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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[October, 
brighter marginal colour, and a white ground, which is “ purity personified 
and to Mr. Simonite for his light-edged purple Picotee, Eosalind, of which it may 
be sufficient to say it sustains and advances the repute the raiser has attained for 
excellence in this class. Of varieties now generally distributed there were fine 
examples in Carnations of Admiral Curzon, Lord Napier, Mars, Mercury, and 
True Briton, S.B.’s ; Eccentric Jack, John Simonite, Lord Raglan, Lord Milton, 
and Marshal Ney, C.B.’s ; Falconbridge, James Taylor, and Sarah Payne, P. P.B.’s; 
Dr. Foster, James Douglas, Juno, and Squire Meynell, P.F.’s; Clipper, John 
Bayley, James Cheetham, and Sportsman, S.F.’s ; Cleopatra, John Keet, Rose of 
Stapleford, and Sibyl, R.F.’s; and in Picotees, red-edged, Clara, John Smith, 
Miss Small, Mrs. Bower, Mrs. Dodwell, Master Norman, and Wm. Summers; 
purple-edged. Alliance, Ann Lord, Alice, Chanticleer, Mary, Minnie, Mrs. Douglas, 
and Zerlina ; and rose-edged, Ethel, Fairy Queen, Mrs. Allcroft, Mrs. Lord, and 
Miss Wood. Annexed is the award of the judges in the several classes :— 
Class A. 12 Carnations (dissimilar).—1st, Mr. B. Simonite, Eougli Bank, Sheffield, with 
John Simonite, James Douglas, Samuel Cooper, (Simonite), S.B.; Sportsman, Cleopatra, 
(Hartley), E.F.; Curzon Seedling E.F., James Taylor, Mercury, Clipper; Seedling C.B., 
and James Cheetham. 2nd, Mr. George Eudd, Undercliff, Bradford, with Mercury, Juno, 
Garibaldi, Mary Ann, Mayor of Nottingham, Lord Milton, James Carter, E.F. (Adams), 
Sarah Payne, True Briton, John Bayley, Marshal Ney, and Admiral Curzon. 3rd, Mr. 
Samuel Hartley, Headingly Nursery, near Leeds, vdth Falconbridge, John Keet, Lord 
Milton, Lord Derby, P.F.; Mars, Elizabeth, S.F.; Cleopatra, Admiral Curzon, Eose of 
Stapleford, James Taylor, Mr. Battersby, and Squire Meynell. 
Class B. 12 Picotees (dissimilar).—1st, Mr. B, Simonite, with Mrs. Dodwell, Mrs. 
Slack, P.P. (Simonite) ; Seedling Lt.P., Edith Dombrain, Eosahnd; Lt.Purple (Simonite), 
John Smith; Seedling H.S., Mary, Mrs. Niven; Seedling Heavy Scarlet, Zerlina, and 
Seedling Heavy Scarlet. 2nd, Mr. Eudd, with Alliance, Miss Wood, Ann Lord, Eobert 
Scott, Eev. F. D. Horner, Mrs. Niven, Thomas Fleming; Lt.Eose, Miss Lee; Medinm 
Eed-edged, Unknown, John Harrison, Mary, and J. B. Bryant. 3rd, Mr. Samuel Hartley, 
with Master Norman, broad heavy-edged red; Bertha, Mrs. Gibbons, John Harrison, Mrs. 
Hanaford, Mrs. Keynes, Fairy Queen, Norfolk Beauty, Brunette, Princess Alice, Mrs. 
Little, and John Smith. 
Class C. 12 Carnations (9 dissimilar).—1st, Mr. John Fletcher, North Brierley, near 
Bradford, with John Keet, James Douglas, Clipper, Juno, Falconbridge, Admiral Curzon, 
Squire Meynell, James Carter, James Merryweather, Lord Milton, Sarah Payne, and Lord 
Napier. 2nd, Mr. Samuel Hartley, with Lord i Milton, Squire Meynell, Mars, Cristagalli, 
Eccentric Jack, Elizabeth, S.F.; Mary Ann, Lord Napier, Admiral Curzon, John Keet, 
Mars, and Clipper. 
Class D. 12 Picotees (9dissimilar).—1st, Mr. Eobert Lord, Todmorden,with John Smith, 
Ann Lord, Zerlina, Ann Lord, Mrs. Lord, Eev.F. D. Horner, Miss Horner, Miss Horner, Alice, 
Miss Horner, and Miss Small. 2nd, Mr. John Fletcher, with Alliance, Mrs. Love, rose- 
edged; John Harrison, Miss Wood, Beauty of Plumstead, John Harrison, Miss Wood, 
Alliance, Leonora, Clara (Bower), light-edged red; Miss Wood, and J. B. Bryant. 3rd, Mr. 
Samuel Hartley, with Mrs. Gibbons, Fairy Queen, Master Norman, Bertha, William 
Summers, Mrs. Allcroft, Fanny Helen, Mrs. Gibbons, Mrs. Bower, Eobin Hood, Alliance, 
and Master Norman. 
Class E. 6 Carnations (dissimilar).—1st, Mr. Thomas Bower, Little Horton Green, 
near Bradford, with Sibyl, Lord Eaglan, Eccentric Jack, Clipper, Admiral Curzon, 
and Squire Meynell. 2nd, F. Bateman, Esq., Park House, Low Moor, Bradford, 
with Mayor of Nottingham, John Keet, James Taylor, Admiral Curzon, and Juno. 
Class F. 6 Picotees (dissimilar).—1st, Mr. Thomas Bower, with Chanticleer, 
Minnie, Ethel, Alice, Zerlina, and Mrs. Dodwell. 2nd, F. Bateman, Esq., with John 
Harrison, Mrs. Dodwell, Mary, Mrs. Allcroft, Mrs. Forester, and Beauty of Plumstead. 
Single Specimens. — Carnations.— Scarlet Bizarres —1st, Admiral Curzon, Mr. B. 
Simonite; 2nd, Admiral Curzon, Mr. G. Eudd; 3rd, Admiral Curzon, Mr. B. Simonite; 
4th and 5th, True Briton, Mr. E. Lord. Crimson Bizarres —1st and 2nd, John Simonite 
