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certificates : Princess Louise, from Mr W, Paul, Waltham Cross, a double variety 

 with a close compact spike of a deep rosy-pink colour ; George Peabody, from 

 iMessrs Cutbush, a very bright crimson, but the flowers rather thin on the spike; 

 Marquess of Lome, single magenta, with a fiue spike of medium-sized bells ; and W. 

 M. Thackeray, single, deep mauve. A first-class certificate was also given to Mr 

 H. Bennet, Manor Farm Nursery, Stapleford, for Rose, Marquise de Castellane, a 

 variety that forces well. It is of a bright rose colour, globular in form, very large 

 and full, and a great acquisition. Primula Boviana, an Abyssinian variety, from 

 Messrs Veitch, the young leaves and llower-stalks of which are covered with a 

 white powder ; the flowers small, pale yellow ; received a second-class certificate. 



The Society offered prizes in class 1,18 Hyacinths, distinct, nurserymen. Messrs 

 Yeitch were first with, if possible, better spikes than in their collection, of double 

 red. Koh-i-noor; double blue, Laurens Koster; single red, Vurbaak, Macaulay, 

 Garibaldi ; single mauve, ILayden ; single white, La Grandesse, Alba maxima. 

 Innocence, and Leviathan ; single blue, King of the Blues, Charles Dickens, 

 Blondin, Grand Lilas, La Grande Resemblance ; single black, Feruck Khan and 

 General Havelock ; single yellow, Ida. JMessrs Cutbush, who had also some very 

 fine spikes, were placed second, and had single red, Von Schiller ; and in single 

 blue. Lord Palmerston, Czar- Peter, and Marie, very fine. 



Class 2. — 18 white Hyacinths, distinct (open). Messrs Veitch were again first 

 with a fine collection ; La Grandesse is magnificent ; Paix de I'Europe, Mont 

 Blanc, Snowball, L'Innocence, and Queen of the Netherlands, are the best pure- 

 white varieties ; Grandeur h, Merveille, Leviathan, Lord Shaftesbury, and Oron- 

 dates, blush. Messrs Cutbush were again placed second. 



6 Hyacinths, distinct (amateurs). Mr Douglas, gardener to F. Whitbourn, 

 Esq., Loxford Hall, Ilford, was first with good spikes of Koh-i-noor, Marie, 

 Florence Nightingale, De Candolle, Alba maxima, and Baron Van Tuyll. Mr 

 Weir, gardener to Mrs Hodson, the Elms, Hampstead, second. Mr J. T. Stephen- 

 son, 10 Tredegar Place, Bow Road, third. 



Class 4. — 6 new Hyacinths, never before exhibited (open). Messrs Cutbush 

 first, with Robert Lowe, single yellow; Lord Derby, single blue; Marquis of 

 Lorn, single magenta ; George Peabody, single red; W. M. Thackeray, single 

 mauve ; and Lelacina, single blue. Messrs Veitch were second. 



Class 5. — Collection of Narcissi; Messrs Cutbush were the only exhibitors, and 

 had a fine collection. The best sorts were Soleil d'or, Perle blanche, Grand 

 primo, and Bagelman major; a first prize was awarded. 



Class 6 — 12 pots Tulips, 3 bulbs in a pot, 6 kinds (nurserymen). Messrs 

 Veitch were first with Keiser Kroom, Proserpine, Pottebakker, Vermilion bril- 

 liant. Rose aplatis, and Fabiola ; this was a very fine lot, and contained some fine 

 blooms ; Messrs Cutbush were second. 



Class 7. — 12 pots of 4 kinds (amateurs). Mr Weir was first with good pots, 

 Mr Searle, gardener to B. C. Steel, Marlesford Lodge, Hammersmith, being placed 

 second. Crocuses were very poorly represented. 



Messrs Cutbush were first in the nurserymen's class, and Mr J. T. Stephenson 

 first in the amateurs' class. 



Class 10. — Double Wallflowers in pots (open). One collection only was shown, 

 and the flowers were not fully opened. 



Class 11. — Group of 12 miscellaneous plants. Mr. A Wilkie was first with 

 Orchids, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and other plants ; the second prize being 

 awarded to Mr Ware of Tottenham, for a beautiful little lot of hardy spring 

 flowers in pots, Erithronium dens canis, Scilla sibirica, and S. bifolia alba, a 

 beautiful pot of Muscaria botryoides cserulea, and others. 



