1884.] 
DESCBIPTIONS OP THE BEST PICOTEES 
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S. Hibberd, Mr. George Harris, Mrs. Stancombe, 
Burgundy, Mrs. Harris, Constancy, Eevival, Earl 
Beaconsfield, Vice-President, Shirley Hibberd, Lady 
Gladys Herbert, Samuel Plimsol, Mrs. Dodds, 
Lev. J. Goodday, Ethel Britton, Hon. Mrs. P. 
Wyndham, John Neville Keynes, John Wyatt, 
Koyal Queen, Sunbeam, and Helen McGregor. 
2Qd, Messrs. Harkness & Son, Bedale. 3rd, Messrs. 
Paul & Son, Cheshunt. 4th, Messrs. Gilbert & Son, 
Ipswich. 
Class C. 12 show varieties (Nurserymen).—1st, Mr 
Walker, Thame, with Seraph, Williams Eawlings, 
Henry Walton, Champion Eollo, Mrs. Shirley Hib¬ 
berd, Joseph Ashby, Perfection of Primroses, George 
Eawlings, Herbert Turner, fine blush-white; J. 
Cocker, John Bennet, and Prince of Denmark; 
blooms of good quality throughout. 
Class T>. 24 fancy varieties (Nurserymen).—1st, 
Messrs. Keynes, AVilliams, & Co., Salisbury, with 
well formed even blooms of George Barnes, James 
O’Brien, Maid of Athens, Eev. J. B. M. Camm, 
Seedling, Professor Eawcett, Monsieur Chauviere, 
Eanny Sturt, Miss Annie Melsome, Miss Lily Large, 
Duchess of Albaii}^, John Lamont, Gaiety (sport), 
John Eorbes, Mrs. N. Halls, Chorister, Erederick 
Smith, Parrot, Flora Wyatt, Lottie Eckford, Aider- 
man, Eebecca, Gaiety, John Saunders. The seedling 
fancy in this stand was afterwards named General 
Gordon, and obtained the prize as the best fancy 
flower in the show; it is a perfectly formed flower, 
with a golden-yellow ground, thickly striped with 
orange-red. 2nd, Mr. Turner, Slough. 
Class F. 24 show varieties (Amateurs).—1st, Mr. 
T. Hobbs, Lower Easton, Bristol, with a fine collection, 
comprising a self from the Eev. J. B. M. Camm, 
James Cocker, Henry 'W'’alton, Herbert Turner, Mrs. 
Dods, Mrs. Stancombe, Eichard Edmonds, Senator, 
Lord Chelmsford, Mrs. Shirley Hibberd, J. B. Eeid, 
Lady Golightly, James O’Brien, C. E. Coope, Har¬ 
rison Weir, Emily Edwards, John Standish, Prince 
Bismarck, Miss Canned, Ethel Britton, James Vick, 
Hon. Mrs. P. Wyndham. 2nd, Mr. Henry Glass¬ 
cock, Bishop’s Stortford. 
Class G. 12 shoiv varieties (Amateurs).—1st, Mr. J. 
Tranter, Epper Assenden, with Hon. Mrs. P. Wynd¬ 
ham, Clara, Henry Walker, James Cocker, Hope, 
Mrs. Gladstone, William Eawlings, H. W. Ward, 
Goldfinder, Julia Wyatt, Joseph Ashby, Ethel Brit¬ 
ton. T. A. Hussey, Esq., Norton Court, Taunton, 
was 2ud. 
Class I. 12 fancy varieties (Amatenrs).—1st, Mr. 
Henry Glasscock with Miss L. Large, Henry Glass¬ 
cock, Mrs. Saunders, Gaiety, Peacock, Miss N. Halls, 
John Eorbes, Mandarin, Flora Wyatt, Professor 
Fawcett, and Egyptian Prince. 2nd, Mr. E, Pet- 
field. 
Tlie classes of Pompons and Singles were not 
only remarkably well filled, but attractive, the 
plan adopted of making up small bunches with 
buds and foliage being the only way of setting 
them up with good efiect. 
Three Ist-class Certificates were awarded for 
novelties, all to Messrs. Keynes, Williams, & 
Co. They were for General Gordon (fancy) 
golden yellow thickly striped with orange red, 
of perfect form; Borneo (fancy) buff flaked 
with crimson, fine form ; Mrs. Langtry (show) 
yellow tipped with crimson, of exquisite form. 
These varieties will be very decided acqui¬ 
sitions in their several classes. 
DESCBIPTIONS OF THE BEST 
PICOTEES, &c.—VIII. 
E come next to the elegant class—rather 
a mixed one it is true—comprising 
the rose, salmon, and scarlet-edged 
sorts, which together form a specially 
interesting and highly attractive group :—• 
Bose, Salmon, or Scarlet-edged Picotees. 
Ada Hannah [Dodwell). — Heavy scarlet 
edged; a highly refined flower of good sub¬ 
stance ; petal broad and smooth, and colour 
evenly laid upon the margin. A seedling from 
Morna (Fellowes), heavy red edge. First 
bloomed in 1881 ; sent out last autumn. Not 
a good doer. 
Constance Heron iFellotoes). — Heavy 
scarlet edge ; the broadest edge and brightest 
colour of any in this section, with a well- 
formed petal, good substance and good form. 
Has been bloomed in remarkably fine style 
this season. Eaised from an unnamed seed¬ 
ling. First bloomed in 1879; sent out in 
1882. 
Daisy {Dodwell). —Medium rose-edged ; a 
seedling from Fanny Helen with the beautiful 
tint of that fine variety, but much fuller and 
therefore finer in form. Smooth and of fine 
substance. One of the best of the class ; a 
good grower. First bloomed in 1879 ; sent 
out in 1880. 
' Edith D’Ombrain {^Burner). —Heavy rose 
edged; a grand flower. Has the broadest 
marginal colour—a bright, attractive rose—of 
any in the class, save only Eoyal Visit, which 
is not quite so bright in tint, though very 
lovely ; and had it only another tier of petals 
in the crown it would unquestionably be the 
finest broad heavy of the class. Viewed micro¬ 
scopically, as the florist will persist, despite 
his revilers, in viewing the objects of his 
devotion, and also of his exceeding delight, 
Edith D’Ombrain suffers, as compared with 
some other picotees, in a minute serrature on 
the edge of the petal. Nevertheless and 
notwithstanding this drawback, the colour is 
so glorious, the white ground texture and 
quality so good, that I feel perfectly war¬ 
ranted in describing it as a grand flower—in¬ 
dispensable indeed to the exhibitor. First 
bloomed in 1870 ; sent out in 187B. Mr. 
Turner does not know its origin, but I have 
little doubt, from its habit and grass, it springs 
from Kirtland’s Elise. 
Elise (Kirtland). —Like the preceding, a 
heavy rose edge, but scarcely so broad in the 
band of colour, or bright in tint. Yet it is a 
beautiful flower, and frequently runs the 
variety just described a very close race. 
Eaised in the neighbourhood of Oxford, but I 
have been unable to get accurate particulars 
of the date or parentage. 
