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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ September, 
The awards of the judges in the several classes were as follow :— 
Class A.— Carnations, 12 dissimilar. 
1st, Mr. Jonathan Booth, Fails worth, 
Manchester: with Garibadli, James Merry- 
weather, Ivanhoe, Admiral Curzon, Earl of 
Wilton, Sir Joseph Paxton, John Keet, Anni- 
hilator, Lovely Ann, Juno, Sportsman, and 
Lord Milton. 
2nd, Mr. Thomas Bower, Bradford: with 
Admiral Curzon, Sportsman, Squire Meynell, 
John Keet, Clipper, Eccentric Jack, E. S. 
Dodwell (a new and fine rose-flake). Sir Joseph 
Paxton, Mars, Lord Raglan, JohnBayley, and 
Mayor of Nottingham. 
3rd, Mr. Ben. Simonite, Sheffield: with 
Frank Simonite, Mr. Findlay, Rev. F. D. 
Homer, John Simonite, James Douglas, 
Samuel Barlow, Sportsman, Earl of Stamford, 
Admiral Curzon, Hector, Desdemona, R. F., 
and Seedling. 
Equal 4th, R. Gorton, Esq., Gildabrook, 
Eccles, who showed amongst others fine ex¬ 
amples of James Cheatham, S. F., Warrior, C. 
B., and Rose of Stapleford, R. F.; and Mr. 
George Rudd, Bradford, whose Admiral 
Curzon was selected as the best Carnation of 
the Exhibition, and who had fine examples of 
Sarah Payne, Clipper, Sportsman, and others. 
5th, Mr. John Beswick, Middleton. Three 
other collections were staged in this class. 
Class B.—Picotees, 12 dissimilar. 
Ist, Mr. Jonathan Booth: with Mrs. 
Summers, Mrs. May, Morning Star, W. Sum¬ 
mers, J. B. Bryant, Mary, extra; Countess of 
Wilton, Miss Wood, Cynthia, Scarlet Queen, 
Ann Lord, and Edith Dombrain. 
2nd, Mr. B. Simonite : with J. B. Bryant, 
Mrs. Douglas, Jenny Ibbetson, Mrs. Gorton, 
Mrs. Summers, Mrs. F. D. Horner (In Memo- 
riam), a red-edged Mary, an exquisite flower; 
Silvia, light purple, very delicately edged; 
and five seedlings unnamed. 
3rd, Mr. Lord, Todmorden: with Miss 
Horner, a lovely flower, bright rose, heavy- 
edged ; Ann Lord, extra fine; Ethel, Juliana, 
Alice, Miss Small, Minnie, Miss Wood, and 
four unnamed seedlings. 
Equal 4th, Mr. Thomas Bower and Mr. 
George Rudd. Mr. Bower’s flowers were 
Alliance, Mrs. Bower, Ethel, Mrs. Dodwell, 
extra; Mrs. Summers, Juliana, J. B. Bryant, 
Selina, light purple (Bower) ; Norfolk Beauty, 
Edith Dombrain, Clara, and John Smith. Mr. 
Rudd had Alliance, Princess of Wales, Miss 
Wood, Brunette, Rev. F. D. Horner, Jessie, 
William Summers, Nymph, Edith Dombrain, 
Thomas Williams, Ann Lord, and John Smith. 
5th, Mr. Chadwick, Dukinfield. 
Class C.— Carnations, 12, nine at least dis¬ 
similar. 
1st, Mr. Jonathan Booth : with Garibaldi, 
Eccentric Jack, Earl of Wilton, Mercury, 
Uncle Tom, Admiral Curzon, James Merry- 
weather, Juno, True Briton, Sportsman, Lord 
Milton, and Annihilator. 
2nd, Mr. B. Simonite : with J. D. Hextall, 
Desdemona, John Simonite, Mr. Battersby, 
Rev. F. D. Horner, Othello, James Douglas, 
Lord Milton, Sportsman, and three seedlings 
unnamed. 
3rd, Mr. George Rudd : with John Keet, 
Admiral Curzon, Sarah Payne, extra; Clipper, 
Lord Raglan, Sportsman, Falconbridge, J. D. 
Hextall, and three others. 
4th, Mr. Beswhck ; 5th, R. Gorton, Esq. 
Class D.— Picotees, 12, nine at least dis¬ 
similar. 
1st, Mr. Jonathan Booth : with William 
Summers, Miss Lee, heavy rose, extra; Miss 
Wood, light rose, extra; Mrs. May, Countess 
of Wilton, Nymph, Scarlet Queen, Mrs. Dod¬ 
well, Mary, J. B. Bryant, Mrs. Summers^ and 
Mrs. Lord. 
2nd, Mr. B. Simonite : with seedling light 
red, seedling med. rose, J. B. Bryant, seedling 
light red, Mrs. Niven, seedling light purple, 
seedling light purple, Mrs. Summers, seedling 
bright rose, seedling light red, seedling rose, 
and seedling light x’ed. 
3rd, Mr. John Beswick : who showed good 
flowers of Ann Lord, Mrs. Summers, William 
Summers, and Mary. 
4th, R. Gorton, Esq., who had fine speci¬ 
mens of Edith Dombrain, Mary, Ann Lord, 
and Mrs. Summers. 
5th, Mr. George Rudd. 
Class E.— Carnations, 6, one in each class. 
1st, Mr. Robert Lord : with John Keet, 
Juno, Sportsman, Admiral Curzon, Lord Rag¬ 
lan, and Clipper. 
2nd, Mr. Jonathan Booth: with Falcon- 
bridge, James Merry “weather, Annihilator, Earl 
of Wilton, Eccentric Jack, and Admiral 
Curzon. 
3rd, Mr. Rudd; 4th, Mr. Simonite; 6th, 
Mr. Chadwick, Dukinfield. 
Class F.—Picotees, 6, one in each class. 
1st, Mr. Simonite : with Mrs. Summers, 
Mrs. Simonite, seedling, Mary, J. B. Bryant, 
and Teresa. 
2nd, Mr. Booth: with Mrs. May, Miss 
Wood, Mrs. Summers, Nymph, Mary, and 
Edith Dombrain. 
3rd, R. Gorton, Esq. ; 4th, S. Cooper, 
Esq.; 5th, Mr. Chadwick. 
The prize for maiden growers, both in Car¬ 
nations (6) and Picotees (6), went to Mr. 
Slack, of Chesterfield. 
