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Bob Ridley, were some of the most remarkable. Mr. Cattell, 

 of Westerham, was third witli an excellent stand, in which 

 we noticed Criterion, Lord Derby, George Elliott, Cygnet, 

 and Chai'lotte Dorling. 



In 24's Mr. Turner was also fii-st with Criterion, George 

 Elliott, Umpire, Mauve Queen, Midnight, Bob Ridley, Juno, 

 Goldfinder, Lord Palmerston, Norfolk Hero, Mr. Stocken, 

 Lord Derby, Andi-ew Dodds, Delicata, and others. Mr. 

 Keynes was second — Baron Taunton, Anna Keynes, King of 

 Sweden, Leopard, Fanny Purchase, and John Wyatt, being 

 some of the best ; and Mr. Perkins, of Northampton, was 

 third, his blooms being also good. Mr. Legge, of Edmonton, 

 Ml-. Cattell, and Messrs. Garraway, of Durdham Down, were 

 also competitors. 



In the Amateurs' Class of eighteen, Mr. Thornycroft, of 

 Floore, near Weedon, was fii-st, with some very fine blooms 

 of Norfolk Hero, John Dory, Cygnet, Mrs. Piggott, Hugh 

 MOler, Juno, Lord Derby. Mrs. Henshaw, Volunteer, Mr. 

 Critchett, Andrew Dodds, Admii-al Dundas, Baron Taunton, 

 Lilac Queen, Model, Lady Popham, Lord Palmerston, and 

 British Triumph. T. Charlton, Esq., of Kebworth, was 

 second with a capital stand, in which there were many of 

 the kinds already named. Mr. Coi-p, of Milford, was third ; 

 and the Rev. Mr. FeUowes, of Shottesham Rectory, was fourth 

 with a stand in which a yellow seedling. Mauve Queen, Lord 

 Dundreai-y, and Hugh Miller, were noticeable. Mr. Hopkins, 

 of Brentford ; Mr. Sladden, of Ash ; Mr. Perry, of Castle 

 Bromwich, and several others also competed creditably. 



In eighteen Fancies (Nm-sei^men), Mi'. Keynes was iirst, 

 with Bai-on Alderson, Garibaldi, Patent, Triomphe de 

 Roubais, PoUy Pawcett, Cai-nation, Pauline, Mrs. Crisp, 

 Reliance, Lady Paxton, Oliver Twist, Mrs. Wickham, Nora 

 Creina, Regulai-ity, Leopard, Harlequin, Queen Mab, and 

 Sam Bartlett. In the stand of Mr. Turner, who was second, 

 were fine blooms of The Phi't, Zebra, Summertide, Stafford's 

 Gem (a veiy pretty crimson tipped with gold), Gai'ibaldi, 

 Harlequin, and Lady Paxton. Mr. Legge was third ; Messrs. 

 Cattell, Gai-raway, and Perkins also competing. 



In the Amateurs' Class of twelve, the Rev. C. FeUowes 

 was fii-st with excelleut blooms of Pauline, Lady Paxton, 

 Fancy Queen, Oliver Twist, Hai-lequin, Queen Mab, Flii-t, 

 Summertide, and some seedlings. Mr. Corp was second, 

 Mr. Slade third, and Mr. Pen-y fom-th. 



Hollyhocks were not remarkable. Mr. W. Chater received 

 first prize; Acme, Wan-ior, Princess of Wales, Invincible, 

 George Young, and Rev. Joshua Dix were the best. Messrs. 

 Minchin & Sons, of Hook Norton, were second; Messrs. 

 Paul & Son thii'd. 



Asters. — Both German quilled, and French varieties were 

 first-rate, Mr. Betteridge taking off the iii-st prizes in both 

 classes. Mi-. Wyatt, of Epsom, was second, and Mr. C. 

 Sandford third in each class. 



Gladiolus. — With this flower a gi-and display was made 

 by Messrs. Youell and Mr. Standish, of Ascot, who were 

 respectively fii-st and second ; but it must have been a diffi- 

 cult matter for the Judges to have decided on their respec- 

 tive merits. Owing to the late heavy rains, however, many 

 of the flowers had suffered somewhat, more especially those 

 shown in the Amateui-s' Class. Of Messrs. YoueU's collection 

 Madame Vihnoi-in, Ophir, Princesse Clothilde, Napoleon III, 

 Madame Rabourdin, Mazeppa, and Pline were fine. Mr. 

 Standish had Etna (a fine red), Impi'ratrice Eugenie, Mrs. 

 Dix, George Stephenson, Brian Boi-u, Charles Davis (a 

 beautiful scai-let with white markings in the throat), and 

 others of which an account will be found in the report of 

 the Floral Committee. There were also extensive collections 

 from both the above exhibitors, which, though not for com- 

 petition, were vei-y interesting. Mr. Prince, of Oxford, had 

 third prize. La Quintinye, Reine Victoria, Ambroise Ver- 

 schaffelt, Le Poussin, Rembrandt, Madame BasseviDe, and 

 Fanny Rouget were those shon-n best. Mr. Cattell had 

 also good splices. Among Amateurs Mr. Sladden, Mr. Perry, 

 and the Rev. H. Dombrain were the successful competitors, 

 ranking m the prize list in the order in which they are 

 named. In their stands were good spikes of Prospero, 

 Calypso, Le Poussin, Sappho, Jeanne d'Arc, Victor Verdier 

 (small, but fine in coloui-), Endymion, and Bridesmaid. 



