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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, November 20, I860. 
sis different kinds ; and if I tell tlie kinds wliicli he and 
his competitors staged, I shall not be far from the mark 
of telling all the best cut blooms there, and the glory of 
the tournament among private knights of the order will 
be got in the schedule of prizes. 
These cut blooms were arranged in three rows, eight 
kinds in a row—and I shall read them off from left to 
right, beginning at the back, and here is how Mr. Bird 
placed them: 1, Alfred Salter; 2, Dupont de l’Eure; 
3, Beauty; 4, Novelty, the largest of them all, and 
lighter than Queen of England; 5, Themis ; 6, Queen 
of England; 7, Cassandra, a delightful specimen; and 
8, Princess Marie—these the eight primers in the back 
row. The middle row began No. 1, Marshal Duroc; 
2, Lucidum; 3, Alarm (dark red); 4, Formosum; 5, 
Madame Andre; 6, Anaxo; 7, Madame Lebois; and 8, 
Duke. The front row ran thus : 1, Nonpareil; 2, Trilby; 
3, Plutus ; 4, Stellaris Gflobosa (very fine); 5, Yellow 
Formosa; 6, Miss Kate; 7, Madame Miellez; 8, Fabius, 
that very peculiar colour of orange and fat of salmon. 
These were indeed splendid; and the next from Mr. Wil¬ 
kinson, of Old Ford, Bow, were not very much behind, 
except in the enormous size of some of the kinds. He, 
too, began his back row with Alfred Salter, then Lisias, 
Goliath, Dupont de l’Eure, Cassandra, Aregina (fine), 
Novelty, Queen of England, Marshal Duroc, Duke, Ver¬ 
sailles Defiance, Alarm, Leon Lequay, Beauty, Madame 
Andre, Madame Lebois, Plutus, Fabius, Hermione, Stel¬ 
laris Globosa, Yellow Formosa, Curtius Quintus (not 
Quintius), and Nonpareil. Mr. Forsyth was third in these 
twenty-four, the kinds being much the same. Here Alarm 
and Aregina were in combination, or two of a caste 
making one dark red colour; Queen, Beauty, Lucidum, 
and Alfred Salter the four largest, and so through ever so 
many collections. The first amateur in the twenty-fours 
was Mr. J. Paxton, gardener to Mrs. Browning, Green 
Lanes, Stoke Newington; his largest were Queen or 
Queen of England, Beauty, Novelty, Alfred Salter, and 
Saccoa Nova, Plutus ; Cassandra and Lucidum were his 
next best. Mr. C. G. Wortley, Stoke Newington, was 
second; Queen and Beauty were his largest; Alarm and 
Aregina, two birds of a feather, next best; Nonpareil, 
Pio Nono, Formosum, and Madame Andre next. His 
Miss Kate was splendidly done. Fabius was his most out- 
of-the-way colour ; and Curtius Quintus (again Quintius) 
the next shade to Fabius, and he was a Roman and so was 
Curtius Quintus, both household words with school-boys. 
Here Mr. Clark, of Brixton, introduced a superb breed 
of Chinese Primroses, some dozens of well-bloomed 
plants ; and there were half a dozen of the best-looking 
Dahlias you ever saw; and it was not till I handled them 
to find their names, that I discovered they were artificial, 
and I learned they were made out of French paper. 
Thinking it the easiest thing in the world to take a prize 
with such Dahlias at the Floral Committee next year, 
at Kensington Gore, I hunted out the lady who makes 
them, to give her an order for such like. I found her in 
the Fine Arts Court, her name is Mrs. Jas. Stodart, she 
declares there is no magic in making and passing off such 
flowers for real nature, no more than scissors, thimbles, 
needles, &c. If I do not take in some of the first-class 
florists with some of Mrs. Stodart’s best make, and get a 
first prize for them, I shall tell you. 
The next in order are the six-times-sixes, and there 
were the first-prize ones of Mr. Bird’s—six Novelty, six 
Princess Marie, six Cassandra (a very light blush and 
picoteed all over by his way of doing it), six Dupont 
de l’Eure, six Marshal Duroc, and six Stellaris Globosa. 
This was open to all, but there was only one rival, and 
he was most creditably up to the mark of the second 
prize, Mr. C. G. Wortley, of Stoke Newington. His 
were six Queens of England, six Beauty, six Dupont de 
l’Eure, six Formosum, six Plutus, and six Miss Kate, 
and Miss Kate again the best-dressed lady at the ex¬ 
hibition. 
Next was Mr. Salter’s new seedling, Lady Hardinge, 
had a second prize ; and the men of the east and of Stoke 
Newington shook their heads and said there was no 
mistake about Lady Hardinge. 
Another prize to Mr. Bird for his Lady Mayoress 
hybrid Pompone ; mentioned in the report of his nursery. 
His Garabaldi seedling was there also; and there were 
two lots of those horrid bull’s-eye looking flowers which 
some people can look at, but which are only fit for rock- 
work or wilderness plants. 
There was a first-class certificate to Mr. Forsyth’s 
Golden Trilby, which it richly deserved; and there were 
two most artistic designs, or devices as they call them. 
