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Mr. Keynes took the lead, with a collection in which the most prominent items 
were Louise Peyronny, Charles Lefebvre, Louise Margottin, Gloire de Vitry, 
La Phocenne, Baronne Gonella, Duchesse de Morny, and John Standish. We 
insert the names of all the Boses in this stand:—Maurice Bernardin, Comtesse 
de Chabrillant, Gloire de Vitry, Senateur Vaisse, John Standish, Madame 
Vigneron, La Ville de St. Denis, Laurent Descourt, Madame Charles Wood, 
Clement Marot, Triomphe de Rennes, Praire de Terre Noir, La Brillante, 
Centifolia Rosea, Sceur des Anges, Baronne Pelletan de Kinkelin, Due de Rohan, 
John Hopper, Duchesse de Morny, Baronne Adolphe de Rothschild, Louis Van 
Houtte, Francois Lacharme, Baronne Gonella, Monsieur de Montigny, Celine 
Forestier, Gloire de Santenay, General Jacqueminot, Comtesse Ouvaroff, 
Alpa'ide de Rotalier, Souvenir de Charles Montault, Marechal Vaillant, Lays, La 
Reine, La Phocenne, Devoniensis, Madame Furtado, Anna de Diesbach, Victor 
Verdier, Gloire de Dijon, Louise Margottin, Belle de Bourg-la-Reine, Alfred de 
Rougemont, Prince Henri de Pays Bas, Mademoiselle Bonnaire, Souvenir de la 
Malmaison, Beauty of Waltham, Charles Lefebvre, Louis Peyronny. The 
second prize went to Messrs. Paul & Son, of whose collection we may specify 
Marechal Niel; Leopold Premier; Baronne Adolphe de Rothschild; Souvenir 
d’Elise Vardon, a white, with a yellowish centre, and one of the finest Tea 
varieties in cultivation ; Celine Forestier, the best hardy yellow, perhaps, with the 
exception of Marechal Neil; Arles Dufour, a most desirable dark purple; and 
Madame Emain, one of the Hybrid Bourbons to which we have already referred. 
Awards.—First, Mr. Keynes ; second, Messrs. Paul & Son. 
For stands of twenty-four varieties (three trusses), Mr. Keynes again stood 
first, with superior blooms of John Standish, Due de Rohan, Gloire de Vitry, 
Francois Lacharme, Prince Henri de Pays Bas, and Beauty of Waltham. Of 
Mr. Cranston’s stand, we may particularise Due de Rohan, Souvenir de Mal¬ 
maison, Gloire de Dijon, Comtesse de Chabrillant, and Charles Lefebvre. The 
premiums for stands of twenty-four singles were smartly contested, Mr. Keynes 
being first "with, among others, La Reine, Virginal, Lord Macaulay, Pourpre 
d’Orleans, a noble reddish-purple imbricated flower. In Mr. Batley’s collection 
were Auguste Mie, Madame Pierson, Mdlle. Bonnaire, and Mere de St. Louis, 
which seems to be replacing Virginal. 
Awards.—Twenty-four varieties, three trusses :—First, Mr. J. Keynes ; 
second, Mr. J. Cranston ; third, Mr. G. Batley, Rugby; fourth, Mr. R. Smith, 
Worcester. Twenty-four varieties, single trusses:—First, Mr. J. Keynes; 
second, Mr. G. Batley; third, Mr. R. H. Vertegans, Edgbaston; fourth, Mr. 
T. W. Coudry. 
In the classes limited to nurserymen resident in the counties of Warwick, 
Stafford, and Worcester, the contributions w r ere highly creditable to the growers. 
Among the best flowers were Deuil de Prince Albert, Madame William Paul'— 
a purplish crimson and a first-class Rose, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Senateur 
Vaisse, and Madame Damaizin. Messrs. Perkins showed Souvenir de Charles 
Montault, Madame Furtado, Madame W. Paul, Madame Victor Verdier, Joseph 
Fiala, Gloire de Dijon, Docteur Spitzer, Madame Caillat, President Lincoln, 
Charles Lefebvre, Prince Camille de Rohan, John Hopper, Beauty of Waltham, 
Madame Vidot, General Washington, Victor Verdier, Senateur Reveil, Comtesse 
de Chabrillant, Jean Bart, Madame Boll, Louis XIV., Lselia, Deuil de Prince 
Albert, Mdlle Bonnaire. In the stand of Mr. Hewitt, which obtained the first 
prize for twelve varieties, three trusses each, the most commendable were 
Comtesse de Chabrillant, Madame Charles Wood, General Washington, General 
Jacqueminot, La Reine, and Madame Vidot; and in that of Mr. Vertegans, 
who was second, John Hopper, Triomphe d’Angers (a lovely carmine), Charles 
Lefebvre, and Prince Camille de Rohan. 
