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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
The Pelargoniums formed an important feature in the exhi¬ 
bition. In the first class for new flowers there was a fine 
display ; and those from Mr. Dobson were very good. This 
collection, composed of seedlings of 1844, contained the fol¬ 
lowing:— Mustee, Desdemona, Arabella, Rosy Circle, Aurora, 
Zenobia, Isabella, Marc Antony, Favorite, Hero, Bellona, and 
Sunset. The second collection was produced by Mr. Cock; 
it comprised Duke of Cornwall, Hector, Cora, Magog, Cyrus 
superb, Queen Phillippa, Emma, Pulchellum, Eliza Sauvage, 
Shepherdess, Vixen, and Sarah. The third collection was from 
Mr. Staines, and contained Sir W. Scott, Staines’s Cedric, 
Adonis, Merry Monarch and Andromache, Witch, Sunrise, 
Fair Maid of Seyton, Sir R. Peel, Duke of Wellington, Em¬ 
peror Nicholas, and Superbum. The only nurseryman who 
exhibited in this class was Mr. Gaines; he had Rose of Arragon, 
Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, Ackbar, Princes, Don Juan, 
Fire King, Lord J. Russell, Surrey White, Pirate, Oberon, and 
Mogul. In the amateur’s class for old varieties the prizes were 
taken, first by Mr. Staines, second by Mr. Dobson, and the third 
by Mr. Cock, Mr. Gaines taking the first prize in the nursery¬ 
men’s class. In the class for Pelargoniums in six varieties the 
prizes were awarded to Mr. Bromley and Mr. Gaines. 
Calceolarias were not numerous. The first prize was awarded 
to Mr. Stanley for British Queen, Fortune Teller, King of 
Surrey, Othello, Emperor of Russia, and Othello. Mr. Gaines 
received the first prize among nurserymen. 
Pinks were shown by Mr. Wilmer and Mr. Henbrey ; the latter 
collection contained Henbrey’s Beauty, Sir R. Peel, Neville’s 
Earl Stanhope, Mellona, Wilson’s Jack, Diamond, Gem, Prince 
Albert, Coronation, Marshall’s Defiance, and thirteen Seedlings. 
Ranunculuses were shown by Mr. Betteridge, of Abingdon, 
and Mr. T. Starr, Airzee. Mr. Tyso was the only florist who 
exhibited ; his stand contained Tippoo Saib** Victor, Vendome, 
Innocent, Glenelg, Edgar, Dilectus, Champion, Cathcart, At¬ 
tractor, Arbitrator, Alexis, Queen Victoria, Princess Royal, 
Philocles, Passe Cour de France, Niobe, Mirabile, Glacia, 
Burns, Financier, Belle Agreeable, and Apollo: besides these 
he had a fine collection of one hundred varieties. 
Seedlings were not so numerous as on former occasions. 
Among Pelargoniums the first prize was awarded to Mr. Beck, 
for Aurora, a seedling 1844, upper petals dark, light centre, 
