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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
Let me see : there are Turner, Keynes, Holmes, Lidgard, Smith, Boshell, Perry, 
and one or two others, whose names I forget. Surely they must be some 
guarantee for the quality of the certificates given. Yet I must acknowledge 
that, going to the Dahlia Show at the Horticultural Gardens in September, I 
was surprised at certificates being given to some and withheld from others. 
There was Watty—why, I would not grow it if it was given to me! I could 
name several others, but will rather go into the question—not what I will not 
grow, but what I will. 
To begin, then. Of course all the first-class-certificated ones I could not 
miss; they must certainly have had some peculiar merit. They comprise the 
following ; and I will place them in the order in which I think they stand:— 
1, Anna Keynes, twice certificated ; 2, Fanny Purchase ; 3, Enchantress, twice ; 
4, Willie Austin ; 5, Nonsuch, twice; 6, Earl Pembroke ; 7, The Bride, twice ; 
8, Fairy Queen ; 9, Coronet, twice ; 10, White Perfection. I see nothing here 
but such as I really believe will be of service in coming years. There is a 
great march in Dahlias this year. 
Now for the second-class; and here I shall discard some, and only place 
such as I think will be good and distinct:—No. 11, Alexandra (Perry’s); 
12, John Wyatt; 13, Chelsea Hero; 14, Garibaldi; 15, Miss Herbert; 
16, Favourite ; 17, Countess ; 18, Sylph. Having now given eighteen, let me 
be permitted to name other six, which I have heard about, and perhaps the 
best remaining. They consist of—19, Eclat (Fellowes’); 20, Hero (Fellowes’); 
21, Mrs. H. Lawton (Lawton’s); 22, Scarlet Gem (Kelsall’s); 23, Edward 
Purchase; 24, Lord Clyde;—and with these I believe you will have included 
nine-tenths of the good show flowers coming out this year. 
Now for the Fancies. I cannot go very far with these. I like the tipped 
ones the best, and they are very few; I will give my best ideas about them. 
There has been great talk about doing away with this class. I should not like 
to show any of them in my best pan, fearful that the Judges may like the other 
sort and discard the stand ;‘ A ' they must still remain a separate class. There 
are a few good ones I must not miss; they consist of—No. 1, Magpie; 
2, Formidable ; 3, Mrs. Jay ; 4, Regularity ; 5, Samuel Bartlett; 6, Octoroon. 
I have taken some pains to get at this, and trust it may be some guide to 
others as well as myself. I think I may not be far out when I say that, on 
looking over the “ Transactions of the Horticultural Society,” “ Gossip,” 
“ The Gardeners’ Year-Book,” the Florist and Pomologist, and all the 
publications and papers, there must have been nearly two hundred sorts 
exhibited for certificates. Stick as close as possible to this list, as the writer 
intends. Jacky Horner. 
RELATING TO ROSES. 
We are getting sadly into Roses of nothing but crimson and rose colour. 
We buy year after year varieties without variation, and distinct Roses without 
any distinction. 
No show box or rosery can be considered first-rate where Roses of such 
colours as I am about to speak of are not to be seen. They are fit for garden 
and show purposes. Those with an asterisk after them require a south wall; 
1 before them denotes summer Roses; 2 denotes autumnals; italics denote 
* One exhibition, of course, could not do so alone. A general agreement on the point 
is what is wanted. AVe are for the classification of the “Gardeners’ Chronicle,” and for 
mixed showing; or else for further division—say into self, tipped, laced, striped, &c. The 
present system is had, and not effective. 
