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1st Prize to Mr. Brown, of Slough, for Indispensable, Mrs. Shelley, 

 Springfield Rival, Phenomenon, Orange Superb, Blue Bennett, Admiral 

 Stopford, Duchess of Richmond, Standard of Perfection, Le Grand Bau- 

 dine, Great Mogul, Essex Triumph, Nonpariel, Beauty of the Plain, Sir 

 R. Sale, Metella, Eclipse (Widnall's), Lady Antrobus, Pickwick, Presi- 

 dent of the West, Alexander, Victory of Sussex, Competitor, Phcenix. 



2d Prize to Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, for Prince of Waterloo, Le 

 Grand Baudine, President of the West, Maria, Mrs. Shelley, Antagonist, 

 Essex Triumph, Nonpareil, Phenomenon, Lady Antrobus, Duchess of Rich- 

 mond, Andrew Hofer, Princess Royal (Hudson's), Lady Harland, Compet- 

 itor, Admiral Stopford, Emma Noke, Victory of Sussex, Standard of Per- 

 fection, Perpetual Grand, Eermonsdy Bee, Eclipse (Widnall's), Burnham 

 Hero, Sir J. Richardson. 



3d Prize to Mr. Girling, for Mrs. Shelley, Lady Harland, Admiral 

 Stopford, Phenomenon, Jehu, Antagonist, Eermonsdy Bee, Princess Royal 

 (Hudson's), Crimson Perfection, Standard of Perfection, Prince of Wales, 

 Hope, Andrew Hofer, Beauty of the Plain, Nutwich, Rob Roy, Consola- 

 tion, Lady Antrobus, President of the West, Eclipse (Widnall's), Rem- 

 brandt, Queen of Roses, Essex Triumph, Springfield Rival. 



4th Prize to Mr. Bragg, but we had not time to complete the list of 

 names. 



The principal part of these varieties were in the stands of eighteen, 

 twelve and six blooms. Mr. Girling exhibited a stand of twenty-four 

 fancy dahlias, comprising several very showy ones, and a portion of them 

 quite Avorthless ; the best were, Oakley's Surprise, Alba Purpurea Su- 

 perba. Purpurea Alba, Susianna, Belle du Donk, (?) Miss Watson, Mad. 

 Milliez, Butterfly, Madam Chauviere, and Madam de Schaunenfield. 



After a careful inspection of all the flowers in the prize stands, we •- ' 

 down the following as the best of each color: — 



White, Antagonist ; yellow, Cleopatra (new) ; rose, Mrs. Shelley ; day - 

 Essex Triumph ; purple, Bermonsdy Bee ; scarlet, Essex Champion ; ma 

 roan, Raphael ; tipped, Bridesmaid ; lilac. Lady Harland ; crimson, Stand- 

 ard of Perfection ; orange, Orange Superb ; ixd, Nonpariel ; dark shaded, 

 Alexander. 



The stands of seedlings numbered about twenty-five, and contained 

 many very good flowers, with others quite ordinary. 



Twenty-four blooms were shown of Cleopatra, a fine deep yellow one, 

 of good size and form, well up on the centre. Eighteen blooms of a red 

 dahlia, similar in color to Red Rover, but of good form and petal, without 

 name. Six blooms of Brown's Orlando, of a pale lilac, a desirable color, 

 form good but petal too coarse. Six blooms of Duke of York, a pale 

 yellow, similar to Primrose. Six blooms of Marchioness of Ormond, 

 white with bold top of violet, fine form and petal, well up in the centre. 

 Six blooms of Beeswing, a red one, form good, centre well up. Six 

 blooms Brown's Arethusa, rich violet purple, petals too crowded, but a 

 good flower. Six blooms of a white one by Mr. Heale, petal thin but 

 color pure. Six blooms Dodd's Marc Antony, rich deep yellow, good 

 form. Six blooms of Beauty of Enfield, lilac rose, good. Six blooms of 

 a tipped one by Mr. Girling, similar to Oakley's Surprise, color deeper 

 and richer, form excellent. Many other seedlings were shown ; of some- 

 only one bloom, and of others six ; but they were generally under private 

 marks, and many will require another year's trial. The most desirable ot 



