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ROVAL NATIONAL TULIP SOCIETAL 
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Tulip, one foatlierert byblcemcn :—1st, Rev. R. D. 
Tlornei’, witli Bessie; 2iul, ^Yitll tlie same; 3rcl, with 
David Jackson. 4tli, Mr. T. Haynes, witli Mrs. 
Rickerell. otli. Rev. F. D. Horner, %Yith Friar Tuck. 
6th, Mr. Whittaker, with Violet Aimablo. 7th, Mr. 
D. Barber, with Clara; 8th, with Exile. 9Lh, Mr. 
Whittaker, with William Bcutle}'; 10th, with 
Gavazzi. 
Tulip, ouo flamed bizarre:—1st, Rev. F. D. 
Horner, with Mastei’piece. 2nd, Mr. Haynes, with 
Kir .Joseph Paxton. 3rd, Rev. F. D. Horner, with 
Lord Sydney. -Ith, ilr. R. Yates, with Sfasterpicco. 
5th, ]\lr. T. H.aync.s, with William Lea. 6th, Mr. W. 
Whittaker, with Lord Delaniere. 7th, Rev. F. D. 
Horner, with Dr. Hardy. 8th, Mr. T. Haynes, with 
San Jo. 9th, Mr. J. Hague, with Prince of Wales. 
10th, Mr. D. Barber, wdth Merit. 
Tulip, one flamed rose :—1st, Rev. F. D. Horner, 
with Aglaia. 2Dd, Mr. T. Haynes, with Aglaia; 3rd, 
with Mrs. Lomax. 4th, Mr. H. Houseley, with Rose 
Celestial. 5th, Mr. W. Whittaker, with Mrs. Lea. 
6th, Mr. T. Haynes, with Sarah Headly. 7th, Mr. 
W. Wardle, with Lady Catherine Gordon. 8tb, Mr. 
D. Woolley, variety unknown. 9th, Mr. R. Yates, 
with Lady Lilford. 10th, Mr. S. Barlow, with 
Mabel. 
Tulip, one flamed bybloemen;—1st, Rev. F. D. 
Hornei’, with Aglaia. 2nd, Mr. T. Haynes, with 
Talisman. 3rd, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Duchess of 
Sutherland. 4th, Mr. R. Yates, with Adonis. 5th, 
Mr. T. Haynes, with Britannia. 6th, Mr. W. 
Whittaker, with Lord Denman. 7th, Rev. F. D. 
Horner, with David Jackson. 8th, Mr. T. Haynes, 
with Bessie. 9th, Mr. J. Hague, with Trip to 
Stockport. 10th, Mr. D. Barber, with Nepalese 
Ambassador. 
6 Breeder Tulips ; —1st, Mr. T. Haynes, Derby, 
with Dr. Hardy, Talisman, Mabel, Adonis, Madame de 
St. Arnaud, and Mrs. Lea. 2nd, the Rev.F. D. Horner, 
with Alice Grey, Music, Annie McGregor, Dr. Dalton, 
Lady Grosvenor, and William Lea. 3rd, Mr. D. 
Barlow, with Mabel, Industry, Talisman, and three 
seedlings. 
3 Breeder Tulips :—1st, Mr. T. Haynes, with 
Madame de St. Arnaud, William Lea, and Alice Grey. 
2ud, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Storer’s No. 4, 
Talisman, and Annie McGregor. 3rd, Mr. D. 
Woolley, with Jlabel, Sancta Sophia, and Sir J. 
Paxton. 
Tulip, bizarre breeder :—1st, Mr. D. Barber, with 
William Lea. 2nd, Mr. W. Whittaker, with Richard 
Yates. 3rd, Mr. T. Haynes, with Lea’s No. 2. 
Then followed, in the order of merit. Sir J. Paxton, 
Dr. Dalton, Mrs. Harwood, and Dr. Hardy. 
Tulip, rose breeder ;—1st, Mr. H. Houseley, with 
Industry. 2nd, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Lady Gros¬ 
venor; 3rd, with Mabel; and following these were 
Modesty, Oliver, and seedlings. 
Tulip, bybloemen breeder:—1st, Mr. T. Haynes, 
with Adonis. 2nd, Mr. T. Mellor, with Leech’s 
Alice. Then followed Miss Hardy, Talisman, Earl 
of Warwick, and Ahee Grey. 
