THE FLORIST. 
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REPORTS OF PROVINCIAL EXHIBITIONS. 
We have received a large number of local newspapers containing 
accounts of provincial shows. We have every disposition to gratify 
the parties who politely forward these reports for insertion, but we 
are deterred from introducing them lest they should occupy space 
which our general readers might think should be devoted to subjects 
of greater interest. We have given pretty full details of the Metro¬ 
politan exhibitions, for the purpose of informing our country sub¬ 
scribers what varieties appear in the different winning collections on 
these occasions. This ought to be attended with benefit; for in 
running our eye over many of the local reports alluded to, we are 
surprised to find the highest awards taken in many cases by varieties 
which have long since disappeared before sorts of greater merit. 
There is also another advantage that our country friends may de¬ 
rive from our reports of the Metropolitan shows. When wishing to 
add to their collections, they can easily see what new sorts have 
most frequently appeared in the winning stands, and judge accord¬ 
ingly what to purchase. 
Reports similar to those in our last number, pp. 193 to 196, we 
shall always be glad to receive and insert. 
Any improvement in the constitution of local Horticultural Exhi¬ 
bitions will also be very acceptable, particularly if accompanied by 
such a report as an esteemed correspondent from Staines forwards, 
with an account of their last show, to the effect that their Society 
was" never in a more flourishing condition, being without a debt, and 
with a balance in hand, 
SLOUGH ANNUAL PINK AND PANSY EXHIBITION. 
This exhibition took place on Thursday, June 22d; the produc¬ 
tions were fine in quality. 
Class 1.—To Amateurs for the best 12 Pinks. — First prize, J. 
Edwards, Esq., Holloway, for Norman’s Henry Steers, Smith’s Go¬ 
liath, Bragg’s George Glenny, Smith’s Old English Yeoman, Kirt- 
land’s Valentia, Smith’s Oxoniensis, Ward’s Great Britain, Mill’s Lady 
Flora Hastings, Young’s Twyford Rival, Smith’s Whipper-in, Harriet, 
and Costar’s Alfred Morrison. 2d.—Mr. Hall, Enfield, for Diana, 
Gay Lad, Surpriser, Whipper-in, Kirtland’s Prince Albert, Twyford 
Rival, Henry Steers, Lord Valentia, Alfred Morrison, Melona, Cri¬ 
terion, and Harriet. Stands 3d, 4th, and 5th, mostly duplicates of 
the above two collections. 
Class 1.—To Amateurs for 24 Pansies. — First, Mr. Hall, En¬ 
field, for Potentate, Lord Hardinge, Duchess of Rutland, Rainbow, 
Arethusa, Hamlet, Shakspeare, Sulphurea elegans. Supreme, Com¬ 
panion, Ophir, Pizarro, Optimus, Pliny, Milton, Victory, Constella¬ 
tion, Dido, Climax, Hooper’s Yellow, White Sergeant, Eclipse, Model 
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