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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[June, 
Polyanthuses. 
Cla-fs M. 3 dissimilar, Blaek grounds. —1st, Wm. 
Brockbank, Esq., with Cheshire Favourite, Exile, 
with ten very fine pips; and Beauty of England, 
with six pips. 2nd, Mr. Jno. Beswick, with Lord 
Beaconsfield, Exile, and Blackbird. 3rd, S. Barlow, 
Esq. 
Class N. 3 dissimilar, Red groitnds. —1st, Mr. 
Jno. Beswick, with Sydney Smith, Lancer, aod 
George IV., the latter especially good. 2nd, Wm. 
Brockbank, Esq., wdth President, Prince Begent, 
and Lord Derby. 3rd, Mr. R. Heys, with Prince 
Regent, Formosa, and George IV. 4th, S. Barlow, 
Esq. 
Class 0. Single .specimens. Red grounds. —There 
was keen competition in this class. Premium, 
Mr. R. Heys, with a grand plant of George IV., 
with seven very fine pips. 1st, Mr. Beswick, with 
Lancer. 2nd, S. Barlow, Esq., with a Seedling. 
3rd (no name), with George IV. 4th, Vrilliam 
Brockbank, Esq., with Prince Regent, and 6th with 
Lord Derby. 
Class S. 12 dissimilar, Fancy. —TVm. Brockbank, 
Esq., was the only exhibitor, with a very fine collec¬ 
tion. Tfie same exhibitor took the 1st prize for twelve 
dissimilar Primroses, his being the only collection 
staged. 
Miscellaneous Fxhihits. —Messrs. Dickson & Sons, 
Newton Nurseries, Chester, staged a stand of 24 
show Auriculas, which included fine plants of Lord 
of Lome, C. J. Perry, Frank Simonite, John 
Simonite, Metropolitan (Spalding) Duke of Argyll, 
Acme, Beauty, Mrs. Sturrock, Charles E. Brown 
(Headly), Robert Traill, R. Headly, Lovely Ann, 
Ivanhoe, Glory (Taylor), &c.; also a stand of eighteen 
alpine varieties, the most conspicuous of which w'ere 
James Fowle, Diadem, Mrs. Meiklejohn, Mrs. 
Llewelyn, Mrs. Thomson, Bronze Queen, and Fairy 
Ring, the whole being backed up with two boxes of 
Japanese Maples which were remarkably beautiful. 
Mr. G. Gesrgie, Waterloo Nursery, Bury, staged a 
charming series of varieties of Primula Sieboldii, 
varying greatly in colour, as well as being large and 
extremely showy; this is a very valuable race of 
plants for garden decoration. 
At the Newcastle-on-Tyne Annual Spring 
Show, on April 23 and 24, Auriculas were 
shown in considerable numbers and in nice 
condition, some with the flowers severely 
thinned in the way admitted by florists, others 
with larger and consequently more efiective 
trusses. For twelve (alpines excluded) Mr. 
Adams, Swalwell, was 1st; Mr. T. E. Hay, 
Killingworth, who also staged a good dozen, 
2nd; and Mr. Jarrett, 3rd. For six (alpines 
excluded) Mr. Hay was 1st, and Mr. Adams 
2nd. Twelve alpines : 1st, Mr. W. J. Watson; 
2nd, Mr. Adams ; 3rd, Mr. T. E. Hay. 
The show of the Eochdale Aukicula Society 
was held on May 3, in the Public Hall of 
that town. The display was considered a 
good one, the classes being all well filled. 
The principal prize-takers were Messrs. Wilson 
of Halifax, Pohlman of Halifax, Barlow of 
Stakehill, Beswick of Middleton, and Bolton of 
Warrington. The leading prizes in the Single 
Specimen Classes were awarded as follows :— 
Green-edges: 1st, Mr. Wilson with Col. 
Taylor ; 2nd, Mr. Potts with Prince of Greens. 
Grey edges : Premium, Mr. Wilson with 
Lancashire Hero. White-edges : Premium, 
Mr. Lord with Acme ; 1st, Mr. G. H. Wheeler, 
Eochdale, with Beauty (Traill); 2nd, Mr. 
Lord with Catherina. Selfs : Premium, Mr. 
Pohlman with Helen Lancaster; 1st, S. 
Barlow, Esq., with a Seedling. Polyanthuses : 
1st, Mr. Beswick with Lancer and Exile. 
COMPAEETTIA CULTURE. 
MONGST the Comparettias there are 
some lovely species, which, as they 
require but little space to grow them 
in, especially commend themselves to 
those with limited accommodation. 
The plants will thrive either in a basket or 
pan suspended from the roof, where they can 
receive a great amount of light; and to grow 
them successfully this plan should be followed. 
They are all small growing species, and are 
found on the branches of trees where they 
obtain just sufficient shade to screen them 
from the burning sun, and where they also 
get the heavy night dews, and sometimes a 
great amount of rain. It is during this rainy 
period that they make their growth and pro¬ 
duce their flower spikes. As the foliage and 
bulbs are small they require careful attention, 
as regards the supply of moisture at the roots. 
The most suitable material in which to grow 
them is a little fibrous peat and sphagnum 
moss, with good drainage, so that the water 
may pass away without becoming stagnant. 
Some portion of this material should be 
changed annually, just as the plant begins 
to show signs of making new growth. 
The Compiarettias will not readily submit to 
be divided or cut; and the Cattleya house is 
the most suitable structure in which to grow 
them. They are subject to the attacks of 
white scale, which is a great enemy to them 
as well as to similar small-growing Orchids; 
indeed, if they are allowed to accumulate, the 
plants will soon show signs of bad health, 
but if sufiicient care is bestowed on them to 
keep them clean they will well repay the 
trouble which is taken with them, and afford 
