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THE PEACH PALM. 
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Flora (Douglas), George Lightbody (Turner), Mrs. 
Meiklejohn, and three seedlings. 
Class L. 6 dissimilar. —1st, Mr. James Douglas, 
with George Lightbody, Queen Victoria, Mrs. 
Llewelyn, and three seedlings. 2nd, Mr. Turner, 
with Mrs. Thomson, Mariner, Distinction, Sensation, 
Marginata, and a seedling. 3rd, Mr. E. Adams, Swal- 
well, Newcastle-ou-Tyne, with Col. Scott (Turner), 
George Lightbody, Diadem, Brilliant (Turner), Mer¬ 
cury (Turner), and Slough Rival (Turner). 4th, J. 
T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., with Queen Victoria, Dia¬ 
dem, Bronze Queen (Turner), Mercury, Mrs. Meikle¬ 
john, and Mrs. Llewelyn. 
Class M. Specimen Gold centre. —Mr. Turner, 1st 
and 2nd, with Diadem and a seedling, maroon 
ground with shaded edge. 3rd, Mr. Adams, with Col. 
Scott. 4th, Mr. Turner, with President (Turner). 
5th, Mr. Douglas, with a seedling much in the way 
of Alexander Meiklejohn, but not so large. 6th, the 
Rev. E. L. Fellowes, with Diadem. 
Class N. Specimen White or Cream centre. —1st, 
Mr. Douglas, with a seedling. 2nd, Mr. Turner, 
with Philip Frost. 3rd, Mr. Douglas, with a seed¬ 
ling ; 4th and 5th with George Lightbody, and 6th 
with Selina (Turner). 
Seedlings. — Gold centres. —1st, Mr. J. Douglas, 
with Rosamond S. Fellowes, a good dark-shaded 
edged flower, maroon crimson shading to red. 
2nd, Mr. Douglas, with Minnie Coope, purplish- 
crimson shading to reddish-brown. White or Cream 
centres. —1st, Mr. Charles Turner, with Mrs. Staf¬ 
ford, a good round flower, maroon-purple shading 
to deep purple. 2nd, Mr. J. Douglas, with Edith 
Wynne, cream centre, purplish-maroon shading to 
purple. 
Fancy Auriculas. 
Class B. 12 dissimilar. —1st, S. Barlow, Esq., 
with a dozen seedlings, all yellow grounds, and white 
centre. 2nd, Mr. W. Bolton, with a similar group, 
showing more variation in the ground-colours. 
Polyanthuses. 
Class 0. 6 dissimilar Gold-laced. —1st, S. Barlow, 
Esq., with John Bright, Harbinger, Sunrise, Criterion, 
Firefly, and a seedling, all of his own raising. 2nd, 
Mr. James Douglas, with George IV. (Buck) ; Rev. 
F. D. Horner (Jackson), Exile (Crownshaw), 
Cheshire Favourite (Saunders), Lancer (Bullock), 
and President (Hilton). 3rd, Mr. W. Bolton, with 
Cheshire Favourite, President, Exile, Earl of Lincoln 
(Cox), and two seedlings. 
Class P. 3 dissimilar. —1st, Mr. Douglas, with 
Lancer, Cheshire Favourite, and George IV. 2nd, 
Mr. W. Bolton, with Cheshire Favourite, George 
IV., and Lancashire Hero (Whittaker). 3rd, S. Bar- 
low, Esq., with President, Firefly, and John Bright. 
Class Q. Specimen Gold-laced .—1st, Mr. Douglas, 
with Exile. 2nd, S. Barlow, Esq., with John Bright. 
3rd, Mr. W. Caudwell, Wantage, with George IV. 
4th, J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., with Lancashire Hero 
(Whittaker). 5th, S. Barlow, Esq., with Sunrise; 
and 6th, with Lancashire Hero (Yates). 
Class S. 12 dissimilar Fancy. —1st, Mr. R. 
Dean, Ranelagh Road, Ealing, with a very bright 
lot, varying in colour from white to buff, yellow, 
primrose, mauve, violet, rose, crimson, and maroon. 
2nd, Mr. F. Hooper, Bath; and 3rd, Mr. Douglas. 
Class T. 12 dissimilar Double and Single Prim¬ 
roses. —1st, Mr. R. Dean. 2nd, Mr. H. Hooper, Bath. 
Class U. 12 Hardy Primulas .—1st, Mr. Douglas, 
with well-flowered representatives of P. cortusoides, 
P. Munroi, P. intermedia, P. marginata, P. rosea, P. 
sikkimensis, &c. 2nd, J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq. 
3rd, S. Barlow, Esq. 
Seedlings. — Black ground. —There was a grand 
set of seedling Polyanthuses from S. Barlow, 
Esq., who gained 1st prize with Criterion (F.C.C.), 
perhaps the best Polyanthus yet raised, the centre 
round, deep yellow colour, rich deep maroon lacing, 
very correct; and 2nd, with John Bright (F.C.C.), 
which, although a grand flower, lacks a point in 
its angular centre and unsymmetrical lacing. The 
Certificates were both of them well deserved. Bed 
ground. —1st, S. Barlow, Esq., with Firefly, which, 
though not of such good quality as Sunrise, is 
distinct, with deep yellow centre, and correct lacing. 
2nd, Mr. W. Bolton, with Regular, a small neat flower, 
of good quality, round centre, and correct lacing. 
Mr. R. Dean received a First-class Certificate for 
Fancy Polyanthus Grenadier, a brilliant red flower, 
with yellow centre ; very showy. 
Tlie Premier Auricula in tlie Show was a 
seedling grey-edged flower, named Mabel, 
exhibited by Mr. J. Douglas.—W. 
Guiltelma speciosa. 
THE PEACH PALM. 
>N the account of this picturesque and 
e ] elegant palm, given by Mr. Wallace, in 
his Palm Trees of the Amazon , it is stated : 
that its stem is slender, cylindrical, and thickly 
set with rings of long, needle-shaped spines; 
that it reaches a height of GO ft., growing 
erect; and that it is furnished with numerous 
terminal pinnate drooping leaves, the leaflets of 
which, growing out from the midrib in various 
directions, and being themselves curled or 
waved, give the whole mas3 of foliage a singu¬ 
larly plumy appearance. The leaves of young 
plants are entire, but as the trees acquire age, 
they break up into regular narrow leaflets. 
This palm, which is the Guilielma speciosa 
of Martius, and the Puparika and Pirijao of 
the natives, bears a reddish-yellow fruit, about 
the size of an apricot. This fruit, in many in¬ 
stances, is a farinaceous mass, the seed being 
abortive; but when the fruits contain the normal 
stony seed, they are nearly double the size 
