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Mr. A. WhittoD, Bedale, wag third with good flowers, which included 
a splendid example of Gustave Piganeau. 
Mr. James Parker, The Croft, Old Headington, Oxon, secured the 
first prize in the class for twelve distinct, single trusses, open to growers 
of less than 1000 plants, showing fine blooms. These were Ulrich 
Brunner, Earl DufEerin, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Marie Rady, Suzanne 
Marie Rodocanachi, Pierre Netting, The Bride, A. K. Williams, Mrs. J. 
Laing, Gustave Piganeau, Merveille de lyon, and Louis Van Houtte. 
Mr. T, Raffles-Bulley. Breck Hey, Liscard, Cheshire, was a close second ; 
Haussmann, Margaret Dickson, Dr. Andry, Gustave Piganeau, John 
Stuart Mill, Baron Rothschild, Louis Van Houtte, Hon. B. Gifford, Earl 
of DufEerin, Etienne Levet, Marie Baumann, Jeannie Dickson, Prosper 
Laugier, La France, Prince Arthur, Frangois Michelon, Merveille de 
Lyon, Lady Sheffield, Mrs. J. Laing, Dupuy Jamain, Alfred Colomb, 
Violette Bouyer, and Eugene Furst. Mr. J. Mallender, Hodsock Priory, 
Worksop, was a very close second with a stand of excellent blooms. Mr. 
J. Brown, Longfield, Heaton-Mersey, Manchester, won with twelve 
distinct, single trusses, in the same section. The blooms were rather 
Fig. 13.—polypodium SCHNEIDBRI. (Nee page 79.) 
the third prize going to Mr. Mahlon Whittle, Leicester. There were eight 
exhibitors in this class. 
Mr. C. J. Grahame, Coombe Road, Croydon, was the only exhibitor 
in the class for nine distinct, single trusses, and the first prize was 
awarded. The varieties shown were Ulrich Brunner, Comte Raimbaud, 
Marie Baumann, Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi, Marchioness of London¬ 
derry, Mrs. J. Laing, Innocente Pirola, Duke of Wellington, and Com- 
tesse de Panisse. 
The classes open to amateurs residing within forty-five miles of 
Halifax were well filled. For twenty-four distinct, single trusses, in 
the local division Mr. H. V. Machin, Worksop, won the first prize, and 
secured a silver medal for this stand, it being the best box of Roses ex¬ 
hibited in this section. The varieties were Ulrich Brunner, Madame 
small, and comprised Mrs. J. Laing, Prince Arthur, Caroline Testout 
Marie Baumann, Innocente Pirola, Marquise de Castellane, Merveille de 
Lyon, Earl DufEerin, G6ndral Jacqueminot, Madame de Watteville, 
Francois Michelon, and Ulrich Brunner. Mr. H. Stewart, Worksop, was 
first with six single distinct trusses in this division, having fine blooms 
of Mrs. J. Laing, Madame Eugene Verdier, Viscountess Folkestone, 
Ulrich Brunner, Her Majesty, and Fisher Holmes. Mr. S. Morris 
Leicester, was second. 
Mr. Walter Drew secured the leading award for eight distinct blooms 
three trusses of each, in the extra class open to all amateurs. These 
were Ulrich Brunner, Mrs. J. Laing, Earl of Dufferin, Her Majesty,Louis 
Van Houtte, Souvenir d’un Ami, Marie Baumann, and Merveille de Lyon. 
Dr. S. P. Budd, Gay Street, Bath, was second with good flowers ; Mr, 
