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Muir in the dark class, and Cherub 

 was the only one worth mentioning 

 amongst the light selfs. 



Twenty-four blooms (dissimilar), 

 nurserymen only : 1st, Messrs. Dow- 

 nie, Laird, and Laing, vrith Miss E. 

 Cochran, Ladyburn Beauty, Francis 

 Low, Princess of Prussia, Invincible, 

 Chancellor, Lord Clyde, Lady L. Dun- 

 das, Eclat, Lavinia, Kinleith, Master- 

 piece, Mary Lamb, Perfection, Jessie 

 Laird, Cherub, Prince Imperial, Blink 

 Bonny, Cupid, Prince of Wales, 

 Serena, Mrs. Laird, G. Wilson, and 

 Miss Muir; 2nd, Thomas Nicol, 

 Burgh muir Head. 



Eighteen blooms (dissimilar), gar- 

 deners and amateurs : 1st, Lewis Sin- 

 clair, gardener to A. M'Nab, Esq , 

 Inglis Green, with John Downie, 

 Prince of Wales, Lavinia, Prince Im- 

 perial, John Elston, Eclat, Lord 

 Clyde, Lady L. Dundas, Cherub, F. 

 Low, Mary Lamb, Attraction, Prin- 

 cess of Prussia, Perfection, A. M'Nab, 

 Miss E. Cochran, Mrs. G. Potts, and 

 Queen of Whites. 



Twelve blooms (dissimilar), gar- 

 deners and amateurs : 1st, John Ing- 

 ram, Cathcart, with Bev. H. H. Doni- 

 brain, Alice Downie, Lavinia, Prince 

 Imperial, Miss E. Cochran, Perfec- 

 tion, Cherub, Milton, F. Low, Othello, 

 C. W. R. Enmsay, and Countess of 

 Rosslyn. 



Six blooms (gardeners and ama- 

 teurs) : 1st, John Ingram, with Bev. 

 H. H. Dombrain, Miss E. Cochran, 

 Glory, Lavinia, Cherub, and Countess 

 of Bosslyn. 



Six blooms (amateurs only) : 1st, 

 William Wilson, Cathcart, with Bev. 

 H. H. Dombrain, Cupid, Perfection, 

 Cherub, Beautiful Siar, and Lady L. 

 Dundas. 



Twelve blooms (open to all) : 1st, 

 Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Laing, 

 with Princess of Prussia, Serena, La- 

 vinia, Chancellor, Lady L. Dundas, 

 A. M'Nab, Cherub, Prince of Wales, 

 George Wilson, Mary Lamb, Miss 

 Muir, and Princess of Wales. 



Single blooms (nurserymen and 

 gardeners) : best self, Downie, Laird, 

 and Laing, with Miss Muir; best yel- 

 low ground, do., with Perfection ; 

 best white ground, do. with Lavinia ; 



best in the room, do. with Lavinia. 

 Amateurs; best dark self, James 

 Fargie, Dunse, with A. M'Nab ; best 

 light ground, do. with Lady L. Dun- 

 das ; best yellow self, W. Wilson, 

 Cathcart, with Cherub ; best yellow 

 ground, do. with Perfection. 



Crystal Palace Bose Show, 

 Jdne 25. — At this exhibition there 

 were many noble collections of roses, 

 as there were also many in very poor 

 condition — the flowers falling to 

 pieces, and the outside edges bleached 

 with the heat and drought, proving 

 that, though good roses may be found 

 in plenty under the worst circum- 

 stances, this has not been a good 

 rose season: it has been too hot, too 

 dry, too windy; the flowers have not 

 had the substance nor the power of 

 endurance which so delights us in a 

 cool moist season. The winning col- 

 lections, of course, comprised the 

 finest flowers, and happily there were 

 many collections that compelled 

 people to linger and admire, so that 

 at some points the crowd pressed 

 very hard, and the most robust and 

 persevering of the visitors had the 

 treat almost to themselves. In fact, 

 the best collections were taken pos- 

 session of by the crowd the moment 

 the barriers were removed, and that 

 even before the judges had finished 

 their work, so that those excellent 

 personages had to take refuge within 

 the ropes, and finish their labours 

 amid the distractions of an applauding 

 crowd. 



Messrs. Paul and Soli's First Prize 

 Ninety -six. — Celestine (G.), Peter 

 Lawson, Comtesse de Chabrilland, 

 Triomphe d'Alencon, Beynold's Hole, 

 Hamlet (new), Paul Perras (H. B.), 

 Olivier Delhomme, Gicire de M ous- 

 seuses (M.), Due de Cazes, Victor 

 Verdier, Senateur Vaisse, Jean 

 Goujon, Prince Camille de Bohan, 

 Auguste Mie, La Ville de St. Denis, 

 Celine Forestier (N.), John Waterer, 

 La Brilliante, Beaute de Francaise, 

 Louise Odier (B.), Anna Alexieff, 

 Prince Leon, Monte Christo, Madame 

 Julia Daran, Lirlia, Madame C. 

 Crapelet, John Hopper, General 

 Jacqueminot, Comte de Nanteuil, 

 Mathurin Begnier, Madame Boll, 



