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Awards.—Twenty-four varieties, single trusses :—First, Messrs. T. Perkins 
and Sons, Coventry; second, Mr. J. Parker, Rugby; third, Mr. G. Batley ; 
fourth, Mr. T. Hewitt, Solihull; extra, Mr. R. H. Vertegans. Twelve varieties, 
three trusses:—First, Mr*. T. Hewitt; second, Mr. R. H. Vertegans; third, 
Mr. J. Parker; fourth, Messrs. T. Perkins & Sons. 
The Amateurs mustered in great force, and the competition for precedence 
was very strongly maintained. The awards are appended; and we select from 
the principal exhibits the blooms most worthy of mention. 
Forty-eight varieties—Rev. S. R. Hole:—Andre Desportes, which resembles 
in style Victor Verdier; Triomphe de Rennes, which was better on the second 
day than the first, having developed more fully in the interval; Souvenir d’un 
Ami (very fine); Gloire de Santenay; and Prince Camille de Rohan. Mr. 
Evans showed Anna de Diesbach, Comtesse de Chabrillant, and Vicomte Vigier. 
Mr. Hole’s stand contained—John Hopper, Turenne, Alphonse Karr, Gloire de 
Santenay, Victor Verdier Princess of Wales, Madame Vidot, Prince Camille de 
Rohan, Sophie de Coquerelle, Madame Furtado, Gloire de Dijon, Le Rhone, 
Caroline de Sansal, Maurice Bernardin, Coupe d’Hebe, Olivier Delhomme, 
Madame Bravy, Louise Magnan, Celine Forestier, Jules Margottin, General 
Washington, Madame C. Wood, Gloire de Vitry, Wilhelm Pfitzer, Duchesse 
d’Orleans, Souvenir d’un Ami, Professor Koch, Pierre Notting, Auguste Mie, 
Marechal Vaillant, Baronne de Heckeren, Charles Lefebvre, T riompbe de 
Rennes, Francois Lacharme, Lselia, Robert Fortune, America, La Brillante, 
Rubens, Baron Gonella, Senateur Vaisse, Vicomte Vigier, Devoniensis, Comtesse 
Cecile de Chabrillant, Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Andre Desportes, Madame 
Charles Crapelet. Of the twenty-four varieties, the finest were—Rev. S. R. 
Hole:—Gloire de Vitry, Souvenir de Comte Cavour, Gloire de Dijon, Juno, 
John Hopper. Mr. Hunt:—Baron Gonella, Comte de Nanteuil, Madame 
Crapelet. Eigliteens (three trusses), Mr. Evans;—Niphetos, Madame Victor 
Verdier, and Queen Victoria. The stands of Mr. Perry were of uniform merit, 
though it was evident the show would have suited him better had it been held 
earlier in the season. Through a mistake, Mr. Brown of Elnidon had entered 
eighteen single trusses for this section, and although they were necessarily dis¬ 
qualified, they deserved and received great commendation. Twenty-four varie¬ 
ties, single trusses, open only to amateurs resident within fifteen miles of 
Bimingham. The Rev. P. M. Smythe:—Victor Verdier, Charles Lefebvre, 
Marechal Vaillant, Madame Knorr, Frangois Lacharme. The flowers in this 
stand were—Comte de Nanteuil, Baronne de Heckeren, Triomphe de Rennes, 
Marechal Vaillant, Vanqueur de Goliath, Maurice Bernardin, Anna de Diesbach, 
Madame Knorr, Charles Lefebvre, Celine Forestier, Louis XIV., Baronne 
Gonella, Jules Margottin, Beauty of Waltham, Acidalie, L’Eblouissante, Madame 
Clemence Joigneaux, Louis Margottin, John Hopper, Frangois Lacharme, 
Victor Verdier, Senateur Vaisse, Vicomte Vigier. Mr. Brown showed Gloire 
de Santenay, (very fine) ; and Coupe d’Hebe. Twelve varieties—single trusses, 
open to amateurs within fifteen miles of Birmingham—Mr. Brown :—Madame 
Caillat, (fine); Gloire de Santenay, Louise Magnan, and La Reine (fine). Rev. 
P. M. Symthe:—Anna de Diesbach, Vicomte Vigier, and Baron de Noirmont. 
Mr. Brown’s stand contained—La Reine, General Jacqueminot, Comtesse de 
Chabrillant, Duchess of Norfolk, Madame Vidot, Beauty of Waltham, Anna de 
Diesbach, Gloire de Santenay, Louise Magnan, Madame Caillat, Triomphe de 
Rennes, Senateur Vaisse. 
Awards.—Forty-eight vaiieties, single trusses : First, Rev. S. R. Hole, 
Newark; second, Mr. S. Evans, Arbury, Nuneaton ; third, Mr. C. J. Perry, 
Castle Bromwich. 
Twenty-four varieties, single trusses: First, Rev. S. R. Hole; second, Mr. 
