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Violet Amiable : Hose — Heroine. 5. Mr W. Lea, jun. 6. Mr D. Barber, 

 Derby. 



Class 5 was for three flamed Tulips, one of each class, which brought ten stands 

 of flowers. 1. Mr T. Haynes, with Bizarre — Dr Hardy: Bybloemen — Lord 

 Denman : Rose — Triomphe Royale. 2. Mr William Willison, Whitby, with 

 Bizarre— Sir J. Pax ton : Bybloemen — Willison's Queen : and Rose— Inimitable. 

 3. Mr J. D. Hextall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with Bizarre— Prince of Wales : Bybloe- 

 men — Duchess of Sutherland : Rose — Aglaia. 4. Mr Pickerell, Nottingham, with 

 Bizarre — Storer's Orion : Bybloemen — Duchess of Sutherland : Rose — Aglaia. 

 5. Mr Shorthouse. 6. Mr J. P. Sharp. 



Class 6 was for one feathered and one flamed flower of any class, and brought 

 seven competitors. 1. Mr S. Barlow, with Talisman, flamed Bybloemen, and 

 Heroine, feathei'ed Rose, the last a beautiful flower. 2. Mr J. D. Hextall, with 

 Duke of Devonshire, feathered Bizarre, and Aglaia, flamed Rose. 3. Mr J. P. 

 Sharp, with Heroine, feathered Rose, and Triomphe Royale, flamed Rose. 4. 

 Mr G. Pickerell, with Aglaia, flamed Rose, and Chellaston Beauty, feathered 

 Bybloemen. 5. Mr T. Haynes, with Masterpiece, feathered Bizarre, and Prince 

 of Wales, flamed Bizarre. 6. Mr W. Willison, with Sir J. Paxton, flamed Bizarre, 

 and Henry Steward, feathered Bizarre. 



Class 7 was enough to drive the judges to despair. It required the best single 

 blooms of each of the six classes ; and eight prizes, in all 48 prizes, were given 

 in each class. Altogether 186 flowers were staged : of flamed Bizarres, 39, the 

 best being Seedling 1224, from Mr Willison, a flower of very fine quality and 

 superbly marked. 2. Mr Willison, with Henry Steward. 3. Mr Wardle, with 

 Lord Sydney. 4. Mr J. Hague, with Lord Sydney. 5. Mr Hextall, with Charles 

 X. 6. Mr S. Barlow, with Royal Sovereign. 7. Mr S. Barlow, with Pactolus. 

 8. Mr Wardle, with Sir J. Paxton. 



Here our record of the exhibitors' names ceases in relation to these classes, as 

 the cards had not been placed on the flowers at the time of leaving the grounds. 

 We, however, give the names of the winning flowers : Flamed Bizarres. — 1. Ajax ; 

 2. Pilot; 3. Dr Hardy; 4. Ajax; 5, 6, and 7. Sir J. Paxton; 8. Shakespeare. 

 Feathered JRoses. — 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Heroine; 6 and 7. Mrs Lea; 8. Charmer. 

 Flamed Hoses. — 1. Aglaia; 2. Mrs Lomax ; 3 and 4. Aglaia; 5. Incomparable 

 Romano; 6, 7, and 8. Lady C. Gordon. Feathered Byblazmens. — 1. Adonis; 2. 

 Violet Amiable ; 3. Bugart; 4 and 5. Beatrice; 6 and 7. Adonis ; 8. John Thor- 

 niley. Flamed Byblcemens. — 1. John Linton; 2. Violet Sovereign; 3 and 4. 

 Duchess of Sutherland ; 5. Adonis; 6. Duchess of Sutherland; 7. Excelsior; 8. 

 Lord Denman. 



The Breeders' classes were a somewhat interesting feature, seeing that it was 

 practically a show of self-Tulips. Some of the violet and purple flowers were very 

 striking. In class 9, with six breeder plants, two of each class, Mr R. Headly 

 was first with a fine lot of blooms, all of perfect form ; in fact, Mr Headly is very 

 strong in breeders this season, one bed at Stapleford being very fine on the occa- 

 sion of our visit ; 2. Mr T. Haynes, Derby, with some good flowers, among which 

 Parker's Rose of England stood out very distinct as an extremely beautiful flower 

 as a breeder; 3. Mr S. Barlow; 4. Mr W. Lea. Ten other stands also competed. 

 Though six prizes were offered for stands of three breeder Tulips, but four com- 

 petitors entered the list. The best three were from Mr W. Willison ; 2. Mr S. 

 Barlow ; 3. Mr Shorthouse, in whose stand there was a splendid bloom of Indus- 

 try, the colour being very fine ; 4. Mr T. Haynes. The best single bloom of a 

 breeder Tulip in the show came from Mr Headly; the premier feathered Tulip 

 was Bybloemen Mrs Pickerell, from Mr S. Barlow ; the premier flamed Tulip, 



