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THE FLORIST AND P0M010GIST. 



Black Hamburgh Grapes ; Brown Turkey and White Marseilles Pigs ; Golden Drop and 

 Imperatrice Plums; Currants, Raspberries, Morello Cherries; Moorpark Apricots ; Chaumontel 

 and Glou Morceau Pears ; Cox's Pomona Apples ; Melons, and Walburton Admirable Peach. 

 Second, Mr. A. Henderson, Trentham Gardens, having Antigua and Montserrat Pine Apples, 

 Trenthani Hybrid Green-fleshed and White-fleshed Melons (very fine), White Tokay, 

 Black Hamburgh, and Black Prince Grapes ; Walburton Admirable Peaches, and Elruge Nec- 

 tarines ; Red and White Currants ; fruit of Eugenia Ugni, Golden Drop and Diamond Plums, 

 White Ischia and Brown Turkey Figs, Lord Suffield and' White Oalville Apples, and Louise 

 Bonne and Williams' Bon Chretien Pears. Third, Mr. W. Kaile, gardener to Earl Lovelace, 

 Ripley, Surrey. 



With Queen Pine Apples Mr. W. Green, gardener to Mrs. Honeywood, Kelvedon, was 

 first, having a fine fruit weighing 6 lbs. 1 oz. ; second, Mr. G. Young, gardener to W. H. 

 Stone, Esq., Havant ; and third, Mr. E. Robinson, gardener to R. Benyon, Esq., M.P., 

 Reading. Mr. Thomas Ingram, Royal Gardens, Frogmore, was first with a smooth-leaved 

 Cayenne, weighing 6 lbs. 7 ozs. Second, Mons. Chantrier, head gardener to the Due de 

 Levis Vantadour, Noisiel, near Paris, with a smooth Cayenne, weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. Third, 

 Mr. H. Bwye, gardener to R. T. Crawshay, Esq., Merthyr Tydvil. 



With six bunches of White Muscat Grapes, Mr. W. Hill, gardener to R. Sneyd, Esq., 

 Keele Hall, who has the reputation of being the most successful Grape-grower in England, 

 was first with fruit weighing 17i lbs. ; second, Mr. G. Tillyard ; third, Mr. J. Meredith, 

 Garston, Liverpool. The three bunches of White Muscats, Mr. Drummond, gardener to 

 J. S. Smith, Esq., Tunbridge Wells, were marvellous fruit ; for while the colour was all that 

 could be desired, the size, form, and plumpness of the berries were faultless. Second, Mr. 

 G. Tillyard ; third, Mr. J. H. Potts, gardener to M. Phillips, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon. Mr. 

 Sage, gardener to Earl Howe, Atherstone, had some splendid bunches of Trebbiano in the 

 Class for any other White Grape, one bunch alone weighing 7i lbs. Second, Mr. J. Ingram, 

 gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq., Reading, with fine examples of the same variety. Third, Mr. 

 J. Meredith, Garston, Liverpool, with Nixon's Seedling. With six bunches of Black Ham- 

 burgh Grapes, Mr. A. Henderson was first with beautifully-coloured and fine fruit ; and 

 equal second were Messrs. Hill and Meredith with Mr. Ingram, of Reading, third. With 

 three bunches, Mr. Drummond bore off the palm, having a variety known as Wilmot's, and 

 distinguished for the size of its berries. Mr. A. Henderson was second, and Mr. J. Omant, 

 gardener to J. Lurck, Esq., Epsom, third. The Class for any other Black Grape excepting 

 Hamburgh was an extremely interesting one, from the variety and number of the subjects. 

 Mr. Drummond was first with Black Barbarossa, being very like Black Hamburghs ; second, 

 Mr. J. Meredith, Garston, Liverpool, with Kempsey Alicante, a peculiar-looking Grape, 

 the berries being large, long, and oval, and beautifully covered ; third, Mr. W. Hill, gardener 

 to R. Sneyd, Esq., with Lady Downe's Seedling. Kempsey Alicante was also shown 

 by Mr. Cox, gardener to C. H. Reyds, Esq., Worcester. Mr. Bwye had Black Prince, and 

 Mr. Tillyard West's St. Peter's. 



A very large quantity of Pears were produced. With twelve dishes of dessert kinds, 

 Mr. Dwerrihouse, gardener to Viscount Eversley, Heckfield, was first with Brown Beurre, 

 Beurre Diel, Flemish Beauty, Louis d' Orleans, Beurre Ranee, Vicar of Winkfield, Easter 

 Beurre, Gansel's Bergamot, Winter Nelis, ISTe Plus Meuris, Beurre de Capiaumont, and 

 Marie Louise. Second, Mr. A. Ingram, Frogmore Gardens, with Knight's Monarch, King- 

 sessing, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Chancellor, Beurre Diel, Prince Albert, Beurre Ranee, Van 

 Mons Leon le Clerc, Chaumontel, Conseiller de la Cour, Beurre de Capiaumont, and a 

 Californian variety. Equal third, Mr. J. Morris, gardener to T. White, Esq., Wethersfield ; 

 and Mr. T. Frost, gardener to E. L. Betts, Esq., Aylesford. With six dishes of dessert 

 Pears, Mr. S. Snow, gardener to the Countess Cowper, Wrest Park, Beds., was first with 

 splendid fruit of Marie Louise, Beurre d'Anjou, Marechal de la Cour, Van Mons Leon le 

 Clerc, Glou Morceau, and Beurre Diel. Second, Mr. J. Ford, Watton, Herts, Avith Marie 

 Louise, Glou Morceau, Beurre Diel, Beurre Ranee, Easter Beurre, and Duchesse d'Angou- 

 leme. Third, Mr. G. Tranter, gardener to the Hon. G. D. Ryder, Hemel Hempstead ; and 

 extra prizes to Mr. A. Bousie, gardener to Lord Taunton, Stoke, near Slough ; and to Mr. 

 J. Stroud, gardener to the Hon. Mrs. Finch, Great Berkhampstead, With three dishes of 

 dessert Pears, Mr. A. Ingram, Frogmore Gardens, was first with Golden Russet and British 

 Queen, two very pleasing- looking Pears, both having a smooth golden yeUow skin; the 

 last-named being the largest fruit ; and it was stated by Mr. Powell that it possessed an 

 exquisite flavour. The remaining dish was Gansel's Bergamot. Mr. Bousie had three 

 dishes of fruit of a very high order of the following : — Marie Louise, Beurre Bosc, and 

 Triomphe de Jodoigne, that were deservedly second, but they were disqualified by the 

 Judges because of "incorrect nomenclature," the last-named being Hrbaniste : hence the 

 fatal objection. Mr. Bousie stated to us then, what he has since amplified in the Gardener's 

 Chronicle, that he received the grafts of the fruit from the Horticultural Society under the 

 name by which he exhibited it ; and, further, seemed quite at a loss to discover why, if his 



