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Conductor, Contender (Girling’s), Contender (Stanford’s), Ductless of Richmond, Essex 
Rival, Eva, Fireball, Hofer, Dodd’s Mary, Hope, ILylas, Miss Johnson, Unique, Ne plus 
Ultra, Nicholas Nickleby, Pickwick, Penelope, Rival Sussex, Rival Queen, Superb, Par¬ 
son’s Rival, Rienzi, Suffolk Hero, Scarlet Perfection, Wallace (Evans’s), Watford Surprise, 
Yellow Defiance, Enchantress (Holmes’s), Julia (Robinson’s), Phenomenon, Crimson De¬ 
fiance, Optime (Thurtell’s), Birmingham Premier, Coronal (Squibb’s), Edith Plantagenet, 
Martha, Sarah, Springfield Rival, Sir J. Astley, Captain Boldero, and Mrs. Newby; 3. 
Messrs. Smith and Co., Cambridge Heath, for Pavonia, Sylph, Ne plus Ultra, Pamplin’s 
Bloomsbury, Amato, Rufus, Phenomenon, Utopia, Lilaeea, Argo, Prince Albert, Eva, 
Lady Holland, Clio Perfecta, ILylas, Unique, Hornsey Surprise, Fat Boy, Knight’s Corona¬ 
tion, Countess Pembroke, Conservative, Elizabeth, Pandora, Nicholas Nickleby, Victory, 
Amulet, Upway Hero, Bree’s Rosa, Rival Sussex, Miss Scroope, Regina, Helperton Rival, 
Mortiboy’s Charles the Twelfth, Glory of Croydon, Bishop of Winchester, Rouge et Noir, 
Edith Plantagenet, Stanford’s Contender, Iver Champion, Essex Rival, Exquisite, 
Holmes’s Juno, Captain Boldero. King Ella, Parson’s Rival, Bayadere, Lee’s Bloomsbury, 
and Leonidas. 
Class 2...I. J. Burley, for Topaz, Dodd’s Mary, Victory, Amato, Duchess of Kent, Suffolk 
Hero, Eva, Conductor, Bontishall, Sir PI. Fletcher, Beauty of West Riding, Beauty of the 
Plain, Pride of Sussex, ILorwood’s Defiance, Springfield Rival, Cambridge Piero, Robert 
Burt, Essex Rival, Grand Turk, Duchess of Richmond, Ne plus Ultra, Unique, Hope, 
Primrose; 2. Mr. Cook, for Springfield Rival, Conquering Hero, Grace Darling, Virgin 
Queen, Hope, Neville’s Wallace, Argo, Ne plus Ultra, Girling’s Ruby, Mungo Park, 
Penelope, Rival Sussex, Bree’s Rosa, Warminster Rival, Annot Lisle, Queen of Beauties, 
President of the West, Beauty of the Plain, Defender, Evans’s Wallace, Matilda, Henrietta, 
Unique, Le Grand Buadin ; 3. Mr. C. Baker, for Beauty of the Plain, Hope, Ne plus Ultra, 
Sir J. Astley, Grace Darling, Miss Masters, Crimson Defiance, Miss Johnson, Lewisham 
Rival, Stanford’s Contender, Sarah, Springfield Rival, Topaz, Essex Rival, Birmingham 
Premier, Pickwick, Parson’s Rival, Fireball, Rival Granta, Unique, Amato, Conductor, 
Eva. and Sir PI. Fletcher; 4. No names. 
Class 3...1. Mr. Bates, for Pavonia, Rienzi, Coronal, Sir J. Astley, Lady Holland, Essex 
Rival,’ Unique, Pickwick, Grace Darling, Suffolk Hero, Nicholas Nickleby, Hero of Seven- 
oaks ; 2. Mr. Cork, for Neville’s Wallace, Elizabeth, Miss Scroope, Suffolk Hero, Dodd’s 
Mary, Sir J. Astley, Essex Rival, Unique, Maresfield Hero, Fireball, General Washington, 
Yorkshire Hero; 3. Mr. Thurley, for Virgin Queen, Smith’s Candidate, Dodd’s Mary, 
Columbus, Squibb’s Purple Perfection, Duchess of Portland, Amato, Suffolk Hero, Nicholas 
Nickleby, Unique. Fireball, Hedley’s Perfection; 4. Mr. Cook, for Jones’s Francis, Con¬ 
quering Hero, Grace Darling, Garth’s Queen of Beauties, Pickwick, Climax, Neplus Ultra, 
Springfield Rival, Neville’s Wallace, President of the West, Matilda, Tantalus; 5. Mr. 
