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THE FLOETST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ June, 
Class A. C Auriculas, dissimilar.—1st prize to 
Mr. B. Simonite, Rough Bank, Sheffield, for Lanca¬ 
shire Hero and Talisman, green - edges; George 
Lighthody and John Waterston, grey-edges; Frank 
Simonite, white-edge; and Blackbird, self—a very 
fine lot, of whicli Talisman was a little cupped, but 
powerful in its clear wliito paste; Frank Simonite, 
very bright and pleasing—a king among white-edges ; 
George Lightbody and Lancashire Hero being also 
in grand form. 2nd, to Mr. Thos. Woodhead, Halifax, 
forImperator, green-edge; George Lightbody, grey- 
edge ; Ho Plus Ultra, white-edge; and Metro¬ 
politan, Blackbird, Garibaldi, seifs—the presence of 
three seifs was a weak point, but there was good 
quality. Blackbird, Metropolitan, and George Light¬ 
body being very fine. 3rd, to Mr. H. Wilson, Halifax, 
for Prince of Greens and Page’s Champion, green- 
edges ; George Lightbody and Lancashire Hero, greys; 
Ashworth’s Regular, white-edge; and C. J. Perry, 
self—the two green-edges in this group were shown in 
flue condition, dth, Mr. Jonathan Booth, Failsworth, 
Manchester, for Prince of Greens, green-edge ; George 
Lightbody and Dr. Horner, green-edges ; a seedling 
white-edge, having a finely formed pip, but wanting 
in body-colour [Acme]; and Meteor Flag and Ruby, 
seifs. 5th, to Mr. T. Mellor, Ashton-under-Lyne. 
6th, to Mr. S. Barlow, Chaddorton. 
Class B. 1 Auriculas, dissimilar.—1st prize to 
Mr. T. Mellor, Ashton-under-Lync, for Trail’s Anna, 
green-edge; Kenyon’s Ringleader, grey-edge ; 
Smiling Beauty, white-edge; and Othello, self— 
Smiling Beauty and Ringleader being in rare form ; 
2nd, to Mr. B. Simonite, Sheffield, for Richard Gorton, 
green-edge, a lively looking flower in the way of 
Prince of Greens, but not in such good form as it 
has been previously seen; George Lightbody, grey- 
edge ; Prank Simonite, white-edge; and a seedling 
red self, apparently obtained from Lord of Lome, 
rather deeper in colour, and with firmly formed fiat 
pips. 3rd, to Mr. T. Woodhead, Halifax, for Col. 'I’uy- 
lor, green-edge. General Bolivar, grey-edge, very tine; 
He Plus Ultra, white-edge, and Blackbird, self, 
very fine ; 1th, to Mr. E. Pohlman, Halifax, for 
Richard Headley, green-edge, very fine edge ami 
good tube, well shaped and finely coloured, tlic bodj*- 
colour weak, and the paste a little scolloped, yet 
generally in good form; Kent’s Queen Victoria, 
grey-edge. Chapman’s Maria, white-edge, and 
Garibaldi (Pohlman’s), self, very fine in all its parts, 
excepting the paste, which was a little narrow; 5th, 
to Mr. J. P. Sharp ; 6th, to Mr. W. Brocksbank. 
Class C. 2 Auriculas. —Here the two varieties 
have to be dissimilar both in variety and class. 1st 
prize to Mr. J. Booth, for George Lightbody, grey- 
edge, and Blackbird, self, in rare form; 2ud, to 
Mr. B. Simonite, for George Lightbody, grey-edge, 
and Frank Simonite, white-edge; 3rd, to Mr. 
Thomas Mellor, for General Bolivar, grey-edge, and 
C. J. Periy, self; Ith, to Mr. H. Wilson, for Prince 
of Greens, green-edge, and Ashworth’s Regular, 
white-edge; 5th, to Miss Steward, York; 6th, to 
Mr. W. Brocksbank, Didsbury. 
Class D. 2 Auriculas (maiden growers).—1st 
prize to Mr. J. Besiviek, Sale, for Richard Headley, 
groy-edge, in fine form; and a seedling self in the 
way of Pizarro, of good colour and proportions, and 
full of promise; 2nd, to Mr. W. Brocksbank, for 
General Bolivar, grey-edge, and Lord Palmerston, 
green-edge ; 3rd, to Mr. W. Shaw, Bury, for George 
Lightbody, groy-edge, and Tiiylor’s Glory, white- 
edge; 111), to Mr. AVilliam Bolton, Warrington, for 
George Lightlmdy, grey-edge, and Bessy Bell, self, 
a very bright-looking dark (lower of good form and 
substance, the paste a little wanting in rotundity. 
Class E. 1 GiiEE.x-EiiGEn Auricula. — The 
premier green-edge w'as Prince of Greens, from Mr. 
