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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOOIST. 
[ .Tui.t, 
ROYAT. NATIONAL TULIP SOCIETY. 
Annual Show of this Society took 
place on June 5th, at the Botanical 
Gardens, Stretforcl, in connection with 
the great Whitsuntide flower-show of the Man¬ 
chester Botanical and Horticultural Society. 
Owing to the extreme backwardness of the 
season, and to the ungenial character of the 
weather almost up to the cycning of the great 
show, the Tulips were expected to be very 
limited in number ; but the fine weather with 
which Manchester w^as favoured in the earl}^ 
part of the Whitsun week, added to the much 
warmer atmosphere,had a remarkably hastening 
effect on the flow'ers, so much so, that some blooms 
that w’ere despaired of in the early part of the 
week developed into very fair size by the day 
of the show', and were also finely marked. Mr. 
T. Haynes, of Derby, Mr. W. Whittaker, of 
Salford, and the Eev. F. D. Horner, of Kirkby 
Malzeard, staged many flowers that were sur¬ 
prisingly good, considering the season, and the 
classes were generally filled beyond the ex¬ 
pectation of the promoters. With the exception 
of the Eev. F. D. Horner, who was the only 
Northern grower proper,and whose flowers had 
enjoyed the protection of glass, the other 
exhibitors were from the Midland districts, and 
the more southern part of the North. The 
follow'ing is a record of the names of the prize- 
takers, and of the winning flowers :— 
12 Tulips, dissimilar, two featliered and two 
flamed in eacli class :—I’rcmicr prize, a Cup, Bov. F. 
D. Horner, Kirkby Malzeard, Bipon, wliose flowers 
■were generally remarkable for their purity and ricli 
colouring ; they incliided Madame ,de St. Arnand, 
Hr. Hardy, Commander, Modesty, Mrs. Cooper, 
Talisman, Madame dc St. Arnand, being shown both 
feathered and flamed ; Demosthenes, Dnehess of 
Sutherland, Bessie, Mabel, and Ajax. Mrs. Cooper, 
feathered rose ; Modesty, feathered rose; Bessie, 
feathered byblcemcn ; Commander, heavy feathered 
bizarre ; Madame de St. Arnand, bright feathered 
rose; Dr. Hardy, red-feathered bizarre; Talisman, 
flamed bybloemen ; and Mabel, feathered rose, -were 
all of fine quality. 2nd, Mr. T. Haynes, Derby, with 
Aglaia, Dr. Hardy, Mrs. Lea, George Hayward, 
Queen of the Universe, Helena Mary, Dnehess of 
Sutherland, Mrs. Lomax, Adonis, Sir ,1. Paxton, Mr.s. 
Lomax, and Sir .1. Paxton. In this stand, Sir J. Pax¬ 
ton, feathered bizarre, was very fine ; Helena Mary, 
feathered byblcemcn, 'was also in tine form ; Dr. 
Hardy -ivas in good flamed character ; old Aglaia, 
very good ; Adonis, cleanly feathered. 3rd, Mr. D. 
Barber, Stantou-lo-Dale, witli Sovereign, Aglaia, 
Martin’s 101, Adonis, Masterpiece, Queen of England, 
Bessie, Mrs. Lea, Dr. Hardy, Kcpalcse Ambassador, 
Sir Joseph Paxton, and Charmer. The lending 
flo-;vers in this stand w'cre Martin’s 101, feathered 
bybloemen ; Adonis, richly flamed ; Queen of England, 
.a finely flamed rose ; and Nepalese Ambassador, 
(lamed bybloemen. 4 th, Mr. W. Whittaker, Salford, 
■svho had Jlasterpieee, feathered bizarre, in good 
form; and Mrs. Lea, feathered rose, liandsomclj' 
marked, otli, Mr. D. Woolley, Stockport. 
6 Tulips, tlissimilar, one feathered and one flamed 
in each class ;—1st, Bev. F. D. Horner, -with Talis¬ 
man, Mabel, Commander, Sir J. Paxton, Mrs. Cooper, 
and Dion (Barlo-w), the latter a vc>ry fine featbored 
dark rose. 2nd, Mr. T. Haynes, with Sir J. Paxton, 
Aglaia, Heroine, Bessie, Snlphiir, and Violet Aim- 
able, Sulplinr lieing in fine feathered character. 
