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the leading place. Mr. C. Turner, Slough, was awarded the third prize 
for a stand of fresh though small blooms. 
For forty-eight distinct, single trusses, there were six entries, and 
after a close competition the first prize was awarded to Messrs. G. Cooling 
and Sons, Bath, for charmingly fresh blooms. The varieties in this 
contribution were—Back row, first box : Heinrich Schultheis, Baroness 
Rothschild, A. K. Williams, Pride of Waltham, Horace Vernet, Duchesse 
de Vallombrosa, Victor Hugo, and T. W. Girdlestone. Middle row : 
Madame C. Kuster, Barthelemy Joubert, Etoile de Lyon, Robert Marnock, 
Marie Cointet, Violette Bouyer, S^nateur de Vaisse, and G<ffi6ral Jac¬ 
queminot. Front row : Ulrich Brunner, Princess Beatrice, Countess 
of Oxford, Lady Mary Keith, Baron Haussmann, Merveille de Lyon, Le 
Havre, Duchesse de Morny. Second box, back row : Madame Isaac 
Middle row : Marie Baumann, Gloire Lyonnaise, Heinrich Schultheis* 
Hon. Edith Gifford, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Dupuy 
Jamain, and Mrs. J. Dickson. Front row: Baroness Rothschild* 
Cheshunt Hybrid, Souvenir d’un Ami, Star of Waltham, Countess of 
Pembroke, Prince Camille de Rohan, Catherine Mermet, and Duke 
of Wellington. The second prize went to Mr. J. Mattock, The Market, 
Oxford ; and the third to Mr. G. W. Piper, Uckfield, Sussex. In both 
cases the blooms were fresh and bright. 
The entries in the class for twenty-four distinct trebles were more 
numerous, there being no less than eight competitors. The leading 
prize went to Messrs. B. Prior & Son, Myland Nurseries, Colchester, 
for a collection of even and fresh blooms. In this case the flowers were 
shown in three boxes, and comprised the following varieties :—Mrs, 
FIG. 2.—CORNUS KOUSIA. 
Pereire, Comte de Raimbaud, Ernest Metz, Dr. Andry, Mrs. J. Laing, 
Duke of Connaught, Madame G. Luizet, and Suzanne Marie Rodo- 
canachi. Middle row : Anna Ollivier, Madame M. Verdier, Dupuy 
Jamain, Madame Cusin, S^nateur Vaisse, La France, A. Dumesnil, and 
The Bride. Front row : Mrs. Watson, Prince Arthur, Mons. Noman, 
Marshal Niel, Marguerite de St. Amand, Victor Verdier, Hon. E. 
Gifford, and Magna Charta. Messrs. G. & W. Burch, Peterborough, 
were the winners of the second prize in this class, and the English Fruit 
and Rose Company, Limited, King’s Acre, Hereford, came in third. 
Messrs. Burch’s blooms were rather small, but delightfully fresh and 
even. 
There were five entries in the class for twenty-four distinct, single 
trusses. Mr. W. Taylor, Oxford Nursery, Hampton, Middlesex, was 
placed first for a stand of beautiful blooms. Tne varieties shown were— 
back row : Marquise de Castellane, Le Havre, Her Majesty, Louis Van 
Houtte, La France, Victor Verdier, Mrs. J. Laing, and Ulrich Brunner. 
J. Laing (good), Catherine Mermet, Etienne Levet, Merveille de Lyon, 
Marie Baumann, Jean Ducher, Prince Arthur, Baroness Rothschild, 
G£n4ral Jacqueminot, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, La France, A. K. 
Williams (good), Horace Vernet, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Lady Mary 
Fitzwilliam (very fine), Fisher Holmes, Mar6chal Niel, Ulrich Brunner,. 
Innocente Pirola, Heinrich Schultheis, Niphetos, Alphonse Soupert* 
Vicomtesse Folkestone, and Sultan of Zanzibar. Messrs. G. & W. H. 
Burch were awarded second prize for a collection of fresh, though 
small blooms; and Mr. G. Mount, Canterbury, secured the third prize. 
Amateurs’ Classes. 
In class 6, forty-eight blooms, distinct, the principal amateurs’ class* 
there were six stands, and the competition was so close that the making 
of the awards proved to be a difficult and prolonged task. Eventually 
the first prize went to Mr. E. B. Lindsell, Bearton, HitchiD, whose 
flowers have been so backward that a few days ago his success appeared 
