbury ; third. Mr. 

 J. Cattell,Westerham ; fourth, Mr. J. 

 Walker, Thame, Oxfordshire. In 

 the class for 24 Mr. Turner was 

 again first, and Mr. Keynes second ; 

 third, Messrs. Saltmarsh and Son, 

 Chelmsford ; fourth, Mr. J. Walker ; 

 fifth, Mr. H. Legge, Edmonton; 

 sixth, Mr. Thos. Barnes, Stowmar- 

 ket. Mr. Turner was first for 12 fan- 

 cies with Pluto. Queen Mab, Harle- 

 quin, Lady Paxton, Zebra, Hcv. 

 Josh. Dix, Summertide, Mrs. C. 

 Kean, Garibaldi, Countess Shel- 

 bourne, Pauline, and Fairy Queen ; 

 second, Mr. J. Keynes ; third, Mr. 

 H. Lesrsre. In the amateurs' class for 



24, Mr. H. Thorncycroft, Floore, near 

 Weedon, was first with a fine col- 

 lection ; the most striking of them 

 being Volunteer, Peri, Vestal, Mrs. 

 W. Pigott, Juno, John Dory, and 

 Mrs. Church; second, Mr. J. Slad- 

 den, Ash, near Sandwich ; third, Rev. 

 C. Fellowes, Shottesham Eectory, 

 Norwich ; fourth, Mr. C. J. Perry, the 

 Cedars, Castle Bromwich. Mr. 

 Thorneycroft was again first for 12, 

 all of which were fine ; they were 

 Lord Derby, Admiral Dundas, Cri- 

 terion, Hui;h Miller, Volunteer, 

 Beauty of Hilperton, Chairman, Lord 

 Palmerston, British Triumph, Lady 

 Popham, Juno, and Geo. Elliot ; 

 second, Mr. Charlton, near Leicester ; 

 third, Mr. J. Sladden ; fourth, Mr. J. 

 Wakeman. Eltham Park, Kent. The 

 Ilev. C. Fellowes was first for 12 

 fancies, which were nicely done ; they 

 were the Flirt, Pauline, Queen Mab, 

 Seedling (light pink with dark 

 stripes). Fancy Queen, Seedling 

 (bright crimson, white tipped, fine 

 colour, but rather coarse). Seedling 

 (primrose, with crimson splashes) ; 

 second, Mr. J. Sladden ; third, Mr. 

 C. J. Perrv. 



New DaJdias. — By Mr. George 

 Wheeler, nurseryman, Warminster : 

 Mrs. Wheeler, a medium-sized, 

 pretty flower, white tipped with 

 mauve ; second-class certificate. By 

 Mr. J. S. Burgess : Chelsea Hero, 

 a flower which improves by looking 

 at, of a curious colour, purplish- 

 tawny, with mauve centre ; second- 

 class. By Mr. H. Legge : first-clasa 

 certificate for Nonsuch, a fine flower 

 of a brownish-bufF colour, the under 

 side of the florets being tinged with 

 crimson ; second-class certificate for 

 Fancy Boy, a pretty little light 

 brown flower, splashed with dark 

 crimson ; also for Enchantress, ground 

 colour light brownish-yellow, tipped 

 with a beautiful purplish-lake. By 

 Mr. J. Keynes : first-class certificates 

 for Anna Keynes, a great beauty, 

 large, white, tipped with lilac ; Fanny 

 Purchase, medium size, bright sul- 

 phur-yellow, good ; Edward Pur- 

 chase, rather darker than Bob Ridley; 

 Samuel Bartlett, bright lilac, striped 

 with dark crimson ; Polly Fawcett, 

 there were three flowers shown, all 



