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THE NATIONAL (SOUTHERN) AURICULA SHOW. 
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THE NATIONAL AURICULA SHOW. 
SOUTHERN SECTION. 
« IIE National Auricula Show of the 
South was held on April 25, at the 
Crystal Palace, Sydenham. The Show 
was on a more extensive scale than last year, 
and gave evidence of an increasing taste in 
the cultivation of these quaint-looking, but 
engaging flowers. This extending popularity 
may no doubt be in some degree ascribed to 
the energetic action in support of the infant 
Society, on the part of its most indefatigable 
honorary secretary, Mr. Dodwell, and also to 
the admirable papers of Mr. Homer, published 
in the Florist and elsewhere ; for the Auricula 
is one of those flowers which only requires to 
have attention directed towards them, to win 
golden opinions from all persons of highly 
cultivated taste. 
The prize schedule embraced nine classes 
for the Auricula proper, that is, the show series 
of seifs, grays, greens, and whites, and three 
classes for the Alpine Auriculas, which are fast 
winning a position in the florist’s estimation ; 
three classes being added for Polyanthuses, 
which, blooming as they do at the same time, 
were fittingly associated with the Auricula, and 
afforded increased variety. The bloom was very 
vigorous, and the show very attractive from its 
general point of view. This result must be 
very gratifying to those who have laboured to 
establish Auricula shows in the metropolis. 
Class A. 12 Auriculas. —1st prize to the Rev. 
F. D. Homer, Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, for Lanca¬ 
shire Hero (Lancashire), Champion (Page), Freedom 
(Booth), Frank Simonite (Simonite), Prince of 
Greens (Trail), SmilingBeauty(Heap), Lord of Lome 
(Campbell), John Simonite (Walker), Col. Taylor 
(Leigh), George Lightbody (Headly), Sapphire (F. D. 
Homer), a lovely purple plum-coloured self seedling, 
and Anne Smith (Smith); 2nd, Mr. Jas. Douglas, 
gardener to F. Wliitbourn, Esq., Loxford Hall, Ilford, 
for True Briton (Hepworth), Charles J. Perry 
(Turner), Col. Champneys (Turner), Admiral Napier 
(Campbell), Lord Clyde (Lightbody), Alexander 
Meiklejohn (Kay), Master Hole (Turner), Smiling 
Beauty (Heap), Col. Taylor (Leigh), George Light¬ 
body (Headly), Apollo (Beeston), and a fine white- 
edged seedling; 3rd, Mr. Ben. Simonite, Rough Bank, 
Sheffield, for Lancashire Hero, Beauty (Trail), Con¬ 
queror of Europe (Waterhouse), Ruby (Read), Duke 
of Argyll (Campbell), Complete (Sykes), Samuel 
Barlow, John Simonite, Frank Simonite, Lord of 
Lome, and a very dark richly-coloured seedling self; 
4th, Mr. Turner, Slough, with Arabella (Headly), Mrs. 
Sturrock (Martin), Robt. Trail (Lightbody), Charles 
J. Perry (Turner), Highland Queen (Horsefield), 
Colonel Champneys, Rev. F. D. Horner (Turner), 
Ensign (Turner), Eliza (Sims), John Waterston 
(Cunningham), Sarah (Turner), and Lancashire 
Hero. 
Class B. 6 Auriculas. —1st prize to the Rev. 
F. D. Horner for Lord of Lome, Prince of Greens, 
Lancashire Hero, Smiling Beauty, George Light¬ 
body, and Freedom ; 2nd, Mr. B. Simonite for Lovely 
Ann (Oliver), George Lightbody, Talisman, Frank 
Simonite, and two seedling seifs; 3rd, Mr. James 
Douglas, for Admiral Napier, Alexander Meiklejohn, 
Colonel Champneys, Lord Clyde, and True Briton; 
4tli, Mr. Turner for Colonel Champneys, Charles 
J. Perry, John Waterston, Alderman C. E. Brown 
(Headly), Omega (Turner), and Mrs. Sturrock; 
5th, Samuel Barlow, Esq., Stakehill House, Chad- 
derton, Manchester, for Mrs. Smith (Smith), 
lmperator (Litton), Colonel Taylor, Pizarro (Camp- 
bell), Lord of Lome, and Ne Plus Ultra. 
