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very bright. Third, Mr. C. W. Needham with bizarre Masterpiece, 
bybloemen Bessie, rose Alice. Fourth, Mr. W. Kitchen, Stockport. 
Fifth, Mr. John Hayes. Sixth, Mr. W. Prescott. With three flamed 
Tulips, one of each class, Mr. T. Haynes was again first with bizarre 
Sir J. Paxton, bybloemen Duchess of Sutherland, and rose Aglaia. 
Second, Mr. John Hayes with bizarre Orpheus, bybloemen Seedling, 
rose Mabel. Third, Mr. Samuel Barlow with bizarre Ashmole’s Seci- 
bybloemen Adonis, rose Aglaia. Fourth, Mr. J. Housley. Fifth, 
Mr. W. Kitchen. Sixth, Mr. J. Hague, Classes 6 and 7 were each 
for one feathered and one flamed flower. In the case of class 6 the 
competition was confined to half-guinea subscribers only, but the stands 
whether receiving a prize or not, could compete in class 7. But one 
competitor appeared in class (3, Mr. J. Housley, Stockport, who had 
flamed bizarre Sir Joseph Paxton and a feathered rose unnamed. 
This stand was also placed second in class 7, Mr. T. Haynes being 
again first with bizarres Sir J. Paxton flamed, and Masterpiece 
feathered. Third, Mr. John Hayes with bizarre Sir J. Paxton flamed, 
and Aglaia feathered. Fourth, Mr. W. Kitchen, Stockport. Fifth, 
Mr. A. Moorhouse. Sixth, Mr. C. W, Needham. Eight stands com¬ 
peted in this class. 
Ten prizes were offered for the best single blooms of feathered and 
flamed Tulips of each class. The feathered bizarres were as follows :— 
First, Mr. S. Barlow with William Wilson, and second with Garibaldi; 
third, Mr. J. H. Wood with Sir Joseph Paxton ; fourth, Mr. A. 
Moorhouse with Masterpiece ; fifth, Mr. S. Barlow with General Grant ; 
sixth, Mr. John Hayes with Jehn Ratcliffe, very like Masterpiece ; 
seventh, Mr. J. Hayes with Sir J. Paxton ; eighth, Mr. S. Johnson 
with William Wilson ; ninth, Mr. T. Haynes with Ajax ; tenth, Mr. S. 
Barlow with Lord Stanley. Flamed bizarres.—First, Mr. T. Haynes, 
second, Mr. J. H. Wood, both with Sir J. Paxton ; third, Mr. T. Haynes 
with Dr. Hardy ; fourth, Mr. John Hayes with Orpheus ; fifth, Mr. T. 
Haynes with Smith’s Prince of Wales, a very promising flower, raised at 
Leicester; sixth, Mr. C. W. Needham with Masterpiece; seventh, Mr. 
W. Dymock with William Lea ; eighth, Mr. S. Barlow with Seedling ; 
ninth, Mr. W. Prescott with Pilot ; tenth, Mr. J. Housely with Ajax. 
Bybloemens, feathered.—First, Mr. W. Prescott with Guide ; second, 
Mr. J. W. Bentley with Bessie ; third, Mr. W. Prescott with Violette 
Amiable ; fourth, Mr. J. H. Wood with Alice Grey; fifth, Mr. W. 
Dymock Unknown; sixth, Mr. S. Barlow with William Parkinson ; 
eeventh, Mr. W. Dymock, and eighth, Mr. W. Prescott with Seedlings ; 
ninth, Mr. J. Houseley wuth Lancashire Hero ; tenth, Mr. S. Johnson 
with Talisman. Bybloemens, flamed.—First, Mr. W. Dymock with 
Chancellor ; second, Mr. T. Haynes with Beauty of Litchurch; third, 
Mr. S. Barlow Unknown ; fourth, Mr. S. Johnson with Chancellor ; fifth, 
Mr. John Hayes with Lord Denman ; sixth, Mr. W. Prescott with 
Adonis ; seventh. Mr. S. Barlow with Bessie Improved; eighth, Mr. S. 
