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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ May, 
succeeding year—thanks, no doubt, in some 
measure to the efforts of Mr. E. S. Dochvell 
and his lieutenant, Mr. Douglas, the honorary 
secretaries, but also in a larger degree, as we hope 
and believe, to the spread of a love for these 
old-fashioned but fascinating flowers. The 
northern growers were strongly represented, but in 
most instances the southern flowers were some¬ 
what past their best, the season having proved 
to be rather an early one, as, indeed,it appears 
is the usual experience after a severe winter, 
the plants appearing to start with extra vigour 
and almost with impatience, after the enforced 
rest which severe and continued frost and re¬ 
stricted moisture entails upon them. Mr. Tur¬ 
ner, as usual, made quite an extensive display, 
and his principal group was especially noticeable 
as a masterpiece of staging. The show was well 
attended by visitors, and we trust may have a 
powerful influence in extending the taste for 
the cultivation of these attractive spring flowers. 
The following is a list of the prize-winners 
and the prize flowers :— 
Auriculas. 
Class A. 12 dissimilar .—There were 3 exhibitors : 
1st, Rev. F. D. Horner, Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, 
with Erebus (Horner), a seedling black self, Cecil 
Dalton (Horner), a grey-edged seedling, Charles J. 
Perry (Turner), John Simonite (Walker), Freedom 
(Booth), Anna (Trail), Frank Simonite (Simonite), 
Heroine (Horner), a fine seedling chocolate-maroon 
self, Excelsior (Horner), a seedling grey-edged, Czar 
(Read), grey-edged, Lady Blucher (Clegg), and 
Ajax (Homer), a seedling grey-edged—the plants 
even and good. 2nd, Mr. James Douglas, gar¬ 
dener to F. Whitbourn, Esq., Loxford Hall, 
Ilford, with John Waterston (Cunningham), C. J. 
Perry (Turner), Admiral Napier (Campbell), Lan¬ 
cashire Hero (Lancashire), Smiling Beauty (Heap), 
Alexander Meiklejohn (Kay), Green-edge (Campbell), 
True Briton (Hepwortb), Conservative (Douglas), 
a fine white-edged seedling ; and three other 
seedlings—a fine lot. 3rd, Mr. B. Simonite, Rough 
Bank, Sheffield, with Richard Gorton (Simonite), 
green-edged; Frank Simonite (Simonite), Talisman 
Alex. Meiklejohn (Kay), Mrs. Douglas (Simonite), a 
lovely pale plum-coloured self seedling; Mrs. Dodwell 
(Simonite), a distinct white-edged seedling ; Lanca¬ 
shire Hero (Lancashire), Col. Taylor (Leigh), C. J. 
Perry (Turner), and three other seedlings. 
Class B. 6 dissimilar .—8 exhibitors : 1st, Rev. 
F. D. Horner, with Complete (Sykes), Lancashire 
Hero (Lancashire), Frank Simonite (Simonite), 
Ringdove (Horner), Ajax (Horner), and Colonel 
Taylor (Leigh). 2nd, Mr. R. Dean, Ranelagh Road, 
Ealing, with Richard Headly (Lightbody), Earl 
Grosvenor (Lee), Lord of Lome (Campbell), Sophia 
(Chapman), Mrs. Smith (Smith), and Lancashire 
Hero (Lancashire). 3rd, Samuel Barlow, Esq., 
Stakehill House, Castleton, Manchester, with C. 
J. Perry (Turner), Lovely Ann (Oliver), Glory 
(Taylor), George Lightbody (Headly), Colonel 
Taylor (Leigh), and Beauty (Trail). 4th, Mr. E. 
Pohlman, Halifax, with New Green (Headly), Maz- 
zini, a seedling black self, Acme (Read), John Water¬ 
ston (Cunningham), John Crossley, a seedling green- 
edged ; and Brilliant, a dark plum-coloured seedling 
self. 5th, Mr. T. Mellor, Ashton-under-Lyne. 6th, 
J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., Penllegare, Swansea. Mr. 
James Douglas and Mr. Simonite also competed. 
Class C. 4 dissimilar. —8 exhibitors : 1st, Mr. E. 
Pohlman, with Mazzini, dark seedling self, George 
Lightbody (Headly), Bright Venus (Lee), and New 
Green (Headly). 2nd, the Rev. F. D. Horner, with 
Sapphire (Horner), a seedling yiolet-purple self; 
John Simonite (Walker), Phantom (Horner), a seed¬ 
ling grey-edged ; and Lancashire Hero. 3rd, J. T. 