B. Simonite; 1st, Stretch’s Alexander, from Mr. T. 
Woodhead; 2nd, Lancashire Hero, from Mr. R. 
Gorton; 3rd, Lovely Ann, from Mr. T. Mellor; 4th, 
Trail’s Anna, from Mr. S. Barlow'; 5th, Colonel 
Taylor, from Mr. B. Simonite; 6tb, a variety un¬ 
recorded. 
Class F. 1 Grey-Edged Auricula. —The premier 
grey-edge was a splendid Lancashire Hei’O, from 
Mr. B. Simonite; 1st, He Plus Ultra, from Mr. 
Jno. Spittle ; 2ud, Ajax, a bold-looking variety of 
good proportions, from Mr. B. Simonite ; 3rd, George 
Lightbody, from Mr. Cator ; 4th, Richard Headley, 
from tile same ; 5th, General Bolivar, from Mr. T. 
Mellor. 
Class G. 1 IVniTE-EDGED Auricula. —The premier 
flower in the white-edged class ivas Frank Simonite, 
from Mr. B. Simonite, very fine, the truss having 
eight pips, all of excellent quality, and particularly 
well finished on the edge ; 1st, the seedling already 
noticed [Acme], from Mr. J. Booth; 2nd, John Water¬ 
ston, from Mr. T. Mellor ; 3rd, True Briton, from Mr. 
R. Gorton ; 4th, Smiling Beauty, from Mr. J. Booth ; 
5th, Catharina, from Mr. J. Bolton; 6th, Taylor’s 
Glory, from Mr. B. Simonite; 7th, a Seedling in the 
way of Glory, from Mr. J. Beswick. 
Class H. 1 Self Auricula. —The premier self 
was a very fine well-formed Seedling, in the w'ay of 
Mrs. Sturrock, but of a deeiier and brighter colour, 
and well finished; 1st, a flue, smooth, dark Seed¬ 
ling from Mr. J. Besw'ick; 2nd, Ellen Lancaster, 
from Mr. T. Mellor, very fine in the paste; 3rd, 
C. J. Perry, from Mr. H. AVilson; 4th, Royal 
Purjile, from Miss Stew'ard; 5th, Pizarro, from an 
unknown exhibitor; 6th, Honsuoh, a dark self, from 
Miss Steu'ard; 7th, Lord of Lome, front Mr. S. 
Barlow'. 
The Rev. F. Tymons, of Dublin, who acted as one 
of the judges, brought over w'ith him one of tho 
finest examples of Richard Headley perhaps ever 
scon, and an equally fine example of George Light¬ 
body. These tw'o fine grey-edges were intended for 
the single grey-edged class, but they W'ere unfortu¬ 
nately overlooked by the judges. The George 
Lightbody was selected by general consent as being 
the premier flower in the w'hole exhibition, and w'as 
surpassingly fine both in truss and pip. 
Class I. 4 Alpine Auriculas, dissimilar. — This 
class w as not so well represented as usual, but as all 
flowers staged must be shaded varieties they could 
not be so numerous as in the South. 1st prize to 
Mr. J. Booth, for Elcho, Diadem, Temiiel, and George 
Lightbody; 2nd to Mr. S. Bariow', for Dazzle, Ovid, 
Elcho, and Beatrice; 3rd to Mr. AV. Brocksbank, for 
Brilliant, Orion, Dazzle, and Diadem; 4th to Mr. R. 
Gorton for Jessie, Diadem, Elcho, and Stirling Castle, 
very bright indeed. 
Class K. 1 Alpine Auricula, yellow centre. — 
1st prize to Mr. J. Besw'ick, for Diadem (Gorton) ; 
2ud, Mr. J. Booth, for the same variety—indeed, Mr. 
Gorton’s beautiful flower w'ould have won all along 
the line, did not the Society’s rules restrict a variety 
from winning more than twice in the class. Some 
unnamed flowers and Ovid w’ere also aw'arded prizes. 
Class L. 1 Alpine Auricula, wliite centre.— 
1st prize to Mr. J. Booth for Elcho; 2nd, to Miss 
Steward for Elcho; Conspicua and Tennielw'erealso 
well shown. 
Class O. 12 Fancy Auriculas. —This class brought 
some curious and by no means unattractive-looking 
flow'ors, tho best strain coming from Mr. S. Barlow; 
2nd, Mr. AV. Brow'nliill; 3rd, Mr. W. Bolton. 
Class M. 3 Polyanthuses (dissimilar).—The 
classes for gold-laced Polyanthuses were better 
filled than in Jjoiidon, and brought flowers of much 
greater refinement, indeed high-class quality is 
indispensable in the Horth, where the finest devel- 