Johnson with Duchess of Sutherland ; ninth, Mr. John Hayes with 
Seedling; tenth, Mr. A. Moorhouse Unknown. Roses, feathered.—First, 
Mr. W. Prescott with Industry ; second, Mr. J. W. Bentley with 
Modesty ; third, Mr. J. H. Wood with Industry ; fourth, Mr. W. Prescott 
with Miss Headly ; fifth, Mr. W. Prescott with Aglaia; sixth, Mr. 
J. W. Bentley with Julia Farnese ; seventh, Mr. John Hayes with 
Mrs. Bright ; eighth, Mr. S. Barlow with Sarah Headly ; ninth, Mr. J. 
Hayes Unknown ; tenth, Mr. J. H. Woods with Heroine. Roses, flamed. 
—First, Mr. John Hayes with Mabel; second, Mr. T, Haynes with 
Sarah Headly ; third, Mr. John Hayes Unknown ; fourth, Mr. John 
Houseley with Aglaia, and fifth with Annie McGregor; sixth, Mr. S. 
Barlow with Lady C. Gordon ; seventh, Mr. W. Prescott with Mrs. 
Woolley ; eighth, Mr. T. Hajnos with Triomphe Royale ; ninth, Mr. W. 
Dymock with Queen Henrietta ; tenth, Mr. J. Houseley with Industry. 
In all the foregoing classes for single blooms a considerable number 
were staged. 
Breeder Tulips lacked the fine size and rich colouring we have 
generally seen at this Exhibition. Mr. Samuel Barlow’s first prize stand 
of six blooms was very correct, but much smaller in size than what 
he usually shows. He had of bizarres Hep worth’s seedling 140 and 
Criterion ; byblcnmens. Glory of Stakehill and Maid of the Mill; roses, 
Mrs. Barlow and Rose Hill. Second Mr. J. H. Wood with bizarres 
William Lea and Lord Delamere ; bybloemens, Alice Grey and Surpasse 
le Grand ; roses, Mrs. Barlow and Mabel. Third, Mr. J. W. Bentley 
with bizarres Horatio and Sulphur; bybloemens, Hepworth’s Seedling 
and Adonis ; roses, Mabel and Unknown. Fourth, Mr. T. Haynes. 
Fifth, Mr. A. Moorhouse. Five stands competed in this class. There 
were eight stands in class 11 for three breeder Tulips, and Mr. 
S. Barlow was again first with bizarre Sir J. Paxton ; bybloemen. Glory 
of Stakehill ; rose. Miss Burdett-Coutts. Second, Mr. S. Johnson with 
bizarre Unknown ; bybloemen. Maid of Orleans ; rose. Miss Burdett- 
Coutts. Third, Mr. J. H. Wood with bizarre Sir J. Paxton ; bybloemen, 
Alice Grey ; rose, Mabel. Fourth, Mr. John Hayes. Fifth, Mr. J. W. 
Bentley. Sixth, Mr. J. Hague. Seventh, Mr. W. Prescott. Eighth, Mr. 
A. Moorhouse. In the class for single blooms of bizarre breeders the 
awards were as follows—First, Mr. W. Prescot with Sir J. Paxton ; 
second, Mr. J. H. Wood with Stevens’ No. 4 and third with Lea’s 
No. 1 ; fourth, Mr. S. Barlow with Richard Yates and fifth with 
Pilot. Sixth, Mr. J. H. Wood with Sir J. Paxton. Seventh, J. W. 
Bentley with William Lea. Eighth, Mr. S. Barlow with Seedling. 
