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Levison Gower, Strombio, Souvenir de Malmaison, William [Jesse, 

 Robin Hood, Devoniensis, Moire, and the beautibul yellow Chroma- 

 tclla. The second prize was awarded to Messrs. Paul and Son, of 

 Cheshunt. 



Dahlias were of course the chief feature of the exhibition, and 

 their display was very good. The first prize, a gold medal, for 

 twenty-four blooms open to amateur competitors only, was obtained 

 by Mr. J. S. Proctor, sen., for the following kinds, viz. :— Antagonist 

 (Bragg), Perpetual Grand (Brown), Queen of Roses (Widnall), 

 Pickwick (Cormack), Nonpariel (Proctor), Consolation (Widnall), 

 Beauty of Sussex (Mitchell), Indispensable (Girling), Favourite 

 (Dod), Vivid (Thompson), Mrs. Shelley (Mitchell), Standard of 

 Perfection (Keynes), Beeswing (Drummond), Essex Triumph (Tur- 

 ville), Raphael (Brown), Lady St. Maur (Brown), Unique (Ansell), 

 Lord Howden (Harrison), Victory of Sussex (Stanford), Competitor 

 (Hodge), Admiral Stopford (Trentfield), Eclipse (Catleugh), Sir R. 

 Sale (Smith), and Blue Bonnet (Brown). The second prize was 

 given to Mr. Cook : the third to Mr. Trentfield ; the fourth to Mr. 

 Legg; and the fifth to J. Edwards, Esq. Besides these were four 

 other competitors. 



In the amateurs collection of twelve blooms, the first prize, of a 

 silver medal, was awarded to H. W. Collison, esq., of Bath, for some 

 superb blooms of the following, viz. : — Lady St. Maur (Brown), 

 Aurantia (Sparry), Nonpariel (Proctor), Blue Bonnet (Brown), 

 Princess Royal (Hudson), Victory of Sussex (Stanford), Essex Cham- 

 pion (Turville), Eximia (Girling), Beeswing (Drummond), Cleopatra 

 (Attwell), Gloria Mundi (Headley), and an excellently grown bloom 

 of Northern Beauty (Robinson). Mr. Cousins received the second 

 prize, Mr. Wick third, Mr. Hatchman fourth, and Mr. Wildman 

 fifth ; in addition to these there were sixteen other competitors. 



In the nurserymen's class of twenty-four blooms, Mr. Turner, of 

 Chalvey, was deservedly awarded the gold medal for the best col- 

 lection, comprising superb blooms of the following kinds, viz. : — 

 Perpetual Grand (Brown) ; Princess Royal (Hudson), a fine spe- 

 cimen, and got well up in the centre ; Victory of Sussex (Stanford), 

 large ; La Grand Bauduin (Low) ; Alice Hawthorn (Drummond) ; 

 Beeswing (Drummond) ; Competitor (Hodge) ; Admiral Stopford 

 (Trentfield) ; Indispensable (Girling), fine ; Beauty of the Plain 



