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THE FLORISTS JOURNAL. 
GENTLEMEN’S GARDENERS’ CLAS3. 
Best 18 Dahlias of sorts. ..1. Mr. N. Foster, gardener to W. Donkin, Esq. for Windmill- 
hill Rival, Lewisham Rival, Glory of Piymouth, Marquis of Lothian, Springfield Rival, 
Essex Rival, Horwood’s Defiance, Eva, Rosetta. Miss Johnston, Yellow Defiance, Clark’s 
Julia, Fireball, Rival Sussex, Stuart Wortley, Ruby, Egyptian King, Primrosp Mr. 
Aitchison, for Grace Darling, Primrose. Rival Granta, Virgin Queen, Springfield Rival, 
Marchioness of Lansdowne, Nicholas Nickleby, Amato. Miss Johnston, Lewisham Rival, 
Topaz, Stuart Wortley, Essex Rival, Unique, Rienzi, Egyptian King, Conductor, Pilot 
3. Mr. H. Dewar ; for Eva, Amato, Virgin Queen, Rival Sussex, Dodd’s Mary, Knight’s 
Victory, Miss Johnston, Beauty of the Plain, Seedling, Countess of Pembroke, Fireball, 
Lewisham Rival, Climax, Bowling-green Rival, Essex Rival, Rienzi, Egyptian King, Lady 
Maclean. 
Best 12 Dahlias...1. Mr. John Watson, gardener to M. Anderson, Esq. Jesmond, New¬ 
castle, for Essex Rival, Dodd’s Queen of Sarum, Gaines’s Primrose, Stamford’s Contender, 
Egyptian King, Diomede, Marquis of Lothian, Dodd’s Mary, Miss Johnstone, Marchioness 
of Lansdowne, Sparry’s Beauty of the Plain, Rival Sussex;...2. Mr. H. Dewar, for Eva, 
Middlesex Rival, Virgin Queen, Suffolk Hero, Miss Johnston, Lady Kinnaird, Amato, 
Egyptian King, Ruby. Lewisham Rival, Clark's Julia, Marchioness of Lansdowne;... 
3. Mr. N. Foster, for Virgin Queen, Marquis of Lothian, Rival Sussex, Dodd’s Mary, Hor¬ 
wood’s Defiance, Ruby, Stamford’s Contender, Ne plus Ultra, Unique, Egyptian King, 
W. Conductor, Giory of Plymouth. 
Best G Dahlias...1. Mr. N. Forster, for Lewisham Rival, Climax. Stamford’s Contender, 
Egyptian Fling, Stuart Wortley, Unique;...2. Ditto, -for Lewisham Rival, Bowling-green 
Rival, Egyptian King, Marquis of Lothian, Stuart Wortley, Unique ;...3. Mr. T. Aitchison, 
for Virgin Queen, Springfield Rival, Duke of Devonshire, Lewisham Rival, Pilot, Con¬ 
ductor. 
AMATEURS. 
Best 9 Dahlias... 1. Mr. Marshall, of Durham, for Duchess of Richmond, Rival Queen, 
Superba, Firebaii, Grace Darling, Amato, Primrose, Annot Lisle, Virgin Queen ;...2. Mr. 
Thomas Liddell, Gateshead, Lowfell;...3. Mr. Thomas Temperley, Newborough. for Miss 
Johnston, Virgin Queen, Climax, Hero of Wakefield, Gaines’s Primrose, Marchioness of 
Tavistock, Dodd’s Mary, Purple Perfection, L’nique. 
Best 6 Dahlias... 1. Mr. Marshall, for Duchess of Richmond, Mount Pleasant Rival, 
Topaz, Hylas, Hero of Nottingham, Duchess of Portland;...2. Mr. Colcroft, for Dodd’s 
Mary, Marquis of Lothian, Horwood’s Defiance, Green’s Wonder, Ansell’s Unique, Miss 
Johnstone:...3. Mr. IT. Marshall, Durham, Duchess of Richmond, Rival Queen, Superha, 
Dodd’s Mary, Hylas, Squibb’s Amato, Hero of Notlingham. 
Best 3 Dahlias...!. Mr. John Vickers, of Newcastle, for Unique, Horwood’s Defiance, 
Vesta;...2. Mr. Thomas Temperley, for Lady Crammond, Climax, Ansell’s Unique;... 
3. Mr. Thomas Liddell. 
OPEN TO ARE EXHIBITORS. 
Best tipped Dahlia...Messrs. Hedley, nurseryman, Yarm, for Duchess of Richmond. 
Best self-coloured Dahlia...Messrs. Hedley, for Metella. 
Best Seedling of 1S39, 3 blooms...Mr. A. Newton, nurseryman, Newcastle, for Marquis of 
Waterford. 
Ditto of 1840...Mr. FI. Dewar. 
GENTLEMEN’S GARDENERS. 
Best 6 Exotic Plants in flower...Mr. H. Dewar, for Fuchsia fulgens, Erica Eweriana 
Erica Boweii, Erica de Cliffordia, Pimelia rosea, Gem Calceolaria. 
Best 3 ditto...Mr. Dewar, for Fuchsia fulgens, Verbena incisa, Syphocampilus bicolor. 
Best Exotic Plant...Mr. Thomas Jobling, gardener to H. Hinde, Esq. Stelling, for Cactus 
Ackermanii. 
Best basket of Cut Flowers...1. Mr. Gaskin, gardener to — Butler, Esq. Brunton;.., 
2. Fir. H. Dewar. 
Best basket of Annual Flowers...Mr. Gaskin, gardener to —Butler, Esq. Brunton. 
AMATEURS. 
Best basket of Hardy Flowers...!. Mr. Gibson, of Hexham; 2. Mr. Watson, of Hexham . ’ 
Best 12 Pansies...Mr. Thomas Shotton, of Hexham. 
OPEN TO ALL. 
Best 12 Pansies...Mr. John Watson, of Jesmond, for Radiata. Coronation, Purple Perfec¬ 
tion, Maria, Leonida, Queen Vicoria, Lilac Perfection, Scott’s Helen, Charlton’s Seedling, 
Duke of Wellington, Corinne, Anna Maria, Conqueror. 
Best 12 Russian Stocks...Mr. R. Gibson. 
Best 12 German Asters...Mr. Aitchison. 
Best 12 French Marigons...Mr. R. Gibson. 
Best Double Balsam...Mr. H. Dewar. 
Best C ockscomb...Mr. John Stevenson, gardener to J. W. Charlton, Esq. of IFesleyside, 
