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THE FLOKIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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lings of his own raising; with Sensation and Dolly 
Varden (Turner), Mrs. Meiklejohn (Meiklejohn), 
and Diadem (Gorton). 
Class L. 6 dissimilar. — 1st, Mr. J. Douglas, with 
Mrs. Meiklejohn, Diadem, Amelia Hardwidge, and 
Seedling, all red shaded ; George Lightbody (Turner) 
and Sensation (Turne r ). 2nd, Mr. C. Turner, with 
King of the Belgians, Unique, Wi liam Bowie, Sen¬ 
sation, John Ball, and Gertrude, the four last beiog 
self-coloured. 3rd, Rev. E. L. Fellowes, who had 
King of the Belgians, very fine, and a rich chestnut 
self Seedling of good quality. 4th, J. T. D. Llewelyn, 
Esq., Swansea. 5th, Mr. R. Dean. Mr. Pohlman 
staged under this head a collection of laced varieties, 
a new class, very (dealing in character, but needing 
further improvement and refinement before a high 
rank can be assigned to it. 
Class M. Specimen Cold-centres. —1st, Mr. C. 
Turner, with Amazon, and 6th with King of the 
Belgians. 2nd, Mr. J. Douglas, with Princess of 
Waldeck ; 3rd, 4th, and 5th, with Amelia Hard¬ 
widge. 
Class N. Specimen White or Cream-centres. —1st, 
Mr. C. Turner, with Charles Darwin, a charming 
plum shaded flower, and 2nd, with Mentor, dark 
purple shaded ; 3rd and 4th, Mr. Douglas, with Queen 
Victoria (Turner), mauve-purple shaded; 5th, Mr. 
Turner, with Gladiator, violet shaded; 6th, Mr. 
Douglas, with Geo. Lightbody (Turner). 
Seedlings. —Of these there was a good assort¬ 
ment, principally shown hy Mr. Turner and Mr. J. 
Douglas. Cold-centres: 1st, Mr. Turner, with 
Amazon (P.C.C.); 2nd, Mr. Douglas, with Princess 
of Waldeck (F.C.C.). Mr. Douglas also showed in 
this class Amelia Hardwidge (F.C.C.).— White- 
centres : 1st, Mr. Turner, with Charles Darwin; 
2nd, Mr. Douglas, with Ada Hardwidge (P.C.C.). 
Por descriptions see Register of Novelties, p. 90. 
Fancy Auriculas. 
Class if. 12 dissimilar. —1st, Mr. Samuel Barlow, 
with nine pale-hued or yellow show kinds, the double 
yellow and purple and a show green-edged kind that 
could hardly be termed a fancy. 2nd, Mr. Douglas, 
with buff and greenish ground flowers, which were 
decidedly fanciful. 3rd, Mr. R. Dean, with a lot of 
charmingly laced flowers unnamed. 
Polyanthuses. 
Class O. 6 dissimilar , Gold-laced. -— 1st, Mr. S. 
Barlow, with Red Rover, a seedling, very bright and 
neat; Beauty of England (Maud), Cheshire Pavourite 
(Saunders), Prince Regent (Cox), Sunrise (Barlow), 
and Exile (Crownshaw). 2nd, Mr. W. Bolton, 
Warrington, with Earl of Lincoln (Hufton), Exile 
(Crownshaw),George IV. (Buck), Cheshire Pavourite 
(Saunders), President (Hilton), andaSeedling. 3rd, 
Mr. J. Douglas, with Rev. F. D. Horner (Jackson), 
Lancer (Bullock), Exile (Crownshaw), George IV. 
(Buck), Cheshire Pavourite (Saunders), and Presi¬ 
dent. 
Class P. 3 dissimilar. Gold-laced. —1st, Mr. S. 
Barlow, with Cheshire Pavourite (Saunders), Firefly 
(Barlow), and Exile (Crownshaw); 2nd, Mr. Bolton, 
with two Seedlings and George IV. (Buck); 3rd, 
Mr. R. Dean. 
Class Q. Specimen Gold-laced.— 1st, J. T. D. 
