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Susannah, Read's Jenny Lind, and Lord Valentia. 3rd prize, Mr. Wil- 

 nier, Sunbury ; Rubens, Lord Valentia, Star, Prima Donna, Queen of 

 Purples, Coronation, Bate's No. 9, Jolin Hampden, Benjamin, lienry, 

 Princess Royal, Brinklow's Gem, Goliah, Laura, Brilliant, Ruby, Read's 

 Jenny Lind, Miss Jeans, Duke of Northumberland, Lord Norris, 

 Wilmer's No. 1, Suwarrow, Melona, Lord Hardinge. {Amateurs' 

 Class) : twelve kinds ; 1st prize, J. Edwards, Esq., Holloway ; Benja- 

 min, Winchester Rival, Morning Star, Rubens, Mrs. Herbert, Laura, 

 Melona, King of Purples, Blackheath Rival, Read's Jenny Lind, 

 Joseph Sturge, and Duchess of Kent. 2nd prize, Mr. Ellis, Wool- 

 wich ; Goliah, Jenny Lind, Fanny, Alfred Morrison, Melona, King of 

 Purples, Harriett, Hodges' Gem, AVinchester Rival, Laura, Narbo- 

 rough Buck, Hardstone's Prince Albert. 3rd prize, Mr. Halladay ; 

 Kirtland's Prince Albert, Duchess of Marlborough, Rubens, Jenny 

 Lind, Mrs. Gray, Eliza, Winchester Rival, Harriett, Brilliant, Laura, 

 Harkforward, and Lord Valentia. 



Ranunculuses. — Of this lovely flower there were fourteen stands 

 exhibited, most of them in excellent condition. {Nurserymen's Class) : 

 twenty-four varieties ; 1st prize, Mr. Tyso, of Wallingford ; Festns, 

 Captivation, Mrs. Neilson, Sabine, Demosthenes, Amasis, Queen, 

 William Penn, Melange, Charlotte, Edgar, Dark Apollo, Crimson 

 Apollo, Temeraire, Village Maid, Naxara, Coronation, Crojsus, Mrs. 

 Veriatt, Alexis, Gomer, Suaviter. 2nd prize, Mr. Franklin, Isling- 

 ton ; Noniius, Rob Roy, Prince Albert, Dr. Franklin, Lord John 

 Russell, Apollo, Mrs. Wyse, Veriatt, Princess Royal, Marshal Soult, 

 Elizabeth, Burns, Nonpareil, Eliza, Annette, Atlas, Charlotte, Dr. 

 Gardiner, Harold, Melange des Beau, Eliza, Jerome, Arricheon. 

 3rd prize, Mr. R. Hook, Brixton ; Parody, Triumphans, Dolphin, 

 Alice Maude, Marshal Soult, Beauty of Suffolk, Rhododendron, Ama- 

 ryllis, Princess, Mary Queen of Scots, Milo, Wonder, Catherine, Vil- 

 lage Maid, Clarissa, Alexander, Albemarle, Duchess of Leeds, Bel- 

 lissima, Louisetta, Darling, Danubas, Batiisheba. {Amateurs' Class) : 

 twelve varieties; Mr. Airzee, 1st prize; Victory, Claudine, Bijou, 

 President, Jenny Lind, Ferdinand, Herald, Theresa, June, Ariel, 

 Miranda, and Britannia; all seedlings of his own except Herald. 2nd 

 })rize, Mr. Reeves ; Demosthenes, Rob Roy, Belvedere, Orange Boven, 

 Burns, Princess Royal, Queen, Herald, Dilecfus, Lord John Russell, 

 and two not known. 3rd prize, Mr. Gurney, Bethnal-green : Elizabeth, 

 Galatin, Charlotte, Veriatt, Nemesis, Burns, Scarlet and Gold, Herald, 

 Rob Roy, Prince Albert, Hummums, and Beauty. 



Exquisite. — Upper petals white ground with rosy-purple spot, 

 becoming lighter to the centre ; lower petals white with a rosy-purple 

 bar across the middle of each petal; second-rate excellence. 



PuiiiTY.— Upper petals crimson-purple with a white margin ; lower 

 ones white with a purple bar; second rate. 



Marion. — Upper petals very dark with a white margin ; lower 

 ones white with a rosy-red bar ; second rate. 



Black Prince. — A very dark flower, more so than La Belle 

 Afi'ique ; second rate. 



Beauty: of St. John's Wood. — Upper petals a bright rosy-purple 



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