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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
June 10. 
TULIP SHOWS. 
The National Tulip Society.—T his Society held its 
annual exhibition at Birmingham, on Thursday, May 27th. 
The display made was a very fine one, surpassing, both in 
quality and extent, any of its predecessors. The blooms 
staged were from thirteen to fourteen hundred in number, 
and they were generally in good condition. The exhibition 
proved, fortunately, to be well timed, the cold easterly winds 
having retarded the southern flowers, which it was feared, 
at one time, would have passed their prime. 
The competition for the gold medal was a spirited one, 
: thirteen pans being brought together. The one to which 
I the medal was awarded was worthy of the honour. It con¬ 
tained well-defined blooms of “ Coupe de Hebe,” “ Royal 
| Sovereign,” and “ Captain White.” The winning pan in 
I Class A contained superior specimens of “ Heroine ” and 
“ Royal Sovereign ; ” the second of “ Lord Denman ” and 
“ Queen Victoria; ” and the third of “ Queen Charlotte ; ” 
“ Captain White ” bemg the only flower worthy of notice in 
the fourth. The prize collection in Class B presented 
Strong’s “ King,” and “ Duke of Devonshire,” in fine strain. 
The pan which obtained the second prize contained good 
examples of “ Pilot,” “ Thalia,” and the Bybloemen “ Maid 
of Orleans ; ” the best flower in the third pan was “Princess 
Royal; ” the fourth including splendid blooms of “Zanzio” 
and “ Polyphemus.” The first pan in Class C contained 
very good flowers; with regard to the second, the judges 
appear to have been in error, in not discovering that two of 
the flowers which appeared under the names of “ Walworth” 
and “ Heroine ” were one and the same flower. 
The Premier Feathered Flowers were admirable, and well 
selected; and in their adjudication of the premiums in the 
other classes, for single specimens, the ability displayed by 
the judges was very conspicuous, the specimens being judi¬ 
ciously selected, and admirable of their kind. Of the 
Flamed Bizarres, “Captain White,” “Pilot,” and “Donzelli” 
(the latter from Mr. Willmore), were in good strain. In 
the Feathered Bizarres “ Vivid ” ranked very high. “ Maid 
of Orleans” and “Gen. Bournanville ” (the last-named 
coming from Mr. Hartland, of Tipton), stood at the head 
of the Feathered Byblccmen class, and deservedly so. The 
Flamed Byblcemens formed a good class, all the flowers 
being in excellent condition ; “Queen Charlotte” was the 
most noticeable feature here. The judges had great diffi¬ 
culty with the Feathered Roses, from the quantity exhibited, 
“Napoleon,” a new flower, and “Bion,” taking the leading 
places in the list. The Flamed Roses were inferior; and 
the small number of entries in Class F appeared to dis¬ 
credit the propriety of continuing a separate class for Flamed 
or Beamed Flowers. 
The Judges were—Messrs. Lawrence, of Hampton; Wood, 
of Nottingham ; Bromily, of Macclesfield; Bunn, of West 
Bromwich; and Moreton, of Birmingham. Their labours, 
we may observe, did not terminate until half-past three 
o’clock in the afternoon, having occupied five-hours-and-a- 
half. We append a list of the awards, and of the flowers by 
which they were obtained :— 
The National Tulip Society’s Gold Medal, value £7 7s., for the best 
six Rectified Flowers, one of each class ; T. Houghton, Esq., Hems 
Hall, Nottingham —Royal Sovereign , Coupe de Hebe , Captain White, 
Queen Charlotte, Heroine, Triomphe Roy ale. 
Class A.—Six Rectified Tulips, one of each class; 1st prize, Mr. 
Godfrey, Chellaston —Captain White, Van Amburgh, Royal Sovereign, 
Maid of Orleans, Heroine, Triomphe Royale. 2nd prize, Mr. C. Turner, 
Slough —Lord Denman, Arlctte, Polyphemus, Queen Victoria, Triomphe 
Royale, Royal Sovereign. 3rd prize, Mr. T. Adams, Derby —Captain 
White, Unknown, Queen Charlotte, Heroine, Triomphe Royale. 4th 
prize, INIr. W. Marsden, Derby —Captain White, Seedling never exhi¬ 
bited, Ambassador , Sarah Ann, Lady Jane Grey, La belle Annette. 
