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Incomparable; 10, Mr. Dickerson, Sharp's Cleopatra; 11, Mr. Twitchett, La 

 Delicate; 12, Mr. Rickard, Sharp's Gem. Purple (heavy edged) — 1. Mr. 

 Wood (Seedling), Wood's Princess Alice; 2. Mr. Twitchett, Sharp's Defender; 



3, Mr. J. Taylor, Hufton's Drusilla; 4, Mr. Wood, Seedling ; 5, Mr. Marshall, 

 Crask's Queen Victoria; 6, Mr. Ready, Drusilla; 7 and 8, Mr. Wood, Seedling; 

 9, Mr. Green, Drusilla; 10, Mr. Marshall, Queen of England ; II and 12, Mr. 

 Twitchett, Crask's Victoria and Queen of England. Purple (light edged) — 1 

 and 2, Mr. Twitchett, Sharp's La Elegante ; 3, Mr. Ready, Giddeu's Vespasian ; 



4, Mr. Wood, unknown ; 5, Mr. Ready, Vespasian; 6, 7, 8, and 9, Mr. Twitchett, 

 with Brinkler's Lady Emily, Brinkler s Lady Chesterfield, and Brinkler's Lady 

 Emily; 10, Mr. Wood, Wood's Lord Hinchinbrooke ; 11, Mr. Twitchett, Lady 

 Chesterfield; 12, Mr. Ready, Vespasian. Rose (heavy edged) — Mr. Crisp, five 

 prizes, with Green's Queen Victoria. Rose (light edged) — 1 and 2, Mr. Wood, 

 with Gidden's No. 122 and Favourite; 3 and 4, Mr. Twitchett, Brinkler's 

 Beauty of Cranfield ; 5, Mr. Twitchett, Purchas's Granta; 6, Mr. Wood, 

 Purchas's Matilda. Yellow Picotees — 1, Mr. Wood, Martin's Victoria ; 2, Mr. 

 Haylock, ditto; 3, Mr. Marshall, ditto; 4 and 5, Mr. Rickard, Hewlett's Para- 

 graph; 6, Mr. Wood, Reine de Francois. Seedling Picotees. — 1 and 2, Mr. 

 Wood, Wood's Princess Alice. Dahlias grown in a pot. — 1, Messrs. Hudson, 

 Argo ; 2, Messrs. Hudson, Ruby. 



Salt-Hiu. Dahlia Show. — This exhibition was held on September 22nd, in 

 the grounds of the Slough Nursery. The stands of Dahlias were very numerous, 

 all good, and many of them remarkably fine. The following is a list of the 

 awards: — Class I. — Amateurs — 12 Blooms, 19 Exhibitors: 1. — Emmerson, 

 Esq. ; 2. Mr. Howard ; 3. Mr. Shelton ; 4. Mr. Headley. Class II.— Gardeners 

 —12 Blooms, 12 Exhibitors: 1. Mr. Maher; 2. Mr. Turville ; 3. Mr. Ford; 

 4. Mr. Weedou. Class III. — Nurserymen — 24 Blooms, 17 Exhibitors: 1. Mr. 

 Brown; 2. Mr. Bragg; 3. Mr. Keynes; 4. Mr. Harrison. Seedlings of 1842. 

 — Four Blooms: 1. Mr. Spary, for Lady Antrobus, white and lavender; 2. Mr. 

 Brown, Lady St. Maur, white tipped ; 3. Mr. Brown, Rembrandt, dark ; 4. Mr. 

 Turville, Champion of Essex, vivid scarlet. Seedlings of 1843. — One Bloom: 

 1. Messrs. Heale, Emperor of the Whites ; 2. Mr. Proctor, Nonpareil; 3. Mr. 

 Whale, Duchess of St. Albans ; 4. Mr. Headley, Meteor. The second compe- 

 tition for the prize of 10/., offered for the best white, was awarded in favour of 

 Mr. Bragg's Antagonist. The names of the flowers in the successful stands, 

 &c, will be given in our next Number, the show taking place too late to insert 

 in our present Magazine. In extent and excellence of specimens those exhibited 

 were much superior to any former show ; all the stands were fine and good, but 

 many of them especially so. The exhibitors comprised most of the first-rate 

 growers in this country, whether amateurs, gardeners, or nurserymen. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 



Annual flower seeds, as Clarkia, Colliusia,' Schizanthuses, Ten-week Stocks, 

 &c, sown soon in pots, and kept in a cool frame or greenhouse, during winter 

 will be suitable for planting out in open borders next April. Such plants bloom 

 early and fine, and their flowering season is generally closing when spring-sown 

 plants are coming into bloom. Many of the hardiest kinds should be sown in 

 the open borders. 



Biennials, as Scabions, Sweet Williams, Canterbury Bells, &c, should now be 

 planted where to bloom next season ; they do belter than when kept till spring. 



Cactus. — Plants that have been kept in the open air now put in the stove will 

 soon bloom. 



Carnation layers should immediately be potted off if not done before. 



China Rose cuttings yet strike very freely. 



Calceolaria seed should be sown soon, or be reserved till February. 



