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broise Verschaffelt. Mr. Bartholo- j 

 mew, gardener to the late R. Mar- 

 shall, Esq., Muswell Hill, sent Sir I 

 Treherne Thomas, Magnifica, fine ; ! 

 Ambroise Verschaffelt, Grandiflora, 

 Dazzle, small scarlet, very effective ; 

 Longiflora alba, Carl Wolfurth, Longi- 

 flora rosea, fine; Longiflora major, 

 not out ; Edmund Bossiere. Mr. 

 Pullen, gardener to G. R. Smith, 

 Esq., Colney Hatch, had a nice col- 

 lection, comprising Carl Wolfurth, 

 Edmund Bossiere, Dr. Hopf, Geor- 

 giana discolor, Longiflora major, Lon- 

 giflora alba, Grandiflora, Ambroise 

 Verschaffelt, Hendersonii. 



Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks, 

 from several exhibitors, were so com- 

 pletely eclipsed by those from Mr. 

 Turner, of Slough, that it was a diffi- 

 cult task to allow the eye, even for a 

 moment, to rest on an 3- flowers but his, 

 which were remarkably well grown, 

 and as remarkably well dressed. In 

 a collection of Carnations from Mr. 

 Hooper, of Bath, we noticed one 

 called Brunette, a fine flower, bold, 

 stout, and well formed, heavily striped, 

 rich,rosy-purpleonrosy-blush ground. 

 Mr. Turner's box contained John 

 Beet, Meteor, Earl Stamford, John 

 Bayley, Favourite, Prince of Den- 

 mark, Prince Albert, Miss Eaton, 

 Flora's Garland, this is a superb 

 variety, and should be in every col- 

 lection ; Lord Raneliffe, Rose of Cas- 

 tile, extra fine ; Cradley Pet, Fanny 

 Gardener, Regulator, Lord Lewis- 

 ham, Mr. Martin, Mayor of Notting- 

 ham, Earl of Leicester, Squire Trow, 

 Rising Sun, Merrimac, Young Mil- 

 ton, Africana, Rose of Sharon. Mr. 

 Turner's Picotees were — Mr. Varley, 

 heavy crimson edge ; Advance, finely 

 edged but thin ; Miss Williams, fine ; 

 Sarah Ann, Eliza, a delicate shade of 

 colour and very pleasing, but very 

 faulty in the edging; Mary, a very 

 fine edge ; Jemima, not first-rate ; 

 Mrs. Dodwell, a superb heavy edge ; 

 Sheriff of Oxford, Finis, Miss Sewell. 

 Mr. Turner's Pinks were — Rev. G. 

 Jeans. Attraction, President, Blon- 

 din, Lizzie, Ernest, Victory, Exqui- 

 site, Bertram, Dr. Maclean, Con- 

 stance, Elcho, Nina, Device, Delicata, 

 Mrs. Norman, Diadem, Excellent, 



Beauty of Bath, Maria, Harlequin, 

 Picturata, Christabel, New Critehon. 

 Other exhibitors in each of these 

 classes were Mr. Hooper, of Bath, 

 Mr. Waymouth, and Mr Kingston. 



Crerantwwis.— Mr.Cattling.of Finch- 

 ley, took first prize for six scarlets, 

 all grown rather flat : they were 

 Aurora, not good ; Vivid, magnificent 

 for bloom and freshness of leafage, 

 but too flat; Scarlet Globe, very fine ; 

 Cerise Unique, superb ; Brilliant, 

 Tom Thumb, the last so well done as 

 to make me for the moment regret 

 I ever said a word against the 

 little General. Second, Mr. Pettit, 

 gardener to G. Pounceby, Esq., with 

 fine plants, rather too flat ; Rubens, 

 not at all effective ; Admiration, 

 grand ; Brilliant, ditto ; Princess of 

 Prussia ; Tintoret, like Rubens, and 

 a shade brighter under canvas ; James 

 Eemble. Also second, Mr. T. Duke, 

 gardener to T. Duckworth, Esq,, 

 Finchley ; the plants small but fine ; 

 in fact, very fine in contour, evenness 

 of bloom, and freshness : they were, 

 Countess Poligny, Tintoret, Aurora, 

 this was not good anywhere in the 

 show, yet it is a thoroughly good 

 variety ; Tom Thumb, Brilliant, Reu- 

 bens. Third, Mr. M'Elroy, gardener 

 to W. J. Lancaster, Esq., Stamford 

 Hill, with smaller plants than any, 

 but as well grown as any in the tent, 

 and of a nice size for conservatory 

 decoration : they were Rose Ren- 

 datler, pale pinky-rose, large flowers 

 and good trusses, a very fine variety ; 

 Francois Desbois, Roi d'ltalie, a 

 superb variety, and exceedingly well 

 done ; Angelina Griseau, Judy, 

 Madame Vaucher. Strange to say, 

 though the last was as well grown as 

 any, it seemed to spoil the wiiole set ; 

 another scarlet or rose colour in its 

 place would have made an immense 

 difference ; or perhaps if it had been 

 in front instead of at the back it would 

 have fitted in better, for the eye 

 prefers to see white against scar- 

 let, to scarlet against white, and that 

 white not a snow-white, and with the 

 dingv hue of the tent canvas beyond 

 it. Fourth, Mr. E. Carter, gardener 

 to J. Ewart, Esq., Finchley. The 

 varieties were Monsieur Martin, fine j 