Class B.—Twelve Dissimilar Tulips, four of each class ; 1st prize, 
J. Willmore, Esq., Edgbaston —Lady Flora Hastings, Strong’s King, 
Clark’s Thalia, Earl Douglas, Triomphe Royale, Heroine, Duke of 
Devonshire, Aglaia, Washington, Waterloo, Camuse de Craiz, Friend. 
2nd prize, Mr. C. Turner, Slough— Thalia, Madame Vestris, Pilot, Duke 
of Devonshire, Triumph de Leslie, King , Claudiana, Maid of Orleuns, 
George Glcnny, Polyphemus, Heroine. 3rd prize, Mr. J. Edwards, 
Holloway —Purple Perfecta, Junius Brutus, Triomphe Royale, Priam, 
Violet le Grand, Rose Astonishing, General Bournanville, Catalini, 
Princess Royal, Miss Catharine, Hamlet. 4th prize, Mr. W. Lymbury, 
Nottingham —Captain White, Lord Milton, Donzelli, Lord Sandon, 
Seedling Mrs. Lymbury, Mantua Ducal, Baquet, Prince Eli, La Van- 
dikken, Sarah, Bacchus, Polyphemus. 
Class C.—Nine Dissimilar Tulips; 1st prize, T. Houghton, Esq.— 
Heroine, Abercrombie, Princess Royal, Emperor of Austria, Victory, 
Queen Charlotte, Royal Sovereign, Triomphe Royale, First-Rate. 2nd 
prize, Mr. J. Parkins, Derby— Walworth , La Bien-aimee , Diamond, 
Heroine, Venus, Aglaia, Sovereign, Britannia, Shakspeare. 3rd prize, 
Mr. T. Adams, Derby —Royal Sovereign, Heroine, Maid of Orleans, 
Pilot, Triomphe Royale , Enchantress, Captain White, Princess Royal, 
Cornelius. 4th prize, Mr. C. Turner, Slough —Princess Royal, Midland 
Beauty, Glory of Abingdon, Lady Stanley, Triomphe Royale, Purple 
Perfecta, Glencoe, Gibbons’ No. 2, Albion. 
Class D.—Best Feathered Flower in each class, selected from the 
classes — Feathered Bizarre, premier prize, Mr. J. Parkins, Derby 
(Charles the Tenth). Feathered Rose, premier prize, Rev. S. Cresswell, 
Radford (Agnes), seedling. Feathered Bybloemen, premier prize, Rev. 
S. Cresswell (Prince of Wales). 
Class E.—Single specimens— Byblwmen, Feathered; 1st prize, Mr. 
Thorniley, ^Heaton Norris (Maid of Orleans); 2nd, Mr. T. Adams 
(Prmcess Royal); 3rd, Mr. C. Spencer (Victoria Regina); 4th, Rev. S. 
Cresswell (Sarah). 
Byblcemens, Feathered and Flamed .— 1st prize, T. Houghton Esq. 
(Princess Royal); 2nd, Mr. Thorniley (Queen Charlotte ); 3rd, Mr. J. 
Hartland, Tipton (General Bournanville ); 4th, Mr. Parkinson (Lord 
Vernon). 
Bizarres, Feathered and Flamed. —1st prize, Mr. Godfrey (Captain 
White); 2nd, Mr. W. Artie, Melbourne (Pilate); 3rd, Mr. Frearson, 
Nottingham (Lord Milton); 4th, Mr. J. Edwards, London (King); 5th, 
J. Willmore, Esq. (Donzelli). 
Bizarres, Feathered. —1st prize, Mr. R. Dixon, Manchester (Charles 
the Tenth); 2nd, Mr. C Thorniley (Vivid); 3rd, Mr. Parkinson, Derby 
(Magnum Bonum); 4th, Mr. It. Dixon, Manchester (Colbert). 
Rose Feathered. —1st prize, Mr. C. Spencer (Heroine); 2nd, Rev. S. 
Cresswell (Napoleon ); 3rd., Mr. R. Dixon (Baquet); 4th, Mr. R. Dixon 
(Bion). 