3rd, Ml'. W. Whittaker, -with Mrs. Lea, Bessie, Prince 
of Wales, Adonis, Aglaia, and Masterpiece. 4th, 
Mr. D. Barber, -n'itli No. 105, Annie Maegregor, 
Dnclicss of Sutherland, No. 105, Aglaia, No. 371. 
5th, Mr. W. Wurdlc, Burton-on-Trent. 6th, Mr. T. 
Mellor, AsIitcu-iinder-Lyuc. 7th, Mr. J. Morris, 
Leigh. 
6 Tulips, one feathered and one flamed in each 
class, tor half-guinea subscribers only :—1st, Mr. H. 
Housley, Stockport, with Mabel, both feathered and 
flamed; Violet Aimablo, feathered and flamed ; Lord 
Byron, and President. 2nd, Mr. B. Yates, Leigh, 
with Aglaia, Adonis, Sir J. Paxton, Lady Lilford, 
and two unknown. 3rd, Mr. J. Tniaier, Stockport, 
with Ajax, Aglaia, Madame de St. Aruaud, Cock of 
the Bock, and two unknown. 
3 TULIP.S, feathered;—1st, Eev. F. D. Horner, 
with Heroine, rose ; Mrs. Cooper, bybloemen,' and 
Storcr’s No. 6, bizarre. 2nd, Mr. \V. Whittaker, 
with Adonis, byblcemcn; Mrs. Lea, rose ; and Master- 
inecc, bizarre. 3rd, Mr. D. Barber, with George 
Hayward, bizai-re ; Exile, bybloemen ; Charmer, rose. 
4tb, Mr. E. Yates. 5th, Mr. J. Hague. Cth, Mr. H. 
Honseley. 
3 Tulip.s, flamed ;—1st, Eev. P. D. Horner, -n'ith 
Lady Seftou, rose; Adonis, byblcemcn ; and Orion, 
bizarre. 2nd, Mr. T. Haynes, with Aglaia, bylJos- 
men ; Sir Joseph Paxton, bizarre ; and Bessie, rose. 
3rd, Mr. W.Wardlo, -with Sir Joseph Paxton, Adonis, 
and Aglaia. 4th, Mr. T. Mellor. 5th, Mr. D. Barber. 
6th, Mr. W. Whittaker. 
2 Tulip.s, one feathered and one flamed, of any 
class, for maiden groyors only. This class brought 
but one competitor, viz., Mr. J. Turner, who was 
awarded the Isfc prize for Abbott’s Gem and Aglaia. 
In the open class for the same, viz., two varieties, 
one feathered and one flamed :—1st, Bev. F. D. 
Horner, -with Dr. Hardy and IModesty. 2nd, Mr. 
W. Wiiittaker, with Master|)iece and Prince of Wales. 
3rd, Mr. D. Woolley, -with Masterpiece and Captain 
White. 4th, Mr. H. Houseley, with Masterpiece, 
both feathered and flamed. 5th, Mr. J. Turner. 
6th, Mr. J. Cato. 
Tulip, one feathered and one flamed, dissimilar, 
with the exception that the variety ■svinniiig the 
first prize may win once again (this condition 
running thrmigh the five following classes) :— 
1st, Mr. T. Haynes, with (Masterpiece. 2nd, Bev. 
F. D. Horner, with Duke ot Devonshire. 3rd, Mr. 
H. Houseley, with Mnsterj-jicce. 4tli, Bev. F. D. 
Horner, 'with Tiny Tim. 5tli, Mr. B. Yates, with 
Masterpiece. 6th, Mr. T. Haynes, -cclth George 
Hayevard. 7th, Mr. T. Haynes, lYith Sir J. Paxton, 
8th, Mr. D. Barber, -with Model of Perfection. 9th, 
Mr. J. Turner, -with Abbott’s Gem. lOlh, Mr. T. 
Haynes, -with Sulphur, 
’Tulip, oue feathered rose;—1st, Eev. P. D. 
Horner, with Modesty; 2nd, with thb same; 3rd, 
with Heroine; 4th, wltli (Mrs. Ijomax; 5th, with 
Sarah Headly. 6th, Mr. T. Whittaker, with Eachel; 
7th, -with Catherine. 8th, Bov. F. D. Horner, with 
Aglaia. 9th, Mr. E. Yates, w'ith Lady Lilford. lOth, 
Mr. Whittaker, with Mabel. 
