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Third best stand of 43 blooms of dahlias — £3 to Mr. Gporjrp Braide. 



Class 2 — Bpst (bihliii of iuiy colnr — first prize, Mr. Saiiiuel Widiiail, 

 £1; .second, Mr. James Edwards, 10s; third, Mr. Cooper, 7s. 6c?; fourth, 

 Mr. Willison. of W'hiiliv, 7s. 6d- fifth, Mr. Thomas Backhouse, 5s; 

 sixth, Mr. Thomas Millei-, '2s. 6d. 



[The first and second classes were open to amateurs, nurserymen, 

 and irenriemen's Hardeners.] 



C7ass 3 — For the l)est stand of twenty-four blooms of dahlias — Mr. 

 John Roljiuson, of Shetfi<dd, 3£; second best, Mr. Coward, 2£; third 

 best. James Richardson, Esq., l£. 



[The third and fourtli classes were open to amateurs only.] 



Class 4 — Best dahlia of any color — first prize, Mr. Samuel Coward's 

 Sjjrinirfield Rival, IDs. 



Class 5 — [Op. n to "■entlomen's jrardenrrs.] — For the best stand of 

 twenty-four blooms of d ihlias — Rev. F. Best, £3; second best, Mr. 

 Gforiie Braide, £-2; third best, Mrs. Thompson, £1. 



C7rtss 6 — [For irt^ntlemen's i^ardeners.] — Best tiahlia of any color — 1, 

 Mr. Braide's Sir Henry Fletcher, 10s. 



Class 7 — [Open for all.] — Best dahlia of any color — 1. Mr. Wid- 

 nall's Ne Plus Ultra, £l; 'i. Mr. John Robinson's Girling's Suffolk He- 

 ro, 10s. 



Class 8— Best unnamed seedling dahlia of 1837 and 1338— Mr. Joseph, 

 Headlv's Perfection (dark maroon,) £1; 2. Mr. Widnali's No. 2, 

 1837 (l.lush,) 10s; 3. Rev. C. H dl (|)rimrose,) 7s. Gd; 4. Mr. John 

 Evans (maroouj) 5s; 5. Mr. G. Braide (white ground tipped with lilac,) 

 2s. 6d. 



The Oxford Dahlia Shotv. — First class for Nurskrymen. — Twen- 

 ty-four DISSIMILAR Blooms. 1. Mr. Willmer, of Sunbury, for Royal 

 Standard, Suffolk Hero, Stone's Yellow Perfection, Mungo Park, Fish- 

 erton Champion, Dodd's Queen of Scotts, Dodd's ^lary, Lady \V'alpole, 

 Maid of Judah, Rival Sussex, Metropolitan Yellow, Ansell's Unique, 

 Egyptian Prince, Foster's Eva, Wheeler's Queen of Whites, Beauty 

 of the Marsh, Mountjoy's Ovid, Granta Superb, Parsons's Burdett, Sir 

 Henry Fletcher, Miss Scrooj), Clara, Con(|ueror of Europe, Clio Per- 

 fecta. 2. Messrs. Catleusxh and Son, of Chelsea, for Berkshire Cham- 

 pion, Beauty of Bedford, Bowlinir-Green Rival, Knight's Victory, Grand 

 Duke of Sussex, Conqueror of Europe, Unique, Suffolk Hero, Middle- 

 sex Rival, Dodd's Did\e of XVellinglon, Brown's beauty, Royal Stand- 

 ard, Topaz, Sprin:ifielrl Rival, Lady Kinnaird, Sir Henry Fletcher, 

 Dodd's i\Iary, Elphinstone's Glory, Blandina, Miss A, A. Broadwood, 

 Rosa Superba, Marquis of Lollilan, Metropolitan Yellow, Clio Perfec- 

 ta. 2. Mr. Gregory, of Cirencester, for Jeffrey's Triumj)hant, Kill- 

 ner's Etonia, Forsyth's Analaby, Kingscotc Hero, Squil)b's Shakspeare, 

 Brown's Beauty, Clio Perl'ecta, Mount Pleasant Rival, Topaz, .Spring- 

 field Major, Mrs. Glenny, Marquis of Lothian, Sir Henry Fletcher, 

 Springfield Rival, Mungo Park, Eva, Blandina, Puri)lc Perfection, La- 

 dy Flower Lady Dartmouth, Ruby, Miildlescx Rival, Brmiette, Hope. 

 4. Mr. Brown, of Slough, for Marcpiis of Lothian, Topaz, Duke of Wel- 

 lington, Conqueror of Europe. Jeffrey's Triumphant, Metro|)olitan 

 Yellow, Rival Sussex, Maria Ed^cworth, Rival Granta, Mary, Suffolk 

 Hero, Beauty of LuHinEfstone, Stone's Yellow Perfection, Sir Henry 

 Fletcher, Corrinne, Ne Plus Ultra, Eva, Robert Buist, Stuart Wortley, 

 Reliance, Unique, Sprini.'field Rival, Ariadne, Oxford Rival, 



The finest pan of flowers in this class was exhibited by Mr. Bates, of 

 Oxford, but he was disqualified by having, in the opinion of the judges, 

 two flowers alike in the same stand (Countess of Torrington.) 

 Second Class for Nurserymen. — Eighteen dissimilar Blooms. 



I. Mr. Bates, of Oxford, for Suffolk Hero, Dodd's Mary, Victory, 



