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Smith ; 2. Mr Wm. Old, Roslin ; 3. Mr 

 D. Kerr, Glencorse ; 4. Mr J. Bever- 

 idge, Stewartfield. 



Best twelve Blooms— 1. Mr R. Cuth- 

 bertson, Corstorphine, with John Cur- 

 rie, Lavinia, Novgorod, Mary Lamb, 

 Maggie Grieve, Band of Hope, Cherub, 

 J. B. Downie, Robert Burns, Isa Craig, 

 Chancellor, John Beveridge ; 2. Mr J. 

 Beveridge ; 3. D. Kerr ; 4. J. Fraser. 



Best six blooms — 1. D. Kerr, with 

 Lady L. Dundas, George Wilson, Mas- 

 terpiece, Victor, Princess of Wales, 

 Locomotive, Miss Addison ; 2. F. Light- 

 body, Esq., 2 Hampton Terrace ; 3. J. 

 Fraser ; 4. W. Old. 



AMATEURS ONLY. 



Best twelve Blooms — 1. Mr Adam 

 Dun, Corstorphine, with Arab, Allan 

 Ramsay, Mrs Hopkins, Miss M. Car- 

 negie, Locomotive, Snowdrop, Clipper, 

 Eclat, Francis Lightbody, Prince of 

 "Wales, Princess of Wales, Joseph James; 

 2. F. Lightbody, Esq.; 3. George Muir- 

 head, Esq., The Vale, Gifford. 



Best six Blooms — 1. R. Cuthbertson, 

 with John Currie, Lavinia, Snowdrop, 

 Miss Muir, Princess of Wales, J. B. 

 Downie ; 2. Hugh Adair, Esq., 4 



I Hampton Terrace ; 3. R. Ritchie, Peni- 

 cuik. 



Best four Blooms — 1. Hugh Adair, 

 Esq., with Masterpiece, Geo. Muirhead. 

 John Currie, Lady L. Dundas ; 2. R. 

 Ritchie. 



Silver Medal offered by F. Lightbody, 

 Esq., for the best eighteen Blooms, 

 gained by Hugh Adair, Esq. ; in this lot 

 there were fine Blooms of Miss Addison, 

 L. T. Fleming, Snowdrop, John Currie, 

 Lavinia, &c. 



Best four Yellow grounds, four "White 

 grounds, four Selfs— 1. W r m. Moffat, 

 Esq., Kinleith, with A. M'Nab, Cherub, 

 Snowdrop, Finale, Comus, G. Muirhead, 

 Czar, Robert Burns, Alice Downie, 

 Pladda, Lavinia, Mr Moffat. 



Best two Yellow Selfs, two White do., 

 two Dark do. — 1. J. Fraser, with 

 Snowdrop, Miss Earnsay, Alex. M'Nab, 

 Dux, Cherub, Ophir. 



Silver Teapot, offered by Mr John 

 Downie for the best twelve Blooms. 

 This brought out three crack competi- 

 tors : after a careful examination, the 

 prize was awarded to H. Adair, Esq., 

 with John Currie, Miss Addison, Dux, 

 Lavinia, Eclat, Princess of Wales, Mrs 

 Moffat, John Beveridge, J. B. Downie, 

 Comus, Masterpiece, Adam Scott. 



FANCY PANSIES. 



NURSERYMEN. 



Best twenty-four dissimilar Blooms — 

 1. Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing, with 

 Mrs Dudgeon, Mrs Binden, Mrs Light- 

 body, George Vair, Princess, Miss Baillie, 

 Mr J. Rivington, Sunrise, Fritz Benary, 

 Miss C. Arbuthnot, Mrs R. Dean, 

 Avoca, Gliff, David Thomson, William 

 Baird, Pandora, Amy, La Tulipe, Mrs 

 Laing, Louisa, Win. Dean, Miss Melville, 

 Prince Leon, Figaro ; 2. Messrs Dickson 

 &Co. 



GARDENERS AND AMATEURS. 



Best twelve dissimilar Blooms, fancy — 

 1. Mr J. Hampton, Newport : in this lot 

 there were fine blooms of John Downie 

 and Mr Hampton ; 2. Wm. Old; 3. Mr 

 J. Beveridge. 



AMATEURS ONLY. 



Twelve best Fancy Blooms— Gold 

 Medal offered by P. W. Syme, Esq., 

 gained by J. Hampton. 



LADIES PRIZE. 



Twelve Blooms, Show Pansies — 1. Mrs Mill, Kirkettle Cottage. 



Six Fancy Pansy Blooms — 1 . Mr Dunlop, Dairy. 



The quantity and quality of the seedlings exhibited was far above the number 

 usually shown in former years, showing the deep interest both gardeners and 

 amateurs are still taking in this pretty little flower. The following were selected 

 by the judges for awards, as being distinct from varieties in the various classes. 



First-class certificate to Mr Wm. Paul, Paisley, for a self-coloured variety 

 named Mauve Queen. 



First-class certificate to Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing, for a white-ground 

 flower named Beauty. 



Certificate of merit to Mr White, Paisley, for a white-ground flower, of good 



