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no forward movement towards the attainment of perfection ; those who 

 have complained of not having been prepared for this class, will not have 

 this cause to assign another season ; and we therefore hope to see this por- 

 tion of the exhibition what it was intended it should be, a record of the 

 improvements that are going on in this beautiful tribe, as well as speci- 

 mens of superior cultivation. 



In collections of twelve new and first rate varieties, in pots of twenty- 

 four to the cast, there were three collections from amateurs. The Gold 

 Banksian was awarded to Mr. Staines, Middlesex place. New-road ; his 

 collection comprised the following sorts : — Assassin, Enchantress, Rising 

 Sun, Bridesmaid, Victory, Rhoda, Priory King, Witch, Madeline, Gipsy, 

 Jubilee, and Fair Maid of Devon ; these plants were exceedingly well 

 grown, short shrubby specimens in fine bloom, and the plants well covered 

 with flowers. Mr. Cock carried off the Silver Gilt by his exhibition of 

 Luna, Laura, Madeline, Catleugh's Madame Taglioni, Roulette, Constel- 

 lation, Coronet, Unit, Emma, Eclipse, Paragon, and Gipsy. The large 

 Silver was taken by Mr. Dobson, gr. to Mr. E. Beck, of Isleworth ; his 

 plants were Amyntor, Meteor, Cleopatra, Martha, Dido, Admiral, Leo- 

 nora, Luna, Erectum, Susanne, Bride, and Stella. In the Nurserymen's 

 Class, the contention laid between Mr. Gaines and Mr. Catleugh, but 

 neither of these collections were so finely in bloom, nor the plants in such 

 fine condition as they had been exhibited at former shows, and the Silver 

 Gilt was awarded to Mr. Catleugh, for Shepherdess, Rosetta superb, Julia, 

 Unit, Sir R. Peel, Rhoda, Mulberry, Symmetry, Fair Maid of Devon, 

 Favorite, Jubilee, and Marcella. Mr. Gaines's flowers, for which he re- 

 ceived the large Silver, consisted of Commodore, Arabella, Gipsy, Prin- 

 cess Royal, Madeline, Hermione, Lady Sale, Duchess of Sutherland, 

 Rising Sun, Countess of Zetland, Great Mogul, and Elegans nova. 



In collections of twelve varieties, in pots of twelve to the cast, there 

 were two collections from amateurs. The first, to which the Silver Gilt 

 was awarded, was from Mr. Cock, of Chiswick, and consisted of twelve 

 magnificent plants, in fine health and condition, and covered with bloom ; 

 the sorts were Selina, Evelyn, Evadne, Erectum, Flamingo, Witch, Flash, 

 Grand Monarch, Madeline, Queen of Fairies, Master Humphrey, and 

 Rhoda. The other collection was from Mr. J. Parker' gr. to J. H. Ough- 

 ton, Esq., Roehampton ; the condition of these plants was not good, they 

 were very unequal, and seen beside Mr. Cock's collection, was no doubt a 

 great disadvantage. The Silver Knightian was awarded to them ; they 

 were, Lady Mayoress, Joan of Arc, Vulcan, Beauty, Alexandrina, Lady 

 E. Bulteel, Sirius, Britannia, Vivid, Dennis's Prince Albert, Simile and 

 Florence. Mr. Catleugh and Mr. Gaines contended in the Nurserymen's 

 Class ; these collections were very finely grown, many of the specimens 

 were very superb. The Silver Gilt was awarded to Mr. Gaines ; his 

 flowers were. Lady J. Douglas, Grand Duke, Black-Eyed Susan, Nymph, 

 Roseum erectum, Erectum, Victory, Gem of the West, Mabel, Arabella, 

 Grand Monarch, and Matilda. Mr. Catleugh received the large Silver 

 for Grand Monarch, Leila, Coronation, Madeline, Sapphire, Mrs. Stirling, 

 Tasso, Dido, Wonder, Parson's Queen, Erectum, Josephine. 

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