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Hobbies, East Dereham. Medium-sized flowers with incurving petals 

 touched with cream. 



To Cactus Dahlia 'Manxman' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Mortimer, 

 Farnham. Large orange-scarlet flowers shaded with purple towards the 

 tips of the narrow petals. 



To Pompon Dahlia ' Rosea ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Keynes 

 Williams, Salisbury. Medium-sized shapely rose-coloured flowers passing 

 to a lighter shade. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Coronation ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Keynes Williams,- Salisbury. A dainty garden variety with small scarlet 

 flowers touched with crimson near the centre. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Miss T. Cherry ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Keynes Williains, Salisbury. Large orange-coloured flowers suffused with 

 purple. The incurving petals are narrow and pointed. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' H. J. Jones ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Stredwick, St. Leonards. Large canary-yellow flowers with, incurving 

 petals. 



To Cactus Dahlia 1 Eva ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Stredwick. 

 Small shapely flowers with narrow white petals touched with primrose- 

 yellow in the centre. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' F. H. Chapman ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Stredwick. Large flowers with beautifully incurving orange-red petals 

 paler towards the tips. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Etna ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Stredwick. 

 Beautifully shaped flowers with narrow rosy-mauve petals touched with 

 yellow. 



To Cactus Dahlia 1 Vesuvius ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Stredwick. Handsome yellow flowers spotted, splashed, and streaked 

 with brownish -crimson. 



To Cactus Dahlia 1 Raymond Parks ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Stredwick. Bright scarlet flowers of excellent form. 



To Cactus Dahlia 1 Mabel Tulloch ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Stredwick. A distinct and pleasing variety with warm rose-coloured 

 flowers with a paler centre. 



To Cactus Dahlia 1 W. F. Balding II. ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Stredwick. Large yellow flowers, the outer petals touched with 

 bronze. 



Other Exhibits. 



E. J. Johnstone, Esq., Rougham Hall, Bury St. Edmunds, sent 

 immense panicles of Hydrangea panicnlata grandiflora, a remarkably 

 fine white autumn-flowering shrub. In order to obtain the maximum 

 amount of flowers it is necessary to cut away the previous year's growth 

 to within a couple of eyes of the old wood in February. 



From the Rt. Hon. Lord Ardilaun, St. Anne's, Clontarf, Dublin 

 (gr. Mr. A. Campbell), came three very finely grown forms of Lobelia 

 cardinalis, the variety named ' Lord Ardilaun ' being particularly good. 



H. P. Sturgis, Esq., Givons Grove, Leatherhead (gr. Mr. W. Peters), 

 sent Michaelmas Daisies, which were referred for comparison to Chiswick, 

 where there is a large collection on trial. 



