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petitors being many of the principal growers throughout the country, 

 and the blooms placed to view at this meeting justified this character. 



The number of stands produced was probably not so extensive as 

 they would have been, had not an early frost in several localities 

 much destroyed the flowers ; the generality of those shown, however, 

 were very good. A considerable number of seedlings were offered 

 for notice, some of which were really good ; our notes of them was 

 made from a very careful inspection, and may be relied upon. The. 

 show was held in the gardens of Cremorne House, Chelsea. 



The following is a list of the flowers, comprising the prize stands 

 in the various classes. 



CLASS I. 

 24 Blooms : open to Nurserymen only. 



1st Prize, Mr. Turner, Chalvey, for fine specimens of Indispensable (Girling), 

 Pickwick (Cormack), Aurantia (Sparry), Cleopatra (Attwell), Bermondsey Bee 

 (Proctor), Nonpareil (Proctor), Perpetual Grand (Brown), Competitor (Hodge), 

 Duchess of Richmond (Fowler), Trafalgar, Lord Howden (Harrison), Rem- 

 brandt (Brown), Mrs. Shelley (Mitchell), Princess Royal (Hudson), Beauty of 

 the Plain (Sparry), Spitfire (Fisher), Beeswing (Drummond), La Grand Bau- 

 duin (Low), Alice Hawthorn (Drummond), Raphael (Brown), Standard pf Per- 

 fection (Keynes), Marchioness of Ormond (Bourn), Dowager Lady Cooper 

 (Jackson), and Springfield Rival (Inwood). 



2nd Prize, Mr. Girling:, Stowmarket, for Lord Howden, Gloria Mundi, Princess 

 Royal, Ashlete, Biondetta, Mrs. Shelley, Blue Bonnet, Standard of Perfection, 

 "Victory of Sussex, Optimus, Essex Triumph, Antagonist, Reubens, Cleopatra, 

 Phenomenon, Queen of Roses, Alice Hawthorn, Gloricum, Bermondsey Bee, 

 Rembrandt, Lady Leicester, Admiral Stopford, and Dazzle. 



3rd Prize, Mr. Brown. Slough, with Queen of Roses, Pickwick, Rembrandt, 

 Phenomenon, Duchess of Richmond, Indispensable, Nutwith, Raphael, Standard 

 of Perfection, Sir J. S. Richardson, Beeswing, Baudoin, Competition, Mrs. J. 

 Richardson, Essex Champion, Delight, Bermondsey Bee, Perpetual Grand, 

 Ophir, Springfield Rival, Desirable, Cleopatra, Northern Beauty, and Princess 

 Royal. 



4th Prize, Mr. Bragg, Slough, with Orlanda, Springfield Rival, Cleopatra, 

 Admiral Stopford, Antagonist, Duchess of Richmond, Essex Bride, Burnham 

 Hero, Victory of Sussex, Beauty of the Plain, Essex Triumph, Aurantia, Great 

 Mogul, Princess Royal, Antler, Blue Bonnet, Indispensable, Vivid, Standard of 

 Perfection, Bermondsey Bee, Beauty of Sussex, Nonpareil, Emperor of Whites, 

 and Beeswing. 



5th Prize, Mr. Gaines, Battersea, for Lady Glentworth, Orlando, Bloomsbury, 

 Cleopatra, Perpetual Grand, Albion, Mrs. Shelley, Hero of Maida, Gloria Mundi, 

 Gaines' Countess of Zetland, Sir J. S. Richardson, Essex Bride, Victory of 

 Sussex, Vivid, Beeswing, Candidate, Princess Royal, Eximia, Essex Primrose, 

 Aurantia, Cheltenham Queen, Rembrandt, and Marc Antony. 



(itli Prize, Mr. Sorrell, Chelmsford, for Sir J. S. Richardson, Cleopatra, Essex 

 Triumph. Pickwick, Admiral Stopford, Victory of Sussex, Phenomenon, Wid- 

 nall's Queen, Antler, Consolation, Duchess of Richmond, Princess Royal, Con- 

 queror of the World, Standard of Perfection, Queen of Roses, Sir A. Pottinger, 

 > Beeswing, Mis. Shelley, Perpetual Grand, Bermondsey Bee, Aurantia, President 

 of tin: West, Catleugh'9 Eclipse, and Champion. 



Besides the above, three other collections were shown. 



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