Bybloemen breeders.—First, Mr. S. Barlow with Ashmole’s 126 ; second 
-with Ashmole’s 114 ; third with Unknown ; fourth with Adonis. Fifth, 
Mr. J. Hayes, with Unknown. Sixth, Mr. Barlow, with Glory of Stake¬ 
hill. Seventh, Mr. T. Haynes, with Seedling. Eighth, Mr. S. Barlow, 
with Seedling. Ross breeders.—First, Mr. S. Barlow with Seedling ; 
second with Mabel; third with Mrs. Barlow ; fourth with Miss Burdett- 
Coutts ; fifth with Seedling; sixth with Seedling. Seventh, Mr. 
A. Moorhouse with Annie McGregor. Eighth, Mr. J. W. Bentley with 
Industry. 
Premier Tulips selected from the entire Show.—Premier feathered, 
Mr. J. H. Wood with Mrs. Wood; rose premier flamed, Mr. T. Haynes 
with Sir J. Paxton ; premier breeder, Mr. S. Barlow with bybloemen 
Ashmole’s 126. 
NARCISSUS BERNARDI. 
Though not one of the large flowering and- imposing Daffodils this 
little plant is interesting and not devoid of attractions. It has been 
shown several times lately in good condition, and at one of the meetings 
of the Royal Horticultural Society the sketch was taken which is repro¬ 
duced in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 91). 
Under N. incomparabilis albus in Mr. J. G. Baker’s review of the 
genus Narcissus he has the following note :— 
“ Extending as a wild plant from Spain and the south-west of France 
to the Tyrol, and nearly or quite as common as the Daffodil in cultiva¬ 
tion. It quite corresponds with the Daffodil in the leaves and general 
habit, but even through the double-flowered forms may always be 
known by the crown being not more than half as long as the divisions 
of the limb. Herbert produced a plant, figured at tab. 38 of 
Yol. xxxix of the *• Botanical Register,” which is exceedingly like the 
var. albus, by fertilising one of the varieties of the Daffodil with the 
pollen of N. poeticus. We cannot distinguish N. Bernardi of Henon, 
judging of it from Henon’s figure, and from copious dried specimens, by 
any definite character from incomparabilis ; but Prof. Grenier, in his 
excellent and full account of the French Narcissi in the “Flore de 
France,” keeps up incomparabilis as a species, but regards Bernardi as a 
hybrid between the Daffodil and poeticus. If this view be correct, we 
have a true and a hybrid incomparabilis barely distinguishable from one 
another, like the true and hybrid Oxlip.” 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
June 9th. 
The Drill Hall was filled with varied exhibits, hardy flowers and 
Orchids predominating. Strawberries and other fruits were also repre¬ 
sented in sufficient numbers to impart much additional interest to the 
meeting. 
Feuit Committee. —Present : Philip Crowley, Esq., in the chair, 
and Messrs. J. Lee, R. D. Blackmore, G. Norman, J. H. Veitch, J. Cheal, 
G. W. Cummins, W. Warren, A. H. Pearson, A. Dean, G. Wythes, J. 
Hudson, H. Balderson, J. Smith, F. Q. Lane, C. Penny, and Dr. R. Hogg. 
From the Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield (gardener Mr. G. Norman), 
came a tray of about fifty wonderful fruits of Sir Charles Napier Straw¬ 
berries, of great size and fine colour. One of the largest fruits weighed 
14 oz., but there must have been many exceeding 1 oz. Strawberries 
are exceedingly well grown at Hatfield, and \ve understand that w-ithin 
ten days 140 lbs. of fruit were gathered from the variety named with 
Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury and a few others. A bronze Banksian 
medal was awarded for this remarkable exhibit. Mr. J. Smith, Ment- 
more Gardens, also sent several dishes of fine Straw'berries, representing 
Laxton’s Noble, Auguste Nicaise, Keens’ Seedling, Sir Joseph Paxton, 
and ’V^icomtesse Hericart de Thury (vote of thanks). Mr. Allan, Gunton 
Park Gardens, Norwich, showed four seedling Strawberries, the merits 
of which were well tested by the Committee, and especial approval was 
expressed with regard to some that are to be tried at Chiswick. 
