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This is reported to be thin-skinned, dry, and mealy, and well deserving 
of more extensive cultivation than it has hitherto received. 
Dahlias were, as usual at the autumn exhibition, one of the principal 
features, and were largely contributed. The first two stands in 50 
blooms, the first four in 24 varieties, and the first two stands of Fancies, 
were remarkably fine. I he first prize for 50 dissimilar varieties was 
awarded to Mr. C. Turner, of Slough. These were large, very even in 
size, and all of the finest quality. They consisted of—Robert Bruce, 
Cherub, Touchstone, Goldfinder, Commander, Pandora, Lord Eversley, 
Mrs. Church, Lord Fielding, Lord Palmerston, Lady Franklin, Village 
Gem, Mrs. Legge, Major Fellowes. Lord Cardigan, Triomphe de Pecq, 
Lollipop, Grand Sultan, Marchioness of Aylesbury, Deutsche Wurd, 
Miss Pressley, Sir Henry Havelock, Peerless, Brentford Hero, Venus, 
Emperor, Admiral Dundas, Hon. Mrs. Trotter, Standard Bearer, Lord 
Bath, Sir John franklin, John Dory, Midnight, Miss Watts, Royal 
Scarlet, Beauty of Slough, Lady Paxton, Duchess of Beaufort, Colonel 
Windham, Saturn, Shaded Perfection (?), Sir Joseph Paxton, Sidney 
Herbert, Miss Burdett Coutts, Harbinger, Satirist, Yellow Beauty, 
Lady Popham, Sir F. Bathurst, and Perfection. Mr. Keynes, of 
Salisbury, was second ; Mr. Legge, Edmonton, third. In the Amateur 
Class, for 24 Dahlias, Mr. Dodds, gardener to Col. Baker, Salisbury, 
was first with Lord Palmerston, Sir Colin Campbell, Mr. Critchett, 
Pandora, Alice Downie, Edmund, Lord Bath, Miss Hay, Hope, Rachel 
Rawlings, Lollipop, Miracle, Mrs. Turner, Pre-eminent, Mrs. Legge, 
Sidney Herbert, Miss Burdett Coutts, Lilac King, Lady Franklin, Sir 
Joseph Paxton, Colonel Windham, Lady Mildmay, Mars, Duchess of 
Beaufort; 2nd, the Rev. C. Fellowes, Shottesham Rectory, near 
Norwich; 3rd, G. Holmes, Esq., Brook Lodge, Norwich; 4th, Mr. 
Grant, gardener, Shottesham Park. In Fancies, Varieties, Mr. J. 
Keynes was first with blooms of the following 12 kinds :—Charles 
Perry, Triomphe de Roubaix, Imperatrice Eugenie, Favorite, Oliver 
Twist, Lady Paxton, Jessie, Comus, Carnation, Duchess of Kent, Marc 
Antony, Conqueror ; 2nd, Mr. C. Turner, with Baron Alderson, 
Duchess of Kent, Carnation, Comet, Triomphe de Roubaix, 
Pigeon, Oliver Twist, Miss Frampton, Lady Paxton, Mrs. Hansard, 
Gloire de Kain, Marc Antony ; 3rd, Mr. Legge, Edmonton.— 
The judgment did not give satisfaction, and there was reason for the 
complaints made. For instance, we should have placed the first stand 
in 24 blooms third or fourth. In Fancies it was still worse; the two 
first stands should have been reversed, and the Rev. C. Fellowes should 
have been third, there being several stands superior to the one that was 
placed third. This error in judgment, however, only affects individuals, 
but as regards seedlings it is calculated to mislead the public. The 
selections made by the judges for certificates was anything but judicious ; 
we will, therefore, name those we think should have been selected for 
this distinction—Rosebud (Alexander), large pleasing rose; Lord 
Eversley (Green), salmon ; Emperor (Fellowes), red; Chairman 
(Turner), saffron; *Golden Drop (Keynes), yellow ; *Mrs. Keynes 
*These only of the number received certificates, when several inferior 
varieties obtained them. Time, however, will show if we have not made a good 
selection. 
