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power of increasing or diminishing the number and value of the 

 awards offered by the society for particular objects, and also of con- 

 ferring awards in cases not contemplated in these regulations, if they 

 think necessary to do so. The society's prizes are offered less for 

 new and curious objects than for fine specimens of horticultural skill, 

 the design of the council in instituting these meetings being not so 

 much to encourage the collector as to reward the skilful gardener ; 

 for in cases where the objects exhibited do not appear worthy of a 

 prize, a bad single exhibition might obtain a prize merely because 

 there is no better exhibition of the same class to oppose it. 



AWARDS. 



CLASS I. 

 In which Nurserymen and Private Growers exhibit independently 

 of each other. 



Pelargoniums. 



In collections of 12 new and Jirst-rate varieties, cultivated with 

 superior skill, in pots of 24 to a cast. 



Private Growers. 



1st Prize, 1L, J. Dobson, gardener to Mr. E. Beck, Isleworth.— 

 These were grown in slate-pots, which Mr. Beck manufactures, and 

 certainly presented a very superior appearance : the blooms were 

 large in size, and of the best shape. The kinds were, Zanzummim 

 (Beck), first-rate flower ; Lurida (Beck), Leonora (Beck), Resplendant 

 (Beck), Sir It. Peel (Foster), one of the best and most distinct in all 

 collections ; Pulchellum (Foster), Sultana (Foster), Favourite (Beck), 

 very fine; Susanna (Beck), Bella (Beck), very fine; Hero (Beck), 

 and Conflagration (Foster). 



2nd Prize, 41., Mr. Cock, Chiswick.— These were likewise all 

 bloomed exceedingly well. The varieties were, Madeline, Angelica, 

 Cyrus, Sir R. Peel, Mad. Taglioni, a mass of bloom ; Rosetta, superb, 

 Wizard, Queen Philippa, Unit, Eliza Sauvage, Erectum, and Pre- 

 eminent. 



No other competitors. 



Nurserymen. 



1st Prize, U, Mr. N. Gaines, Battersea— For Cotherstone, fine; 

 Ackbar, fine ; Augusta, Saxon King, fine ; Queen of Bourbons, Lady 



