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garden at Chiswick came various groups of plants, the Cape Pelargo- 

 niums and Tuberous Begonias being especially noticeable. 



CUT FLOWERS. 



Of these the display was not extensive, but the Pansies produced 

 a rich effect, and the double Pyrethrums were splendid. In 

 the class for cut blooms of not less than twenty-four Pansies, 

 Mr. Hooper, Bath, was placed first with grand blooms in rich and 

 varied colours of Show and Fancy varieties. Mr. Catley, Bath, 

 second ; and Messrs. Downie and Laird, Edinburgh, third. These 

 collections of brilliant flowers were greatly admired, the Scotch 

 flowers being clearly belted, and not shown on white collars as the 

 others were. Messrs. Hooper and Co., Covent Garden, were ad- 

 judged the chief prize for a miscellaneous group of cut flowers, 

 which embraced many varieties of Irises, with Delphiniums, 

 Eockets, Paeonies, Centaureas, Pyrethrums, Aquilegias, &c. Messrs. 

 Osborn and Sons, Fulham, were placed second with a smaller but 

 more varied group. Messrs. John Laing and Co. exhibited cut 

 blooms of Pansies and boxes of gorgeous Tuberous Begonias. Messrs. 

 Eelway and Son, The Nurseries, Langport, had a magnificent 

 collection of double Pyrethrums in nearly fifty varieties, the flowers 

 being in a great variety of colour, large, full, and fine, some of 

 them resembling Chrysanthemums — the finest collection of these 

 flowers probably ever seen exhibited. 



FBUIT. 



This important section of the Show attracted great attention, and 

 deserved it, for both in extent and quality for this period of the 

 year the display was an excellent one, many dishes being very 

 superior, and a few only containing fruit of poor quality. 



Pines. — In the class for two fruits only one pair was staged, and 

 no award was made. Through a misapprehension in making the 

 entry Mr. Fry, gardener to J. Baker, Esq., Haydon Hall, Eastcote 

 Pinner, missed the first prize with good and well-ripened Queens 



