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well formed, a large fine spike and stiff fine foliage. Koning van 
Holland, the nearest approach to yellow yet obtained, a desirable colour 
in a collection, a single variety. Gloria Mundi, a magnificent single 
white, with fine well-formed bells, and remarkably good foliage ; spike 
good. Amy, colour glowing crimson ; a very attractive single variety, 
with a remarkably well formed spike. Florence Nightingale, light 
rose, with pink stripe down the petals ; new single variety, with well 
formed spike. Prince Albert, the darkest single variety in cultivation, 
being, when in perfection, almost black; it has well formed bells 
and good spike. Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nurseries, Slough, sent 
Regina Victoria, rose, tipped with green, double ; Frederick the Great, 
rose, edged with white; Clocque Magnifique, blush, fine bells, single ; 
Richardson, blush, fine large, single; Garrick, blue, fine double; 
Laurens Koster, dark blue, fine spike, double ; Vanspeyk, light blue, 
very double ; Comte de St. Priest, light blue, double ; Grand Lilac, 
lilac blue, fine spike, single ; Grand Vedette, light blue, extra Urge, s.; 
Mimosa, very dark blue, good, s.; Emicus, dark blue, single; Queen 
Victoria, striped red and white, s.; Tubiflora, purple and white, s. ; 
Neerlands Glory, rose and white striped, s. ; Mrs. H. B. Stowe, fine 
rose, good truss, s.; Madame Hodgson, deep rosy blush, s.; Crown 
Princess, white, s. From Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston, and Messrs. 
Dobson, of Isleworth, also came exhibitions, in which were well bloomed 
plants of the following, viz., Albion, single white; Belle Africane, a very 
dark single kind; Blanchard, single white; Camper, single blue; 
Diebitsch Sabalskanski, single red ; Grandeur a Merveille, single white ; 
Grand Vedette, single blue ; Gumal, ditto ; King of Holland, single 
yellow; La Purete, single white; Lord Wellington, double red ; Madame 
Coster, a very dark single sort; Nimrod, single blue; Norma, single 
red ; O’Connell, single blue; Preciosa, single white; Prince Albert, a 
nearly black single sort; and William the First, also a very dark single 
kind. Another large collection was also contributed by Messrs. Hender¬ 
son, of Pine-apple Place. In the amateurs’ class of twelve sorts Mr. 
Davis, gardener to E Rosher, Esq., Hamilton Terrace, St John's Wood, 
sent among others well bloomed plants of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe, 
Mars, Laurens Koster, Orondates, M. Talleyrand, Richardson, Prince 
of Wales, Waterloo, Grand Vainqueur, and Charles Dickens. Mr. 
Ingram, gr. to J. J. Blandy, Esq., of Reading, produced the following 
in excellent condition, viz.:—Queen of the Netherlands, white ; General 
Antink, double blue ; Grootvoorst, double pink ; Henrietta Langley, 
double red; Grandeur a Merveille, double blush ; Mathilde, double 
rose; A-la-mode, double white ; Laurens Koster, blue ; Marquis de la 
Costa, double red ; Robinson, single blue ; La Victorine, single red; 
and Lord Wood. A collection of twelve also came from Mr. Cunning¬ 
ham, gardener to Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., Craven Cottage, Fulham. 
Of new kinds of Hyacinths in sixes, Mr. Turner, of Slough, had the 
best grown lot, but it contained one old kind, viz , Mrs. Beecher Stowe, 
which disqualified it. The first prize was therefore awarded to Messrs. 
Cutbush, who sent General Havelock, a fine single kind, of a very dark 
bluish purple colour, the spike being above nine inches in length and 
ten inches in circumference, and bearing over 180 bells on it, the stem 
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