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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ May, 
NATIONAL AURICULA SHOW. 
SOUTHERN SECTION. 
HE show of the Southern Division of 
the National Auricula Society, which 
has been held this year in the garden 
of the Eoyal Horticultural Society at South 
Kensington, took place on April 22nd, and was 
altogether a successful meeting, thanks to the 
energetic labours of the Honorary Secretaries, 
Mr. E. S. Dodwell and Mr. J. Douglas, and the 
hearty support of the growers of these flowers 
—even from the far north. The Rev. F. D. 
Horner was again to the front in the amateurs’ 
division, and Mr. Douglas and Mr. 0. Turner 
both showed well, the collection of fifty set up 
by the latter being in every way a model of 
tasteful and effective arrangement. It is grati¬ 
fying to find that new exhibitors are springing 
up, and we may trust they will become still 
more numerous in the future. The show was 
visited by a crowded and fashionable company. 
The prize-list and the names of the -winning 
flowers are given below :— 
Class A. 12 Auriculas. —1st prize to the Rev. 
F. D. Horner, Kirkbv INlalzeard, Ripon, for Sapphire 
(Horner), purplish violet self, Freedom (Booth), 
Smiling Beauty (Heap), Ajax (Horner), a grey- 
edged flower in the w.iy of Sykes’ Complete, Erebus 
(Horner), a very dark self flower, but rather small 
in the paste, and scarcely pure enough, Lancashire 
Hero (Lancashire), Prince of Greens (Trail), George 
Lightbody (Headley), Frank Simonite (Simonite), 
Champion (Page), John Simonite (Walker), and 
Pizarro (Campbell) ; 2nd, Mr. James Douglas, 
gardener to F. Whitbomm, Esq., Loxford Hall, 
Ilford, for Marquis of Lome (Campbell), Glory 
(Taylor), Meteor Flag (Lightbody), George Light- 
body (Headley), Col. Taylor (Leigh), Topsy (Kay), 
Alex. Meiklejohn (Kay), True Briton (Hepworth), 
Beauty (Trail), Lancashire Hero (Lancashire), 
Admiral Napier (Campbell), and Smiling Beauty 
(Heap) ; 3rd, Mr. Ben. Simonite, Rough Bank, 
ShefBeld, for C. J. Perry (Turner), Prince of Greens 
(Ti’ail), Metropolitan (Spalding), Frank Simonite 
(Simonite), a crimson self seedling, in the way of 
Marquis of Lome, but darker, John Waterstou (Cun¬ 
ningham), Ajax (Horner), Richard Gorton (Simon¬ 
ite), a good, medium-sized, pure, green-edged flower, 
with black body-colour, and rather pointed petals, 
Samuel Barlow (Simonite), grey-edged, William 
Bradshaw (Simonite), Lancashire Hero (Lancashire), 
and George Lightbody (Headley) ; 4th, Mr. Turner 
(Slough), for Violet (Moore), a very old grey-edged 
variety, Memnon (Turner), a dai’k maroon self, 
Arabella (Headley), -white-edged, Clipper (Turner), 
a good dark-purple maroon self, in the way of Sims’ 
Eliza, but with mealed foliage. Miss Jeffery (Jeffery), 
grey-edged, Pizarro (Campbell), Col. Chanipneys 
(Turner), C. J. Perry (Turner), Sir Henry Havelock 
(Jeffery), grey-edged, Mrs. Purves (Turner), grey- 
edged, Peacemaker (Turner), and General Neill 
(Ti-ail). 
Class B. 6 Auriculas. —lat prize to the Rev. F. 
D. Horner, for Ruby (Read), dark maroon self. Smil¬ 
ing Beauty (Heap), Catherina (Summerscales), 
Prince of Greens (Trail), George Lightbody (Head- 
ley), and Lancashire Hero (Lancashire) ; 2nd, Mr. 
Ben. Simonite for the dark seedling self before men¬ 
tioned, Prince of Greens (Trail), Metropolitan (Spald¬ 
ing) ; Frank Simonite (Simonite), Richard Gorton 
(Simonite), and George Lightbody (Headley) ; 3rd, 
Mr. James Douglas for Smiling Beauty (Heap), 
Pizarro (Campbell), John Waterston (Cunningham), 
Topsy (Kay), Alex. Meiklejohn (Kay), and Admiral 
Napier (Campbell); 4th, Mr. Turner for St. Augustine 
(Cunningham), green-edged, Mrs. Sturrock (Martin), 
Colonel Chanipneys (Turner), Omega (Turner), the 
white-edged variety certificated last year, C. J. Perry 
(Turner), and a grey-edged seedling ; 5th, J. T. D. 
