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bizarre : this was very fine, large, and beautifully marked, but hardly strong 

 enough in colour. The above are seedlings of Mr Headly, and they do him 

 credit. Sarah Headly was grandly feathered. John Kemble, flamed bybloemen, 

 John Thornley, flamed bybloemen, and Dr Hardy (Storer), were all exceedingly 

 fine. 3. David Barber — Mrs Pickerell, grand; this was the premier feathered 

 ilower of the exhibition. Heroine was good. Jacomb's Perfection, feathered 

 bizarre, is a sort little known, but it is rightly named ; it is one of the best of its 

 class, and is certainly the richest of colour of any bizarre in cultivation. Paxton 

 was good, Alexander Magnus good, but too long. This stand of flowers con- 

 tained the best-grown specimens in the exhibition ; and had the show been two 

 days earlier, it must have been first instead of third. 4. William Lea. — In- 

 dustry, feathered, grand; Talisman (Hardy), grand. This is a sort that will 

 be looked after, but we think it will have to be shown young, as the outside petals 

 seem inclined to reflex. This was observable in each case where it was exhibited. 

 Paxton, feathered, was in fine style, so was Adonis, flamed ; and Dr Hardy, Queen 

 of the North, Lord Byron, and Heroine, were all pretty. 



Class II. — 1. Rev. S. Cresswell. — George Hayward, feathered, was good; a 

 feathered bizarre of Storer (no name) was also good. Nepaulese Prince, flamed 

 byblcemen, good, and a feathered Vicar of Radford the best we remember to have 

 seen. 2. Mr Willison; John Sanderson, ex. ex. ex. — Eliza, flamed byblcemen 

 (Willison), is a good thing, and worth looking after. Mrs Sharp, feathered 

 bybloemen, heavy but good. Juliet, feathered, the first we have seen, was good, 

 and much like Heroine. Juliet, flamed, was also very pretty. 3. Mr Haynes. 

 — Paxton flamed and Paxton feathered were both good. Beatrice, feathered 

 bybloemen (Haynes), beautiful. Sarah Ann (Gibbon), an old flower, but when 

 caught in character, is equal to anything in its class. Orion, feathered bizarre 

 (Storer), and Mrs Lea, that had been good. 4. Mr Pickerell. — Paxton, good ; 

 Aglaia, good, and Victoria, feathered, the best we have ever seen grown in the 

 midland counties. 



Class III. — 6 Dissimilars. — 1 . Mr Barber. In this stand Mrs Pickerell and Spen- 

 cer's First-rate were good, the others nothing to speak of. 2. Mr Pickerell. — 

 Paxton, Pickerell, and Aglaia, were all good flowers. 3. Mr Willison. — Henry 

 Steward, feathered bizarre, is a first-class flower; so is Sarah Leach, flamed by- 

 blcemen; Invincible, feathered byblcemen, was good ; and so was Captivator, flamed 

 rose ; and Paxton, flamed. We think this stand was better than the first. 4. 

 Mr Sharp. — Paxton, Heroine, Adonis, and Demosthenes were all good. 5. Mr 

 Headly. — Mrs Pickerell was the best of the lot ; Dr Hardy was good, and so was 

 Arethusa, feathered Rose, much in the style of Sarah Headly. 6. Mr Haynes. 

 — Masterpiece, grand ; Dr Hardy, grand ; Adonis had been fine, but now quar- 

 tered ; Talisman, flamed, ex. ex. ex., but outside petals reflexed with old age and 

 hot weather. The flowers in this had been very fine, but were two and three 

 days past their best. 



In the first stand of 3 Feathers (Lea) all were good; 2. (Sharp), do. do. ; 3. 

 (Haynes), do. do. ; 4. (Barlow) contained a very beautiful but small Violet 

 Amiable, and a good Heroine ; 5. (William Lea, jun.) contained some nice flowers, 

 but all small. 



Among the beaten stands in this class were Headly's Pactolus, very grand, and 

 Lord Byron, Industry, and Fairy Queen, all very beautiful. 



In first three flames (Haynes) was a very fine Denman. In 2d do. (Willison) 

 was British Queen and Sir J. Paxton in fine character. In 3d do. (Hextall) was 

 Smith's Prince of Wales, flamed bizarre, good, and Walker's Duchess of Suther- 

 land — the best bloom of the sort in the exhibition. In 4th do. (Pickerell) was a 



