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prize : Mr. Hudson (H. J. Atkinson, Esq., Gumiers- 
bury), whose fruit was exceedingly good. 3rd prize: 
G. Middleton, Esq., Rainford Hail, St. Helen's, also 
very good indeed. 
Class 10: 2 bunches, Muscat Hamburgh.— 
This brought five competitors. The 1st prize was 
won by Mr. Boyd, with an exceptionably good 
sample. 2nd prize: Mr. M'allis (Sir H. M. Thomp¬ 
son, Bart., Kirby Hall, York). 3rd prize : Mr. G. 
T. Miles (Lord Carington, Wycombe Abbey). 
Class 11 : 2 BUNCHES, M.4DKESFIELD COURT.— 
There were eleven lots shown. The 1st prize sample 
was from Mr. J. H. Goodacre (Earl of Harrington, 
Elvaston Castle), and was fine in bunch and berry, 
and jet black. 2nd prize : Mr. J. Roberts (Baroness 
L. de Rothschild, Gunnersbury), a capital exhibit. 
3rd prize : Mr. Barker (Sir II. Allsopp, Bart., Hind- 
lip Hall), a very excellent sample. 
Class 12: 2 bunches, Black Alicante. —The 
finest of six lots, and which won the 1st place, was 
staged by Mr. Elphinstone, of Shipley Hall. 2nd 
prize: Mr. D. Forbes (J. Harris, Esq., Derwent 
Lodge, Cockermoutli). 3rd prize: Mr. R. Elphin¬ 
stone (John Hey wood. Esq., Stretford). 
Class 13: 2 bunches, Gros Colman. —There 
were four samples shown, and all good ones; Mr. 
W. Elphinstone, of Shipley Hall, Mr. D. Forbes, of 
Derwent Lodge, and Mr. Mclndoe, of Hutton Hall, 
took the awards. 
Class 14: 2 BUNCHES, LADY DoWNE’S SEED¬ 
LING.—Seven very good lots were shown. The 1st 
prize was won by Mr. Bannister (H. St. Vincent 
Ames, Esq., Cole House, Westbury-on-Trym). 2nd 
prize : Mr. W. Elphinstone. 3rd prize : Mr. Hunter. 
Class 15: 2 bunches, Duke of Buccleuch.— 
The 1st prize went to Mr. Mclndoe, of Hutton Hall. 
2nd prize: Mr. J. Morton (James Fildes, Esq., 
Chorlton-cum-IIardy). 3rd prize : Mr. J. Farquhar- 
sod, Acton, Wrexham. All were good samples, the 
bunches being of a medium size, the berries large, 
and very clean. 
Class 16 : 2 BUNCHES, GOLDEN CHAMPION.— 
This class was well contested by four competitors. 
The 1st prize was won by Mr. Mclndoe. 2nd prize : 
Mr. J. Roberts. 3rd prize: Mr. J. Morton. 
Class 17: Heaviest bunch of Black Grapes. 
-The first prize was taken by Mr. Roberts (Countess 
of Charleville, Tullamore), with a bunch of Gros 
Guillaume, weighing 20 lb. 2nd prize : Mr. Finigan 
(W. Burnyeat, Esq., Iiuyton). 3rd prize: Air. 
Goodacre; weights not stated. 
Class 18 : Heaviest BUNCH OF WHITE GRAPES. 
—Air. Roberts was again 1st, with the largest 
bunch, a sample of Trebbiano, well shouldered and 
very compact, weighing 20 lb. 3 oz. The same 
exhibitor also staged two other bunches of the same 
variety, which together weighed 28 lb. 
Class 19 : The best Seedling Grape, not in 
commerce. —For this prize there were six competi¬ 
tors, and the prize was awarded to Air. Ollerhead (Sir 
H. Peek, Bart., M.P., AYimbledon), for Ollerhead’s 
White , w'hich was stated to be a seedling between 
Aluscat of Alexandria and Foster’s Seedling, and is 
uncommonly like the latter, but handsome in bunch, 
with medium-sized oval berries, and possessing a 
very agreeable flavour. Air, Hunter showed a 
seedling black Grape raised in 1880, with the berries 
nearly round and very thick-skinned, which to be of 
any value must prove itself a very late keeper, and to 
possess a better flavour than that of Lady Dowue’s. 
Mr. Allan, of Gunton, and Air. Horsefield, of 
Heytesbury, both exhibited a Grape called the 
Chatsworth Seedling, a pleasantly-flavoured black 
Grape, which is believed to be the same as that for 
which the late Mr. J. R. Pearson, of Chilwell, received 
a First-class Certificate from, the R.H.S. Fruit Com¬ 
mittee, but which he renounced in the following 
year, as the Grape did not keep to his satisfaction, 
and he did not believe it to be worth the award. 
Grapes of very high quality were also shown in 
competition for the munificent prizes given by the 
General Horticultural Company (John Wills), 
Limited; and for the medals and money awards 
contributed by the A’eitch Alemorial Trustees. The 
former should have brought out a more spirited 
competition, though it is doubtful if any better 
samples could have been produced than those which 
won the premier award. The Yeitch Memorial 
Aledals and prizes of £5 were devoted to classes for 
Black and AYhite Grapes, three bunches to constitute 
the dish of each. 
Class 219: Wills’ Prizes: 6 bunches of 
AYhite and C bunches of Black Grapes.— 
The 1st prize (30 gs.) was wou by Mr. Hunter, of 
Lambton. The competitors had to show 6 bunches 
each of white and of black Grapes, in two or four 
varieties; and Air. Hunter elected to display the 
latter number, his sorts being Alicante and Black 
Hamburgh, Aluscat of Alexandria and Trebbiano. 
2nd prize (20 gs.), Air. Louden (T. Barnes, Esq., 
Chirk). 
Class 236 : A’eitch Prizes : 3 bunches 
Black Grapes. —For these there was a very close 
competition between Air. Roberts, of Gunnersbury', 
who had a remarkably highly finished sample of 
Aladresfield Court; and Air. Boyd, of Falkirk, who 
put up a superb dish of Aluscat ILamburghs, the 
finest sample of this Grape, difficult to grow, that we 
ever remember to have seen. The jrros and cons oT 
each were thoroughly discussed before the award was 
made, and undoubtedly fine as were the Madreslields, 
there was no getting away from the others, to which 
the award was eventually made. 
Class 237: A’EITCH Prizes : 3 BUNCHES WHITE 
Grapes. —The first prize was nobly won by Air. 
Rafiil (Lord Tredegar, Tredegar Park, Monmouth), 
who had very fine Muscat of Alexandria, consisting 
of good-sized, compact bunches of well-swelled and 
well-ripened berries.—M. 
THE GUERNSEY LILY. 
HE Guernsey Lily, Nerine sarniensis, is 
a native of Japan, and was imported 
into England about the year 1G59. 
It belongs to the natural order Arnaryl- 
lidacea, and was originally included in the 
genus Amaryllis, from which it was removed 
to that of Nerine by Dean Herbert. It is now 
quite naturalised in Guernsey, where it is 
reputed to owe its introduction to the shipwreck 
of a vessel returning from Japan. The bulbs 
are annually imported from Guernsey to this 
country in very large numbers. 
The flowers of N. sarniensis are of a brilliant 
red colour, and are produced in large bunches, 
on small footstalks, about the month of 
September. The bulbs should be potted in 
sandy loam and a small quantity of good rotten 
dung, as soon as they arrive, which is generally 
about the beginning of August. When the 
flowers begin to open, they should be re- 