Miscellaneous. — Verbenas were shown in excellent con- 

 dition by Messrs. Perkins & Son, and Mr. Pen-y, of Castle 

 Bromwich, who received first and second prizes ; fine large 



trusses of Phloxes by Mr. Turner, of Slough ; several boxes 

 of Roses in good condition by Messrs. Paul & Son, and some 

 excellent Asters in pots by Messrs. Cutbush. Prom 

 Messrs. Veitch came the beautiful sweet-scented Liliuni 

 auratum, the curious scarlet Anthiu-ium Scherzerianum, the 

 fine crinison-foliaged Draoaina ferrea variegata, Odonto- 

 glossum grande, the large white-flowered Pancratium zey- 

 lanicum, and other plants, which were submitted to the 

 Floral Committee. Mr. BuU had likewise an extensive 

 group of new and rare plants, among which were Gesnera 

 Radiancy, with highly ornamental foHage, some new arbo- 

 rescent Begonias, Adiantum radiatum, and the beautiful 

 Marattia elegans, Drosera dichotoma, and several new Cala- 

 diums. Messrs. A. Henderson had the Cotton-plant in pod ; 

 Mr. Salter, variegated plants for ribbon-borders ; and Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson, a selection of Ivies and variegated Gera- 

 niums ; whilst Messrs. Carter & Co. had excellent double 

 Zinnias, French Marigolds, Asters, and Everlastings. 



The following remarks on the Gladioli and Roses ex- 

 hibited, are from our valued contributor, " D., Deal : " — 



[Notwithstanding the prevalence of disease amongst Gla- 

 diolus, the stands exhibited were of surpassing excellence, 

 and it w.as evident that it could not have affected those 

 growers whose magnificent spikes of bloom and luxuriant 

 loUage displayed the very perfection of vigour and growth. 

 The positions of the two great combatants in the Nursery- 

 men's Class were the reverse of that at the Crystal Palace 

 Show, Messrs. Youell being fii-st, and Mr. Standish second. 

 The spikes of bloom exhibited by the former were longer 

 and fuller ; but in variety and quality Mr. Standish's were 

 unquestionably the best. He had besides several boxes of 

 blooms, which made a grand display. Amongst the most 

 conspicuous of his flowers were — Ganymede, a flne flower in 

 the style of Poussin ; Mrs. Dix, white, of good substance ; 

 Lord Clyde, a large and very fine flower ; Etna, glowing 

 red ; Charles Davis, beautiful crimson with white feathers ; 

 George Stephenson, claret, a novel shade of colour ; Princess 

 Alexandra, a vei-y novel flower, creamy buff, crimson feather, 

 almost of the colour of a Dendi-obium ; Randle Jackson, light 

 pink splashed with carmine, deep crimson feather ; Boadicea, 

 dark crimson splashed with deeper crimson ; Brian Boru, 

 vei-y large, crimson, violet feather; Edith Dombrain, soft 

 salmon, splashed with deeper shade; Demosthenes, fine 

 shape ; Euterpe, white, with violet feathers ; Roscius, red, 

 with violet Up ; PoUux, cream, with dark red blotch ; Mi-. 

 Marnock, oheiTy red ; Aui-elian, vei-y bright crimson ; Mar- 

 garet, fine white ; La Belle, beautiful soft pink ; Mrs. Peach, 

 peach, with deep crimson markings; and IL-s. Dombrain, 

 a beautiful flower, something like Impt-ratrice Eugenie, but 

 better. In Messrs. YoueU's were some fine blooms of 

 AchiUe, Madame VOmorin, Ophir, Oracle, Napoleon III., 

 Poussin, Linnc, Marie, PHnc, Ophir, and other well-known 

 French kinds admirably bloomed. The same may be said 

 of Mr. Prince's flowers, and of Mr. CatteU's, who had some 

 promising seedlings. 



In the Amateurs' Class, Mr. Sladden, of Ash-next-Sand- 

 wich, was first with seedlings Cleopatra, Hector, Volunteer, 

 Prospero, Philip Van Artevelde, Sappho, Lord Clyde, 

 Poussin, Adonis, Fanny Rouget, Madame Breol, Conranti 

 fulgens. His stand was very effective and exceUently 

 bloomed. Mi-. Perry, of Castle Bromwich, was second with 

 Jeanne d'Arc, Sulphureus, Calypso, Le Poussin, Madame de 

 Vati-y, Mazeppa, Raphael, Mai-ie, AchiUe, Janii-e, and Pre- 

 mier de Montrouge. The Rev. H. H. Dombrain was third 

 with Standish's Mi-s. R. Hole, Earl of CarUsle, Mi-s. Dombrain 

 (fine), Viola, Lucifer, Mi-s. Livingstone, and Lemonade; 

 seedlings Lord Warden, Orange Boven, and Bridesmaid, and 

 Victor Verdier and Endymion. 



Roses were exhibited in goodly number by Mr. Turner, 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, and Mr. Chirke, of Biixton ; they were 

 good for the season of the year, and the prizes were awarded 

 as named. Senateur Vaisse, Madame Falcot, Mai-eehal 

 VaiUant, Catherine GuiUot, Victor Verdier, Celine Forestier, 

 Triomphe d'Angers, Souvenu- de Leveson Gower, Madame 

 Furtado, Comtesse de ChabriUant, and other weU-known 

 kinds were on most of the stands ; but it was surely quite a 

 mistake not to offer prizes at this season for them.] 



The effect of this portion of the Show was much better 



