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(Douglas), a very fine grey-edged seedling; Silvia 
(Douglas), Pizarro (Campbell) ; a white-edged seed¬ 
ling ; Glory (Taylor), Acme (Reid); and a grey- 
edged seedling. 3rd, Mr. Benjamin Simonite, Rough 
Bank, Sheffield, with Mrs. Douglas (Simonite), 
purple self ; Frank Simonite, Ringdove, John 
Simonite, Pizarro, Mrs. Dodwell (Simonite), white- 
edged; Anna (Trail), Richard Dean (Simonite), 
Freedom (Booth), George Lightbody ; and a green- 
edged seedling. 4th, J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., 
Penllegare, Swansea, with Lord of Lome (Camp¬ 
bell), Imperator (Litton), Grey Friar (Llewelyn), 
C. J. Perry, Smiling Beauty, Regular (Ashworth), 
General Neil (Trail), Ensign (Turner) ; a dark 
maroon seedling self; Catherina (Summerscales), 
George Lightbody, and Complete (Sykes). 
Class B. 6 dissimilar. —1st, the Rev. F. D. Horner, 
with Frank Simonite, Phantom (Horner), grey-edged; 
Pizarro, Sapphire (Horner), Lancashire Hero, and 
Ajax. 2nd, Mr. James Douglas, with Prince of 
Greens (Trail), Frank Simonite, Lancashire Hero, 
George Lightbody ; a claret-coloured seedling self ; 
and a large white-edged seedling. 3rd, Samuel 
Barlow, Esq., Stake Hill House, Castleton, with 
Pizarro, Lovely Ann (Oliver), Samuel Barlow, green- 
edged ; Ringdove (Horner), Frank Simonite; and a 
green-edged seedling. 4th, Mr. Collier, gardener to R. 
K. Penson, Esq., Ludlow, with Beauty (Trail), Topsy 
(Kay), Glory, Robert Trail (Lightbody), Colonel 
Taylor (Leigh), and Lancashire Hero. 5th, J. T. 
D. Llewelyn, Esq., with Highland Queen (Horse- 
field), Meteor Flag (Lightbody), George Lightbody, 
Lord of Lome, Acme, and Earl of Errol (Dickson). 
Class C. 4 dissimilar .—1st, R. K. Penson, Esq., 
with Colonel Taylor, George Lightbody, True Briton 
(Hepworth), and Vulcan (Sims). 2nd, Mr. James 
Douglas, with Colonel Taylor, C. J. Perry, Glory, 
and George Lightbody. 3rd, Mr. B. Simonite, with 
John Simonite, Ellen Lancaster (Pohlman), Frank 
Simonite; and a green-edged seedling. 4th, S. 
Barlow, Esq., with Alderman C. E. Brown (Heaclly), 
Blackbird (Spalding), Beauty, and Anna. 5th, J. 
T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., with Glory, G. Lightbody, 
Colonel Taylor, and Garland (Smith). 
Class D. 2 dissimilar. —1st, Mr. J. Douglas, with 
Smiling Beauty and Lancashire Hero. 2nd, Mr. 
B. Simonite, with Frank Simonite and Brilliant, a 
dark maroon self. 3rd, the Rev. F. D. Horner, 
with Ringdove and Lancashire Hero. 4th, R. 
Gorton, Esq., The Woodlands, Gildabrook, Eccles, 
with Robert Trail and C. J. Perry. 5th, R. K. 
Penson, Esq., with Topsy and Robert Trail. 6th, 
Mr. J. E. Hay, Newcastle-on-Tyne, with Beauty, and 
a seedling green-edged flower. 
Class E. Specimen Green-edged .—1st, the Rev. F. 
D. Horner, with Lancashire Hero. 2nd, R. K. 
Penson, Esq., with Prince of Greens. 3rd, Sam. 
Barlow, Esq., with King of Greens. 4th, R. K. 
Penson, Esq., with Talisman. 5th, R. Gorton, Esq., 
with a seedling. 6th, Mr. J. Douglas, with Lancashire 
Hero. 7th, Mr. Douglas, with Colonel Taylor. 8th, 
the Rev. F. D. Horner, with Lancashire Hero. 
Class F. Specimen Grey-edged '.—1st, R. K. Penson, 
Esq., with George Lightbody; Mr. Douglas 2nd, 
with George Lightbody; 3rd, with Alexander 
Meiklejohn (Kay) ; 4th, with Dr. Horner (Reid); 
5th, with George Lightbody; 6th, with Alderman 
C. E. Brown, and 7tli, with George Lightbody. 
8th, R. K. Penson, Esq., with Confidence (Campbell). 
Class G. Specimen White-edged .— Mr. Douglas 1st, 
2nd, and 3rd, with Smiling Beauty; 4th, Mr. B. 
