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TIIE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
In the class for twelve blooms, the best 
stand came from Mr. Thorneycroft, the varie¬ 
ties being Lord Palmerston, Volunteer, Fanny 
Purchase, seedling, Lord Derby, Model, In¬ 
ternational, Willie Austin, Juno, Miss Ilen- 
•shaw, British Triumph, and Matilda Keynes. 
Mr. Glasscock was second with Goldfinder, 
Fanny Purchase, Bird of Passage, Delicata, 
Lord Derby, Mrs. Belton, &c. Mr. Lakins, 
Shooters Hill, was third ; Mr. Hopkins, fourth; 
Mr. Hedge, fifth ; and Mr. J. C. Perry, sixth. 
Of the Fancy varieties the stands were not 
very numerous. The best twelve blooms in 
the Nurserymen’s class came from Mr. Keynes, 
and consisted of Chang, Formidable, Regu¬ 
larity, Lightning, Octoroon, President Lincoln, 
Remarkable, Lord Warden, Messenger, But¬ 
terfly, John Salter, and Ebor. In the corre¬ 
sponding class for Amateurs Mr. Perry occu¬ 
pied a similar position with John Bunn, Sam 
Bartlett? Queen Mab, Octoroon, Pauline, Tri- 
omphe de Roubaix, Regularity, and Artemus 
Ward. Mr. Thorneycroft was second, and 
Mr. Petfield, gardener to G. Thornhill, Esq., 
Diddington, third. 
A good number of seedlings were exhibited. 
First-class certificates were awarded to Mr. 
Keynes, for Paradise Williams and for Prin¬ 
cess of Wales, delicate lilac with white centre, 
tipped with violet; Vice-President, golden 
yellow; and Butterfly, reddish orange, re¬ 
ceived second-class certificates. Mr. Petfield, 
had a similar award for a pleasing flower, 
white, tipped with purplish lilac; also, Mr. 
Pope, of Chelsea, for Pope’s Gem. Mr. Bur¬ 
gess had likewise a second-class certificate for 
Mrs. Burgess, violet crimson, tipped with 
brighter crimson. Vanguard and Bijou from 
Mr. Wheeler, of Warminster, were also 
awarded second-class certificates. 
The best stands both of German and French 
Asters, came from Mr. Stanford, gardener to 
J. Thomassett, Esq., Walthamstow, and con¬ 
tained blooms of remarkable size and beauty. 
Besides twelve boxes of beautiful cut blooms 
of Roses, furnished by Mr. William Paul, 
wonderfully fine for the season, he exhibited 
fine specimens of Amy Hogg and other Nose¬ 
gay Pelargoniums, as well as dwarf standard 
plants of Mrs. Pollock, and some other varie¬ 
gated kinds. A collection of variegated 
shrubs and Ivies, likewise from the Waltham 
Cross Nurseries, attracted considerable at¬ 
tention. Mr. Turner, Slough, received first- 
class certificates for Nosegay Pelargoniums 
Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance 
Grosvenor, a fine orange scarlet; and Mr. 
C. J. Perry, one of the second-class for Shirley 
Hibberd, rosy scarlet* 
In the class for twenty-four single blooms 
of Roses Mr. Keynes was first, and in the 
class for thirty-six the positions of the ex¬ 
hibitors were reversed. 
In the class for eighteen blooms, Mr. Hol- 
lingworth, of Maidstone, was first, and 
Mr. Hedge, Reed Hall, Colchester, second. 
We must not omit the magnificent box of 
Marechal Niel contributed by Mr. Keynes, 
and a smaller thoogh more highly coloured 
one by Messrs. Paul & Son. That this is a 
magnificent and free-blooming Rose does not 
admit of a doubt. 
Some fine Gladioli were exhibited by Messrs. 
Kelway, of Langport, Messrs. G. Paul &:■ Son, 
and Mr. Prince. Mr. Ingle was the only con¬ 
tributor amongst amateurs. 
The Rev. E. Hawke, Willingham Rectory, 
was as usual first in Hollyhocks, his flowers 
both in twenty-four and twelve, were remark¬ 
ably fine, and comprised Charmer, Acme, 
Hercules, Invincible, George Young, George 
Keith, Lilac Perfection, Orange Perfection, 
Mr. J. B. Ullett, Willingham Defiance, W. 
Dean, Senior Wrangler, Fair Ellen, Prince, 
Countess of Craven, Amber Queen, and a 
number of seedlings. The incessant rain 
must have been very much against these 
flowers, but they were shown remarkably 
clear and good. 
In Verbenas Mr. Perry was the only exhi¬ 
bitor whose flowers were worth looking at. 
He sustained his usual high character as the 
prince of cultivators in this class of flowers. 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. —The autumn Show was held in the 
Music Hall and Assembly Rooms on the 5th 
and 6th of September, and proved a great 
success, though the subjects exhibited were 
scarcely so numerous as at the great Show 
of last year. Pines were remarkably fine, es¬ 
pecially the Queens from Mr. Fowlis and Mr. 
Peacock, Castle Dykes, and the Smooth-leaved 
Cayennes from Mr. Munro, of Liverpool. A 
plant of the Hurst House shown by Mr. Fow¬ 
ler, Castle Kennedy, was bearing a fruit 
swelling off, which could not weigh less than 
8 lbs. Grapes, though not quite so numerous 
as last year, were even better as regards 
quality. Mr. Fowler was the only exhibitor 
in the class for single bunches of eight sorts, 
his kinds being Black Hamburgh, 1^ lb. 
weight; Morocco, 21bs.; Black Prince, 3 ~ lbs.; 
Muscat Hamburgh, 4 lbs.; Trebbiano, 4 lbs.; 
Muscat of Alexandria, 3 lbs.; Goiden Ham¬ 
burgh, 11 lb.; and Duchess of Buccleuch, 
31 lbs. The last-named variety measured no 
less than 16 inches long by 13 inches across. 
For four kinds Mr. Meredith, of Garston, was 
first with Black Hamburgh, finely coloured, 
And Trebbiano, Aramon, and Muscat of Alex¬ 
andria. The heaviest three bunches came 
from Mr. Fowler, who had White Nice, 
weighing 10 lbs., and measuring 23 inches 
across and 20 inches long; Muscat Hamburgh, 
measuring 16 inches by 13, and of the extra¬ 
ordinary weight of 6 lbs. ; and Trebbiano, 
weighing 6 lbs. The heaviest bunch of White 
Grapes also came from Mr. Fowler, being 
White Nice, in weight 10|lbs. The Black 
Hamburghs shown by Mr. Meredith in the class 
for two bunches of that variety, were superb ; 
j and those from Mr. Hill, of Keele Hall, were 