Llewelyn, Esq., Ynisygerwn, Neath, for Earl of 
Errol (Dickson), green-edged. Colonel Champneys 
(Turner), Marquis of Lome (Campbell), Topsy 
(Kay), C. J. Perry (Turner), and a grey-edged 
seedling. 
Class C. 4 Auriculas. —1st jirize to the Rev. F. 
D. Horner, for Lancashire Hero (Lancashire), John 
Simonite (Walker), Ringdove (Horner), a splendid 
self, intermediate in colour, betivecn Turner’s C. J. 
Perry and Campbell’s Pizarro, and a seedling; 2nd, Mr. 
Ben. Simonite for Colonel Taylor (Leigh), George 
Lightbody (Headley), Frank Simonite (Simonite), 
and a rich violet-coloured seedling .self; 3rd, Mr. 
James Douglas, for Topsy (Kay), Earl Grosvenor 
(Gairns), Lovely Ann (Oliver), and George Lightbody 
(Headley) ; 4th, Mr. Turner, for Colonel Champneys 
(Turner), Mrs. Sturrock (Martin), Clipper (Turner), 
and a seedling ; 5th, Mr. R. Dean, Ranelagh Road, 
Ealing, for Robert Trail (Lightbody), Marquis of 
Lome (Campbell), C. J. Perry (Turner), and Duke 
of Cambridge (Dickson); Gth, J. T. D. Llewelyn, 
Esq., for Colonel Champneys (Turner), Alderman 
Wisbey (Headley), Catherina (Summerscales), and a 
seedling. 
Class D. 2 Auriculas. —1st prize to the Rev. 
F. D. Horner, for Smiling Beauty (Heap), and Lan¬ 
cashire Hero (Lancashire); 2nd, Mr. Ben Simonite, 
for George Lightbody (Headley), and Onwards; 3rd, 
Mr. James Douglas, for Smiling Beauty (Heap), and 
George Lightbody (Headley); 4th, T. E. Lloyd, 
Esq., Bedford Villa, Woodford, for General Neill 
(Trail), and Marquis of Lome (Campbell) ; 5th, Mr. 
Turner, with Colonel Champneys (Turner), and 0. J. 
Perry (Turner) ; Gth, J. T. D. Llewel;jiu, Esq., for 
C. J. Perry (Tiumer), and Inspector (Llewelyn). 
Class E. 1 Green-Edged AIirIcula. —1st prize to 
the Rev. F. D. Horner, for Anna (Trail) ; 2nd, J. T. 
D. Llewelyn, Esq., for a seedling in the way of 
Dickson’s Duke of Cambridge; 3rd, Mr. James 
Douglas, for Lady Richardson (Gairns) ; 4th, Mr. 
B. Simonite, for Talisman; 5th, Mr. B. Simonite, 
for Anna (Trail) ; Gth, Rev. F. D. Horner, for Anna 
(Trail) ; 7th, Mr. Douglas, for Apollo (Beeston) ; 
8th, Mr. B. Simonite, for Prince of Greens (Trail). 
Class F. 1 Grey-edged Auricula. —1st and 2nd 
prizes to the Rev. F. D. Horner, for Lancashire 
Hero (Lancashire) ; 3rd, Rev. F. D. Horner, for 
Samuel Barlow (Simonite) ; 4th, Mr. Douglas, for 
George Lightbody (Headley); 5th, Mr. Douglas, 
for the same ; Gth, Mr. Douglas, for Alex. Meikle¬ 
john (Kay) ; 7th, the Rev. F. D. Horner, for 
George Lightbody (Headley) ; 8th, Mr. Douglas, for 
Alderman C. E. Brown (Headley). 
Class G. 1 White-edged Auricula.— 1st prize 
to the Rev. F. D. Horner, for John Simonite 
(Walker); 2nd, Mr. Douglas, for Anne Smith 
(Smith) ; 3rd, Rev. F. D. Horner, for John Simonite 
(Walker) ; 4th, Mr. Douglas, for Glory (Taylor) ; 
5th, Rev. F. D. Hornei-, for Smiling Beauty (Heap) ; 
Gth, Rev. F. D. Horner, for Anne Smith (Smith) ; 
7th, Mr. B. Simonite, for Frank Simonite; 8th, Mr. 
Douglas, for Anne Smith (Smith). 