The Premier Feathered Tulip was Mrs. Cooper, 
bybloemen, from the Rev. F. D. Horner ; the Pre¬ 
mier Flamed Tulip, Sir Joseph Paxton, bizarre, from 
Mr. T. Haynes; the Premier Breeder Tulip was 
William Lea, from Mr. D. Barber. 
The following notes on some of the leading 
varieties shown in the various stands wdll, no 
doubt, prove interesting. Some are old flowers, 
which appeared in good condition, and some 
are novelties of fine character :— 
The premier feathered tulip, Mrs. Cooper, shown 
by the Rev. F. D, Horner, was an exquisite 
feathered bybloemen, richly and perfectly marked, 
and disting-uishod as the premier feather, as well as 
being tbe most noticeable bloom in Mr. Horner’s 
stand. A short history of this highly valuable tulip 
will doubtless have a siiccial interest in this relation. 
It first distinguished itself many years ago in the 
collection of Samuel Barlow, Esq., Stakehill House, 
taking a place more than once in his winning stand 
of twelve blooms shown for the cup. Its settled 
name is now Mrs. Cooper, but it was for a time 
called Rutlcy’s Queen, through being supposed to bo 
a splendid break of that varietjv However, a few 
years since, a bulb of it, grown by the Rev. F. D. 
Horner, at Kirkby Malzeard, bloomed in a flamed 
character, just for once, and revealed by a trace of 
the mother-colour at the base of one petal that it 
had broken from a dismal slaty breeder then known 
as Boardman’s No. 1, of aspect so unlovely that Mr. 
Barlow had sternly destroyed it, as it showed itself in 
his collection. The breeder is not now known, and this 
one supreme strain stands alone in the world. 
Another flower of note in Mr. Horner’s cup-stand 
was Modesty, a perfect and pure feathered rose, with 
an intensely bright scarlet feather and lovely white 
gi'ound. 'I'liis is an eccentric flower in some situa¬ 
tions, always muddling itself by a wilful yellow 
streak, spoiling all. It possesses the power of doing 
this, owing to the yellow tinge at the base of the 
pale pink breeder from which it breaks, and as a 
flamed flower it is worthless, through this not being 
cleared out. In this stand, as well as in others, 
Bessie, feathered bybloemen, was shown in perfect 
feathered character, a finely-formed flower, of deli¬ 
cate habit, requiring time and care to bloom it well; 
when in such character as that in which it was seen 
on this occasion, it was feathered with dark violet- 
brovpn; but time is indispensable to mature its 
white ground. As a flamed flower, it possesses but 
a poor character. Commander is a very fine heavily- 
feathered bizarre, of a deep rich yellow ground, with 
a massive feathering of almost black ; a good flower, 
but often very difficult to get in good condition. It 
is also scarce. Madame de St. Ariiaud was shown 
by Mr. Horner as a fine, bright, flamed rose, rich 
scarlet and white. It is a flower that can be de¬ 
pended on for good work. In the same stand of 
twelve was Dr. Hardy, a standard red-flamed bizarre, 
that in its strong and handsome class will hold a 
l^arallel place to that of George Lightbody among 
the green-edged auriculas. Talisman is a flower of 
similarly great power among the flamed bybloemens. 
The companion feathered rose in this stand was 
Mabel, otherwise known as Mrs. Lomax, and even as 
Charmer ; for there is no discernible difference in 
flowers bearing these three names, and they are, 
probably, so many fine-feathered breaks from the 
.same breeder in different hands. In the stand 
of twelve blooms shown by Mr. 'riiomas Haynes, 
Derbjq there was <a splendid flamed bloom of 
Sir Joseph Faxton, bizarre ; this was selected as 
the be.st flamed flower in the show. His seedling 
feathered bybloemen, Helena Mary, is a very pure 
good flower in a diflicult class, having a good white 
ground, with a heavy feather of violet-bronze. In 
this stand Dr. Hardy was well flamed, and old Aylaia 
very good; Adonis cleanly feathered, and, ns often 
when so, dangerously near baldness round the petal- 
tops. In Mr. Barber’s stand of twelve was Martin’s 
101, a feathered bybloemeu, which is always a long 
cupped flower, but so correct and beautiful in its 
markings and purity as to be a strong pan-flower 
yet. Here was also a very richly-flowcrcd strain of 
Adonis, nearly approaching to a flower of Mr. S. 
Barlo>v’s named Carbuncle, broken probably from a 
fcllow-sccdliug of Adonis. Queen of Enyland wa.s 
a very richly-flamed rose; and there was a well 
flamed bybloemen, with, it might be, some Tabs- 
