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de Castellane, the chief prize being gained by Mr. J. Walters for 
beautiful symmetrical blooms, very bright and altogether excellent. 
Messrs. Davison & Co., White Cross Nursery, Hereford, were placed 
second with blooms but little inferior to Mr. J. Walters ; and Messrs. 
Cranston & Co. were third with fair blooms. Mr. J. Walters staged 
the only collection of twelve trusses of Reynolds Hole, and was 
awarded the first prize for very fair blooms, neat and good colour. 
Nine competitors entered in the class for a dozen blooms of any dark 
Hybrid Perpetual Rose, Mr. J. Walters being first with good examples 
of Marie Baumann ; Messrs. Cranston second with Horace Yernet, 
very fine ; and Messrs. Paul & Son with Charles Darwin, in good 
condition. Twelve collections of light Hybrid Perpetuals were staged, 
the chief prize being secured by Mr. R. N. G-. Baker with handsome 
blooms of Baronne de Rothschild ; Messrs. Cranston followed with 
Madame Lacharme, very fine ; and Mr. T. Jowitt with the same 
variety, very slightly inferior in quality. The only exhibitor of 
“twelve trusses of any Tea or Noisette not named in the schedule” 
was Mr. J. Brown, gardener to A. J. Waterlow, Esq., Great Doods, 
Reigate, the premier award being obtained for Belle Lyonnaise, in 
superb form. There were only two exhibitors in the class for “ three 
Fig. 6. —Primrose polyanthus. (See page SO.) 
trusses of any new seedling Rose not yet in commerce or announced.” 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, secured the chief prize, which was 
offered by G. P. Hawtrey, Esq., with R. N. G. Baker, a Hybrid Per¬ 
petual Rose of a rich rose colour, with broad petals, of good substance 
and form. The second prize was withheld. 
Nurserymen’s Classes. —The six competitors in the class for 
seventy-two distinct single trusses staged collections, all of which 
included blooms of good substance, but the majority were neat rather 
than large and very bright in colour. The chief prize, which con¬ 
sisted of a silver cup presented by John Hollingworth, Esq., and £5 
from the Society, was awarded to Messrs. Cranston & Co., Hereford, 
for an excellent collection, in which the following varieties were 
represented. Mons. E. Y. Teas, very fine; Princess Beatrice, Annie 
Laxton, good ; Dupuy-Jamain, a handsome bloom ; Xavier Olibo, 
excellent; Souvenir de la Malmaison, Dr. Andry, Hippolyte Jamain, 
La Duchesse de Moray, La Rosiere, Devoniensis, Centifolia Rosea, 
very large and good form ; Mons. Gabriel Tournier, Jean Cherpin, 
handsome ; Auguste Nieumann, Madame Marie Finger, Sir Garnet 
Wolseley, handsome flower ; Madame Furtado, Fisher Holmes, Mdlle. 
Marguerite D’Ombrain, Baron de Bonstettin. Marchioness of Exeter, 
good; Maurice Bernardin, neat ; Madame Therese Levet, compact; 
Louis Yan Houtte, good ; Baronne de Rothschild, very fine; Le 