D. Llewelyn, Esq., with Apollo (Hudson), Richard 
Headly (Lightbody), George Lightbody (Headly), 
and Ne Plus Ultra (Fletcher). 4th, Mr. T. Mellor, 
with Complete (Sykes); a seedling grey-edged ; a 
seedling green-edged ; and Lord Salisbury, a seedling, 
dark maroon self. 5th, Mr. J. Douglas, with Smiling 
Beauty (Heap), Alexander Meiklejohn (Kay), Metro¬ 
politan (Spalding), and a seedling green-edged. 6th, 
Samuel Barlow, Esq., with Lancashire Hero, Anna 
(Trail), Beauty (Trail), and King Coffee (Horner), a 
self, well named. 
Class D. 2 dissimilar. —9 exhibitors : 1st, Mr. 
E. Pohlman, with Imperator (Litton), and Lanca¬ 
shire Hero; 2nd, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Lanca¬ 
shire Hero and Thetis (Horner), a seedling grey- 
edged ; 3rd, Mr. Ben Simonite, with Frank Simonite, 
and a seedling green-edged; 4th, Mr. T. Mellor, 
with Richard Headly (Lightbody) and C. J. Perry 
(Turner) ; 5th, S. Barlow, Esq., with C. J. Perry 
and Robert Trail (Lightbody) ; 6th, Mr. R. Dean, 
with Sophia (Chapman) and Royal Purple (Headly). 
Class Da. 2 dissimilar (open to exhibitors not 
competing in the four previous classes).—The only 
exhibitor in this class was the Rev. E. L. Fel- 
lowes, Wimpole Rectory, Royston, who was de¬ 
servedly awarded the 1st prize for Robert Trail 
(Lightbody), and Topsv (Kay). 
Class E. Specimen Green-edgecl. —30 exhibits: Rev. 
F. D. Horner, with Page’s Champion; 2nd, Rev. 
F. D. Horner, with Cyclops, a seedling ; 3rd, Mr. R. 
Dean, with Rob Roy (Smith) ; 4th, Rev. F. D. 
Horner, with Orion, a seedling; 5th, Mr. B. 
Simonite, with Richard Gorton (Simonite); 6th, 
Rev. F. D. Horner, with Col. Taylor (Leigh) ; 7th, S. 
Barlow, Esq., with Col. Taylor; and 8tli, Mr. T. 
Mellor, with Lord Palmerston (Campbell). 
Class F. Specimen Grey-edged. — 47 exhibits : 1st, 
Rev. F. D. Horner, with George Lightbody (Headly) ; 
2nd, Mr. Pohlman, with Alderman C. E. Brown 
(Headly) ; 3rd, Mr. R. Dean, with the Rev. F. 
Tvmons (Dean), a seedling; 4th, Mr. Douglas, with 
George -Lightbody; 5th, H. Kyrke Penson, Esq., 
with George Lightbody; 6th, Mr. Douglas, with 
Richard Headly (Lightbody); 7th and 8th, Rev. F. D. 
Horner, with Lancashire Hero. 
Class G. Specimen White-edged. —28 exhibits: 1st, 
J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., with Catherina (Summer- 
scales) ; 2nd, Rev. F. D. Horner, with John Simonite 
(Walker) ; 3rd, Mr. Douglas, with Silvia (Douglas) ; 
4th, Mr. B. Simonite, with Frank Simonite; 5th, 
Mr. R. Dean, with Mrs. Campbell (Cunningham) ; 
6th, Mr. B. Simonite, with True Briton (Hepworth) ; 
7th, Mr. E. Pohlman, with Sophia Dumaresque 
(Lightbody); and 8th, Rev. F. D. Horner, with 
Smiling Beauty (Heap). 
Class H. Specimen Self. —46 exhibits : 1st and 3rd, 
Mr. Pohlman, with Blackbird (Spalding) ; 2nd, S. 
Barlow, Esq., with the same variety ; 4-th and 5th, 
Rev. F. D. Horner, with seedlings raised by Mr. B. 
Simonite; 6th, Mr. Pohlman, with Mazzini; 7th, 
Rev. E. L. Fellowes, with Master Hole (Turner); 
and 8th, Mr. Pohlman, with Topsv (Kay). 
Class I.—50, not fewer than 20 varieties. —3 exhi¬ 
bitors : 1st, Mr. J. Douglas, Loxford Hall, with a 
