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THE FLORIST. 
Virgil, Jehu, Belvidere, Trifoso, Sappho, Pompey, Zabdi, Almanza, Pliny, 
Excellent, Goliah, Perfection, Madonna, Pulcher, Perseus, Duchess of 
Rutland, Euclid, Prince of Orange, Model of Perfection, and Hampden. 
Third, Mr. Bridges, Croydon, for Mary Jane, Goliah, Fanny, Companion, 
Almanza, seedling, Trifosa, Blooming Girl, One in the Ring, Duchess of 
Rutland, Excellent, Optimus, Exquisite, Constellation, Superb, Hunt’s Wel¬ 
lington, Tom Pinch, Duke of Norfolk, Perseus, Rainbow, Candidate, Lord 
Hardinge, Perfection, and Iver Queen. 
In the Nurserymen’s Class, equal first prizes were awarded to Mr. C. 
Turner , of Chalvey, and to Mr. Thomson , of Iver. Mr. Timer’s stand contained 
Hooper’s Blooming Girl, Thomson’s Constellation, Hooper’s Mary Jane, 
Hall’s Rainbow, Nasmyth’s Mr. Hamilton, Hooper’s Duke of Wellington, 
Hooper’s Great Britain, Turner’s Miss Edwards, Bragg’s Goliah, Hooper’s 
Lady Sale, Backhouse’s Dr. Wolff, Thomson’s Duchess of Rutland, Turner’s 
Optimus, Turner’s Example, Turner’s Caroline, Thomson’s Zabdi, Chater’s 
Model of Perfection, Thomson’s Shakspeare, Hooper’s Wonderful, Turner’s 
Dr. Hawtrey, Youell’s Supreme, Collison’s Perseus, and Bell’s Climax. 
Mr. Thomson's contained Pre-eminent, Excellent, Almanza, Zabdi, Optimus, 
Constellation, Perseus, Aurora, Cossack, Pulcher, Lady Sale, Rainbow, 
Bridesmaid, Virgil, Seedling Yellow, Sappho, Gloria Mundi, Model of 
Perfection, Duke of Wellington, Duchess of Rutland, Fair Flora, Youell’s 
Supreme, Bell’s Lady Lacon, and Bell’s Climax. Second prize, Messrs. 
Bragg and Bright, Slough, for Hooper’s Duke of Wellington, Rainbow, 
Optimus, Constellation, Desirable, Bragg’s Charon and Optimus, Hooper’s 
True Briton, Almanza, Lady Sale, seedling, Bragg’s Clara, Dr. Wolff, 
Colossus, Youell’s Supreme, Perseus, Exquisite, Trifoso, Seedling, Duchess 
of Rutland, Eliza, Duke of Rutland, Mrs. Bragg, and Thomson’s Perfec¬ 
tion. Third prize, Messrs. Cutter and Co., Slough, for Rainbow, seedling, 
Virgil, Curion, Perseus, Shakspeare, Goliah, Aurora, Youell’s Supreme, 
Climax, Magrath, seedling, Arethusa, Duke of Norfolk, Model of Perfec¬ 
tion, Dr. Wolff, seedling, Optimus, Apollo, Snowdrop, Perfection, Duke of 
Wellington, and Duke of Rutland. 
Cinerarias.— Mr. Ivery, of Peckham, received the small Linnean medal 
for twelve dissimilar varieties, consisting of Anais, Purple Perfection, 
Prime Minister, Maid of Artois, Pet Conqueror, Goode’s Compacta, Hen¬ 
derson’s Maritima, Jackson’s Countess of Zetland, Henderson’s Favourite, 
Beauty of St. John’s Wood, and Isabella. An extra prize, offered by J. 
Bright, Esq. for eight dissimilar varieties, by private growers, was awarded 
to Mr. Robinson, for Nobilis, Compacta, Beauty of St. John’s Wood, Con¬ 
queror, Colossus, Pet, Attraction, and Beauty of Wanham. 
Among the seedlings exhibited, a first-class certificate was awarded to 
Mr. James Dickson, for a seedling Auricula, named Dr. Horner; a very 
promising variety: tube well formed, rather large, but well filled with 
anthers or thrum; paste, dense and pure; colour, dark purple ; edge, grey ; 
the circles are in fair proportion • pip, flat. Another was presented to Mr. 
Chapman, for a seedling self. 
Pansies. —To Mr. Thompson of Iver, for Privateer: yellow ground, 
dark purple maroon top petals, with broad margin of the same round the 
lower petals, eye clear of the margin ; the flower is large, round, and the 
petals even on the edges.—To Mr. C. Turner of Chalvey, for Example : 
ground colour, clear golden yellow ; top petals of a bright bronzy purple, 
with a margin of medium width surrounding the lower petals.—To Messrs. 
Bragg and Co., for a seedling raised by Mr. Hunt, named D'Israeli in the 
same style as Rainbow, but darker, and more perfect in form. 
Cinerarias. — To Mr. Bruce, for a seedling named Annette , bright 
