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placed in a room adjoining. Tiie company, also, were only permitted to 

 move in one direction, and thus the confusion which took place at the last 

 exhibition was avoided. The show of tulips was large and good, but would 

 have been better if the weather had been more favourable. The pines, 

 melons, grapes, and other hot-house productions,'as well as the produce of 

 the kitchen-garden, were, from the more advanced state of the season, 

 much more plentiful and of finer appearance than at the show in the be- 

 ginning of the month. The exotics were arranged on tables round both of 

 the rooms, and made a splendid display. The following is the list of 

 prizes : — 



Tulips. For the best pan of tulips, consisting of Surpasse Catafalque 

 (Feathered Bizard), De Roi (Flamed Bizard), Black Bouquet (Feathered 

 Bybloemen), Roi de Siam (Flamed Bybloemen), Triumph Royal (Feathered 

 Rose), Taylor's Seedling (Flamed Rose), the premier prize, a silver cup, 

 value five guineas, to Mr. William Leigh ton, Preston.. For the second best 

 pan, consisting of Due de Savoy (Feathered Bizard), Earl St. Vincent 

 (Flamed Bizard), Washington (Feathered Bybloemen), Alien (Flamed Bybloe- 

 men), Triumph Royal (Feathered Rose), Turner's Lord Hill (Flamed Rose), 

 to Mr. Thomas Pyke. For the third best pan, consisting of Earl St. Vin- 

 cent (Feathered Bizard), Grandeur Superb (Flamed Bizard), Bienfait (Fea- 

 thered Bybloemen), Transparent Noir (Flamed Bybloemen), Sheridan's Rose 

 (Feathered Rose), Triumph Royal (Flamed Rose), to Mr.T. Butler, Manches- 

 ter. Feathered Bizard: l.Duc de Savoy, Mr. Leighton ; 2. Goud Buers, 

 Mr. T, Pyke ; 3. Surpasse Catafalque, Mr. Pulford ; 4. Sir Sidney Smith, Mr. 

 Whalley ; 5. Duke of Manchester, Mr. Falkner, Manchester ; 6. Trafalgar, 

 Mr. Appleton ; 7. Collingwood, Mr. Bruce. Feathered Bybloemen : I. Neat 

 and Clean, Mr. Appleton ; 2. Bienfait, Mr. Falkner ; 3. Violet Quarto, Mr. 

 Leighton; 4. Black Bouquet, Mr. Butler; 5. Incomparable, Mr. Falkner; 

 6. Washington, Mr. Bruce; 7. Maitre Partout, Mr. Appleton. Feathered 

 Boses : ] . Walworth, Mr. Hey; 2. Do-Little, Mr. Appleton ; 3. Count de Ver- 

 gennes, Mr. Whalley ; 4. Unknown, Mr. Butler ; 5. Harvey's Rose, Mr. 

 Whalley; 6. Hero of the Nile, Mr. Boardman, Leigh ; 7. Triumph Royal, 

 Mr. T. Pyke. Flavied Bizards : 1. Phoenix, Mr. Appleton; 2. Superb, Mr 

 Hey ; 3. Lecantique, Mr. Appleton ; 4. Captain White, Mr. T. Pyke ; 

 5. Grand Cairo, Mr. Whalley; 6. Beaute Frappante, Mr. Falkner; 7. Seed- 

 ling, Mrs. James. Flamed Bybloemen : 1. Unknown, Mr. Whalley; 2. Due 

 de Florence, Mr. Bruce; 3. Unknown, Mr. Appleton ; 4. Transparent Noir, 

 Mr. Bruce; 5. Triumph de Lisle, Mr. Leighton; 6. Alexander Magnus, 

 and 7. Seedling, Mr. Boardman. Flavied Boses : 1. Rose Unique, and 

 2. Incomparable, Mr. Whalley ; 3. Lord Hill, Mr. Leighton ; 4. Rose Grand, 

 Mr. Bruce ; 5. Rose Quarto, Mr. Leighton ; 6. Roi de Cerise, Mr. Board- 

 man ; 7. Triumph Royal, Mr. Leighton. 



DouUe Tidips. 1. and 2. Mr. Bruce; 3. Mr. Whalley; 4. Mr. Bruce. 

 Self-coloured: 1. Mr. Harrison; 2. and 5. Mr. Butler; 4. Mr. Wakefield. 

 Maiden Growers: 1. and 2. Feathered Bizard, and 2. Flamed Bizard, Mr. 

 Wheeler; 1. and 2. Feathered Bybloemen, and 1. and 2. Flamed Bybloemen, 

 Mr. Wheeler; 1. Flamed Bizard, Mr. Whittingham; 1. and 2. Feathered 

 Roses, and 1 . and 2. Flamed Roses, Mr. Wheeler. 



Plants. Stove: 1. Oncidium Andersonm, Mr. Richard Harrison; 2. Ma- 

 rantfl! zebrina, J. Blackburne, Esq. ; 5. Oncidium flavidum, Mr. Richard 

 Harrison ; 4. Thunbergia alata, Bannerman and Co. ; 5. Burchelh'a capensis, 

 Mrs. Dyson; 6. Didymocarpos iihexia, Mrs. Falkner; 7. Ixora coccinea, 

 Mr. Dobson; 8. Erythrina crista galli, Mr. Powell. Green-house: 1. Cal- 

 ceolaria corymbosa, 2. Fuchsia conica, and 3. Calceolaria rugosa, Mrs. Crop- 

 per; 4. Melaleuca fiilgens, Bannerman and Co. ; 5. Fuchsia gracilis, J. Black- 

 burne, Esq.; 6. Poljgala latifoha, and 7. Corrae^a speciosa, Mr. Davis; 

 8. i^uscus androgynus, Mrs. Cropper. 



