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To W. Shuter, Esq., Belsize Grove, Hampstead (gr. Mr. Armstrong) 

 for 16 bunches of Grapes and a cluster of Oranges. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Pear 1 Winter Nelis ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. This first-rate late dessert variety is so well known that any 

 description is superfluous beyond stating that it should be planted in 

 every collection, however small and select, and that it is well worthy of a 

 wall. (Figs. 65 and 66.) 



Commended. 



The Patent Powder Distributing Bellows, from de Luzy Freres, 

 44a Harold Street, Camberwell. This "apparatus is very simple in its 



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Fig. 66.— Pear 1 Winter Nelis.' (The Garden.) 



mechanism, and distributes powder or sulphur in a fine shower or spray 

 with just sufficient force to make the powder adhere to foliage. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Earl of Ancaster, Normanton Park, Stamford (gr. Mr. J. Butler), 

 sent Rhubarb 1 The Sutton.' 



Captain Carstairs, Welford Park, Newbury (gr. Mr. C. Ross), sent Pears 

 ' General Wauchope ' and ' Anchor.' 



Mr. John Basham, Bassaleg, Newport, Mon., sent Apple ' St. Basil,' a 

 pretty and highly coloured flat Apple. 



Dr. Bonavia, , \Yest\vood, Worthing, sent a sample of 1 Roman 



