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Keynes; second, Mr. Turner; third, Mr. 
Walker, Thame. For twelve: first, Mr. 
Keynes; second, Mr. Turner; third, Messrs. 
Francis ; fourth, Mr. Walker. 
In Class VI., for thirty-six trusses (Ama¬ 
teurs), Mr. J. T. Hedge, Reed Hall, Colches¬ 
ter, had fine examples of General Jacquemi¬ 
not, Le Rhone, Mathurin Regnier, Beauty of 
Waltham, Cloth of Gold, and Marechal Niel; 
and Mr. J. W. Chard, Salisbury, Madame C. 
Wood in beautiful condition, and John Hop¬ 
per large and fine. In other stands were very 
good examples of Madame Victor Verdier, 
Emile Dulac (beautiful bright rose), Comtesse 
de Courcy, Triomphe de Caen, Prince Camille 
de Rohan, Princess of Wales, Madame Bravy, 
Maurice Bernardin, and Niphetos, the exhi¬ 
bitors being Mr. A, Moffat, gardener to Hon. 
Mrs. Maynard, D unmow; Mr. Wright, gar¬ 
dener to Mrs. Ramsden, Twickenham ; Dr. 
Cooper, Slough; and Messrs. Plester, Ingle, 
Laxton, A. H. Kent, Bristowe, Moore, Mar- 
cham, Dennis, Postans, and Hollingworth. 
Awards—first, Mr. Hedge; second, Mr. 
Chard; third, Mr. Moffat; fourth, Mr. 
Wright; fifth, Dr. Cooper. 
In other classes we remarked very good ex¬ 
amples of Senateur Vaisse, L’Enfant Trouve, 
Charles Lawson, Madame Boll, Pauline Lan- 
zezeur, Le Rhone, Celine Forestier, Comte 
de Nanteuil, Madame Boutin, Souvenir d’un 
Ami, Caroline de Sansal, Olivier Delhomme, 
Madame Vidot, Comtesse de Chabrillant, 
Charles Lefebvre, Mdlle. Bonnaire, and 
Maurice Bernardin, and many more might be 
added if any advantage could result from 
giving a mere list of names. Taking all 
circumstances into consideration the amateurs’ 
classes were very creditable. 
Awards — For twenty-four : first, Mr. 
Moffat; second, Mr. Hedge; third, Mr. 
Chard; fourth, Mr. Stoddart, gardener to J. 
G. Rebow, Esq., M.P., Colchester; fifth, Mr. 
Mercer, Staplehurst; extra, Mr. Wright. 
For eighteen: first, Mr. Hedge; second, Mr. 
Moffat; third, Mr. Dennis, gardener to H. 
S. Hayward, Esq., Hurst Green; fourth, Mr. 
Chard ; extra, Mr. Ingle. For twelve : first, 
Rev. V. Knox Child; second, Mr. Hedge; 
third, Mr. Ingle; fourth, Mr. Dennis; extra, 
Mr. W. Lacey, gardener to C. S. Mortimer, 
Esq., Morden Park. 
Baskets or vases of Roses exhibited much 
sameness, March’s stands being, with one ex¬ 
ception, employed by all the prizetakers; 
and the blooms rested on various Ferns at 
the base, and were interspersed with these in 
the top dishes. Mr. Ingle, gardener to C. 
G. Round, Esq., Colchester, was first with an 
arrangement in which the glass stem was en¬ 
twined with a variegated Jasmine, and Maiden¬ 
hair Fern was introduced among the blooms 
in the top dish. Mr. Hedge was second, and 
Mr. Marlow, gardener to J. Wigan, Esq., 
Mortlake, third, both using variegated Ja¬ 
panese Honeysuckle up the stem. Mr. March 
was fourth with an elegant glass stand, con¬ 
sisting of a dish placed on a silvered glass 
plateau, and a central column to which three 
chains were attached ; against this column a 
shoot of Cissus discolor was placed, and round 
its base Rose blooms. Messrs. Carter & Co. 
contributed some neat hanging-baskets mossed 
with Selaginellas, and filled with Roses, Dra¬ 
caenas, and Cordyline indivisa; and hanging- 
baskets were also shown by Messrs. Cutbush 
and by the Crystal Palace Company. Those 
from the latter were of small size, and 
suitable for placing on a table or similar 
position; they were made of wickerwork, 
and the basket was suspended by a wicker 
chain from a tripod of the same material. 
Other baskets were supported on small green- 
painted iron tripods. The most effective ex¬ 
hibition in this way was the Leicester Vase, 
measuring from 7 to 8 feet in diameter, and 
formed of iron ribs some inches apart, secured 
to a central ring; and these being turfed 
over, the vase was filled with a row of Coleus 
Verschaffelti, then with Geraniums, Migno¬ 
nette, and Hydrangeas, with a tall pyramidal 
Fuchsia in the centre. 
Roses in pots were not in the fine condition 
that they were seen earlier in the season. 
The best twenty-five came from Messrs. Paul 
and Son, Mr. Turner being second, and Messrs. 
Francis third. Messrs. Paul & Son also re¬ 
ceived a first prize for the best twelve sent 
out in 1865. 
For new Roses Messrs. Paul & Son were 
first, and Mr. Keynes second; but the varie¬ 
ties were generally not in a condition for their 
merits to be satisfactorily determined. Mare¬ 
chal Niel was that which attracted the greatest 
amount of attention, and never has that 
variety been so numerously exhibited or so 
fine. Xavier Olibo, to which allusion has 
already been made, was also fine; and Souve¬ 
nir de William Wood very much in the way 
of Prince Camille de Rohan, seemed a good 
dark Rose. Madame Victor Verdier was very 
fine, and of others Frederick Biborel, Pierre 
Notting, Marguerite de St. Amand, John 
Keynes, and Monsieur Boncenne were very 
good. 
Among miscellaneous subjects were Varie¬ 
gated Maize and several pretty tricolor-leaved 
and Zonale Pelargoniums from Messrs. Carter 
and Co. Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing 
exhibited Wiltshire Lass, a remarkably fine 
pink variety, with very large trusses; fancy 
and bedding Pansies, of which Imperial Blue 
was very attractive ; an unnamed Zonale Pe¬ 
largonium with leaves 5 inches across, pale 
green, marked with a bronzy zone; and Stan- 
stead Rival, with very large salmon scarlet 
pips. Mr. T. Smith, Long Wittenham, ex¬ 
hibited a Delphinium, called Smithii, with 
large deep blue flowers with a white eye; and 
Mr. S. Brown, Sudbury, Invincible Sweet Pea 
and some pretty early-flowering Gladioli. The 
most striking of these were Insignis, rich 
