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single plants, so that the work of the judges 
was hy no means light. New varieties were 
not very numerous. A ruby self exhibited by 
Wm. Brockbank, Esq., under the name of 
Lord Rosebery, was honoured by the premier 
award in the class for seifs ; it resembles Duke 
of Argyll, but is larger, and rather more even, 
a rich ruby-red, with a good tube and paste, 
and promises well. There was also a very 
fine new green-edge^l variety, exhibited by 
Mr. E. Lord, with very smooth flat flowers, 
not less than 1|- inch across, with a good 
body colour and edge. 
Polyanthuses, as they usually are in the 
North, were well shown, both as regards plants 
and varieties, W. Brockbank, Esq., and Mr. 
John Beswick being the principal prize winners. 
A fine batch of Cheshire Favourite was shown 
by Mr. Thomas Walkdeu, nurseryman, Sale, 
but they were not for competition. 
Snow Auriculas. 
Class A. 6 dissimilar, inclvding one of each cl ass .— 
Seven competitors. 1st prize to Mr. H. Wilson, 
Halifax, for Prince of Greens (Traill), -with nine 
large and very even pips; Colonel Tajdor (Leigh), 
nine pips ; Acme (Read), six pips ; Lancashire Hero 
(Lancashire), John Simonite (Walker), with five 
excellent pips ; and Mrs. Douglas (Simonite), with 
six very fine pips; all the plants very healthv and 
strong, the best being Prince of Greens and Mrs. 
Douglas, the latter being the best in the exhibition. 
2nd, Mr. E. Pohlman, Halifax, with Prince of 
Greens, eight pips; Beauty (Traill), with nine enor¬ 
mous pips; Acme (Read); Brilliant, a fine high- 
coloured seedlinar self; Colonel Taylor (Leigh), and 
Alexander Meiklejohn (Kay), the latter carr 3 ing 
seven very large pips ; these ran the first prize lot 
very closely. 3rd, W. Brockbank, Esq., Brockhurst, 
Did.^hury, with Charles J. Perry (Turner), Alex. 
‘Meiklejohn, George L'ghtbody (Headly), Lanca¬ 
shire Hero, John Simonite, and Othello, Lancashire 
Hero being good. 4th, Mr. Ben Simonite, Sheffield, 
w'ith Acme, Merlin (Simonite), Pizarro (Campbell), 
Heather Bell (Simonite), Seedling, and E. D. Horner 
(Simonite); the last was very fine. 5th, Mr. M^m. 
Bolton, "Warrington, whose best ]jlant was Prank 
Simonite (Simonite). 6th, Mr. E. Shaw. Moston, 
near Manchester. 7th, Miss Stewart, York. 
Class B. 4 dissimilar, to consist of one of each class. 
—Nine exhibitors. 1st, Mr. H. "tVilson, with Gari¬ 
baldi (Pohlman), seven even pips; Colonel Taylor, 
eight pirs; Acme, with six go( d even I'ips, and 
George Lightbody : this was a grand lot, the j^eme 
being e.®pecially well grown and finished. 2nd, Mr. 
E. Pohlman, with excellent plants of Acme, seven 
pips; George Lightbody, Helen Lai caster (Lan¬ 
caster), vith ten very excellent pins ; and Colonel 
Taylor. 3rd, Mr. AVm. Tayl-r, Middleton, near 
Manchester, with George Lightbody, Beauty, 
Othello, and Cob nel Ta 3 lor. 4th, Wm. Brock¬ 
bank, Esq. 5th, Mr. "Vibn. Bolton. 6ih, Arthur 
Potts, Esq., HooleHall, Chester, in whose collection 
was a good plant of Dr. Horner (Simonite). 7tb, 
Mr. E. Shaw. 
Class C. 2 dissimilar. —Sixteen exhibits. 1st, 
Mr. E. Pohlman, with Acme, seven very large pips; 
and George Lightbody, with six very smeoth well- 
balanced pips. 2nd, Mr. Jno. Beswick, Middleton, 
with charming plants cf George Lightbody, and 
Charles J. Perry, with ten large even pips. 3rd, 
Mr. William Taylor, with George Lightbody, and a 
Seedling. 4th, S. Barlow, Esq., Slakehill, Manchester. 
5th, Mr. R. Lord, Todmorden. 6th, Mr. E. Shaw. 
