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and 3rd with J. B. Bryant. 5th, Mr. Turner, with 
J. B. Bryant.— Red, light-edged : 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 
Mr. Douglas, with Thomas William. 4th, Mr. 
Hooper, with Grand Duchess. 5th, Mr. J. Hines, 
with Clara.— Purple, heavy-edged : 1st, Mr. Douglas, 
with Zerlina. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, Mr. Turner, 
with Mrs. A. Chancellor. 5th, Mr. Dodwell, 
with a Seedling.— Purple, light-edged: 1st and 
2nd, Mr. Turner, with Her Majesty; 3rd, with 
Clara Penson; and 4th, with Baroness Burdett- 
Coutts. 5th, Mr. Dodwell, with Ann Lord.— Rose 
and scarlet, heavy-edged: 1st, 3rd, and 5th, Mr. 
Turner, with Mrs. Payne; 2nd, with Royal Visit; 
and 4th, with Fanny Helen.— Rose, light-edged : 1st, 
Mr. Turner, with Mrs. Allcroft. 2nd, Mr. Hines, 
with Mrs. Allcroft. 3rd and 5th, Mr. Hooper, with 
Beauty of Bath. 4th, Mr. Turner, with Lucy.— 
Yellow grounds : 1st, Mr. Turner, with Miss Aber¬ 
crombie. 2nd, Mr. Douglas, with Princess Beatrice. 
3rd, Mr. Turner, with Lady Biddulph; 4th, with 
Meteor, and 5th with Lightning. 
The Premier Picotee was a grand bloom of Baroness 
Burdett-Coutts, shown by Mr. Turner in his stand of 
twenty-four. 
Miscellaneous : Yellow-Grounds, Selfs, Etc. 
Class I. 24 blooms, not less than 12 dissimilar.— 
1st, Mr. Turner, with Constance, Duke of Con¬ 
naught, Lady Rosebery, Martial, Elegant, Harry 
Bertram, Zelinda, Rosa Bonheur, Captain Dalgety, 
Alice Ann, Mary, Flirt, Mrs. Matthews, Field- 
Marshal, Phoebus, Gem, Purple Gem, Eurydice, 
Elysian Beauty, and Cupid. 2nd, Mr. Douglas. 
3rd, Mr. H. Hooper. 4th, Mr. T. S. Ware. 5th, Mr. 
J. Matthews. 
Class K. 12 blooms, dissimilar.—1st, E. S. Dod¬ 
well, Esq. 2nd, Mr. A. Mcdhurst. 3rd, Mr. H. 
Catley. 4th, Dr. Abercrombie. 
Class L. 12 specimen plants in pots, dissimilar.— 
1st, Mr. Turner, with nicely-bloomed examples of 
Queen of Summer, Louisa, Mrs. A. Chancellor, 
Lothair, Her Majesty, Lady Boston, Lord Chelms¬ 
ford, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Payne, Miss Small, 
Juliana, and Rifleman. 2nd, Mr. Douglas, with 
Prince of Orange, Fanny Helen, Lothair, Falcon- 
bridge, Lord Lewisham, Mrs. Niven, Cleopatra, Her 
Majesty, Brunette, Rifleman, Clipper, and J. B. 
Bryant. 
Novelties. 
Carnations : Scarlet Bizarres. —Mr. Dodwell ex¬ 
hibited again, as last year, several promising seed¬ 
lings. Of those Robert Lord is the best, though the 
highest honours fell to Fred, which has a good 
smooth petal, very pure white, and is well marked. 
Arthur Medhurst, as shown, is a larger flower, very 
bright in the scarlet, but not so pure white; and 
Robert Lord is a very distinct and most desirable 
variety. Each of these was awarded a First-class 
Certificate. The 1st prize was awarded to Fred, and 
the 2nd to Arthur Medhurst, as the best seedlings 
in this class. 
