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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
t June, 
NATIONAL AURICULA SHOW. 
NORTHERN SECTION. 
HE Show of the Northern Section of 
the National Auricula Society was held 
in the Town Hall, Manchester, on April 
26th, in conjunction with a Spring Show of 
the Manchester Eoyal Botanical Society. As 
is often the case, there were more flowers 
brought together than seemed likely, in a season 
so far from straight and kind. Still, however, 
hard times had told both upon the quantity and 
quality of the blooms—and a deficient yield is 
as easily seen in flowers as in a bad harvest of 
corn and fruits. The date was a very safe one 
to catch the full breadth of the Auricula bloom 
in anything like a fair season ; and all that was 
not done was the effect of circumstances beyond 
the control of those engaged in the friendly 
contest. The Polyanthuses were a stronger 
feature here than in the Society’s Southern 
Show, and the promise of the new seedlings 
among them is increasing more and more. 
First-class Certificates were awarded to Mr. 
Thomas Mellor for seedling Auricula, Reliance, 
a white-edged variety, and to Mr. Ed. Pohlman 
for Brunette, a dark self. The following is the 
full list of awards :— 
Auriculas. 
Class A. 6 dissimilar, Alpines excluded. —1st, 
Mr. J. Booth, Failsworth, with Prince of Greens 
(Trail), the premier flower of the day ; George 
Lightbody (Headly), Alexander Meiklejohn (Kay), 
Lancashire Hero (Lancashire), Acme (Reid), and 
Charles J. Perry (Turner). 2nd, Mr. B. Simonite, 
Rough Bank, Sheffield, with John Simonite 
. (Simonite), Seedling (green-edge), George Light- 
body, Lancashire Hero (grey), Mrs. Douglas 
(Simonite), and Frank Simonite (Simonite). 3rd, 
Mr. E. Pohlman, Halifax, with Alma (Lightbody), 
Marquis of Lome (Campbell), Catherina (Summer- 
scales), Garibaldi (Pohlman), New Green (Headly), 
and Chas. J. Perry. 4th, Mr. T. Mellor, Ashton- 
under-Lyne, with General Bolivar (Smith), Prince 
of Greens, and four Seedlings. 5th, Mr. S. Barlow, 
Castleton, with Queen Victoria (Kent), Beauty 
(Trail), Frank Simonite, Lovely Ann (Oliver), 
Colonel Taylor (Leigh), and Lord Palmerston 
(Campbell). 6th, Mr. W. Bolton, Warrington, with 
Beauty, Lovely Ann, Frank Simonite, Lancashire 
Hero, Ellen Lancaster (Pohlman), and Alexander 
Meiklejohn. 7th, Mr. W. Brockbank, Didsbury, 
with Lancashire Hero, Alexander Meiklejohn, 
Florence, Lovely Ann, Colonel Taylor, and Acme. 
Class B. 4 dissimilar, Alpines excluded. —1st, 
Mr. B. Simonite, with Lancashire Hero (green), a 
Seedling, Mrs. Douglas (Simonite), and Frank 
Simonite. 2nd, Mr. J. Booth, with Acme, Marquis 
of Lome, Alma, and Prince of Greens. 3rd, 
Mr. T. Mellor, Ashton-under-Lyne, with Ringleader 
(Kenyon), Reliance (Mellor), and two Seedlings. 
4th, Mr. E. Pohlman, with Anna (Trail), Beauty, 
Garibaldi, and Alexander Meiklejohn. 5th, Mr. S. 
Barlow, with Smiling Beauty (Heap), Anno, 
Alexander Meiklejohn, and Charles J. Perry. 6th, 
Mr. W. Bolton, with Confidence (Campbell), Talis¬ 
man (Simonite), J. Waterston (Cunningham), and a 
Seedling (self). 
Class C. 2 dissimilar. —1st, Mr. J. Booth, with 
Acme, and Dr. Horner (Reid). 2nd, Mr. E. Pohlman, 
with Mazzini (Pohlman), and New Green (Headly). 
3rd, Mr. W. Bolton, with a Seedling (self), and Alex¬ 
ander Meiklejohn. 4th, Mr. S. Barlow, with Duke of 
Argyll (Campbell), and Beauty. 5th, Mr. J. Beswick, 
Middleton, with Erebus (not Horner’s), and Lovely 
Ann. 6th, Mr. T. Mellor, with two Seedlings. 7th, 
Mr. B. Simonite, with Lancashire Hero, and John 
Waterston. 
