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prize. An extra prize, a silver cup, presented by subscription, was 

 awarded to Mr. Cook, Notting-hill, for twelve dissimilar blooms, con- 

 sisting of Miss Vyse, Scarlet Gem, Cassandra, Caractacus, Widnall's 

 Queen, Stancterd of Perfection, Optimus, Dr. Graliam, Louis Philippe, 

 Lady of tlie Lake, Madeline, and Bermondsey Bee. An extra prize, 

 presented by Mr. C. Turner, of Chalvey, for six blooms of Dahlias 

 sent out in 1847, was awarded to Mr. Howard, for Minn, Delicata, 

 Miss Vyse, Marquis of Worcester, Louis Philippe, and Yellow- 

 Standard. Seedlings of 1846: first-class certificates were awarded 

 to the following flowers, — to Mr. Collinson, of Bath, for a variety 

 named Shylock, deep bright scarlet, good centre, and good show 

 flower, something between Nonpareil and Scarlet Gem ; a useful 

 show flower, which would be more desirable if it differed more from 

 the flowers above mentioned : to Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, for Mont 

 Blanc, a full-sized white: to Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, for Dodd's 

 Walter Hilston, novel in colour, being a bright orange-buff; this 

 flouer is much cupped, but the centre is rather low, and sometimes 

 confused ; it is a desirable flower, and the best of its class when in per- 

 fection : to Mr. Barnes, Danecroft Nurseries, for Boule de Feu, a first- 

 rate flower, fine in form, round, with the centre well up ; in colour it 

 is of a peculiar orange-red : to the same, for a fancy variety named 

 Jenny Lind, a flower of good form, white and light maroon stripes, 

 very distinct. An extra prize, silver cup, presented by Mr. J. G. 

 Walte, of High Holborn, was awarded to IMr. Oakley for Gem, pure 

 white, distinctly margined with rosy-lilac ; very round, deep, and well 

 formed ; petals good and well arranged ; eye a little low, yet compact 

 centre ; a very desirable flower, the best of its class ; tlie marginal 

 colour was somewhat irregular in the blooms at this exhibition, but 

 we saw it earlier in the season when it was perfect in every petal. 

 An extra prize, presented by Mr. Bragg, was awarded to Mr. Elphin- 

 tone, for the best Fancy Dahlia not out, named Mrs. Shaw Lefevre, 

 a flower of good form, Mell up in the centre, colour red and white. 

 An extra prize was also presented by subscription, and awarded to 

 Mr. Pope, of Chelsea, for the third best Dahlia of 1846, a large 

 primrose-coloured flower named Nell Gwynne, but the centre is low. 

 We noticed also, from Mr. Barnes, a neat well-formed dark maroon, 

 of fine shape and medium size, named Samuel Girling ; and a fancy 

 flower, white and dull scarlet, named Remembrancer, both good 

 flowers in their respective classes. Seedli?igs of 1 847 : a first-class 

 certificate was awarded to Mr. Turville for a seedling named Fire 

 King, novel and striking in colour, being a bright scarlet-orange ; 

 large, fine in form, good petal, and fine outline ; centre rather low : to 

 Mr. lludd, for a white flower named Jenny Lind, a neat bloom, of 

 good properties, which promises to be a desirable flower of its class ; 

 and a well-formed flower, of a dull scarlet colour, named Sir Robert 

 Peel, from Mr. Collinson, of Bath. 



