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The best 12 cut Verbenas were staged by Mr C. J. Perry, and consisted of 

 Edwin Day, Rev. C. Peach, James Birbeck, Rev. P. M. Smythe, Firefly, Butter- 

 fly, Rising Sun, Mrs George Prince, Thomas Harris, and seedlings. 2d, Mr H. 

 Minchin, who had good examples of Champion, Charmer, Mrs Pochin, Richard 

 Dean, James Birbeck, and Geant des Batailles. The special prize offered by 

 Mr George Prince for the best 36 varieties was also taken by Mr Perry, he being 

 the only exhibitor. His sorts consisted of Nebula, James Birbeck, Madame H. 

 Stenger, Champion, Rev. C. Peach, Carnation, King of Lilacs, Rose Imperial, Kate 

 Lawden, Thomas Harris, Ada King, Geant des Batailles, Model, Leah, Mr George 

 Prince, Rising Sun, Annie, Rev. P. M. Smythe, Velocipede, Apollo, Black Prince, 

 Lord Leigh, Firefly, Thomas Lawden, Rev. J. Dix, Magnificus, and seedlings. 



Cut Roses were much past their best, and those that were at all good were soon 

 despoiled of their beauty and freshness by the great heat that prevailed in the 

 tents. The best 48 came from Mr John Cranston, Hereford. The best amateur's 

 48 from Mr C. J. Perry. 



The best 12 Roses of 1867, '68, '69, came from Mr C. Turner, the sorts being 

 Comtesse de Hainault, Marie Cirodde, Charles Perry, Baronne A. de Rothschild, 

 Francois Fontaine, La France, Duke of Edinburgh, Hardy Freres, Edwaid Mor- 

 ren, Miss Poole, and Elie Morel ; 2d, Messrs Paul & Son ; 3d, Mr B. R. Cant. 

 The best 9 varieties of yellow Roses came from Messrs Paul & Son, and con- 

 sisted of Mardchal Niel, very fine ; Mons. Furtado, Madame Falcot, Triomphe 

 de Rennes, Madame Villermoz, Gloire de Dijon, Madame Margottin, Lamarck, 

 and Celine Forestier ; 2d, Mr C. Turner, who had Solfaterre, Reine de Portu- 

 gal, and Narcisse, differing from the foregoing ; 3d, Mr J. Cranston. The 

 special prize offered by the Oxford Rose Society for the best collection of 

 cut Roses sent out in 1867, '68, '69, '70, was taken by Mr C. Turner; 2d, Mr 

 B. R. Cant. The best 6 varieties of new Roses sent out in 1868, '69, '70, also 

 came from Mr Turner, and consisted of Duke of Edinburgh, Reine Blanche, 

 Henri Ledechaux, Lord Napier, Montplaissier, and Edward Morren. In the 

 class for the best 24 Roses of any one variety, a special prize being offered by 

 Mr George Prince, no award was made, the judges considering those staged 

 unworthy the prize. The best 3 blooms of any one variety was Pierre Notting, 

 from Mr B. R. Cant, very fine. Mr Cant also had Comtesse de Paris, fine also ; 

 and Marechal Niel. 



Fruit. — The fruit department was quite as well represented as at Manchester, 

 and occupied the central staging of a long tent. Pines were not quite so numer- 

 ous, Black Grapes were scarcely up to the average, Muscats and other White 

 Grapes were very good. The show of Peaches and Nectarines was not over 

 large, though some very good fruit was shown. The ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' 

 prizes were taken by Mr Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, "Wycombe Abbey, 

 and Mr J Simpson, gardener to Lord Wharncliffe, Wortley, though the prize in 

 the latter instance was not awarded in accordance with the wording and proper 

 interpretation of the schedule, more than 6 distinct kinds of fruit being ^hown ; 

 whilst the ' Journal of Horticulture ' prize fell remarkably easily to Mr J. Miller, 

 gardener to Lord Foley, Worksop Manor, there being no other competitor. The 

 exhibits were certainly not worth the prize, and it is a question whether the 

 judges would not have done better by withholding it altogether. 



For the prizes offered by the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' there were five competi- 

 tors. It was a very close race between Mr Miles and Mr J. Simpson, Wortley, 

 for the 1st prize ; and had it not been for a mishap on the railway it would have 

 been even more so, with the probability of the prize going to Mr Johnson, gar- 

 dener to the Marquis of Aylesbury, Savernake, whose fruit, from some cause or 



