1877.] NATIONAL CARNATION AND PICOTEB SOCIETY’S SOUTHERN SHOW. 187 
owing to tlie unusual lateness of the season. The show took place on the 18th 
and 19th ult,, at the Eoyal Aquarium, Westminster. 
In the afternoon the judges, executive, and some of the principal exhibitors, 
to the number of thirty, invited thereto by Mr. W/ W. Eobertson, the spirited 
Managing Director of the Aquarium, lunched together in one of the principal 
rooms of the refreshment department, and very pleasant courtesies were inter¬ 
changed between the growers of the Eose and the Carnation and Picotee. 
At the request of our friend and contributor, Mr. Dodwell, who proposes at 
a future opportunity to offer some comment on the show, we record the winning 
flowers of the leading collections, in the order in which they were set up, pre¬ 
mising that Mr. Turner’s were exhibited in stands of four sixes, whilst those of Mr. 
Douglas were in three rows of eight each. For the remarks on the flowers we 
are indebted to Mr. Eudd. 
Class A.—24 Carnations, not less than 12 dissimilar blooms. Equal first: Mr. C. 
Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, and Mr, J. Douglas, gardener to F. Whitbourn, Esq., of 
Loxford Hall. Mr. Turner showed Sibyl, R.F., ex.; Ajax, P.F.; .John Keet, R.F., fine; 
Florence Nightingale, P.F.; J. D. Hextall, C.B., a fine flower; Sibyl, R.F., good; Eccentric 
Jack, C.B.; Duke of Edinburgh, S.B.; Florence Nightingale, P.F.; Sibyl, R.F.; Squire Trow, 
P.F.; Eccentric Jack, C.B.; James Douglas (Simonite), P.F., very tine; Merrimac, R.F.; 
Sportsman, S.F.; Flora’s Garland, R.F.; Annihilator, S.F,; Sibyl, R.F., fine ; Mary Ann, 
R. F., a superb flower; John Bayley, S.F,, fine; Ajax, P.F,; Eccentric Jack, C.B.; Mary 
Ann, R.F., again fine; and Admiral Curzon, S.B., good,—a stand of fine flowers, well 
done, and barely possible to be surpassed. Mr. Douglas’s stand contained: Clipper, 
S. F., very large and fine; Juno, P.F., fine; Mars, S.B,; John Keet, R.F., fine and large; 
Dreadnought, S.B., fine; Samuel Newman, a light R.F., ex.; J. D. Hextall, C.B., good; 
James Douglas, P.F., very large; Marshal Ney, C.B.; James Taylor, P.P.B., ex,; Sarah 
Payne, P.P.B.; Sportsman, S.F.; Falconbridge, P.P.B,; Rifleman, C.B., a grand flower, pure 
in colour and very bright; Rose of Stapleford, R.F., large ; Admiral Curzon, S.B.; Admi¬ 
ral Curzon, S.B., good ; Lord Raglan, C.B., very bright and finely marked ; John Bayley, 
S.F,; Earl of Stamford, P.F., very nice; True Briton, S.B.; Premier, P.F.; Mr, Bat- 
tersby, S.F.; Lovely Ann, R.F., a remarkable flower, fine in shape and marking,—like Mr. 
Turner’s, an unbeatable collection. Second: Mr. Dodwell, with James Merry weather, 
R.F,, a fine large flower; Mars, S.B,, fine in colour; Marshal Ney, C.B.; James Douglas, 
P.F.; Florence Nightingale, P.F.; Marshal Ney, C.B.; Lord Milton, C.B., very fine; 
Mayor of Nottingham, P.F., very large; Falconbridge, P.P.B ; Marshal Ney, C.B.; 
Sportsman, S.F., very bright; E. S. Dodwell, R.F. (Bower), fine; Sportsman, S.F.; 
Rifleman, C.B. ; Falconbridge, P.P.B.; Eccentric Jack, C.B.; Mrs, Dodwell, R.F. 
(Lord), very fine ; Admiral Curzon, S.B,; J. D. Hextall, C.B., very good; True Blue, P.F.; 
James Merryweather, R.F.; Lord Raglan, C.B., an extra fine flower; John Bayley, S.F.; 
and Squire Trow, P.F., very bright,—a good stand, but wanting more growth. Third: 
Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham. Fourth: Mr. H. Hooper, Bath. 
In Class B, 12 Carnations, open to Amateurs only, Mr. Douglas was 1st with 
fine well-gi'own specimens of John Keet, R.F., an immense flower; James Douglas, P.F., 
fine in colour, and very large; Clipper, S.F., good; Mary Ann, R.F., one of the best 
flowers in the stand ; Marshal Ney, C.B., large and good; True Briton, S.B., very good; 
Rifleman, C.B., bright ; Satisfaction (Bower), P.P.B., very nice and beautifully 
scented; Admiral Curzon, S.B., very fine and large; J. D. Hextall, C.B., extra; Sports¬ 
man, S.F.; and Premier, P.F., very bold in marking. Mr. Dodwell was 2nd with Jas. 
IMerryweather, R.F.; True Briton, S.B.; Mrs. Dodwell, R.F. (Lord), very fine; Mayor of 
Nottingham, P.F., large; William Murray, C.B., very fine; John Keet, R.F.; Admiral 
Curzon, S.B., fine in colour; Albion’s Pi-ide, C.B.; Mars, S.B., extra fine; Sportsman, S.F.; J. 
D. Hextall, C.B.; and James Douglas, P.F. Mr. John Hines, of Ipswich, was 3r(3, in 
whose stand were fine specimens of Mayor of Nottingham, P.F.; Marshal Ney, C.B.; 
Sarah Payne, P.P.B. ; and Sir J. Paxton, S.B. Mr, Samuel Butti’am, Burgh Mills, 
Woodbridge, was 4th: his best flowers were Premier, P.F. j Rainbow (Buttram), extra, 
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