Rose Feathered and Flamed. —1st prize, Rev. S. Cresswell (Vicar of 
Radford); 2nd, Mr. Parkinson (Aglaia ); 3rd, Mr. Parkinson (Triomphe 
Royale); 4tli, Mr. W. Lymbury (Grand Rose Desire ). 
Class F : Flame or Beam. —1st prize, Mr. G. Mills, Alderly (Holmes’s 
King); 2nd, Mr. S. Lakin, Derby (Oriflammc); 3rd, Mr. S. Lakin 
(Pilot); 4th, Mr. Turner, Slough (Gibbons’s No. 4); 5 th, J. Willmore, 
Esq. (Lord High Admiral). (Greenhouse and Garden.) 
Amateur Tulip Society.—N inth Annual Exhibition held 
at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, on Monday, the 21th 
of May, 1852. 
1st prize to the Rev. Thomas Jephson, Hanworth House, for Holmes’s 
King, Gibbon’s Princess Royal, Lallu Rookh, Polyphemus , Surpasse 
Pompe , Vivid, Cerise Belief or me, Catalini, Lachesis. 
2nd prize to Mr. G. F. Delaforce, Kentish Town, for General Bour¬ 
nanville, Royal George, Triumph de Lisle , Dickson’s Duke of Devon¬ 
shire, Marcellus, Brown’s Ulysses, Rose Brilliant, Count Vergennes, 
Claudiatia. 
3rd prize to Mr. Wallace, Petersham, for Holmes’s King, Duke de 
Bouffieurs, Roi de Siam, Dickson’s Duke of Devonshire, Marcellas, 
Cenotaphium, Rose Camuse, Aglaia, Lady Jane. 
4th prize to Mr. C. L. Crook, Brixton, for Gibbons’s Princess Royal, 
Bloemart, Royal George, Polyphemus, Vivid, Strong’s King, Crook’s 
Fanny, Madame Vestris, Fleur des Dames. 
5th prize to Mr. Charles Williams, Kennington, for Victoria Regina, 
Lawrence’s Friend , Gibbon’s Princess Royal, Gibbon’s Pilot, Albion, 
Marshal Soult, Madame Vestris, Aglaia, Lucetta. 
The following stand, exhibited by S. Sanders, Esq., of 
Staines Villa, was pronounced by the censors to be the best 
in the room, but was disqualitied for not containing the 
requisite proportion of Hoses :— 
Franklm’s Victory, May’s Sir H. Smith, Sundcr’s Lord Ilardinge, 
Salvator Rosa, Polyphemus , Cerise Belleforme, Gibbon’s Pilot, Rose 
Brilliant, Bloemart. 
Prizes were also awarded to the three best flowers ex¬ 
hibited, as follows:— 
To the Rev. Thomas Jephson, for the best Bybloemen, Gibbon’s 
Prmcess Royal. Mr. Delaforce, for the best Bizarre, Dickson’s Duke 
of Devonshire. Mr. Lane, of Wycombe, for the best Rose, Cerise Belle- 
forme. 
And for Tricolors as under:— 
1st prize to Mr. Delaforce, for Lord Melbourne, Lucullas, Lady Las- 
celles. 2nd to Mr. Bushell, for Smith’s Duke of Wellington, Ariadne, 
Black Duke. 3rd to Mr. Wallace, for Duke of York, Lucullas, Carlo 
Dolce. 
A Seedling prize was awarded to Mr. Crook, for a Ilybltc- 
mcn broke this year, called Champion. 
HARDY BORDER FLOWERS. 
PHLOXES. 
Phlox procumbent and subulata .—These two very showy 
plants should he seen in every one’s garden, as they are two 
of the most hardy, and perhaps the least eaten by the 
slugs, these creatures being the greatest enemies of all the 
Phloxes. These two Phloxes make pretty clusters as front 
plants in the mixed borders, and are very suitable rock- 
plants, where there look as if just at home ; but in beds to 
themselves they produce such a sheet or mass of bloom 
during May, that one can hardly look at its beautiful strik¬ 
ing pale red, or flesh-coloured, mass of light. Their little 
trailing stems lie close upon the ground, and covered with 
flowers from their tips to the base of their stems along the 