Class D. 2 dissimilar: maiden growers. —1st, Mr. 
E. Shepley, Middleton, with Rev. G. Jeans (Trail), 
and Pizarro (Campbell). 2nd, Mr. G. Geggie, 
Waterloo Nursery, Bury, with General Neil (Trail), 
and Mrs. Sturrock (Martin). 
Class F. Singles: green-edged. —Premium and 2nd, 
Mr. Booth, with Colonel Taylor (Leigh). 1st, Mr. B. 
Simonite, with a Seedling; 3rd, with Lovely Ann 
(Oliver) ; and 4th, with Talisman (Simonite). 5th, 
Mr. Mellor, with a Seedling, No. 5. 6th, Mr. S. 
Barlow, with King of Greens ; 8th, with a Seedling. 
7th, Mr. Brockbank, with Admiral Napier (Camp¬ 
bell). 
Class G. Singles : grey-edged. —Premium, Mr. 
Mellor, with Ringleader; 1st, with Confidence ; 2nd, 
with General Bolivar ; 3rd, with John Waterston ; 
and 5th, with a Seedling. 4th, Mr. S. Barlow, with 
Samuel Barlow; 6th, with Alderman Charles E. 
Brown (Headly) ; and 7th, with Complete (Sykes). 
8th, Mr. W. Bolton, with George Lightbody 
(Headly). 
Class H. Singles : ivhite-edged. —Premium, Mr. T. 
Mellor, with Reliance (seedling) ; 2nd, with John 
Simonite; 5th, with a Seedling. 1st, Mr. Booth, 
with Acme; 4th, with Mrs. Headly (Lightbody). 
3rd, Mr. Shaw, with Catharina. 6th, Mr. Brock¬ 
bank, with Frank Simonite. 7th, Mr. B. Simonite, 
with Richard Dean (Simonite). 8th, Mr. Pohlman, 
with Bright Venus (Lee). 
Class I. Singles : self. —Premium, 3rd, and 8th, 
Mr. Mellor, with Seedlings. 1st, Mr. Pohlman, with 
a Seedling. 2nd, Mr. Shaw, Bury, with Charles J. 
Perry (Turner). 4-th, Mr. R. Gorton, with Black¬ 
bird (Spalding). 5th, Mr. Booth, with Ellen Lan¬ 
caster (Pohlman); 7th, with Marquis of Lome 
(Campbell). 6th, Mr. S. Barlow, with Mazzini. 
Seedlings. —Mr. T. Mellor exhibited a very pro¬ 
mising white-edged variety, named Reliance, 
a seedling from Smiling Beauty crossed with John 
Simonite; the segments were somewhat pointed, 
but in other respects the flower was satisfactory. 
Mr. E. Pohlman showed Brunette, a dark self. Both 
were awarded First-class Certificates. 
Alpine Auriculas. 
Class E. 4 dissimilar. —1st, Mr. J. Beswick, 
with Goliath, Conspicua, Dolly Varden (Turner), 
and Diadem (Gorton). 2nd, Mr. T. Mellor, with 
Conspicua, Dazzle (Dean), Diadem, and Ovid 
(Gorton). 3rd, Mr. S. Barlow, with Brightness, 
Beatrice (Turner), Spangle (Turner), and Mercury 
(Turner). 4th, Mr. E. Pohlman, with four Seed¬ 
lings. 5th, Mr. It. Gorton, with Mrs. Meiklejohn 
(Meiklejohn), Beatrice, Diadem, and George Light¬ 
body (Turner). 6th, Mr. Shaw, with Queen Vic¬ 
toria (Turner), Ovid, Lord Elcho (Turner), and 
Diadem. 7th, Mr. W. Brockbank, with Ovid, 
Sydney (Turner), Diadem, and Tenniel (Turner). 
Class K. Singles : yellow centres. —Premium, 1st, 
and 3rd, Mr. Pohlman, with Seedlings. 2nd, Mr. 
Beswick, with Dazzle (Dean). 4th, Mr. Shaw, with 
Ovid. 5th, Mr. R. Gorton, with Mrs. Meiklejohn. 
Class L. Singles: white centres. —Premium, 
