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Best G Carnations, 5s....Mr, R. Webber, Silverton, for Willmer’s Conquering Hero, 
, Memnon, Moore’s William IV., Jacques’s Iris, Brookes’s Claudius, and Earl Grey. 
Second best ditto, 3s. Gd _Mr. R. Webber. 
Best 6 Picottees, 5s....Mr. R. Webber, for Jacques’s Meteor-, Giddon’s Don Juan, Will¬ 
mer’s Mary Ann, Seedling, Lady Plymouth, and a Seedling. Second best ditto, 3s. Gd.... 
Mr. R. Webber. 
plants. 
Best, miscellaneous collection, 10s. 6</....Mr. Griffin. Amongst Mr. Griffin’s plants were 
very fine specimens of Elichrysum Proliferum, Erica Tricolor, Erica Irbyana, Erica Ampul- 
lacea, Erica Juliana, Erica Viridifiora, Erica Ventricosa Superba, Dryandra Plumosa, 
Grevillea Robusta; Geraniums. Sylph, Priory Queen, Gem of the West, Bride of Devon, 
and Conservative. Second ditto, 7s. Gd... Mr. Elmes, gardener to H. Porter, Esq., Winslade. 
Third ditto, 5s....Mr. J. Clark, Paris-street. 
Geraniums, best collection, 7s. Gd. ...Mr. James Clark. Second ditto, 5s....Mr.Griffin. 
Hardy Herbaceous Plants, best collection, 5s....Mr. J. Clark. 
Roses, best collection; 5s....Mr. H. Elmes Second ditto, 3s. 6<L, ditto. 
Heartsease, best collection of 24, 5s....Mr Jas. Clark. Second ditto, Mr. Colmati, 
gardener to Dr. Barham. 
Bouquet, best, 5s ...Mr. H. Elmes. 
EXTRA PRIZES. 
To Mr. Griffin, for Roses; to J. B. Sanders, Esq., for Plants; and to Mr. Elmes, for 
Dahlias. 
A very beautiful collection of Heartsease (not exhibited for a prize), from the garden of 
of W. Couch, Esq., Swiss Cottage. 
There was also a splendid collection of plants sent by Messrs. Sclater, com¬ 
prising Gesnera Cooperii, Abutilon Striatum, Fuchsia Youellii (very fine and 
new), Eximia, Gloxinia Grandiflora, Anagallis Cserulea Grandiflora, Cassia 
Multiflora. A splendid collection of Heartsease, also a very fine collection 
of Carnations. 
July 26. Biggleswade Horticultural Society. The summer Show was 
held in the New Schoolrooms, on Monday, the 26th of July. The following 
prizes were awarded :— 
CARNATIONS. 
Best 6...1. Mr. F. Barrenger, Bedford, for Lydia, Barrenger’s Surprise, Lovely Ann, 
Hcpworth’s Leader, Barringer’s Masterpiece, and Queen of Sheba. 2. Mr. W. Pope, Big¬ 
gleswade, for Queen of Sheba, Wood’s William the Fourth, Christian’s William the Fourth, 
Moor’s William the Fourth, Alfred, and Paul Pry. 3. Mr. Garratt, for Alfred. Lascelles’s 
Queen of Sheba, Wood’s William the Fourth, Duchess of Devonshire, Christian’s William 
the Fourth, and a Seedling named Defiance C. B. 
Be-t of any sort...Mr. Pope, for Paul Pry. 
Best Seedling...Mr. Barrenger, for Masterpiece C. B., a first-rate flower. 
PICOTTEES. 
Best 6...1. Mr. Garratt, for Wood’s Queen Victoria, Wood’s Agrippina, Wood’s 
Triumphant, Russell’s Incomparable, "Wood’s Duke of Manchester, and Miss Willoughby. 
2. Mr. Barrenger, for Giddings’s Miss Hennel, Giddings’s Don Juan, Giddings’s Teaser, 
Dame Alice. Duke of Wellington, and Hector. 3. Mr. Pope, for Triumphant, Incom¬ 
parable, Miss Desborough, Miss Willoughby, Miss Nevill, and Wood’s Queen Victoria. 
Best of any sort...Mr. Pope, for Incomparable. 
Best Seedling...Mr. Barrenger, Fairy Queen, P. P. 
DAHLIAS. 
Best 6...1. W. Curling, Esq., for Beauty of the Plain, Sir F. Burdeft, Argo, Unique, 
Sussex Rival, and Springfield Rival. 2. PI. Beauford, Esq., for Jones's Francis, Pickwick, 
Widnall’s Queen, Argo, Springfield Rival, and Marquis of Lothian. 3. W. Hogg, Esq., 
for Danecroft Rival, Jones’s Francis, Marquis of Lothian, Hope, Advancer, and President 
of the West. 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
Best 12...1. Mr. Webster, Sandy-place, for Erythrina Crista-galli, Pimelea decussata, 
Anagallis carnea, Gomplmlobium polymorphum, Chorizema cordata, Gardenia radieans, 
Alstrcemeria Pelegrina, Alstrcemeria Ligtu, Sollya heterophylla; Geraniums, Lowndes’s 
Perfection, Jewess, and Joan d’Arc. 2. W. Hogg, Esq., for Fuchsia globosa, Nerium 
splendens. Hydrangea hortensis. Salvia patens, Salvia fulgens. Gefaniums, Foster’s 
Rosea, Alicia, Joan of Arc, Jewess, Diomede, Gem, and Sylph. 
STOVE PLANTS. 
Best O...Mr. Webster, for Thunbergia aurantiaca, Tliunhergia alata, Thunbergia leu- 
cantha, Cactus speciosissima, Vinca rosea, and Cockscomb. 
