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even now, prettier than it, especially when 
tastefully set up. 
Awards—For decorated baskets or vases of 
Boses: first, Mr. Marlow, gardener to J. 
Wigan, Esq.; second, Mr. Hedge; third, Mr. 
Soder. For bouquets: first, Mr. Chard; 
second, Messrs. Francis; third, Mr. Hedge. 
In Class I., single trusses of seventy-two 
kinds, Messrs. Paul & Son, and Mr. Cant, of 
Colchester, had each very fine exhibitions. 
From the former came fine blooms of Xavier 
Olibo, Madame Boutin, Olivier Delhomme, 
Marechal Niel, Gloire de Dijon, Devoniensis, 
Madame Yidot, Mrs. William Paul, fine violet 
crimson with a fiery centre; John Hopper, 
Comtesse de Chabrillant, Beauty of Waltham, 
Princess Mary of Cambridge, Madame Boll, 
Alba rosea, Baron Adolphe de Eothschild, 
Louise Magnan, Souvenir d’Elise, very largo 
and beautiful; Eushton Badclyffe, Centifolia 
rosea, Louise de Savoie, Prince de Porcia, 
fine scarlet; Comte de Xanteuil, Loolia, Baron 
Gonella, and Louise de Savoie. 
Mr. Cant had Marie Baumann, very large, 
rosy crimson ; Madame Charles Wood, a fine 
crimson; Due de Bohan, Xavier Olibo, Com¬ 
tesse de Chabrillant, Madame Victor Yerdier, 
Devoniensis, Niphctos, Marguerite de St. 
Amand,. Victor Yerdier, fine; and with few 
exceptions the whole of his blooms were re¬ 
markable for size. It may also be remarked 
that in these and some other stands the trusses 
were set up with buds. 
Mr. Keynes had fine blooms of Madame 
Sertot, white; Francois Lacharme, John 
Hopper, Pierre Kotting, Triomplie de Eennes, 
Gloire de Dijon, Mdlle. Bonnaire, very pret¬ 
tily tinged with rose in the centre; Moiret, 
Duchesse de Caylus, and Marechal Kiel. 
Awards—Equal first, Messrs. Paul & Son, 
and Mr. Cant; second, Mr. Keynes; third, 
Messrs. Francis. 
In Class II., forty-eight kinds, three trusses, 
there was a very fine display, particularly in 
the stands of Mr. Turner, of Slough, and Mr. 
Keynes. The varieties seen to best advantage 
were Olivier Delhomme; Virginal, beautiful 
in colour; Coupe d’Hebe, Mrs. Bivers, John 
Hopper, Gloire de Dijon, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
Charles Lefebvre, Xavier Olibo, Le Bhonc, 
rich crimson scarlet; Francois Lacharme, 
Baron Gonella, Marguerite de St. Amand, 
Eugene Yerdier, dark violet purple; Beauty 
of Waltham, Joseph Fiala, violet shaded crim¬ 
son scarlet; Duchesse de Caylus, bright rosy 
crimson, and very full; Denis Helye, Alba 
rosea, Madame Victor Yerdier, Comtesse de 
Chabrillant, Dr. Andry, Madame Boll, Prince 
of Wales, rosy crimson ; Maurice Bernardin, 
La Brillante, Madame Yidot, General Cas- 
tillane, Laurent Descourt, purplish scarlet, 
brighter in the centre, and many others which 
it would be tedious to enumerate. 
Awards—First, Mr. Turner; second, Mr. 
Keynes; third, Messrs. Francis; fourth, 
Messrs. Paul & Son. 
Class III., was for twenty-four kinds, three 
trusses. Here Mr. Cant took the lead with, 
among others, remarkably fine trusses of La 
Brillante, very bright in colour; John Hopper, 
Francois Lacharme, Marie Baumann, very 
large and full; Prince Camille de Bohan, 
Mdlle. Bonnaire, and Madame Charles Wood. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, who were second, had 
Princess Mary of Cambridge, La Vilie de St. 
Denis, and Queen Victoria, large, white, 
shaded with delicate rose. Mr. Turner, fine 
trusses of Maurice Bernardin, Senateur Yaisse, 
Jules Margottin, Comtesse de Chabrillant, La 
Seine, Madame Knorr, Marguerite de St. 
Amand, and La Tour de Crouy, very large; 
and Mr. Keynes, Madame Charles Wood, Due 
de Bohan, pretty buds of Madame Furtado, 
Victor Yerdier, Madame Clemence Joigneaux, 
lilac rose ; and. Le Baron de Eothschild, deep 
crimson scarlet. Alfred Colomb, bright rosy 
red, came from Messrs. J. & C. Lee. 
Awards—First, Mr. Cant; second, Messrs. 
Paul & Son; third, Mr. Turner; fourth, Mr. 
Keynes. Commended, Messrs. Francis. 
In Class IV., single trusses of twenty-four 
kinds, Mr. Turner had a fine bod of Devoni¬ 
ensis, Duchesse de Caylus, very fine ; Madame 
Josephine Guyet, Madame Victor Verdier, 
Madame Furtado, Gloire de Dijon, Devonien¬ 
sis, Jules Margottin, and La Beine; and in 
other stands were fine examples of several 
of the above, Senateur Yaisse, William Grif¬ 
fiths, Marechal Niel, Madame Charles 
Wood, Charles Lefebvre, Victor Verdier, Le 
Ehone, Marguerite de St. Amand, Itubens, 
Loelia, Marie Baumann, and Alphonse Da- 
maizin. 
Awards—First, Mr. Turner; second, Mr. 
Cant; third, Messrs. Paul & Son; fourth, 
Mr. Keynes. 
In the Amateurs* classes, all for single 
trusses, there were many excellent stands, and 
but few that could not be considered fair. 
In Class V., forty-eight kinds, Mr. Hedge, 
Beed Hall, Colchester, took the first honours 
with a set in which we remarked fine blooms 
of Madame Charles Wood, a fine bud of La 
Boule d’Or, Francois Lacharme, Pierre Not- 
ting, Marie Baumann, Madame Villermoz, 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, William 'Griffiths, 
La Vilie de St. Denis, Mathurin Begnier, and 
Anna de Diesbach. He had also a fine truss 
of Cloth of Gold, a variety which this year 
seems to be unusually fine, consisting of five 
blooms. Mr. Ingle, gardener to C. G. Bound, 
Esq., Colchester, had Eugene Desgaches, 
cream, tinged with rose ; Mrs. Bivors, Souve¬ 
nir d’Elise, Devoniensis, George Paul, Lord 
Macaulay, very dark crimson ; Madame Victor 
Verdier, Caroline de Sansal, and Maurice Ber¬ 
nardin. From Mr. Moffat, gardener to the 
Lion. Mrs. Maynard, Easton Lodge, Dunmow, 
came Empereur de Maroc, Devoniensis, Beaidy 
of Waltham, Gloire de Dijon, Madame Boll, 
and Imperatrice Eugenie, small, white, tinged 
with blush. In the stands of other exhibitors 
