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in perfection—ten days too late at least in an ordinary season ; and 
from the great heat the finest blooms, as well as many of the finest 
varieties, were quite past their best, or entirely over. Numbers of 
those shown were getting very dull in colour. It cannot be called 
“ national ” if it takes place after the 25th of July. The following are 
the awards: 
Nurserymen: 1st prize, silver cup, for the best twelve Carnations 
and twelve white ground Picotees, to be competed for by nurserymen, 
was awarded to Messrs. Holland & Co., Middleton, near Manchester, 
for the following varieties.—Twelve Carnations: Friar Laurence, 
Seedling Purple Flake, Sarah Payne, Seedling Scarlet Bizarre, Sir 
Joseph Paxton, Magnificent, Admiral Curzon, Premier, John Bayley, 
Julia, Sportsman and Falconbridge.—Twelve Picotees: Lord Nelson, 
Mrs. Turner, Cedo Nulli, Prince of Wales, Amy Robsart, Mrs. 
Norman, Seedling, Mrs. Drake, Venus, Bertha, Alice, and Mrs. 
Bayley. 
Amateur's silver cup, value six guineas, for the best twelve Carna¬ 
tions, and twelve white ground Picotees, to be competed for by amateur 
growers, was awarded to H. Steward, Esq., of York, for the following 
sorts :—Twelve Carnations : King John, Hope, Friar Laurence, Beauty • 
of Woodhouse, Warrior, Uncle Tom, Falconbridge, Splendour, Lord 
Lewisham, Uncle Tom, Lord Goderich, and Splendour.—Twelve 
Picotees: Mrs. Hoyle, Alfred, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Bailey, Haidee, 
Charles Turner, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Barnard, Lord Nelson, Alice, Finis, 
and Mrs. Hoyle. 
The silver cup, value three guineas, for the six best Carnations, 
and six white ground Picotees, to be competed for by amateur culti¬ 
vators, who do not grow more than 150 pairs of plants, was awarded to 
Mr. E. Wood, of York, for the following sorts :—Six Carnations : 
Jenny Lind, King John, Sir Joseph Paxton, Defiance, Aglaia, and 
General Canrobert.—Six Picotees : Mrs. Bayley, Eva, Lord Nelson, 
Lauretta, Alice, ,and Mrs. Dodwell. 
Nurseryman’s class.—Twelve Carnations :—1, Mr. Charles Turner, 
Royal Nursery, Slough—Seedling, Coronation, Ascendant, Flora’s 
Garland, Sportsman, Touchstone, William Pitt, Defiance, Seedling, 
Seedling, Hope, and Admiral Curzon ; 2, Messrs. Holland, Dodwell, 
and Bailey—John Bailey, Lovely Ann, Admiral Curzon, Sarah Payne, 
Seedling Rose Flake (Headley’s), Falconbridge, Premier, Ivanhoe, 
Squire Meynell, Sir Joseph Paxton, Sportsman, and Julia; 3, Mr. R. 
R. Oswald, Birmingham—Lady Rhodes, Sir Joseph Paxton, Favourite, 
Lorenzo, Poor Tom, Agamemnon, Lady Curzon, Lord Lewisham, John 
Bailey, Aglaia, Premier, and Defiance; 4, Mr. James Whitehead, 
Oldham, Lancashire—Sportsman, Music, Christopher Sly, Lord 
Milton, Lord Wilton, Constellation, Squire Trow, Ivanhoe, Splendid, 
Earl Wilton, Admiral Curzon, and Lady Peel. 
Twelve white ground Picotees : 1, Messrs. Holland, Dodwell, and 
Bayley—Lord Nelson, Amy Robsart, Lady Grenville, Prince of Wales, 
Mrs. Barnard, Mrs. Norman, Venus, Bertha, Seedling, Miss Holbeck, 
Haidee, and Alice; 2, Mr. Charles Turner—Ada Mary, Mrs. Hobbs, 
Rev. A. Matthews, Mrs. Hoyle, Mrs. Drake, Mrs. Lochner, Lauretta, 
