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TIIE FLORIST S JOURNAL 
Midland Counties Florist's Society. 22d June. 
Pinks. Purple Laced: Premier, Duke of St. Albans, Mr. YY ood ; 
1, Benjamin, Mr. Wood ; 2, Fearnought, Mr. Wood ; 3, Kearsley’s Black 
Prince, Mr. Wood ; 4, Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Hudson ; 5, L nknown, 
Mr. Lee ; 6, Fearnought, Mr. Wood. Red Laced: Premier, Criterion, Mr. 
Hudson ; 1, Duchess of Kent, Mr. Wood ; 2, Lady Parry, Mr. M ood ; 3, 
Miss Morris, Mr. Wood; 4, Duchess of Kent, Mr. YV ood; 5, Rosabel. 
Mr.Wood ; 6, Coronation, Mr. Wood. Black and White: Premier, Parry’s 
Union, Mr. Wood : 1, Parry’s Union, Mr. Wood; 2, Sovereign, Mr. 
Hudson ; 3, Transparent Nova, Mr. Hudson ; 4, L nknown, Mr. Lee ; 
5, White Mountain, Mr. YY ood ; 6, Lady Bold Houghton, Mr. Hudson. 
Pansies. First Class, Belted: Premier, Coronation, Mr. Frearsou; 
1, Henchman’s Victory, Mr. V ood; 2, Coronation, Mr. Gibbens; 3, 
Seedling, Mr. Norton; 4, Seedling, Mr. Norton ; 5, Competitor, Mr. 
Frearson; 6, Miss Stainforth, Mr. Gibbens. Second Class, Solid Eye: 
Premier, Magnet, Mr. Frearson ; 1, Magnet, Mr. Frearson ; 2, Seedling, 
Mr. Norton; 3, Governess, Mr. Gibbens; 4, Seedling, Mr. Norton; 
5, Lane’s Sylph, Mr. Wood ; 6, Seedling, Mr. Norton. Third Class, 
Feathered Eye: Premier, Thompson’s Eclipse, Mr. Mood; 1, La Su¬ 
preme, Mr. YY ood ; 2, Rival Yellow, Mr. Gibbens; 3, Imogene, Mi. 
Gibbens ; 4, Y’ellow Superb, Mr. Gibbens ; 5, Agnes, Mr. Gibbens; 
6, Seedling, Mr. Wood ; Fourth Class, Selfs : Premier, Black Diamond, 
Mr. Frearson; 1, Ann, Mr. Gibbens; 2, Queen of Scots, Mr. Gibbens, 
3, Seedling, Mr. Frearson ; 4, Argo, Mr. Wood ; 5, Canary, Mr. Gibbens; 
6, Seedling, Mr. Frearson. 
Roses. First Class, Moss: Premier, Moss Provence, Mr. Wood; 1, 
Moss Provence, Mr. Gibbens; 2, Crimson, Mr. V ood; 3. De Meaux, 
Mr. Wood; 4, Crested, Mr. Gibbens; 5, Perpetual, Mr. W. Cooke; 6, 
Eclatante, Mr. Cooke. Second Class, Bourbons : Premier, Agnstine 
Lelieur, Mr. Cooke; 1, Armosa, Mr. Cooke ; 2, Celimene, Mr Cooke; 
3, Julie de Lyons, Mr. Cooke; 4, Phillipart, Mr. Cooke; 5, Madame 
D’Esprez, Mr. Gibbens; 6, Queen, Mr. Gibbens. Third Class, Hybrid 
China: Premier, Lilac Queen, Mr. Cooke; 1, Catel; Mr. Gibbens; 2, 
Coccinea Superba, Mr. Gibbens; 3, Richelieu, Mr. Cooke; 4, Duke of 
Devonshire, Mr. