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and looking almost like wax, so clean were they. 
Among the newer sorts were his famed Cigarette, 
a splendid white, round, second early ; also 
General Roberts, one of the best late white kidneys 
known. Late round varieties were represented by 
Kerr's Bee Hive ; this is a very heavy cropper, and 
when better known is sure to rank high. Then there 
is the new late flat, round sort, General Kitchener, a 
lovely potato, extremely handsome in appearance, 
and a very heavy cropper. This variety is not yet 
in commerce. Other varieties included Britannica, 
a good, round white: Lymm’s Gray, with a beautiful 
netted skin ; Clara Butt (new), a lovely pink or red 
variety, very much netted ; The Sirdar (new); Uncle 
Sam (new), the blackest skinned variety known; and 
other popular good kinds. This display of Potatos 
was certainly an acquisition to the show. 
Mr. M. Campbell, Auchinraith.Blantyre, had a table 
measuring 2 ft. by 5 ft., filled with his choicest 
Carnations, Dahlias, Hollyhocks, and miscellaneous 
herbaceous flowers. In all of these Mr. Campbell is a 
specialist, and his exhibit on this occasion fully sus¬ 
tained the credit won by him in years of patient 
labour. 
Messrs. Kerr Bros., Florists, Dumfries, had a very 
tastefully arranged exhibit of Dahlias, Carnations, 
Gladioli, early-flowering Chrysanthemums, herba¬ 
ceous plants, etc., nicely backed with Palms and 
Ferns. The Dahlias were represented by all the best 
of the new varieties, the Cactus and Pompon sections 
being put up in imposing sprays, while the show and 
fancy varieties were exhibited in the usual manner 
on stands. They had also a fine dish of their new 
Tomato “Kerr’s Prizetaker.” 
Mr. John Forbes, Buccleuch Nurseries, Hawick, 
had, as usual, a very comprehensive collection of 
florist’s and hardy herbaceous flowers, in all the 
newest and best sorts. Hollyhocks, which are so 
much associated with his name, were very prominent 
on the back of the stand, in grandly developed 
spikes, of all the choicest sorts; healthy and 
vigorous they looked, vividly recalling to our 
memory the Hollyhocks of thirty years ago, before 
the dreadful disease wrought such havoc amongst 
them. 
Miscellaneous hardy flowers were well staged in 
great variety, along with a fine array of all that is 
good in Pentstemons, Phloxes and Dahlias, besides 
a charming selection of Carnations in single blooms 
and bunches, the whole forming a very attractive 
and meritorious exhibit. 
Messrs. Dobbie & Co., the Queen’s florists, Rothe¬ 
say, exhibited a large collection of Cactus and Pom¬ 
pon Dahlias, most of them being new varieties, such 
as Britannia, Alfred Vasey, Island Queen, Capstan, 
Mrs. John Goddard, Regulus, Daffodil, Octopus, 
Mrs. Dickson, Gipsy, Stella and Standard Bearer. 
Amongst the Pompons, Hypatia, Agate, Jewel, 
Norah and Vulcan were very fine. These were 
shown in seventy large sprays, with ten dozen single 
blooms of Cactus Dahlias in front. A fine collection 
of early flowering Chrysanthemums was also on 
view. These were shown in large graceful bunches, 
and made quite an imposing display, Louis Lemaire, 
M. G. Grunnerwald, Mytchett White, Doris Peto, 
Alfred Rose, Flora, Fred Peleand Nanum being the 
most noteworthy. The whole stand was relieved by 
graceful Palms, Gypsophylla, &c. 
Mr. Michael Cuthbertson, Rothesay, filled a large 
table with his specialities, which included a rare col¬ 
lection of about twenty-five varieties of Montbretias. 
The double form was well shown, Aurea, Auricula, 
Aurora, Elegans, Fleuve-jaune, Gerbe d’Or, Rayon 
d’Or and Soleil Couchant were among the best 
yellows, while Etincelant, Star of Fire, Phare and 
Transcendent represented the brilliant scarlet 
varieties. The favourite new Sunflower, Helianthus 
rigidus Daniel Dewar, was in grand form and very 
much admired. This variety is remarkable lor its 
dwarf branching habit with pointed petals like a 
Cactus Dahlia. Among other rare things on Mr.. 
Cuthbertson’s stand was Habenaria ciliaris, an ele¬ 
gant species with orange-yellow flowers in clusters 
like an Orchis, with lip beautifully fringed. Rud- 
beckia fulgida, Dahlias—show, fancy, Pompon and 
Cactus, French and Scotch Marigolds, striped 
Antirrhinums, summer-flowering Chrysanthemums, 
and a large number of Gladioli were included in this 
most attractive exhibit. 
Messrs. R. B. Laird & Sons were, as usual, pro¬ 
minent with a well arranged circular table of plants. 
Good examples of Palms, Ferns, and other popular 
greenhouse and stove plants were shown. A notice¬ 
able plant in this exhibit was Acalypha Sanderi, 
which attracted a large number of sightseers. Its 
crimson spikes like those of Love-lies-Bleeding were 
in many instances 20 in. long. Acalypha gcdseffiana 
was also well shown by Messrs. Laird. We particu¬ 
larly noticed the Liliums which were an outstanding 
feature of the group, and also Ophiopogon Jaburan 
varieties, which was much admired for its variegated 
graceful leaves and its bright blue flowers. Varie¬ 
gated leaved Cannas and Diacaena sanderiana were 
also showy. 
They also had an exhibit of Tomato Laird's 
Supreme, a free fruiting variety with fruits of medium 
size, smooth, solid and deep red. It is an early 
variety and the fruits were picked from plants that 
have been fruiting since June. Tomato Stirling 
Castle has smaller, round and smooth, deep red 
fruits. Carrot Laird’s Excelsior is an intermediate 
sort of good form and colour, suitable for exhibition. 
Her Majesty the Queen (gardener, Mr. Owen 
Thomas), Windsor, sent a splendid fruit trophy, 
occupying a table 25 ft. long by 5 ft. 6 in. wide. 
The principal fruits consisted of Grapes, Apples, 
Pears, Pines, Bananas, Peaches, 14 sorts, Straw¬ 
berries, Cherries, etc , extending to 150 dishes, ad¬ 
mirably displayed. There were fourteen baskets of 
Grapes, consisting of Gros Colman, Alicante, Black 
Frontignan, Madresfield Court, Muscat of Alexan¬ 
dria, Golden Hamburgh, Raisin de Calabre, Straw, 
berry Grape, etc. Interesting was the basket of 
Grapes from the old Vine at Hampton Court, which 
carried 1,200 bunches, and another from the Cum¬ 
berland Lodge Vine, which carried 2,200 bunches. 
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