Foreign J^oticcs. 455 



Mr. Knisht, Midrllepex Rival, 5s; Rosea Eleeans, 55; Topaz, 5s; 

 Sijuibb's Purple Perfection, 5s; Countess of Tonington, 5s; Tower of 

 Saruin, 2s. 6c?; Unir|ue, iis. Gd; Pre-eniinenr, 2s. 6d. 



Mr. M'Cloud, for Unicjue, 7s. 6fZ; Ruliens, 5s; Lady Dartmouth, 5s; 

 Blandina, 2s. 6d; Hero of Seven-oak*, 2s. Cnl; Suffolk'Hero, 2s. 6d. 



Mr. Parsons, for Unique, 7s. 6:/; Brown's Beauty, 7s. 6d; Purple 

 Perfection, 7s. 6c?; Dray's Coriolanus, 2s. 66?. 



Mr. Gurney, gardener to Cijjt. Lomax, for Springfield Major, 5s; 

 Rival Sussex, 2s. 6d; Marquis of Lothian, 2s. 6c?. 



Mr. M'Cullock, gardener to James Drake, Esq., for Nevill's Hope, 

 5s; Purple Perfection, 5s; Suffolk Hero, 2s. 6c?; Rosetta, 5s. 



Mr. Mackintosh, gardener to the Hon. Mrs. Elphinstone, for Topaz, 

 7s. 6c?; Rienzi, 2s. 6d; Mrs. Bucknell, 2s. 6d; Thompson's Rival, 

 2s. 6c?. 



Messrs. Catleugh and Son, Hans-place, for Knight's Victory, 5s; 

 Joan of Arc, 5s; S|)rin<ffield Rival, 2s. 6c?; Metropolitan Yellow, 2s. 6c?; 

 Berkshire Champion, 5s; Hero of Seven-oaks, 2s. 6c?. 



Mr. Dover, Great Russell-street, for Topaz, 7s. 6c?; Mary Queen of 

 Scots, 7s. 6d; Kniirht's Victory, 7s. 6^; Unique, 5s. 



The Cambridse Florists' Society, the Salisbury Plain Dahlia Exhibi- 

 tion, the York Floral and Horticultural Exhibition, the Oxford Dahlia 

 Show, the Oswestry Floricultural Society, and the Cambridgeshire Hor- 

 ticultural Society, are those whose reports we now present to our read- 

 ers, in addition to the above. The Birtiiingham Grand Show, probably 

 the greatest in the kinirdom, and the Metropolitan Society of Florists' 

 Exhibition we have not had returns of, but we shall probably get them 

 in season for our January number. We begin with the reports in the 

 order they have just been named: — 



Cambridge Florists'' Society. — The Grand Dahlia Show of this Soci- 

 ety took place at the larire Assembly Room, at the Hoop Hotel, on Fri- 

 day, the 21st instant. The decorations, which were under the sujjcrin- 

 tendence of Mr. Catling, were such as fully to maintain the reputation 

 attained by him in this department. As usual, the chief attraction to the 

 real admirers of this beautiful flower was the display at each end of the 

 room; one containing the prize flowers of the professional growers, and 

 the opposite emulating and nearly ecpialiing it, containing the jjrizes 

 awarded to the amateurs. Indeed, we hardly knew which most merited 

 our attention. Mr, Boninir's flower, which obtained the premier prize, 

 was greatly admired, as also was its rival on the ])rotessional stand. 

 Between the prize flowers was placed a long range of eli|)ti(', stands, 

 which were covered with a profusion of most splendid dahlia blooms, 

 of every variety of color; most of them would, two or three years since, 

 have been thought worthy of a place on the Jirand stand. Mr. Searle's 

 stand of six various dahlias, which obtained the first prize, were of unu- 

 sual excellence. Mr. Heailly also exhibited four most perfect speci- 

 mens. The China asters and French and African marigolds were not 

 numerous; but those shown were of superior quality. The evening 

 show was more fully attended than usual by our fiir to\\nswomen, 

 promenading the room, evidently much gratified by the splendid scene, 

 and after the ladies had retired, upwards of a hundred mend)ers and 

 their friends spent the remainder of the evening with music and song, 

 the Cambridge military band having kindly lent their assistance. The 

 following is the award of the Judges on this occasion: — 

 Amateur Cultivators. — Dahlias, Mr. John Boning, P. P., the 

 BEST Dahlia of any color — the ^Society's PJ^IZE^, and 5s. added 

 BY Mr. Ektn. 



Crimson, Scarlet, or Rcd~M\: Hcadly, Glory of the West; Mr. 

 Searle, Calliope; Mr. Headly, Diadem ofiFlora; Mr, Hudson, Levick's 



