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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[October, 
Kejmes&Co. in 1882, and exhibited in Mr. Turner’s 
stand of forty-eight varieties. 
Class M. The best bloom of any fancy variety. 
■—The premier fancy Dahlia was George Dames, in 
Messrs. Rawlings Bros.’ stand of twelve fancies; 
this also was distributed by Messrs. Keynes & Co. a 
few years since. 
Class N. 24 Pompon varieties, distinct. —4 collec¬ 
tions. 1st, Mr. C. Turner, whose stand, an exhibi¬ 
tion in itself, consisted of Wilhelm Nitsche, Grass 
ans Wien, White Aster, Gem, intense scarlet, new 
and fine; Professor Bergeat, Comtesse von Stern¬ 
berg, Adonis, Favourite, dark maroon, edged with 
crimson; North Light, Little Duchess, Titania, 
Mabel, lilac, very pretty; Lady Blanche, Prince of 
Liliputians, Mdlle. Yalentine Paconet, Nymph 0 , 
Garnet, orange-scarlet; Fair Helen, Isabel, lledwig 
Polwig, Little Arthur, The Khedive, deep crimson, 
suffused with white at the base; and E. F. Jungker. 
2nd, Messrs. Keynes & Co., with capital examples of 
Lady Blanche, Sappho, E. F. Jungker, Hebe, Garnet, 
Royalty, Pure Love, Ronstapand, Peasant Fire, Gem, 
Fanny Weinar, Mont Blanc, Nemesis, ITedwig Pol¬ 
wig, Little Dear, Mdlle. Y. Faconet, Label, Dark¬ 
ness, Rosetta, White Aster, Flora McDonald, and 
Favourite. 3rd, Messrs. H. Canned & Sons. 
Class O. 12 Pompon varieties, distinct. —6 col¬ 
lections. 1st, Messrs. Paul & Son, who had charm¬ 
ing hunches of Butterfly, A. Hubner, Little Mabel, 
Little Nigger, White Aster, Pure Love, Fanny 
Weinar, Dr. Webb, Dora, Forstmeister, Dove, and 
Nemesis. 2nd, Messrs. J. Gilbert & Son, with Guid¬ 
ing Star, Handelsgartner, Sensation, Pure Love, 
Rogier Chauviere, Lady Blanche, Dove, H. Milesky, 
Little Mabel, Fair Helen, Little Nigger, and one 
unnamed. 3rd, Mr. John Henshaw, Harpenden, 
St. Albans. 4th, Messrs. F. T. Smith & Co., West 
Dulwich. 
Class P. 6 Pompon varieties, distinct. —2 collec¬ 
tions. 1st, Mr. J. T. West, with Little Dear, Sensa¬ 
tion, Dr. Rauch, J. E. O. Euke, Little Ellen, and 
Dove. 2nd, Mr. J. Tunbridge. 
Class Q. 12 single varieties, distinct .—6 collections. 
1st, Mr. C. Turner, with spdendid examples of the 
following, showm in finely arranged bunches:— 
Mauve Queen, Alba, Rob Roy, Yellow Gem, Gracilis 
elegans, Purity, Duke of Teck, Beauty of Cambridge, 
Highland Chief, Firefly, Paragon, and Beatrice. 2nd, 
Messrs. Keynes & Co., with Avalanche, Red Gaunt¬ 
let, Althea, Paragon, Picturata, Acquisition, Evening 
Star, Yesuvius, Bertha, Yellow Queen, White Queen, 
and Defiance. 3rd, Messrs. Paul & Son. 4th, Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons. 
Class P. 6 single varieties, distinct. —10 collections. 
1st, Mr. G. Humphries, Kington Langley, Chippen¬ 
ham, with charming bunches of Bountiful, Perfecta, 
Beauty, Golden Star, Picta, and White Queen. 2nd, 
Messrs. J. Gilbert & Son, with White Queen, Scarlet, 
Defiance, Sir Garnet Wolseley, George Clark, Mauve 
Queen, and Halo. 3rd, Mr. John Walker, with 
Nora, White Queen, Duke of Teck, Albatross, Pink 
Queen, and Amaranth. 4th, Messrs. J. Cheat & 
Sons. 
Seedlings, except in the single class, were 
few in number. The following Certificates 
were awarded, but owing to some misconcep¬ 
tion on the part of the judges that to Messrs. 
Saltmarsh’s single variety was the only one of 
which the judges handed in a note :— 
Mrs. Gladstone : f.c.c., a show variety and 
a beautiful delicate flower, white, with a tinge 
of sulphur, and soft flesliy-pink centre, fine 
petal outline and centre ; from Mr. George 
Hurst, Enfield Highway. 
Duchess of Connaught: f.c.c., a fancy 
variety, of a pale yellowish-buff, tinged with 
orange, flaked and striped with rosy-purple, 
good outline and build, high centre; a sport 
from James O’Brien; from Mr. C. Turner. 
Muriel: pale yellow, the centre slightly 
suffused with buff, distinct and promising; 
from Mr. Turner. 
Mrs. Bowman: f.c.c., a single variety, of 
a magenta-purple, distinct in colour, of fine 
shape, and very pleasing ; from Messrs. J. 
Saltmarsh & Son, Chelmsford. 
A large number of Single Dahlias was 
also shown by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm 
Nurseries, Tottenham, who with the addition 
of a number of named varieties, made a most 
imposing display, some of his newer forms 
being very fine. Mr. Turner also showed a 
very fine new Single White, called Duchess 
of Westminster, which has since proved to 
be of high merit and received a First-class 
Certificate.—T. M. 
BULB CULTURE. 
NCE more the time for the potting or 
planting of spring flowering bulbs 
comes to us, and the autumnal work 
must be done if we wish to reap the 
spring harvest of bulb-blossoms. Of one 
thing I am very certain myself—lover of 
Orchids that I avowedly am—and it is this: 
if people would devote the same money and 
labour to bulb-culture as is ungrudgingly 
given to Orchids, the result would equal even 
if it did not exceed that yielded by Orchids 
themselves. No Orchid surpasses the Eucharis, 
the Pancratiums, the Peruvian Daffodil 
(Ismene Amancaes), the drooping Littonias, 
Gloriosas, and the graceful Urceolina. The 
Amaryllis, Blue Squills, and Golden Daffodils 
are alike most lovely; indeed a bulb collection 
well-grown, would be as beautiful all the year 
round as any collection of Orchids, other 
things being equal, and such a collection 
would possess the charm of novelty also. 
These plants, like Orchids, are found in all 
latitudes except the highest, in all temperatures, 
and under nearly all circumstances—indeed, as 
we have said, they are as variable, as beautiful, 
in many cases as rare as Orchids themselves, 
hence we may he excused if we ask why 
special houses and special culture is not as 
