H'. d<ii\nell & i^^lol‘al G(uitle. 
Exhibition Bah'uas. 
have been aenrded Medals for many years past. Although we do not grow for 
S^BSuIJ competition, we have exhibited the largest and most complete collections, many of the 
finest flowers, and made the greatest display. 
It should be distinctly understood that we grow above 1,000 plants of the Show and Fancy 
class alone to the greatest perfection; in fact, they form quite a grand feature in our Nursery, 
and the following list is unquestionably most complete. 
When these are well grown they are one of the noblest and most beautifully made flowers in 
cultivation, bnt to grow them well they must have an anxious and industrious master, for 
their wants are continual from June to September. They require a good deep soil, well 
trenched, and full of manure. Obtain, about the end of April, wiry small-stemmed plants, 
shift them at once into 6-inch pots, keep them in a frame with the lights only kept on at night ; 
plant them out when the first warm nights in June arrive, well stake them as they grow, and 
cover the ground with four inches of stable manure, watering them overhea<l every day, or 
oftener if the weather be very dry, and thinning the lateral shoots out in the case of medium 
growers, but those with large flowers less, supplying the plants when making their flower, buds 
with a soaking of liquid manure, besides washing them overhead every night to keep thrip 
from the flo^vers. The above directions are for show purposes, and the following varieties are 
most constant, finest for exhibition, and also make a grand display in shrubbery borders where 
allowed to grow as they like. 
For ten successive years we were awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington 
Gold and Silver Gilt Medals for the best and most complete collections. 
BEST SHOW VARIETIES. 
Spring Prioes, 5s. per dozen, except those priced; our Selection, 4s. per dozen. 
Pot Roots in Autumn to Spring will be charged at one-third higher prioes. 
A ll Flowers with ground colours lighter than that of the tips are show kinds, and are included 
with the seU-coloure in this class. 
3. ALICE EMILY — Nankeen yellow ; 
exquisite form, fine habit. 3 It. 
4. ARTHUR OGOCK— Reddish orange; 
large ; fine form. 4 ft. HA 
5. ARTHUR RAWLINGS— Rich dark 
crimson ; beautifully formed. 4 ft. HA 
8. BURGUNDY — Rich dark .puce, suffused 
purple-maroon. 
9. COLONIST — Chocolate and fawn, new 
colour; fine form. 
10. CORONET — Dark red; large, well up; 
a useful flower. 4 ft. 
11. CRIMSON GLOBE— Crimson ; large 
deep flower, fine centre and outline ; constant 
and free. 4 ft. 
12. CRIMSON KING — Deep crimson- 
scarlet, good early flower ; dwarf. 
14. CHAMPION ROLLO— Dark orange, 
lighter shade on the edge of the petals ; bold 
flower. 
1 5. CHIEFTAIN — Purplish lilac ; large ; 
splendid form. 4 ft. 
19. <3LARA — Rosy peach, large constant 
flower. 
20. DR. KEYNES— Rich hnff, reddish tint 
at back of i)etals ; distinct. 3 ft. 1*. 
23. DIADEM — Deep rich crimsouj good 
petal ; constant. 
24. DUKE OP PIPE — Rich cardinal; 
large, great depth of petal. 3 fC , , 
25. DUCHESS OP YORK— Lemon 
veined, and edged salraou-pink ; good. F.C.C. 
26. ECLIPSE — Bright orange-soarlet, the 
finest of this colour. 
29. ETHELBRITTON— Blush white, edged 
reddish purple, pleasing colour, fine form. 
31. FLAG OP TRUCE— White, tipped lilac. 
32. FLORENCE TRANTER — Blush 
white, edged rosy purple ; constant. 3 ft. Is. 
34. GEORGE RAWLINGS— Dark maroon, 
full-sized fiower. 
35. GOLDPINDER— Yellow, tipped red ; 
large and fine. 
36. GLOW-WORM — Bright orange-scarlet, 
high centre, good petal and outline; dwarf. 
37. HARRISON WEIR— Rich clear yel- 
low. 
38. HENRI DEPRESLE— Orange-soarlet; 
good build, very constant; free flowering, sturdy 
erect habit. 4 ft. 9d. 
39. HENRY WALTON— Yellow ground, 
heavily edged vermilion ; fine. 
40. HERBERT TURNER— French white, 
with soft tinge of lilac. 
42. HON. MRS. P. WYNDHAM— Yellow 
ground, deeply edged rosy purple. 
43. IMPERIAL — Rich deep purjfle, shaded 
lilac. 
44. J. T. WEST — Yellow, heavily tipped 
purple ; fine form, constant; 
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