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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



L'Avenir de Bellent, Magnificent, Les Adieux, Ruby King, Madame H. Steiger, Apollo, 

 Cato, Rose Imperial, Sylph, Fairest of the Fair, and some seedlings. 



Hollyhocks in twenty-four kinds, cut flowers, were furnished by Mr. W. Chater, of 

 Saffron Walden; Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, and Mr. J. J. Chater, of Cambridge, who 

 were awarded prizes in the order of their names. Mr. W. Chater had Mcmnon, General 

 Young, A. McKenzie, Invincible, Princess, Lucifer, Acme, Chrysolite, .Joshua Clarke, 

 Matchless, Lady Palmerston, Governor General, Lady Dacres, Queen Victoria, Princess ot 

 Wales, Illuminator, Beauty of Milford, La Dame Blanche, Warrior, Pericles, James Alison, 

 Decision, and Cynthia. Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, had Alexander Shearer, Golden 

 Fleece, Glory, Mrs. M. Binning, Purple Prince, Mrs. B. Cochrane, R. B. Ullett, Countess of 

 Craven, Mrs. Balfour, Lady Dacres, Aurora, Mrs. Chater, Empress Eugenie, Pre-eminent, 

 Princess of Wales, Joshua Clarke, Yellow Defiance, Glory of Walden, Countess Russell, 

 Lord Leigh, David Foulis, Prince of Hesse, George Keith, and Dr. Carey. In the Amateurs' 

 Class, Mr. E. Hawke, of Gainsborough was first with David Foulis, Purple Prince, Premier, 

 Lord Loughborough, R. B. Ullett, Queen Victoria, Mrs. Cochrane, Prince Charlie, Joshua 

 Clarke, Lord Leigh, and two others. Second, Mr. William Plester, gardener to Mrs. Rush, 

 Elsenham Hall, with Tyrian Prince, Excelsior, Purple Perfection, Mont Blanc, Regalia, 

 Joshua Clarke, Invincible, Mr. Chater, Splendens, Hon. Mrs. Ashley, Hlximinator, and 

 a seedling. Third, Mr. J. Forrester, Beekenham. 



Dahlias were small and below the average quality of preceding Exhibitions. With forty- 

 eight varieties, Mr. C. Turner was first with Charlotte Dorling, Lord Palmerston, Lady 

 Popham, Lord Derby, General Jackson, Mauve Queen, Mrs. Boshell, Triomphe de Pecq, 

 Andrew Dodds, Grand Master, Mrs. Vyse, Norfolk Hero, Juno, Chieftain, Earl of Shaftes- 

 bury, Volunteer, Miss Pressly, Mr. W. Pigott, British Triumph, Model, George Elliot, 

 Etonia, Caractacus, Peri, Lord Eversley, Sydney Herbert, Una, Winfield Beauty, Tiger, 

 Cygnet, Mr. Stocken, Lord Dundreary, Delicata, Criterion, Lord Cardigan, Dinorah, Hugh 

 Miller, Bob Ridley, Umpire, Donald Beaton, Mr. Trotter, Beauty of Hilperton, Madge Wild- 

 fire, Midnight, Count Cavour, and seedlings. Second, Mr. John Keynes, Salisbury, who 

 had fine blooms of the following : — Norfolk Hero, Miss Hensbaw, Cherub, Lord Russell, 

 Lord Derby, Empress of India, Willie Austin, Edward Purchase, JohnWyatt, Lord Shaftes- 

 bury, &c. Third, Mr. J. Cattell, Westerham ; fourth, Mr. John Walker, Thame. With 

 twenty-four varieties, Mr. Turner was again first with Lord Derby, A. Dodds, Umpire, 

 Hugh Miller, Lady Popham, Triomphe de Pecq, Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr. Stocken, Cygnet, 

 Charlotte Dorling, Beauty of Hilperton, Norfolk Hero, Lord Palmerston, General Jackson, 

 Criterion, Lord Dundreary, Bob Ridley, Donald Beaton, Mrs. Henshaw, Midnight, Mrs. 

 H. Vyse, George Elliott, and Mauve Queen. Second, Mr. J. Keynes ; third, Messrs. Saltmarsh 

 and Son, Chelmsford. With twelve Fancy Dahlias, Mr. Tiuner was also first, having Pluto, 

 Queen Mab, Harlequin, Lady Paxton, Zebra, Rev. J. Dix, Summertide, Mrs. C. Kean, 

 Garibaldi, Countess of Shelbourne, Pauline, and Queen. Second, Mr. Keynes ; third, 

 Mr. II. Legge, Edmonton. The Classes for Amateurs were very full, as many as twenty- 

 seven stands being staged in Class 5 for twelve varieties. With twenty-four blooms Mr. 

 H. Thornej'-croft, Floore, near Weeden, was first, having Volunteer, Lady Elcho, Lady 

 Franklin, Lord Canning, Peri, J uno, Criterion, Mrs. Church, John Dory, Umpire, British 

 Triumph, Lord Derby, Chairman, Bravo, Vestile, Charles Waters, Mr. Boshell, Rosebud, 

 Lord Palmerston, Lilac Queen, Mrs. W. Pigott, Lord Cardigan, and Lord Herbert. Second, 

 Mr. J. Sladden, Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent; third. Rev. C. Followes, Shottesham Rectory, 

 Norwich ; fourth, Mr. C. J. Perry, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. With twelve blooms, 

 Mr. Thorneycroft was again first, having Lord Derby, Volunteer, British Triumph, Juno, 

 Admiral Dundas, Beauty of Hilperton, Criterion, Chairman, Lady Popham, Hugh Millor, 

 Lord Palmerston, and George Elliott, Second, Mr. Thomas Charlton, Leicester; third, 

 Mr. J. Sladden ; fourth, Mr. T. Wakeman, Eltham. With twelve Fancy kinds, the Rev. 

 C. Fellowes was first, having The Flirt, Pauline, Queen Mab, Harlequin, Norah Creina, 

 Fancy Queen, and seedlings. Second, Mr. J. Sladden ; third, Mr. C. J. Perry. 



As usual, a host of seedling Dahlias were staged ; and, fearing to select a few and call 

 them the best, I thought it best to describe as briefly as possible those that had some claim 

 to merit. I did think there was scarcely a first-rate seedling flower shown, but, then, they 

 were not in good character, and any judgment had better be suspended till they appear 

 in better form. First came a veteran raiser, Mr. George Wheeler, of Warminster, who had 

 two showy scarlet flowers, the one King of Sardinia, the other Watty. The last named was 

 the largest and brightest flower. Mr. J. S. Burgess, of Chelsea, had Chelsea Hero, salmon 

 buff, a flower of good substance. Mr. J. Collier, of Bethnal Green, had Princess Alexandra 

 (Fancy), golden yellow, striped with red. Messrs. Bragg & Co., of Slough, produced Scarlet 

 Gem, a finely-formed bright scarlet flower ; and The Ranger, an orange scarlet of good sub- 

 stance. From Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, were Willie Austin, golden buff, a flower of great 

 promise ; Anna Keynes, a light flower tipped with lilac ; Fanny Purchase, a very showy 

 bright canary yellow ; Lady Lilian Paulet, a delicate flower, slightly tipped with lilac ; 