Simonite, with Trail’s Beauty; 5th, R. K. Penson, 
Esq., with True Briton ; Mr. Douglas 6th and 7th, 
with Smiling Beauty, and 8th with Ann Smith 
(Smith). 
Class H. Specimen Self. —1st, R. Gorton, Esq., 
with Blackbird; 2nd, R. K. Penson, Esq, with 
Lord of Lome; 3rd, R. Gorton, Esq., with Black¬ 
bird ; 4th, S. Barlow, Esq., with Blackbird; 5th, R. 
Gorton, Esq., with Miss Bainey, a seedling in the 
way of Vulcan, but smaller in the pip; 6th, Mr. 
Bolton, with Lord of Lome; 7th, Mr. B. Simonite, 
with Pizarro; 8th, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Daphne 
(Horner). 
Class I. 50, not fewer than 20 Varieties. —1st, 
Mr. James Douglas, with a capital group, including 
amongst others Metropolitan (Spalding), Silvia, Dr. 
Horner, Admiral Napier (Campbell), True Briton, 
John Waterston (Cunningham), Prince of Wales 
(Ashton), Lady Sophia Dumaresque, Campbell’s 
Green-edge, Complete, Taylor’s Glory, Eliza (Sims), 
Lady Sale (Smith), Alderman Wisbey (Headly), 
Maria (Chapman), Ne Plus Ultra (Smith), and a 
number of seedlings. 2nd, Mr. C. Turner, Slough, 
with a bright, showy collection, containing 
several plants of C. J. Perry and Colonel 
Champneys (Turner); Unique, Topsy, Vulcan 
(Sims), Pizarro, Lord Clyde (Lightbody), Meta 
(Turner), Clipper (Turner), Matilda (Dickson), 
Sultana (Turner), Bessy Bell (Spalding), Pevcrel of 
the Peak, John Fowle (Turner), Rupert (Turner), 
Frank Simonite, fine ; and Mary Ann (Fletcher). 3rd, 
J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., with many of the above- 
named sorts, and Lady Ann Wilbraham (Oliver), 
Corona, a claret-purple self; Grey Friar (Llewelyn), 
Ashworth’s Regular, Frank Simonite, Meteor Flag, &c. 
Seedlings. —New Auriculas were not so numerous 
as last year, Mr. Horner, unfortunately, not being 
able to bring up his best seedlings, which were past. 
The following prizes were awarded, while those to 
which the letters F.C.C. are added were awarded 
First-class Certificates:— 
Green-edged. —1st, S. Barlow, Esq., with King of 
Greens (F.C.C.), rather weak in the ground-colour, 
tube somewhat pale, maroon ground-colour like 
Champion, pure white paste, and good green edge. 
2nd, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Intrepid, a very good 
flower, with correct yellow tube, paste pure, good 
black body-colour, and rich green edge; some 
persons thought this a better flower than King of 
Greens, but it was not fully open. 
Grey-edged. —1st, Mr. J. Douglas, with Mabel 
(F.C.C.), which also gained Premium as the best 
Auricula in the exhibition; it is a cross between 
George Lightbody and Lancashire Hero, and has a 
neat truss, like George Lightbody, good yellow tube 
and dense paste, with very smooth even marginal 
segments. 2nd, Mr. Douglas, with Hilda, a large 
flower of the George Lightbody type, with the 
size and quality of a good Alexander Meiklejohn. 
White-edged. —1st, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Snow¬ 
drift (F.C.C.), a large circular flower, remarkable 
for its full white edge, black body-colour, dense 
circular white paste, and yellow tube. 2nd, Mr. 
Douglas, with Dr. Kidd, a seedling from Smiling 
Beauty, but smaller, and with a purer edge. 
Selfs. —1st, Rev. F. D. Horner, with Erebus 
(F.C.C.), quite a black-edge flower, medium size, 
beautiful white centre, and gold tube. 2nd, Mr. 
Simonite, with Brilliant, a seedling from Duke of 
Argyll, but a more richly-coloured flower, deep 
reddish-crimson, with good paste and tube, and 
beautiful mealed foliage. 
Alpine Auriculas. 
Class K. 12 dissimilar. —1st, Mr. Chas. Turner, with 
Diadem (Gorton), and Mariner, Mrs. Dodwell, Mrs. 
Llewelyn, Unique, Mrs. Thomson, Evening Star, 
Rembrandt, and four seedlings, all of his own raising. 
2nd, J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., with Dolly Varden 
(Turner), Evening Star, Unique, Ovid (Gorton), Dis¬ 
tinction (Turner), Elcho (Turner), Mrs. Meiklejohn, 
and five seedlings. 3rd, Mr. James Douglas, with 
Sensation (Turner), Beatrice (Turner), Mrs. Dodwell, 
Queen Victoria (Turner), Diadem, Mrs. Llewelyn, 
