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THE FLORIST. 
D’lsraeli, Chairman, Lady Pennant, Golden Drop, Andrew Dodds, 
George Elliott, Sir G. Douglas, Lilac Queen, Perfection, Mrs. 
Trotter, Lady Franklin, Kimberley’s Queen, Lord Palmerston, 
Jenny Austin, Triomplie de Pecq, Hugh Miller, John Keynes, 
Flower of the Day, Pandora, Mrs. Dodds, Mauve, Juno, Earl of 
Shaftesbury, and Colonel Wyndham. Amongst amateurs, the 
best box was decidedly, I thought, Mr. Fellowes, 24’s—the Beauty 
of Hilperton, Norfolk Hero, Bravo, Lord Palmerston, Pre-eminent, 
and Clara Novello, were very fine. The finest seedling in the Show, 
and indeed, so far as I have seen, the finest of the year, was Pope’s 
Earl Derby, a flower of wonderfully grand build. This received 
a first-class certificate from the Floral Committee, and will pass 
into the hands, we believe, of Mr. Turner, of Slough. 
Of Roses I have already said something in another paper, but 
there was one collection, sent in by Mr. Mitchell, of the Piltdown 
Nurseries, which deserves especial praise. He not only sent in the 
only box of 48 trebles, but also a very nice collection of nearly 100 
varieties besides. His box of 48 contained H.P.’s Alexandrine 
Bachenstaff, Auguste Mie, Abd-el-Kader (a son of General Jac¬ 
queminot, brilliant scarlet, with a dark velvety-crimson shade in 
the petal), Baronne Prevost, Caroline de Sansal, Cardinal Patrizzi, 
Colonel Cambriels (a flower I did not know, shaded crimson, of 
fine form), Comtesse Cecile de Chabrillian, ex. ex., Doctor Guil- 
lard, Duchess of Norfolk, Duchess of Sutherland, General Jacque¬ 
minot (some fine blooms in excellent character), Gustave Coraux, 
Jacques Lafitte, Jules Margottin, Lord Raglan, La Reine, ex. ex., 
L’Oriflamme de St. Louis (very good), Madame Charles Crapelet 
(a fine and brilliant flower), Madame Masson, Madame Knorr, 
Madame Furtado (a lovely rose, one of the toppers of this year). 
Monsieur de Montigny (very large), Norma, Orderic Vital, Ornement 
de Jardins, ex., Pauline Lausezeur, Prince Leon, Senateur Yaisse 
(a magnificent flower), Souvenir de la Reine d’Angleterre, Triomphe 
des Beaux Arts, Victor Verdi (good), and William Griffiths, B. 
Acidalie, Dupetit Thouin, Docteur Berthet, General Blanchard, 
Paxton, Souvenir de la Malmaison (as usual, good and large), 
Novello, Narcissie, and Triomphe de Rennes (the latter very fine). 
Teas, Gloire de Dijon (as ever, grand and fine), tiomere (large 
and good). La Pactole, Louise de Savoie (very fine), Madame de 
Lartas, and Souvenir d’Elise. It will be seen that the H.P.’s, as 
usual, contribute the largest quota to the autumnal blooms. Mr. 
Keynes had also a nice box of 26’s, and there were some fine Teas 
in Mr. Hollingsworth’s stand. Phloxes in pots were contributed 
by Mr. Cattell, of Westerham, and Mr. Standish, of Bagshot, the 
former taking first prize, thus justifying what I ventured, in 
speaking of a visit to his nursery this year, to say, “ that he was 
pushing his way up as a grower.” His Phloxes were certainly as 
fine, and probably finer, than most of the frequenters of the Show 
were in the habit of seeing in the open grounds. 
There can be no doubt but that the revival of the Horticultural 
Society, its transference to Kensington Gore, and its wisdom in 
