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Oscar, and Mignonaude Drythout (double). Violet — Tubal 

 Cain, William I., and Prince Albert. White — Helen, 

 Grand Vainqueur, Le Tour d'Auvergne, La Vestale, Grande 

 Vidette, Prima Donna, La Candeur, and A la Mode Epuisee 

 (double, witli a pink centre). Blush — Grandeur de Me- 

 neilles, Anna Maria (double). Triumph Blandina (ditto), 

 and Tubiflora. Plum — L'Unique. Yelloiv or buff — Miss 

 Kitty (double, very fine), Anna Paulowna, Heroine (double). 

 Deep rose — Amphion. Red — Fireball, Mars, HersteWe 

 Vreede, Appelius, Le Francq Van Berkhey, and Waterloo 

 (double). Light red — La Dame du Laak, and Lord Wel- 

 lington. Of these perhaps the most remarkable for general 

 good properties was Richard Cceur de Lion, single blue, 

 very similar in colour to Charles Dickens, Bleumorant, 

 Prince Oscar, and Baron Van Thuyll, but infinitely sur- 

 passing them in quality ; tube smooth, as were the several 

 divisions of it, glossy, broad, and of good size ; in truth the 

 best of all the single varieties displayed on the occasion. 

 Appelius and Fireball, single reds, were brighter in colour 

 and better in form than Waterloo. Prince Frederick and 

 Pasquin were the best of the double blues, and distinct ; 

 Miss Kitty was conspicuous for its large bells, but they 

 were rather thinly arranged on the spike. Prince Albert 

 must still be considered one of the darkest Hyacinths in cul- 

 tivation. These were all in ordinary shaped, rather small- 

 sized pots, in each of which were two plants, and sometimes 

 three, which made a very effective display. 



To Messrs. Lane and Son, of Great Berkhampstead, for a col- 

 lection of cut Roses, gathered from a house heated on the 

 Polmaise principle. They consisted of some of the best of 

 tlie Hybrid Perpetual, Bourbon, and Tea-scented kinds, as 

 Apollon, Baron ne Prevost, Chateaubriand, Cornet, Duchesse 

 de Praslin, Due d'Alencon, Duchess of Sutherland, William 

 Jesse, Geant des Batailles, General Negrier, Madame Tru- 

 deaux, Soleil d'Austerlitz, Standard of Marengo, Armosa, 

 Madame Angelina, Paul Joseph, Queen, Souvenir de la 

 Malmaison, Mrs. Bosanquet, Belle Allemande, Comte de 

 Paris, Moire, Smith's Yellow, Vicomtesse Decazes, For- 

 tune's Double Yellow, and others. 



Certificate of Merit : — 



To Mr. Turner, F.H.S., of the Royal Nursery, Slough, for 

 six sorts of Pansies, in pots, consisting of Duke of Norfolk, 

 Sir Philip Sidney, Disraeli, Ophir, Robert Burns, and Eu- 

 phemia. These were exhibited to show the value of the 



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