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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
Verbenas...1. J. Buckle, Esq. for Emmersonia; 2. Mr. Clarkson, Fulford-road, for Ni- 
venii; 3. Messrs. Backhouse, for Tweediana grandifiora. 
Annuals...1. Messrs. Backhouse, for Collinsia heterophylla; 2. J. Buckle, Esq. for Lo¬ 
belia heterophylla ; 3. Messrs. Backhouse, for Phlox Drummondii. 
Cockscombs...!. II. Preston, Esq.; 2 and 3. C. Harris, Esq. 
Hardy Plants... 1 and 2. Messrs. Backhouse, for Chelona barbata and Pentstemon 
gentianoides ; 3. J. Buckle, Esq. for Antenhmum pariphyloides. 
August 6. Grantham Carnation Show. Prizes awarded. 
1. Mr. Whittaker, for the first stand of Carnations, Wilmer’s Amato, "Whittaker’s Colonel 
MacQueen, Orson’s Rob Roy, Turner’s Princess Charlotte, Lady Vernon, Duke of New¬ 
castle, Lord Manners, Unknown, Yeoman’s Patroness; 2. Mr. Banton, for Banton’s Para¬ 
gon, Gregory’s Alfred. Pearson’s Madame Mara, Princess Charlotte, Bantcn’s Grace Darling 
(a seedling), Hira’s Alpha, Ellingwortli’s Sir Frederick, Lee’s Cleopatra, Banton’s Fairy 
Queen ; 3. John Mills, Esq. Stamford. 
Scarlet Bizarres...l. Mr. Banton, for Rainforth’s Game Boy; 2. Mr. Banton, for Bellisa- 
rius ; 3. Mr. Whittaker, for Wilmer’s High Admiral; 4. Mr. Banton, for Fanfare Hero ; 
5. Mr. Whittaker, for Newman Noggs; 6. Mr. Banton, for Game Boy. 
Crimson Bizar;es...l. Mr. Banton, for Ely’s Duke of Bedford; 2. Mr. Whittaker, for 
Madame Taglioni; 3. Ditto, for Cottage Hero. 
Scarlet Flakes...1. Mr. Banton, for Simpson’s Marquis of Granby; 2. Ditto, for Wilson’s 
Sir H. Davy ; 3. Ditto, for Orson’s Rob Roy; 4. Mr. Whittaker, for Wilmer’s Queen Vic¬ 
toria; 5. Mr. Yeoman, for Banton’s Flora M'lvor; 6. Mr. Banton, for Napoleon. 
Rose Flakes...1. Mr. Yeomans, for Duchess of Devonshire; 2. Mr. Whittaker, for Lady 
Vernon; 3. Mr. Yeomans, for Mountaineer; 4. Mr. Whittaker, for Lovely Anne ; 5. Mr. 
Banton, for Grace Darling; 6. Mr. Yeomans, for Duchess of Devonshire. 
Purple Flakes...1. Mr. Yeomans, for Hufton’s Fair Rosamond: 2. Mr. Banton, for 
Princess Charlotte ; 3. Mr. Whittaker, for Queen of Sheba ; 4. Mr. Banton, for Ely’s Lady 
Hawley ; 5. Mr. Whittaker, for Lady Wildman ; 6. Ditto, ditto. 
Red Picotees, heavy edge...1. Mr. Banton, lor Banton’s Marmion ; 2. Ditto, for Martin’s 
Coronet; 3. Ditto, for Banton’s Ariel; 4. Mr. Yeomans for Ariel; 5. Mr. Whittaker, for 
Hunt’s Victoria ; 6. Mr. Banton, for Wilmer’s Alcides. 
Red Picotees, light-edge... 1. Mr. Whittaker, for Elizabeth; 2. Mr. Yeomans, for Miss 
Bacon ; 3. Mr. Banton, for Randolph; 4. Mr. Banton, for Juliana; p. Ditto, for Ruby ; 
6. Mr. Ashwell, for Miss Bacon. 
Purple Picotees, heavy-edge... 1. Mr. Yeomans, for Muscroft’s Queen Victoria ; 2. Ditto, 
for Lee’s Cleopatra; 3. Mr. Banton, for Orson’s Maria; 4. Mr. Whittaker, for Unknown; 
5. Ditto, for Youell’s Imperial; C. Mr. J. Wood, for Orson's Seedling. 
Purple Picotees, light-edge...1. Mr. Banton, for Spurr’s Rutland Beauty (seedling); 
2. Ditto, for Orson’s Beauteous Queen ; 3. Mr. Yeomans, for Patroness ; 4. Mr. Banton, 
for Lady Harewood ; 5. Mr. Yeomans, for Yeoman’s Duke of Rutland ; 6. Mr. "Whittaker, 
for Colonel Southern. 
Best 6 Greenhouse Plants...Mr. Sharman for Chironia frutescens, Gnaphalium erube- 
scens, Siphocamphylus bicolor, Crassula obliqua, Salvia patens, Alonsoa incisifolia. 
Best 6 Ericas...Mr. Buckwell, forPrinceps, Versifera, Tricolor, Facegiator, Daphneflora, 
Retorta. 
Best 6 Fuchsias...Mr. Sharman, for three Seedlings, Tenella globosa major, Atkinsonia. 
Best 6 Calceolarias...Mr. Sharman, all Seedlings. 
Best 6 Geraniums...Mr. Sharman, for Gem, Duchess of Roxburgh, Navarino, Hill’s 
Champion, Ann of Cleves, Fleeter. 
Best Group of Plants...Mr. Sharman, for Russellia juneea, Dwarf Orange Tree, Russellia 
cerulea, Hydrangea hortensis, Fuchsia globosa major, Fuchsia elegans, Seedling Calceo¬ 
laria, Sinningia villosa, Erithrina cristagalli, Angelonia labriearifolia, Crassula obliqua, 
Fuchsia fulgens, Gesneria bulbosa, Rhodanthe lantana scarbrilla, Trevirana coccinea, 
Oxalis Dieppii, Phlox Drummondii, Crassula coccinea, Queen ceneraria, Geranium 
grandissimuin. 
Best 6 Greenhouse Plants grown by Amateur's...Mrs. Dixon, for Pimelea, Fuchsia ele¬ 
gans, Calceolaria cestierensis, Agapanthus, Geranium Fosteri rosea, Speculum mundi. 
Eest 15 cut specimens of Hardy Flowers by Amateurs...The Rev. C. Johnston. 
Amateur Gardeners’ Society. Held at the Albion Tavern, Maiden-lane, 
King’s Cross, London, on the 21st of Semptember. Prizes awarded. 
DAHLIAS. 
First Class, 12 blooms...!. Mr. Blunt; 2. Dir. Rainback ; 3. Dir. J. S. Fort; 4. Dir. Cross. 
Second Class, 6 blooms... 1. Dir. Old; 2. Dir. Bullen; 3. Dir. Gibbs; 4. Dir. Curtis. 
Seedlings of 1840...1. Dir. Cox ; 2. Dir. Blunt. 
