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Best 12 Pinks... 1. Mr. P. Brown, not named. 2. D. Martin, Esq., Bose Angle,^ not 
named. 
Best Seedling ditto... 1. D. Martin, Esq. 2. Mr. James Wanlass, Rhyhil]. 
Best 4 Calceolarias, in pots...l. Alexander Easson, Esq., Forebank, for Hope, Augusta, 
British Queen, and Sir John Thorold. 2. Charles Clarke, Esq., Westfield Cottage, for 
Augusta, Sir John Thorold, Picta coccinea, and a Seedling. 
Best 8 ditto...1. Alexander Easson, Esq., for Sir John Thorold, Miss Gladston, Picta 
coccinea. Formosa, British Queen, Speciosa, Adonis, and a Seedling. 2. Charles Clark, 
Esq., for Dicksonia, King, Hugo Grotius, and five Seedlings. 
Best Seedling...Charles Clark, Esq. 
Best 6 Verbenas...Alexander Easson, Esq., for Aubletia hybrida, Drummondii, Buisfti, 
Hendersonii, Tweediana grandiflora, and Melindris latifolia. 
Best variety of ditto, cut flowers...1. The Very Rev. Dean Horsley. 2. Sir J. Ogilvy, Bt. 
Best 3 Fuchsias... 1. Mr. James Wanlass. 2. Dr. A. Patterson. 
Best 3 Pelargoniums... 1. Sir John Ogilvy, Bart, not named. 2. Alexander Easson, 
Esq., for Alexandria, Joan of Arc, and Foster’s Alicia. 
Best 6 Pansies...1. D. Miln, Esq., for Belzoni, Defiance, Climax, Bruceana, Amato, and 
Seedling. 2. Mr. James Tait, Thane’s Park, not named. 
Best 12 ditto...1. Mr. G. Simpson, for Gem, Belzoni, Defiance, Clark’s Mary, Don John, 
Gaines’s Victoria, Beauty of Edmonton, Lot’s Wife, Mulberry, Chimpanzee, Immutabilis, 
and one not named. 2. D. Miln, Esq., for Amato, Belzoni, Climax, Defiance, Mulberry, 
Marshal Soult, Rival Doctor, Clark’s Mary, and five Seedlings. 
Best Seedling...1. Rev. S. Miller, Monifeith. 2. James Jamison, Esq. 
Best Specimen Bulb in pot...l. Sir John Ogilvy, for a Babiana. 2. A. Easson, Esq., 
for Alstrcemeria Hookerii. 
Best variety of Bulbs, cut flowers...Charles Clark, Esq. 
Best (I Petunias... 1. D. Miln, Esq., for Black Prince, Duchess of Kent, and 4 Seedlings. 
2. Mr. James Wanlass, not named. 
Best 8 Irises...Mr. James Tait. 
Best It) Roses... 1. Charles Guthrie, Esq., not named. 2. D. Martin, Esq., not named. 
Best 20 ditto... 1. Charles Guthrie, Esq., not named. 2. Dr. A. Patterson. 
Best variety of China Roses... 1. Charles Guthrie, Esq. 2. Dr. A. Patterson. 
Best Seedling Rose...Charles Guthrie, Esq. 
Best specimen Plant for beauty... 1. A. Easson, Esq., for a Fuchsia globosa. 2. D. Miln, 
Esq., for Erithrina crista-galli. 
Best ditto for rarity... 1. Dr. A. Patterson. 2. Alex. Easson, Esq., for Cosmelia rubra. 
Best 6 Greenhouse Plants... 1. A. Easson, Esq., Lechenaultia formosa, Pimelea linifolia 
and sylvestra, Statice mucronata, puberula, and arborea. 2. Charles Clark, for Fuchsia 
fulgens, Lechenaultia Baxterii, Tropaeclum majus pleno, Pimelea decussata, and Statice 
puberula and mucronata. 
Best pair of Heaths...1. Charles Clark, Esq., for Ventricosa superba and Cerinthoides.. 
2. Mr. J. Wanlass, not named. 
Best Greenhouse Climber...1. Mr. James Wanlass, for Maurandya Barclayana. 2. Alex. 
Easson, Esq., for Clematis bicolor. 
Best 12 Specimens of Greenhouse Blooms, cut flowers...1. Mr. James Kid, gardener to 
Lord Kinnaird. 2. Sir John Ogilvy, Bart. 
Best 8 Herbaceous Blooms... 1. J. C. Lindsay, Esq., Carolina Port. 2. C. Guthrie, Esq. 
Best 8 Annuals...!. Charles Clark, Esq. 2. D. Miln, Esq. 
Best variety of Double Stocks...1. Capt. Douglas, Brouglity Ferry. 2. Mr. John 
Hampton, Pertli-road. 
Much interest was excited by a sweepstakes for Pansies, of eight subscribers, for 12 
Flowers, which was won by...l. Charles Clark, Esq., with Robin Adair, Lady Goodrich, 
Widnall’s Amato, Defiance, and Edina, Queen, Page’s Conservative, Brown’s Sarah, Lady 
Flora Hastings, Glover’s Edwin, Childe Harold, and Conqueror of Europe. 2- James 
Jamison, Esq., with Andromache, Lord Nelson, Belzoni, Defiance, Mulberry, Widnall’s 
Hero, Downton’s Coronation, Miss Hoare, Eliza, Mary Anna, Queen, and a Seedling. 
A Sweepstakes for C Pinks, was won by...l. Mr. John Hampton. 2. Mr. P. Brown. 
July 28. Leicestershire Floral and Horticultural Society. The 
third Show this season, for Carnations, Picottees, and Stove and Greenhouse 
Plants, was held at the Exchange Rooms, on Wednesday, July 28. The fruits 
and vegetables were good, but the productions generally were limited. Some 
beautiful specimens of cut Verbenas, and other greenhouse flowers, were sent 
from Sir F. G. Fowke, Bart. Dahlias of several of the most favourite sorts 
were sent by Messrs. Harden, Morley, and Smalley. The awards of the 
judges were as follows :— 
CARNATIONS.—FIRST CLASS. 
First Pan of 9 Flowers...Mr. G. Hudson, with Rainford’s Gameboy, Ely’s Lord Milton, 
Toone’s Ringleader, Pearson’s Enchanter, Greasley’s Village Maid, Mrs. Hunter, Maw’s 
Derby Willow, Hudson’s Venus, Hufton’s Mrs. Ray. 
