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THE FLORIST. 
R. H. Betteridge, Esq., Milton Hill, with Heroine, Thalia, Royal 
Sovereign, Triomphe Royale, Seedling, Pilot; 3rd, Mr. Joseph Godfrey, 
Chellaston, by Derby, with Heroine, Triomphe Royale, Queen Charlotte, 
Maid of Orleans, Sovereign, Vivid; 4th, Mr. James Parkins, Derby, 
with Gem, Sarah Ann, Heroine, Triomphe Royale, Pilot, Royal Sove¬ 
reign ; 5th, Mr. Thomas Houghton, Hempshill, Notts, with Royal 
Sovereign, Pilot, Heroine, Triomphe Royale, Baguet, Lady Franklin. 
In this class there were some very nice flowers, pure, and beautifully 
marked : • we disagreed entirely in the placing of them ; for instance, 
Mr Headley’s stand—the best in our opinion—was not placed at all. 
These fine flowers consisted of the following—John Linton, Sarah 
Headley, Jason, Aglaia, Captain Ficklin, and Indispensable; five of 
which were raised by Mr. Headley. In addition to the above, there 
were 18 other collections of 6 each. 
Three feathered varieties, one of each class : 25 collections were 
shown. 1st, Mr. Joseph Godfrey, with Royal Sovereign, Maid of 
Orleans, Heroine; 2nd, W. Peacock, Esq., Denton, with Duke of 
Devonshire, Maid of Orleans, Heroine ; 3rd, Mr. Thomas Allestree, 
with Royal Sovereign, Heroine, Maid of Orleans; 4th, Mr. B. Morton, 
Sheffield, with Royal Sovereign, Heroine, Competitor ; 5th, Mr. James 
Parkins, with Royal Sovereign, Heroine, Maid of Orleans; 6th, Mr. 
C. Turner, with Gem of Gems, Dr. Horner, Sarah Headley ; 7th, Mr. 
James Miller, Stalybridge, with Heroine, Maid of Orleans, Sovereign. 
Three flamed flowers, 1st, Mr. Joseph Godfrey, with Vivid, Triomphe 
Royale, Lady Franklin ; 2nd, Mr. C. Turner, with Alcon, Aglaia, 
Dreadnought; 3rd, R. H. Betteridge, Esq., with Pilot, Madame Vestris, 
Sarah Ann ; 4th, Rev. S. Cresswell, with Pilot, Princess Royal, Aglaia, 
5th, H. Steward, Esq., York, with Triomphe Royale, Salvator Rosa 
(Gibbons), Vivid ; 6th, Mr. G. Pickerill, with Shakespere, Triomphe 
Royale, Princess Royal; 7th, J. Hunt, Esq., Wycombe, with Lady 
Catherine Gordon, Maid of Orleans, Charles Brown. 
Six Breeders, 1st, R. Headley, Esq.; 2nd, Mr. James Parkins ; 3rd, 
R. H. Betteridge, Esq.; 4th, J. Hunt, Esq.; 5th, H. Steward, Esq. 
Three Breeders, 1st, J. Hunt, Esq.; 2nd, Mr. W. Chadwicke, 
Dukinfield; 3rd, Mr. S. Hartley; 4th, Mr. James Miller ; 5th, Mr. 
Thomas Allestree. First-class Certificate to R. Headley, Esq., for 
Indispensable, a feathered bybloemen of great merit. 
The exhibition for 1859 will be held at Slough, in the grounds of the 
Royal Nursery. A Committee has been appointed to carry out the 
arrangements; and now that the Royal National Tulip Society has come 
so near to royalty itself, we hope to see the most successful meeting the 
Society has yet had. Mr. Turner, having accepted the office of hon. sec , 
will not exhibit, thereby gaining two objects—Mr. Turner can devote 
his whole time to the arrangement of the exhibition, and allow his bed 
of Tulips to be seen entire. 
