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Class 16.—6 Exotic Ferns, distinct. {Open.) 1st prize, 4 l., to Mr. H. 
Barnard, gardener to J. W. Taylor, Esq., Woodberry Down; 2nd, 3 l., to Mr. 
William Bull, King’s Koad, Chelsea; 3rd, 21., to Mr. F. Preece, gardener to 
E. Wood, Esq., Acton, W. 
Class 17.—12 Hardy Ferns, distinct. {Open.) 1st prize, 4d., to Messrs. J. 
Ivery & Son; 2nd, 3^., to Mr. William Bull; 3rd, 21., to Mr. William Young. 
Class 18.—Miscellaneous collection of Plants in flower. {Open.) 1st prize, 
3/., to Messrs. J. & C. Lee; 2nd, 21., to Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son, The 
Nurseries, Highgate; extra, 3/., to Mr. C. Turner, for a collection of Auri¬ 
culas ; extra, 21., to Mr. William Bull, for a collection of new and rare plants; 
extra, 1/., to Messrs. Barr & Sugden, 12 King Street, Covent Garden, for 
Plant Cases furnished with plants; extra, 1/., to Mr. J. James, gardener to 
W. F. Watson, Esq., Isleworth, for a group of 6 Calceolarias ; extra, 1/., to 
Mr. W. Lacey, gardener to C. S. Mortimer, Esq., Morden, for a group of 
Cinerarias; extra, ll., to Mr. R. Parker, Tooting, for 8 Rhododendron Countess 
of Haddington; extra, 15s., to Mr. H. May, gardener to Lady Barrington, 
Shrivenham, for a fine specimen of Medinilla magnifica; extra, 10s., to Mr. W. 
Bartlett, Hammersmith, for 3 Adiantum cuneatum; extra, 10s., to Mr. J. 
James, for 12 Pansies, in pots; extra, 10s., to Mr. J. James, for 12 Auriculas; 
extra, 10s., to Mr. J. James, for a stand of 24 Pansies; extra, 10s., to Mr. 
T. Page, for a Prickly Cayenne Pine-apple. 
RESULT OF BALLOT FOR PLANTS ON MAY 1, 1866. 
The following is a list of the Plants which were ballotted for:— 
Lot 1.— Abies Nordmanniana. Very beautiful hardy Conifer. 
Lot 2.—Cupressus Lawsoniana. Very graceful hardy Conifer. 
Lot 3.— Cupressus Lawsoniana pygw/ea. Very dwarf compact variety 
of the preceding. 
Lot 4.— Cupressus Lawsoniana variegata. Silvery variegated variety. 
Lot 5.— Cedrus Atlantica. Mount Atlas Cedar. 
Lot 6.—Pinus excelsa. Fine hardy tree. 
Lot 7. — Picea Reginje Amxlle. Fine Grecian Conifer. 
Lot 8 .—Thuja Lobbii. Beautiful and hardy tree. 
Lot 9.—Osmanthus iLiciFOLius variegatus. Beautiful hardy variegated 
holly-looking plant from Japan. 
Lot 10.— Ceanothus thyrsifuorus. Fine hardy plant for walls. 
Lot 11.—Lonicera aurea reticulata. Beautifully variegated; fine for 
edgings to flower beds. 
Lot 12.— Ligustrum japonicum. Fine evergreen shrub. 
Lot 13. — Berberis stenophylla. Handsome free flowering hardy shrub. 
Lot 14.—Cotoneaster Simmonsii. Beautiful hardy shrub, loaded with 
fine scarlet berries in winter. 
Lot 15.— Banksian Yellow Rose. Climbing; sweet scented. 
Lot 16.—Cobxa scandens variegata. Fine variegated plant for conser¬ 
vatories, &c. 
Lot 17. — Gynerium argenteum. The Pampas grass. 
Lot 18.— Acacia longifolia magnifica. Fine greenhouse plant. 
Lot 19.— Mandevllla suaveolens. Beautiful conservatory climber. 
Lot 20.—Cham:h3rop9 humllis. Greenhouse palm. 
Lot 21.—Selaginella involvexs. Beautiful greenhouse Lycopod, Japan. 
Lot 22.—Saxifraga tricolor. Pretty variegated Saxifrage. 
Lot 23.— Anthurium cordifolium. Beautiful variegated stove plant. 
(Weir.) New Grenada, 