Class D. 2 dissimilar (maiden growers).—Two 
competitors. 1st, Arthur Potts, Esq., with a good 
plant of Preedom (Booth), carrying six fine pips, 
and Lancashire Hero. 2nd, Mr. j. Brodie, Rochdale, 
with Maria (Chapman), and Lord of Lome (Camp¬ 
bell). 
Classes F, Q, II, and I, single specimens :— 
Oreen-edged : Thirty exhibits. Premium, Lanca¬ 
shire Hero, with nine very large pips, the exhibitor’s 
name not given. 1st prize, Mr. R. Lord, with a 
Seedling. 2nd, Mr. E. Pohlman, with Prince of 
Greens, and 7th with Colonel Taylor, the former 
carrying ten good pips. 3rd, Mr. John Beswick, 
with Lovely Ann (Smith), grand pips. 4tb, Mr. Ben 
Simonite, with Dr. Horner, and 5th with S. Barlow 
(Simonite), the latter a very fine variety. 6th, W. 
Brockbank, E.^q. 
Greg-edged : Porty-two exhibits. Piemium, Mr. 
II. lYilson, with George Lightbody, a grand speci¬ 
men, having seven very even ] ips. 1st (no name) 
with A. Meiklejohn, seven pips. 2nd, Mr. E. Pohl¬ 
man, with a magnificent plant of Lancashire Hero. 
3rd, W. Brockbank, Esq., with Richard Headly 
(Lightbody). 4th, Mr. Ben Simonite, with Susan 
Horner. 5th, Mr. John Simonite. 6th and 8th, 
S. Barlow, Esq. 7th, Mr. G. Hevs, Rochda’e. 
White-edged: Thirty-two exhibits. Premium, 
Mr. H. "W’ilson, with Acme (Read), carrying nine 
large pips, quite head and shoulders above the rest. 
1st, Mr. R. Lord, with Acme. 2nd, Mr. H. Wilson, 
with John Simonite; the 5th and 7th prizes were 
also taken by this exhibitor. 3rd, Mr. B. Simonite, 
with a good plant of Beauty (Traill), carrying eight 
large pips; 4'h and 6th also Mr. B. Simonite. 8th, 
Mr. Lord. 
Selfs: Over fifty exhibits. Premium, W. Brock¬ 
bank, Esq., with Lord Rosebery, a Seedling referred 
to above. 1st, Mr. J. Beswick, with Lord of Lome. 
2nd, Mr. E. Pohlman, vi h Brunette (Pohlman), 
carrying fine good pips. 3rd, S. Barlow, Esq., with 
Ringleader, and 6thwi'h a Seedling. 4ih, Mr. W. 
Bolton. 5ib, Arthur Potts, Esq., with Helen Lan- 
cas'er. 
Class R. 12 dissimilar Fancy. —1st, S. Barlow, 
Esq.; 2nd, Mr. W. Bolton, both collections being 
very attractive, yellow shades with good trusses pre¬ 
dominating. 
Alpine Auriculas. 
Class F. 4 dissimilar, shaded. —Ten exhibitors, 
the groups mostly good. 1st, S. Barlow, Esq., with 
strong, well growm plants of President (Turner), 
Mrs. Llewelyn (Turner), with a very fine truss. 
Unique (Turner), and Mrs. Dodwell (Turner). 2nd, 
Mr. J. Beswick, whose be-t jlants were Diadem 
(Gorton), with fifteen excellent pips, and Dazzle 
(Turner). 3rd, Mr. E. Shaw, Diadem being again 
very good. 4th, Mr. Heys. 5th, lY. Brockbank, 
Esq. 6ih, Mr. Prescott. 
C/as.^es K. and- L. Single specimens, shaded :— 
Yellow centres: Twenty-nine exhibits. Pre¬ 
mium, Mr E. Shaw', with a tira'd i laut of Diadem. 
1st fuize, Mr. R. IIe\ s, witha seedling from Diadem. 
2nd, AYm. Brockbank, Esq., with Mariner ; the same 
ixhibi'or taking the 3id prize. 4tb, Mr. G. Geggie. 
5tb, Mr. E. Pohlman. 
White e ntres: Twenty exhibi's. Premium, Mr. 
E. Pohlman, with a Seedling of very fine character; 
the same exhibitor taking the Ist prize, also with a 
Seedling. 2nd, Mr. R. Ileys. 3rd, Mr. Partington, 
Middleton. 
