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Cox's Defiance, Essex Rival, Marquis of Lothian, Climax, Beauty 

 of the Phiin, Lady Douglass, and Evans's Wallace— to John Dour- 

 rie, £^aidener to Gen. Rol>ertson. 



^ Beilfoni Grand Dahlia Siiow.— Best thirty-six blooms, viz:— Grace 

 Darling, Hope, Eva, Suftblk Hero, Callio|)e, Na[)oleon, Seedling, 

 Virgin' Queen, Royal Standard, Edith Plantaganet, Uni(|ue, Con- 

 ductor, Hedley's Perfection, Dioniede, Springfield Rival, Miss John- 

 son, Essex Rival, Defender, Ne Plus Ultra, Cox's Defiance, Victory, 

 Vitruvius, Contender, Dodd's Mary, Maresfield Rival, Blooms- 

 bury, Purple Perfection, Cambriilge Hero, Ringleader, Rienzi, Bree's 

 Rosa, VVarmiuster Rival, Pickwick, Rienzi, Pavoniutn, Henrietta, 

 Rose of Nottingham — to ISIr. Shepherd. 



Kingston Royal Horticultural Society. — Best twenty-four blooms, 

 viz: — Conipte de Paris, Sir William Middleton, Ho|)e, Victory, 

 Nicholas Nicklehy, Springfield Purple, Danecroft Rival, Unique, 

 Bloomsbury, Cox's Defiance, Grace Darling, Primrose, Pilot, Hen- 

 rietta, Ne Plus Ultra, Rose, Rienzi, Bishop of Winchester, Queen 

 of Sarum, Amato, Virgin Queen, Essex Rival, Climax, Grenadier — 

 to Mr. Gaines, nurseryman. 



Elhain Horticultural and Floral Society. — Best twelve blooms, 

 viz: — Glory of Plymouth, Invincible, Grand Turk, Frances, Essex 

 Rival, Cox's Defiance, Widnall's Jivgo, Hope, Hylas, Queen of Sa- 

 rum, President of the West, Beauty of the Plain — to Rev. C. Oxenden, 

 York Horticultural Exhil)ition. — Best twenty-four blooms, viz: — 

 Bishop of Winchester, Dohn John, BloomsI)ury, Grace Darling, 

 Maresfield Rival, Miss Scroopi?, Rosetta, Beauty of Avon Vale, 

 Dodd's Mary, F],ssex Rival, Danecroft Rival, Horwood's Defiance, 

 Widnall's Argo, Duchess of Portland, Conductor, Invincible, Cox's 

 Defiance, Climax, Amato, Fireball, Miss Johnson, Sutfolk Hero, 

 Mackenzie's Perfection, and Pickwick — to Mr. Edwards- 

 Exeter Granil Dahlia Exhibition. — Best forty-eight blooms, viz: — 

 Climax, Hornsey Surprise, Amato, Bloomsbury, Essex Rival, Vitru- 

 vius, Rosa, Lady Miildleton, Queen of Sarum, Lord Mor|)eth, Hy- 

 las, Monarch, Dodd's Mary, Bontisholl, Grace Darling, Hosetta, Sir 

 H. Fletcher, Grenadier, Bishop of Salisbury, MaresfieUl Hero, Bish- 

 oj) of Winchester, Squil)b's Defiance, Phenomenon, Duchess of Port- 

 land, Reiiina, Cox's Defiance, Beauty of the Plain, President of the 

 West, Metella, Countess of Peml)roke, Coronal, Juno, Unique, 

 Eijyptian King, Rienzi, Mr. Neeld, Windmill Hill Rival, Hero of 

 Nottingham, Nonpareil, Advancer, Lady Bathurst, Chef d' Ouvre, 

 Defender, Springfield Rival, Nicholas Nickleby, Hedley's Perfection, 

 Queen of England — to Messrs. Veitch & Son, nurserymen, 



Hexham Floral and Horticultural Society. — Best twenty blooms, 

 viz; — Widnall's Jlrgo, Grace Darlinir, Virgin Queen, Amato, Thur- 

 tell's Meteor, Primrose (Gaines's,) Ovid, Anna Augusta Broadwood, 

 Rienzi, Lewisham Rival, Nicholas Ni(tkleby, Rival Granta, Pilot, 

 Marchioness of Lansdowne, Springfield Rival, Topaz, Hedley's Per- 

 fection, Rival Sussex, Windmill Hill Rival, Egyptian King — to T. 

 Aitchison, gardener to T. W. Beaumont, Esq. 



Hampstead Florists' Society. — Best twenty-four blooms, viz: — 

 Marchioness of Lansdowne, Hope, Topaz, Lewisham Rival, Sufiblk 

 Hero, Virgin Queen, Egyptian Prince, Climax, Grace Darling, Cow- 