Crimson Bizarres were also good. Mr. B. Simonito 
had Crimson Banner, a very nicely-coloured flower, 
from Warrior, crossed with Lord Milton, which 
gained the 1st prize. Master Fred (Hewitt), exhibited 
by Mr. Dodwell, was also very distinct, and had a 
good petal, the markings broad and well defined ; 
it took the 2nd prize in this class. Each received a 
First-class Certificate. Another fine flower shown in 
this class was Thomas Moore, very richly coloured, 
both the purple and crimson being bright; it is 
evidently raised from Albion’s Pride. 
Pink and Purple Bizarres are still scarce, and the 
one placed highest on the list would by some fan¬ 
ciers be placed in the crimsons; it is named Squire 
Llewelyn, and was raised by Mr. Dodwell from 
Albion’s Pride, is rather like that flower, but much 
superior in width of petal; it received, and well 
deserved, a First-class Certificate. Princess Beatrice 
is a light, chaste flower, sent by Mr. Turner; this 
received the 2nd prize as the best seedling, tho 1st 
prize going to Squire Llewelyn. 
The new Purple Flakes, as shown, were not worthy 
of notice, as compared with the old varieties. Mr. 
Dodwell received the 1st prize for a seedling, Thomas 
Bower; and Mr. Douglas the 2nd for a sport, Free¬ 
dom. 
Scarlet Flakes were good, two varieties being se¬ 
lected for First-class Certificates: Figaro (Aber¬ 
crombie), exhibited by Mr. Turner, which has beau¬ 
tifully rounded, well-marked petals; and John Ball 
(Dodwell) a promising flower, but, as shown, 
rather lacking pureness, though the petals are well 
formed and the markings good. Figaro and John 
Ball gained the seedling prizes in the order of their 
names. Mr. Dodwell exhibited a distinct sport from 
Admiral Curzon, which he thinks better than either, 
but it was not so as shown. 
Rose Flakes were not so numerous, but Mr. Turner 
exhibited one named Jessica; it was a very good 
flower, but thought by the judges to be too much 
like Sibyl. This gained the 1st prize as a seedling, 
and another, named Mrs. Matthews, from Mr. Dod¬ 
well, the 2nd. 
Picotees : Red-edges yielded no good seedling. 
Purple-edges —Baroness Burdett-Coutts, received 
the 1st prize, and Clara Penson the 2nd in the light- 
edged class, both from Mr. Turner; they were cer¬ 
tificated last year. In the heavy-edged class, Mrs. 
Chancellor, which has been exhibited before, was 
again shown very fine by Mr. Turner; it gained the 
1st prize in this class; Tinnie, from Mr. Dodwell, 
was 2nd ; this last is a very promising full flower, 
though rather rough as shown. 
Rose-edges. —In light rose-edges Mr. Dodwell ob¬ 
tained both the prizes, the 1st with Miss Gorton, a 
promising flower which may come of a brighter 
colour in the north; and the 2nd with Ethel Daisy. 
In the heavy-edged class only one flower was shown, 
but it is a good one, and was much better than when 
exhibited last year; its name is Constance Heron 
(Turner) ; there are only three decent flowers of this 
colour—Juliana, Rosy Queen, and Obadiah, and it is 
sufficient to say this is better than either; Mr. Turner 
received a first-class certificate, and the 1st prize for 
it, as a seedling. 
Selfs and Yellows. —Neither in the class for yellow 
Picotees, nor in that of the Selfs, were any new 
flowers shown of sufficient merit to recoivo any 
distinguishing mark. 
The judges for the open classes, twenty-four 
blooms, miscellaneous, and plants in pots, were 
Mr. Moore, Mr. Gorton, and Mr. John Fraser; 
for the amateurs, Mr. Charles Turner, Mr. John 
Ball, and Mr. George Rudd ; for the single 
specimens, Mr. B. Simonite and Mr. Kirtland, 
whose awards obtained universal approbation. 
NORTHERN SECTION. 
HE exhibition of the Northern Section 
of the Society was held in the Botanical 
Garden, Old Trafford, Manchester, on 
August 14th, and was a great success. By com¬ 
mon opinion, it wa3 the finest exhibition yet 
held by the Society in tho North, and when 
