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specimen which would not have been looked upon as admirable 

 if shown twenty years ago. The display of fruit also was good. 

 The weather was delicious ; and the garden itself in the best 

 order, owing to previous rains, which had rendered the turf elastic, 

 and the trees unusually green. The number of visitors amounted 

 to 10,940, exclusive of exhibitors. 



The Award was as follows : — 



Certificate of Honour : 1. To Mr. Donald, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, F.H.S., for a collection of thirty Stove and 

 Greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. 

 Rucker, Esq., jun., F.H.S., for twenty species of Exotic 

 Orchids. 



Large Gold Medal : 1. To Mr. Frazer, of Ley ton, Essex, 

 for a collection of thirty Stove and Greenhouse plants. 2. 

 To Mr. Rae, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., F.H.S., for 

 twenty species of Exotic Orchids. 3. To Mr. Ingram, 

 gardener to Her Majesty, at Frogmore, for a miscellaneous 

 collection of Fruit. 



Gold Knightian Medal: 1. To Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss 

 Traill, of Hayes Place, Bromley, for a collection of thirty 

 Stove and Greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. Green, gardener 

 to Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., for a collection of 

 fifteen Stove and Greenhouse plants. 3. To Mr. Donald, 

 gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for twenty species of 

 Exotic Orchids. 4. To Mr. Williams, gardener to C. B. 

 Warner, Esq., F.H.S., for twelve species of the same. 5. 

 To Mr. Hunt, for fifteen varieties of Cape Heath. 6. To 

 Messrs. Fairbairn, of Clapham, for the same. 



Gold Banksian Medal: 1. To Mr. Ayres, gardener to James 

 Cook, Esq., F.H.S., for a collection of fifteen Stove and 

 Greenhouse plants. 2. To Mr. May, gardener to E. Good- 

 heart, Esq., of Langley Park, Beckenham, for a collection 

 of ten Stove and Greenhouse plants. 3. To Mr. John 

 Webster, gardener to Mrs. Huskisson, of Eartham, near 

 Petworth, Sussex, for six species of Exotic Orchids. 4. To 

 Messrs. Lane, of Great Berkhampstead, for twelve varieties 

 of Roses in pots. 5. To Mr. May, for fifteen varieties of 

 Cape Heath. 6. To Mr. Epps, of Maidstone, F.H.S., for 

 the same. 7. To E. Foster, Esq , of Clewer, Windsor, for 

 twelve new varieties of Pelargonium, in 8-inch pots. 8. 

 To Mr. Dobson, gardener to Mr. Beck, F.H S., for the 

 same. 9. To Mr. Parker, gardener to J. H. Oughton, 

 Esq., of Roehampton, for twelve varieties of Pelargonium, 

 in 11-inch pots. 10. To Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, for the 



