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Mr. Dwerrihouse, with Calebasse 

 Grosse, weight not stated. Second, 

 Mr. O. Goldsmith, with Uvedale's 

 St. Germain, weight 10|lb. Third, 

 the same, with Catillac, weight of 

 twelve fruit 7|lb. Fourth, Mr. C. 

 F. Harrison, of Weybridge, with 

 Beurre Clairgeau, fine examples, 

 weight not stated. Other large pears 

 were Pius IX., from Mr. Grover, of 

 Hammersmith ; Beurre Bosc, from 

 Mr. Deengey ; Beurre Hardy, six 

 fruits, weighing 41b. 2foz., from Mr. 

 J. Woodward. 



Pears fob Flavour, one dish. 

 Pirst, Mr. Wilson, of Weybridge, 

 with Louise Bonne of Jersey, grown 

 in pots, protected in orchard houses 

 without artificial heat, and then set 

 out to ripen the fruit ; they were very 

 handsome. Second, Mr. Heather, 

 with Williams's Bon Chretien. 



Melons were not numerous. 

 First for scarlet flesh, Mr. Young, 

 gardener to H. Stone, Esq., Lee 

 Park, with a fine Scarlet Gem. Se- 

 cond, Mr. Blair. Needham Market, 

 Scarlet Gem. Third, Mr. Godfrey, 

 Ware Park Mill, Herts, Scarlet Gem. 

 Green flesh : First, Mr. Bailey, with 

 Bailey's Green flesh, large netted, 

 handsome. Second, Mr. Bust, gar- 

 dener to Lord Sullivan, Fulham, with 

 Bromham Hall. Third, Mr. Beech, 

 gardener to J. Alcock, Esq., Epsom, 

 with Griegson's Green flesh, a large 

 globular netted fruit. 



Gladioli. — Here Mr. Standish, 

 of Ascot, shone in all his glory, and 

 made the noblest display of flowers 

 of any of the heroes of the day. 

 Eight stands ranged in line, all filled 

 with Gladioli, set up with their own 

 foliage, and grouped so as to show 

 their colours and tints to the best 

 advantage ; it was a glorious treat ; 

 and of course Mr. Standish took the 

 first prize in the class for collections. 

 Samuel Waymouth, Elegantissima, 

 Comet, Oriana, Imperatrice, Eugenie, 

 fine colour, but rather poor in form 

 and substance ; G. Stephenson, a rare 

 shade of purple-crimson, superb; Mrs. 

 Moore, Geraldine, superbly painted ; 

 Merchant of Venice, Orantia, Pene- 

 lope, Seraph, .Rembrandt, Calypso, 

 Bob, Mrs. Dufiield. Una, Rosoius, 

 Goliath, Lady of the Lake, Dr. Hogg, 



extraordinary colouring, deep ver- 

 million-crimson with violet shade ; 

 Cleopatra, General Jackson, curious 

 shades of salmon and buff; Florence 

 Nightingale, Mr. C. Kean, Mr. Mar- 

 nock, California, very fine ; Minerva, 

 Paul Bedford, a bold self; Aureliana, 

 Sulphurea, Duke of Newcastle, Ama- 

 zon, remarkable for form and colour ; 

 Euterpe, Rosalinda, Pandora, Jean- 

 ette, Telegram, extra fine ; Leander, 

 Carisbrook, a rare shade of buff on 

 the lower segment, flower flame-like ; 

 Eleanor Norman, Mr. Standish, 

 Othello, The Caliph, The Cardinal, 

 fine form ; Madame Haquin, Gazelle, 

 rare shades of salmon and buff; 

 Madame Leselle, Ganymede. Messrs. 

 Kelway and Son, of Langport, and 

 Messrs. Paul and Son, of Cheshunt, 

 also exhibited good but small collec- 

 tions. In the class for twenty-four, 

 Messrs. Kelway took first prize, Mr. 

 Standish second. 



Asters were the best we have 

 seen this season — large, full, refined, 

 and generally very skilfully put up. 

 First, for twenty - four German 

 quilled, Mr. Sandford, gardener to 

 J. T. Thomasset, Esq., Waltham- 

 stow ; Second, Mr. Betteridge, New- 

 ton Hill, Steventon ; Third, Mr. Jen- 

 nings, Shipton-on-Stour ; Fourth, 

 Mr. Jennings. Twenty-four French, 

 these are the most showy, and many 

 of the flowers have incurved florets 

 resembling the most perfect show 

 chrysanthemums : First, Air. C. 

 Sandford; Second, Mr. Ward, gar- 

 dener to F. G. Wilson, Esq., Leyton; 

 Third, Mr. Sandford ; extra, Mr. C. 

 Wyatt, of Epsom, with thumping 

 flowers in perfection of form and 

 colour. Messrs. Paul and Son ex- 

 hibited in this class some splendid 

 examples, as did also Mr. Jabez 

 Chater, of Cambridge. 



Hollyhocks. — The greater part 

 of the hollyhocks shown were in 

 single blooms, and the display was 

 magnificent. Mr. May. of Hope 

 Nurseries, Bedale, Yorkshire, came 

 up with as grand a collection as was 

 ever seen at a southern exhibition; 

 perfect far beyond all the southerners 

 could produce in such a season as the 

 present. Mr. May was rightly placed 

 first in the class for twenty -four ; the 



