FLORAL EXHIBITIONS, 115 
Unique, Page’s Champion, and Taylor’s Glory. They were awarded the 
first prize in the nurserymen’s class. Dr. Bushell took the second prize, 
with Page’s Champion, Dickson’s Duke of Wellington, Metcalf’s 
Lancashire Hero, and Taylor’s Glory. Mr. Gaines the third, with 
Wild’s Bright Pheebus, Gaines’ Elegance, Stretch’s Emperor Alexan- 
der, and Smith’s Waterloo. An extra prize, offered by Mr. Dutton 
for the best three of Oliver’s Lovely Anne, was awarded to Mr. 
James Dickson. Other extra prizes for these plants, were taken by 
Mr. James Dicksonand J. Chapman, Esq. First class certificates were 
given to Mr. Dickson for two seedling Auriculas, named Sir Charles 
Napier and Freedom. 
In Crverartas, Mr. Robinson took the first prize, offered by Mr. 
Ivery, of Peckham, for the best eight, with well-grown specimens of 
Ivery’s Conqueror, Colossus, Attraction, Desirable, Pet, and Brilliant, 
Henderson’s Beauty of St. John’s Wood, and Royal Crimson. A 
prize was awarded to Mr. Mockett for the following eight—lIvery’s 
Colossus, Purple Prince, and Defiance, Henderson’s Beauty of St. 
John’s Wood, Royal Crimson, Vernate, Bendisi, and Coronet. 
In the Dealer’s class, Mr. Henderson, of Wellington-road, took 
the first prize with twelve magnificently grown plants; viz.— 
Rosette, disk dark, the remainder a brilliant rose, one inch across; 
Consuell’s, disk light, the remainder blue, one inch across, a good 
shaped flower; Wellington, disk dark, the petals white tipped 
with bright rose, one inch across; Alboni, disk buff, petals white 
tipped with purple, one inch across, a fine formed flower, and very 
pretty; Zenobia, disk very dark, surrounded with red, the re- 
mainder a violet colour; Coronet, disk dark, surrounded with white, 
and tipped with deep rose, one inch across, good form; Annie, disk 
dark, surrounded with pure white, the rest a bright violet ; Cerito, 
disk buff, surrounded with white, and bordered with a pretty lavender- 
lilac, a first-rate variety, and worthy a place in every collection (see 
figure in our Magazine, last June) ; Blue de Ciel, disk nearly white, 
and the petals a fine rich blue, one inch across; Emperor, a large 
flower of bright rosy crimson colour, very showy, and a good form ; 
Diana Vernon, a rich purple, good form, middle sized flower; Fair 
Rosamond, disk nearly white, petals pure white tipped with pink, one 
inch across, and fine form. Mr. Ivery was second, with twelve well- 
grown plants—Nymph, Coronet, Emma, Satellite, Countess of Zetland, 
Prime Minister, Pre-eminent, Pride of Surrey, Red Rover, Red Rover, 
Maritima, Beauty of Peckham, and Attraction. In Seedling Cinerarias, 
first class certificates were awarded to the following :—Henderson’s 
Pauline, Perodi, Adela Villiers, Carlotta Grisi, Ivery’s One in the Ring, 
Kendall's Richard Cobden, Hamp’s Abdalonymdies, Ambrose’s Modesta, 
and Alba Purpurea. We made notes of the following exhibited by Mr. 
Henderson :— Madame Rosate, disk very dark, surrounded with white, 
and the remainder a pretty lavendar colour, fine form and of first rate 
excellence. Pauline, disk a buff colour, and the remainder a rich 
bluish purple, fine petal and form, first rate, flower large, Adela 
Villiers, disk drab colour, surrounded with white, and the remainder 
a bright purple; the petals are numerous, being narrow, but fine 