Gray, for Watford Surprise, Lewisham Rival, Hope, Unique, Elizabeth, Climax, War¬ 
minster Rival, Grace Darling, Charles the Twelfth, Lady Maclean, Springfield Rival, 
Windmill-hill Rival; 6. Mr. Powell, for Sir J. Astley, Edith Plantagenet, Pickwick, King 
Edward, Essex Rival, Cox’s Washington, Unique, Ne plus Ultra, Nicholas Nickleby, Ring¬ 
leader, Beauty of the East, Lovely Ann ; 7. Mr. Reynolds, for Grace Darling, Suffolk Hero, 
Dodd’s Mary, Essex Rival, Penelope, Pickwick, Sir J. Astley, Eva, Fireball, Unique, 
Contender, Nicholas Nickleby; 8. Mr. Lang, for Yellow Defiance, Amato, Duke of Rich¬ 
mond, Dodd’s Mary, Essex Rival, Penelope, Lewisham Rival, Hope, Grace Darling, Ara¬ 
bella, Advancer, and Unique. 
Class 4...1. No names; 2. Mr. Airzee, for Florwood’s Defiance, Hope, Eva, Essex Rival, 
Grace Darling, Yellow Defiance, Fireball, Unique, Penelope, Climax, Nicholas Nickleby, 
Sir J. Astley; 3. No names; 4. Mr. Reeve, for Essex Rival, Eva, Alpha, Miss Scroop, 
Hope, Victory, Amato, Colossus, Conqueror of Europe, Unique, Watford Surprise, Tri¬ 
umphant; 5 . Mr. Catmur. No names; 6 . Mr. Phillips, for Grace Darling, Hope, Essex 
Rival, Watford Surprise, Miss Masters, Sir H. Fletcher, Rienzi, Ne plus Ultra, Glory of 
the West, Topaz, Unique, Advancer; 7. and 8. No names returned. 
Seedlings, 1839, 4 blooms...!. Mr. Widnall, for Widnall’s Queen ; 2. Ditto, for Widnall's 
Eclipse. 
Seedlings, 1840... 1. Mr. Parmenter; 2. Mr. Bragg. 
Devices in Dahlias...!. Mr. Cork, for a representation of her Majesty and Prince Albert 
on horseback ; 2. Mr. Macefield, for a gigantic Harlequin. 
Sept. 16. Hexham Floral and Horticultural Exhibition. Prizes 
awarded : — 
Premier prize of £2 in plate, given by Mr. T. Appleby, nurseryman, Neasham, near 
Darlington, for the best stand of 20 Dahlias of sorts... Mr. Thomas Aitchison, gardener to 
T. W. Beaumont, Esq. Bywell Hall, for Argo, Dodd’s Grace Darling, Virgin Queen, Thur¬ 
tell’s Meteor, Dandy’s Amato, Gaines’s Primrose, Ovid, Anna Augusta Broadwocd, Lewis¬ 
ham Rival, Rienzi, Nicholas Nickleby, Rival Granta, Pilot, Marchioness of Lansdowne, 
Springfield Rival, Topaz, Hedley’s Perfection, Rival Sussex, Windmill hill Rival, Egyptian 
King. 
A prize of 6 plants of Dahlias, given by Mr. T. Appleby, for the second best 20 Dahlias... 
Mr. H. Dewar, gardener to W. Cuthbert, Esq. Beaufont, for Eva, Seedling, Dodd’s Mary, 
Amato, Suffolk Hero, Virgin Queen, Mitchell’s Duchess of Kent, Royal Standard, Dodd’s 
Grace Darling, Miss Johnston, Sparry’s Beauty of the Plain, Primrose, Egyptian King, 
Lewisham Rival, President of the West, Unique, Duchess of Richmond, Climax, Lady 
Maclean, Essex Rival. 
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