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THE FLORIST ANP POMOLOGIST. 



Duchess of Kent, Leopold, Oliver Twist, The Flirt, The Cure, Elizabeth Mary Lander, 

 Prince of Wales, Gloire de Kain, and Gem. 



In the two Classes in which amateur growers exhibited the flowers were very fine, and 

 the competitors as numerous as ever. With eighteen blooms Mr. H. Thorneycroft, Floore, 

 near Weedon, was first ; second, Mr. T. Charlton, Kibworth, near Leicester ; third, Mr. W. 

 Corp, Milford, near Salisbury ; and an extra prize to the Rev. C. Fellowes, Shottesham 

 Rectory, near Norwich. With twelve Fancy kinds, the Rev. 0. Fellowes was first; second, 

 Mr. W. Corp ; third, Mr. J. Sladden, of Ash -next-Sandwich ; and an extra prize to Mr. C. J. 

 Perry, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. 



In the Miscellaneous Class a first prize was awarded to Mr. C. Turner for a collection of 

 cut Eoses ; a second prize to Messrs. Paul & Son ; and a third prize to Mr. Ge, Clarke, of 

 Brixton, for the same. Good examples of the following were contained in these collections : 

 Senateur Vaisse, Souvenir de Leveson Gower, Louis XIV., Madame Furtado, Lord Clyde, 

 General Washington, Jules Margottin, Souvenir de Malmaison, Comtesse Cecile de Chabril- 

 lant, Baron Gonella, Gloire de Santenay, General Jaccmeminot, Pourpre d' Orleans, Celine 

 Foresticr, Catherine Guillot, Marechal Vaillant, Madame Falcot, Gloire do Dijon, Francois 

 Lacbarme, Madame C. Crapelet, Narcisse, Acidalie, and Victor Verdier. The whole of 

 these varieties seemed to prove themselves to be valuable late aixtiinm-flowering kinds. 

 Extra prizes were also awarded to Messsrs. W. Cutbush & Son, of Highgate, for a collection 

 of very fine Paaony-flowered Asters in pots ; and to Mr. J. Standish, for a collection of cut 

 Gladiolus. Messrs. James Carter & Co., of Holborn, had specimens of miniature orange and 

 dwarf striped French Marigolds, the latter a remarkably fine and showy strain; also of 

 orange and lemon African Marigolds. They also had some splendid blooms of double 

 Zinnias, Asters, Helichrysums, &c. Mr. J. Salter, of Hammersmith, had a group of hardy 

 herbaceous and variegated plants ranged as a ribbon-border. Mr. Barker, of Godalming, 

 had a stand of Tropa>olum blooms, specimens of Cupressus Barkeri, and a Weeping Cypress. 

 From Mr. Whiting, of the Deepdene, near Dorking, came a collection of Potatoes composed 

 of round and kidney lands. Of the former were Daintree's Earliest, Golden Prolific, Early 

 Shaw, Dalrnahoy, Fortyfold, Red Regent, Ormskirk, Napoleon, Wellington, Cheltenham, 

 and Jersey Blue. Of the latter were Ashleaf, Myatt's Prolific Asbleaf, Jackson's Ashleaf, 

 Sutton's Early, Racehorse, Eugenie, Webb's Imperial, Brickley, and The Fluke. Messrs. 

 Veitch and Bull also contributed collections of rare and handsome-foliaged plants, the former 

 having examples of Lilium auratum in flower, and also L. nilgherriense, from India. 



The seedling Dahlias and many other matters came under the cognizance of the Floral 

 Committee. Of the former a great number were contributed. First-class Certificates were 

 awarded to Mr. H. Legge, of Edmonton, for White Perfection, a pale cream white flower of 

 considerable merit; and for The Bride, a tipped variety, having black ground with an edging 

 of purple ; to Mr. Keynes, Salisbury, for Anna Keynes, also a blush white ground flower 

 tipped with lilac ; and to Mr. G. Wheeler, of Warminster, for Coronet, violet, with a mixture 

 of purple : a large, bold, and full flower. Second-class Certificates were awarded to Mr. 



G. Wbeeler, for Watty, a large bright crimson flower ; to Mr. Keynes, for Samuel Bartlett, 

 blush, striped with crimson, and for Magpie, rosy purple ground, tipped with white ; to Mr. 

 Hopldns, Brentford, for Brunette, bright apricot colour, heavily laced with carmine crimson ; 

 to Mr. Burgess, of Chelsea, for Chelsea Hero, fawn colour, tinged with peachy lilac ; to Mr. 



H. Legge, for Enchantress, pale apricot, tipped with rosy carmine ; and to Roundhead, purple 

 maroon; to Mr. C. Kimberley, of Coventry, for Messenger, light rosy lilac, heavily striped 

 with rosy purple ; to Mr. C. J. Perry, of Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, for Sylpb, blush, 

 suffused with lilac ; to Messrs. Bragg & Co., for Useful, orange crimson, and for Garibaldi, 

 orange red ; to Mr. C. Turner, for Prince of Wales, pale yellow ; and to Mr. Collier, Bethnal 

 Green Road, for Annie, shaded, maroon crimson, tipped with white. The other awards com- 

 prised a First-class Certificate to Mr. William Dean, Bradford Nursery, Shipley, for Cioni- 

 diuni Moorei, a handsome netted-veined species from Australia ; to Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, 

 for Pteris pellucida and Adiantum cardiochlaana, two beautiful Ferns ; and to Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson & Son, tor Centaurea argentea. Second-class Certificates to Mr. Standish, of 

 Ascot, for Gladiolus Charles Davis, a rich and showy scarlet; and to Messrs. Veitch & Son, 

 for Cattleya exoniensis, a cross between C. Mossise and Lselia purpurata. Labels of Com- 

 mendation were awarded to Mr. Standish for three varieties of Gladioli — viz., Randle 

 Jackson, a beautifully-marked rose variety ; Etna, a glowing scarlet ; and Mrs. Dix, a pale 

 lilac-streaked flower. Messrs. Veitch & Son received a Special Certificate for their group of 

 ornamental plants, and Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son the same for Pompone Dahlias, 

 tree Ivies, and variegated Pelargoniums. 



The Fruit Show was neither so extensive nor so general as at the Crystal Palace, though 

 the examples staged in their several classes were unusually fine. With collections of fruit 

 in eight dishes, Mr. C. Turner, Slough, was first, having Washington Plums, Brown Turkey 

 Figs, Incomparable and Walburton Admirable Peaches, Warner's Red Grape Currant, 

 Williams' Bon Chretien Pears ; Morello Cherries, and Pitmaston Orange Nectarines. Second, 



