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phosa, Constellation, arc! Zabdi, Here’s Superb, Thomson's Excellent, 
Bell’s Climax, Major’s Lady Sale, Nasmyth’s Mr. Hamilton, Major’s 
Lord Morpeth, Turner’s Potentate, Thomsen’s Perfection and Queen 
of the Whites, Hall’s Rainbow, Alboni (unknown), Thomson’s Cos¬ 
sack, Cock’s White Sergeant, Lowther’s Perfection, Thomson’s 
Virgil, Hooper’s Prince of Orange, Thomson’s Cyprus, King’s Sul- 
phurea elegans, Dickson’s Mrs. Richardson, Thomson’s Euclid, 
Argo (unknown), Unknown, Thomson’s Fulcher, C'ollison’s Perseus, 
Thomson’s Duchess of Rutland. 
Certificates of Seedlings.— Thomson’s Privateer, certainly not 
in such good condition as we have seen it; but sufficiently good to 
merit the reward given it, and more. Bragg’s Clio, a deep, dull yel¬ 
low ground, lightly margined after the style of Hooper’s Mary Jane, 
with bronzy purple, blotch eye, flat, good shape, moderate size, 
attractive, and may prove useful. Lane’s Lanei, a little improve¬ 
ment on Thomson’s Excellent, but could not be shewn as a dissimilar 
variety. Burdett’s Beauty of Hayes, a large showy flower, with little 
else to recommend it. 
Buds of a variety, The Honourable Harry Grey (Hunt), were 
shewn by the raiser, in which the germs of much quality were ap¬ 
parent ; also blooms, but too late for competition, by Mr. Turner 
of Chalvey, of his esteemed varieties, Miss Edwards, Example, and 
Mogul. We think the censors shewed much leniency in passing 
flowers as dissimilar in Stand No. 2, Class 1, and in Mr. Bragg’s 
Class 2 : we allude to White Sergeant and Eliza (so called) in the 
former, Arethusa and Superb in the latter; flowers too near even for 
a box of thirty-six. 
ROYAL BERKSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The June Exhibition of the above Society was held at Wallingford 
on June 13th. Among florists’ flowers, Ranunculuses took a promi¬ 
nent place, and several seedlings of great beauty were exhibited. The 
following comprised the winning flowers : 
Seedlings. — 1st. Mr. Tyso, for a yellow ground, -with reddish 
brown spot, named Festus. 2d. Mr. Costar, for a white ground with 
pink edge. Sd. R. H. Betteridge, Esq. for a fine self yellow. 
Stands of 12 varieties .—1st. Mr. Costar, Rosamond, white purple 
spot; Queen of England, buff mottled ; Tyso’s Flaminius, yellow 
brown spot; Diana, yellow spotted ; Lola Montes, yellow edge; Zerus, 
white-edged; Eliza, straw; Tragon, yellow spotted ; and others un¬ 
named. 2d. Mr. Tyso, Deborah, white, pink edge; Emerald, straw 
spot; Minerva, white purple spot; Adolphus, buff mottled; Eliacine, 
white, pink edge ; Acadia, yellow spot; Catlicart, cream, purple 
mottle ; Paragon, white, purple edge ; Clement, yellow spot; Miriam, 
yellow mottle ; Melancthon, dark maroon; Alexis, yellow spot. 3d. 
Mr. Betteridge, Carouse, Niobe, Thames, Branda, Mars, Adnetus, 
Sophia, Agamemnon, and others unnamed. lUl^ 
