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THE FLORIST. 
views on Roses are well known, as also the discussions they gave rise 
to last season in our pages. Whether we are to have a second “ War 
of the Roses f through any opinion broached in the present lists, we 
cannot take upon ourselves to say; but, whether or not, the character 
of the Queen of Flowers will, we feel sure, be safe in the hands of our 
talented correspondent “ S, R. H.” Parties purchasing Rosrs should 
look the whole over. 
NATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
October 1.—This meeting closed a very successful season with an 
excellent display of Dahlias, which were very fine. The awards were 
—Certificate of Merit to Dahlia Village Gem, form good, medium size, 
very stout, colour white with rosy purple tip ; Certificate of Merit to 
Dahlia Loveliness, good form, size below average, substance very good, 
colour creamy white tipped with purplish crimson: these were from 
Mr. Turner, of Slough. Certificate of Merit to Dahlia Rosebud, size 
full, colour bright deep rose, large bold flower; from Mr. Alexander, 
Leyton. Certificate of Merit to Fancy Dahlia Princess Leonora, 
medium size and form, good substance, colour light rosy purple with 
white tips, of indifferent outline. A large number of Dahlias which had 
previously been exhibited were on this occasion reproduced, and for the 
most part sustained the awards granted to, and the general descriptions 
given of them, some eminently so, viz., Marion, Mrs. Church, Com¬ 
mander, Miss Watts, Miss Pressly, Standard Bearer, Beauty of High 
Cross, Village Bride, Oliver Twist, and Lillie Lund. Mr. Turner staged 
96 flowers of all the newest and best kinds; 36 blooms, grown in the 
gardens of Buckingham Palace, were also exhibited by Mr. Wyness, 
gardener to Her Majesty. Prizes to Collections of Dahlias grown by 
Amateurs were distributed in the following order: Best 12 flowers— 
Lord Palmerston, Duchess of Kent, Lady Folkstone, Doctor Gully, 
Colonel Wyndham, Cherub, Sir J. Paxton, Princess, John Keynes, 
Admiral Dundas, Pandora, and Amazon—Mr. Dodds, Salisbury; 
2nd best—Pre-eminent, Miss Caroline, Cossack, Marion, Canary, 
Robert Bruce, Annie, Lollipop, Satirist, Commander, General Havelock, 
and Lilac King—the Rev. C. Fellowes, Norwich ; 3rd best—General 
Faucher, Amazon, Colonel Wyndham, Annie Salter, Perfection, Rachel 
Rawlings, Duke of Wellington, Duchess of Kent, Fearless, Pre-eminent, 
Cossack, and Beauty of Slough—Mr. Pope, Pimlico; 4th best, Richard 
Whittington, Caroline, Pre-eminent, Annie, Duchess of Kent, Robert 
Bruce, Amazon, F. Bathurst, Seedling, Dundas, Miss Spears, and 
Lollipop—Mr. Cook, Notting Hill. 5th best—Amazon, Omar Pacha, 
Rachel Rawlings, Lord Palmerston, Bessie, Mrs. Wheeler, Beauty 
of Slough, Meteor, Cherub, Pre-eminent, Yellow Beauty, and 
Lollipop—Mr. Humber, Southall ; 6th best—Empress, Golden Tip 
Seedling, Rachel Rawlings, Lord Palmerston, Beauty of the Grove, Mrs. 
Edwards, Princess, Grand Sultan, Amazon, Constancy, Lady Folkstone, 
and Colonel Wyndham—Mr. Hopkins, Brentford. Best 6 Fancy 
Flowers—Triomphe de Rubeau, Oliver Twist, Duchess of Kent, Ini¬ 
mitable, Imperatiice Eugenie, and Carnation—the Rev. C. Fellowes ; 