Class C. 4 Auriculas. —1st prize to the Rev. 
F. D. Horner for Ellen Lancaster (Pohlman), 
Freedom, Lancashire Hero, and Smiling Beauty; 
2nd, Mr. James Douglas for Alexander Meiklejohn, 
Charles J. Perry, Lord Palmerston (Campbell), and 
Smiling Beauty ; 3rd, Rev. B. H. Margetts, Lilling- 
ton, Uppingham, for Mrs. Smith, Alderman C. E. 
Brown, Catharina (Summerscales), and lmperator; 
4th, Mr. Ben. Simonite for Samuel Barlow, Frank 
Simonite, Anne Smith, and a seedling; 5th, S. Bar- 
low, Esq., for Lord of Lome, Trail’s Beauty, Lovely 
Ann, and Maria (Chapman) ; 6th, Mr. Turner for 
Bright Yenus (Lee), Charles J. Perry, True Briton, 
and Colonel Champneys. 
Class D. 2 Auriculas. —1st prize to the Rev. F. 
D. Horner for Lancashire Hero and George Light¬ 
body ; 2nd, S. Barlow, Esq., for the same varieties ; 
3rd, Mr. Ben. Simonite for the same; 4th, the Rev. 
B. H. Margetts for Lovely Ann and George Light¬ 
body; 5th, J. T. D. Llewelwyn, Esq., Ynisygerwn, 
Neath, for two seedlings. 
Class E. 1 Green-edged Auricula. —1st prize 
to the Rev. F. D. Horner for Colonel Taylor; 
2nd, Mr. B. Simonite for Apollo; 3rd, Mr. James 
Douglas for Lancashire Hero; 4th, the Rev. F. D. 
Horner for Booth’s Freedom ; 5th, Mr. Douglas for 
Beeston’s Apollo ; 6th, Rev. F. D. Horner for Colonel 
Taylor; 7th, Rev. F. D. Horner for Booth’s Free¬ 
dom ; 8th, Mr. James Douglas for Lord Palmerston 
(Campbell). 
Class F. 1 Grey-Edged Auricula. —1st prize to 
Rev. F. D. Horner for Alderman Charles E. Brown; 
and 2nd and 3rd, for George Lightbody and Lan¬ 
cashire Hero; 4th, Mr. Douglas for Alexander 
Meiklejohn (Kay); 5th, Rev. F. D. Horner for 
Complete (Sykes) ; and 6th, for George Lightbody ; 
7th, Mr. Turner for George Lightbody; and 8th, 
the Rev. F. D. Horner for the same variety. 
Class G. 1 White-Edged Auricula. —1st prize 
to Rev. F. D. Homer for Catharina; 2nd, for John 
Simonite; and 3rd, for Smiling Beauty; 4th and 
5th, Mr. Douglas for Catharina (Summerscales) ; 
6th, the Rev. F. D. Horner for Anne Smith; and 
7th, for Miss Arkley (McDonald); 8th, Mr. Douglas 
for the same variety. 
Class H. 1 Self Auricula. —1st prize to Rev. F. 
D. Homer, for Pizarro (Campbell); 2nd, for Meteor 
Flag (Lightbody); 3rd, for Ruby; 4th, Mr. James 
Douglas, for Eliza (Sims) ; 5th and 6th, the Rev. F. 
D. Horner for Meteor Flag; 7th, S. Barlow, Esq., 
for the same variety, and the same exhibitor 8th, for 
a violet-purple seedling. 
Class I. 50 Auriculas, including Alpines. —The 
three prizes offered in this class were won by Mr. 
James Douglas, Mr. Turner, and J. T. D. Llewelyn, 
Esq., in the order named :—Mr. Douglas had fine 
examples of Maria (Chapman), Vulcan (Sims), 
