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Mr. Haines. Third do., Messrs. Scholejeld. Fourth, 
Seedling. 
CRIMSON BIZARRES. 
First, second, and third, Jenny Lind, Mr. Turner . 
Fourth, Black Diamond, Mr. Haines. 
PINK BIZARRES. 
First, Prince Albert, Mr. Bragg. The paucity of 
blooms in this class prevented any further award. 
PURPLE FLAKES. 
First, Squire Meynell, Mr. Buswell. Second, Lord 
Byron, Mr. Buswell. Third, Premier, Mr. Barringer. 
Fourth, Squire Meynell, Mr. Haines. 
SCARLET FLAKES. 
First, second, third, and fourth, Duke of Devon¬ 
shire, Mr. Barringer. 
ROSE FLAKES. 
First and second, Lady Ely, Mr. Haines. Thud, 
Princess Boyal, Mr. Turner. Fourth, Flora’s Garland, 
Mr. Haines. 
PICOTEES. —HEAVY RED-EDGED. 
First, Picnic, Mr. Harrison. Second, Isabella, Mr. 
Haines. Third, Picnic, Mr. Harrison. Fourth, King 
James, Messrs. Scholejield. 
LIGHT-RED. 
First, Seedling, 70, Mr. JDodwell. Second, Pay¬ 
master, Mr. Harrison. Third, Gem, Mr. Buswell. 
Fourth, do., Mr. Barringer. 
HEAVY-PURPLE. 
First, second, and third, Alfred, Mr. Dodwell. 
LIGHT-PURPLE. 
First and second, Leader, Mr. Barringer. Third, 
Juliet, Mr. Turner. Fourth, do., Mr. Dodwell. 
HEAVY-ROSE. 
First, Green’s Queen, Mr. Turner. Second, do., 
Mr. Dodwell. Third, Yenus, Mr. Turner. Fourth, 
Victoria regina, Mr. Turner. 
LIGHT-ROSE. 
First, second, and third, Mrs. Barnard, Mr. Dod¬ 
well. 
The premier prizes were awarded to Mr. Turner , of 
the Boyal Nursery, Slough, for his stand of Southern 
Carnations, six magnificent specimens ; and to his stand 
of Northern Picotees, also displaying the highest skill 
in cultivation, combined with the rarest quality. 
SEEDLINGS. 
First-class certificates were awarded to Mr. Turner, 
for Puxley’s Jenny Lind, C. B., decidedly the finest of 
its class; to Mr. Barringer , for his seedling Scarlet 
Flake, Duke of Devonshire ; to Mr. Wood , for Bob in- 
son’s Elizabeth (heavy-red Picotee), a flower of fine 
properties, well margined with bright red, and extra 
fine in the white or ground colour; and to Mr. Dod¬ 
well. , for Alfred (heavy purple), a variety which has ob¬ 
tained a number of awards altogether unprecedented. 
An immense number of seedlings was produced. Those 
especially calling for notice were Marris’s Grace Dar¬ 
ling, Countess Howe, Victoria regina, and Hollyoake’s 
Duke of Butland (exhibited by Mr. Turner ), all of 
first-class quality, and such as will hereafter be seen in 
every leading stand. Harrison's Picnic, as shown, w r as 
too small to make a first-class flower ; high cultivation 
may, however, remedy this. 
While on the subject of Carnations and Picotees, we may state, for the information of exhibitors 
of those flowers, that we have reason to know that the exhibition committee of the Horticultural 
Society, in arranging their schedule of prizes for next year, have adopted our suggestions in the last 
part of this periodical, and that all Florists’ flowers must he shown in pots. The prizes, as offered 
by us, will also be awarded in July by the Horticultural Society’s censors. On this subject we shall 
be glad to hear the opinions of our floricultural friends.—A. 
Jfiisrrllnraus Jbtirrs. 
Charms of a Garden. —The beauty of a garden is no small portion of its attraction, but it is the fragrance that 
has the charm which wins us. Let us step into a flower-garden after a shower of rain, when the Sweet-brier, the 
Mignonette, the Bose, the Stock, and the Pink or Carnation, as the case may be, all give out their perfumes, and 
vainly may we seek in any other scene the delightful sensations which we feel at that moment—sensations which 
can only be augmented in power by the companions we may have at the time. Let us go home from a crowded 
city, fatigued with the business of the day, and stroll into the garden, even in the dark, and the ah redolent of 
sweets, seems to belong to another world. Who, then', would be without a garden if he had once enjoyed the 
pleasure ? Who would neglect, among the gay and brilliant tenants of the parterre, those unassuming plants 
which yield the most delicious odours ? The Tulip has its charms, but they are for the eye. The Pseony, the 
Banunculus, and many other gaudy flowers, may light up the borders, and give a brightness to the landscape; 
but it is the scented flowers that waft us, as it were, into regions unlike the busy world, and remind us of the 
Eden which we have only read of, and fancy we have imitated. Neglect not then the Violet, and the Lily of the 
Valley, and the Wallflower, for they gratify the senses early; but they have hardly passed away when the 
Mignonette, Stock, Pink, Bose, Sweet Pea, Carnation, Heliotrope, and Clematis, follow each other in rapid 
succession, until the whole scene becomes desolate by frost and perhaps snow. What are the Dahlia and the 
Hollyhock but splendid colour and form ? Effective to the sight, but destitute of perfume. Let your vacant 
spaces be filled with Mignonette. Have your Sweet Peas in patches about the garden. Let not Sweet-briers and 
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