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white and black Grapes. Miss Williams, Upper Holloway, London, 
was placed second, the centre being considered rather heavy and 
a little overbalanced with greenery, hut on the whole was neat 
and attractive. Messrs. Jones & Sons, Shrewsbury, were third with 
a very light arrangement, but spoiled for the want of a little colour, 
too many light flowers being used. Mr. W. Bradshaw, Bolton, was 
placed fourth ; this arrangement had more colour than the preceding, 
but was not so light. Equal fourth, Mr. James Mason, Manchester. 
For three hand bouquets the last-named exhibitor was placed first 
with neat and well-arranged examples; Mr. J. Curtis, Richmond, 
second ; and Messrs. Jones & Sons, Shrewsbury, third. In the ama¬ 
teurs’ class for two bouquets Miss Johnson, Ascot, first; Mr. William 
Plant, gardener to R. P. Gill, Esq., Woodheys Hall, second ; and 
Mrs. Tambaci third. 
Table Plants .—Useful and interesting classes in most large exhi¬ 
bitions are those appropriated to table plants, and at Manchester 
these were well represented. Mr. B. S. Williams gained chief honours 
in the nurserymen’s class for twelve plants with neat handsome small 
specimens of suitable size for such purposes. The most graceful 
were Dracaena gracilis, Croton Rodeckianus, Rhopala elegantissima, 
Pandanus Veitchii, Geonoma gracilis, and Croton Lady Zetland. 
Messrs. Ker & Son and Cypher took the second and third prizes with 
similarly neat, fresh, little plants. In the amateurs’ class for six 
plants Mr. Pratt, gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Hill, Hawkestone 
Fig. 89.— Barkeria lindleyaxa. (See page 450.) 
Park, Salop, gained the leading position with very beautiful speci¬ 
mens of Dracaena gracilis, Aralia Yeitchi, Geonoma gracilis, Pan¬ 
danus Yeitchi, Croton interruptus aureus, and Dracaena Ernesti. Mr. 
Park, gardener to R. A. Farrington, Esq., Wigan, and Mr. Sherwin, 
gardener to M. Spark, Esq., Charlewood House, Huyton, followed 
very closely with satisfactory plants, healthy and well coloured. 
Fruit .—The display of fruit was larger than in previous years, and 
of much better quality. In the class for eight dishes of fruit Mr. 
Miles, gardener to Earl of Carrington, was placed first with Black 
Hamburgh and Foster’s Seedling Grapes, the former good, the latter 
scarcely ripe ; Black Circassian Cherries, good; President Straw¬ 
berries, fine ; Golden Gem Melon, Stirling Castle Peach, Elruge Nec¬ 
tarines, well coloured and a fair size, and Brown Turkey Figs. Mr. 
J. Mclndoe, gardener to Sir Joseph W. Pease, Bart., Hutton Hall, 
Yorkshire, was a good second, the best dishes being Mclndoe’s Scarlet 
Premier Melon, Brown Turkey Figs, Bellegarde Peaches, Best of All 
Melon, and Lord Napier Nectarines very fine ; Mr. Pratt being third, 
having good Hawkstone Seedling Melon and Hero of Lockinge, 
Grosse Monstrueuse de Lipari Figs, and good Grapes, but scarcely 
finished. Two bunches of black Grapes—first Mr. Loudon, with 
large bunches of Black Hamburgh, fine in the berry and well finished ; 
it would have been impossible to have had them in much better con¬ 
dition even later in the season. Mr. Breese, gardener to Mrs. Ackers, 
Moreton Hall, Congleton, second, with well-finished bunches of the 
same variety, but not so large. For two bunches of white Grapes 
the last-named exhibitor was first with Duke of Buccleuch, good in 