The one a fac-simile representation of the Rose Mount 
at the Crystal Palace, exceedingly well executed, and 
very fairly planted. The other was a one-sunk-panel 
terrace garden, with raised green banks and walks all 
round. All the beds in the panel were true to the art of 
terrace gardens, and well planted. The Rose Mount was 
by Mr. Yarney, gardener to W. Smith, Esq., Upper 
Norwood; and the terrace panel by Mr. Cranwell, gar¬ 
dener to R. Pulling, Esq., Penge ; and both had prizes 
for their work, and richly deserved them if you could 
compare their work with some of the wretched caricatures 
on designing which used to disgrace our old shows. 
D. Beaton. 
List of prizes awarded:— 
Six Plants, distinct varieties, on single stems (amateurs).—First, D. Hutt, 
Hackney Fields. Second, J. George, gardener to J. Nicholson, Esq., Stam¬ 
ford Hill. Third, J. Wiggins, gardener to E. Beck, Esq., Isleworth. 
Equal Fourth, J. Monk, gardener to C. J. Heath, Esq., Balham Hill; J. 
Hook, gardener to A. Rose, Esq., Stamford Hill. 
Six Plants, distinct varieties, on single stems (nurserymen).—First and. 
Extra, A. Forsyth, Nursery, Stoke Newington. 
Single Specimens on single stem (open to all).—First, A. Forsyth, Nursery, 
Stoke Newington. Second, D. Hutt, Hackney Fields. Third, J. Hook, 
gardener to A. Rose, Esq., Stamford Hill. Fourth, J. F. Bennett, Upper 
Tulse Hill. 
Single Specimens on variety of stems (open to all).—First, A. Forsyth, 
Nursery, Stoke Newington. Second, J. George, gardener to J. Nicholson, 
Esq., Stamford Hill. 
POMPONES. 
Six Plants, distinct varieties, single stems (amateurs).—First, J.Wiggins, 
gardener to E. Beck, Esq., Isleworth. Second, J. Weston, gardener to 
E. Martineau, Esq., Clapham Park. Third, J. Hook, gardener to A. Rose, 
Esq., Stamford Hill. 
Six Plants, distinct varieties, single stems (nurserymen).—First, A. 
Forsyth, Nursery, Stoke Newington. 
Single Specimens (open to all).—First and Extra, D. Hutt, Hackney 
Fields. Second, J. F. Bennett, Upper Tulse Hill. Third, J. Wiggins', 
gardener to E. Beck, Esq., Isleworth. Fourth, C. G. Wortley, Church 
Street, Stoke Newington. 
PYRAMID POMPONES. 
Six Plants, distinct varieties, single stems (open to all).—First, J. Monk, 
gardener to C. J. Heath, Esq., Balham. Hill. Second, J. F. Bennett, Upper 
Tulse Hill. 
CUT BLOOMS. 
24 Cut Blooms, distinct varieties (amateurs).—First, J. Paxton, Green 
Lanes, Stoke Newington. Second, C. G. Wortley, Church Street, Stoke 
Newington. Third, E. Sanderson, 31, Stanhope Street, Regent’s Park. 
Fourth, J. George, gardener to J. Nicholson, Esq., Stamford Hill. 
12 Cut Blooms, distinct varieties (amateurs).- First, J. George, gardener 
to J. Nicholson, Esq., Stamford Hill. Second, E. Sanderson, 31, Stanhope 
Street, Regent’s Park. Third, J. Paxton. Fourth, C. G. Wortley, Church 
Street, Stoke Newington. 
24 Cut Blooms,distinct varieties (nurserymen).—First, J. H. Bird, Nur¬ 
sery, Green Lanes, Stoke Newington. Second, J. Wilkinson, Nursery, Old 
Ford, Bow. Third, A. Forsyth, Nursery, Stoke Newington. 
6 Cat Blooms, distinct varieties (open).—First, J. Wilkinson, Nursery, 
Old Ford, Bow, Second, E. Sanderson, 31, Stanhope Street, Regent’s Park. 
Third, J. Monk, gardener to C. J. Heath, Esq., Balham Hill. 
12 Cut Blooms, Anemone Pompones (open to all).—First, C. G. Wortley, 
Church Street, Stoke Newington. Second, J. George, gardener to J. 
Nicholson, Fsq., Stamford Hill. 
6 Varieties, 6 Blooms of each variety (open to all).—First, J. H. Bird, 
Nursery, Green Lanes, Stoke Newington. Second, C. G. Wortley, Church 
Street, Stoke Newington. 
Best Device in Cut Blooms. —First. T. Varney, gardener to W. Smith, 
Esq., Upper Norwood. Second, J. Cranwell, gardener to R. Pulling, Esq., 
Penge. 
SEEDLINGS. 
First-class Certificates of Merit were awarded to Mr, Salter, Versailles 
Nurseiy, Hammersmith, for “Lady Hardinge;” Mr. J. H. Bird,Nursery¬ 
man, Green Lanes, Stoke Newington, for Hybrid Pompon, “The Lady 
Mayoress.” 
A First-class Certificate of Merit was awarded to Mr. A. Forsyth, Nursery* 
Stoke Newington, for “ Golden Trilby, a sport from Old Trilby.” 
Plums. —On Friday last fifty tons and upwards of tliis 
fruit were despatched from Pershore railway station to Birming¬ 
ham, Manchester, &c. 