Llewelyn, Esq., with Lancashire Hero (Whittaker); 
2nd, Mr. Brockbank, with Cheshire Pavourite; 3rd, 
Mr. Barlow, with Pirefly, 4th with Cheshire 
Pavourite, and 5th with Exile; 6th, Mr. R. Dean, 
with George IV. 
The Premier flower selected from the whole 
show, was a specimen of George Lightbody, 
with nine perfect pips, shown by the Rev. 
F. D. Horner.—T. M. 
Northern Section. 
The Exhibition of the Northern Section of 
the National Auricula Society, which was held 
on May 2nd, in the Town Hall, Manchester, 
proved to be highly successful, and if not so 
extensive as the Southern Show held during the 
preceding week, it was at least as full of interest 
to the growers and admirers of the Auricula. 
Some sorts were conspicuously fine, as for 
example George Lightbody, Acme, Richard 
Headly, Lancashire Hero, and Alexander 
Meiklejohn, the latter especially being very 
largely shown and in exceptionally fine cha¬ 
racter. See note at p. 94. We give below the 
principal awards in the several Classes :— 
Auriculas. 
Class A. 6 dissimilar (Alpines excluded). — 
1st, Mr. W. Bolton, Warrington, with very fine 
examples of Prince of Greens, Frank Simonite, 
George Lightbody, Alexander Meiklejohn, Lan¬ 
cashire Hero, and Mrs. Douglas, the fine new violet 
self raised by Mr. B. Simonite, Sheffield. 2nd, Mr. 
Jonathan Booth, Pailsworth, with well-finished 
examples of George Lightbody, Alexander Meikle¬ 
john, Trail’s Anna, Lord of Lome, Dr. Horner, and 
Colonel Taylor. 3rd, Mr. H. Wilson, Halifax, with 
Alexander Meiklejohn, George Lightbody, Prince of 
Greens, John Simonite, Sapphire, and Colonel Taylor. 
4th, Mr. S. Barlow, Stakehill, with Lovely Ann, 
Lancashire Hero, Sy ice’s Complete, Prank Simonite, 
Erebus, and Ringdove, the two latter fine seifs raised 
by the Rev. F. D. Horner. 5th, Mr. E. Pohlman, 
Halifax, 6th, Mr. B. Simonite. 
Class B. 4 dissimilar (Alpines excluded). —1st, 
Mr. H. Wilson, with a good set, comprising Acme 
(Read), Ringdove, Prince of Greens, and Alexander 
Meiklejohn. 2nd, Mr. Shaw, Bury, with Dr. Horner, 
Ellen Lancaster, a conspicuous dark self; Alex¬ 
ander Meiklejohn, and George Lightbody. 3rd, 
Mr. E. Pohlman, with George Lightbody, Acme, 
Topsy, and Colonel Tailor. 4th, Mr. W. Bolton, 
with Lancashire Hero, Acme, George Lightbody, 
and Topsy. 5th, Mr. J. Booth. 6th, Mr. B. 
Simonite. 
Class C. 2 dissimilar .—1st, Mr. R. Lord, Tod- 
morden, with Colonel Taylor and George Lightbody, 
in fine condition. 2nd, Mr. J. Beswick, Middleton, 
with Charles J. Perry and Trail’s Anna. 3rd, Mr. 
W. Bolton, with Alexander Meiklejohn and Ring¬ 
dove. 4th, Mr. J. Booth, with Eden Lancaster and 
Dr. Horner. 5th, Mr. W. Tayl>r. 6th, the Executors 
of the late Thomas Mellor. 
Class J). 2 dissimilar: Maiden growers. —1st, 
Mr. Bealey, with Acme and Alexander Meiklejohn. 
2nd, Mr. Shipley, with Smiling Beauty and Richard 
Headly. 3rd, Mr. Prescott, with Mrs. Sturwell and 
Dr. Horner. 4th, Mrs. G. Shaw, with Trail’s Beauty 
and Meteor Flag. 
Class F. Specimen Green-edged .—The premium 
was taken by Mr. E. Pohlman, with Lancashire 
Hero, in its green form. 1st, Mr. R. Lord, with 
Colonel Taylor. 2nd, Mr. W. Bolton, with Talisman. 
3rd, Mr. Rogers, with May-flower. 4th, Mr, Pohl- 
man, with Laurel, a lively-looking variety, with a 
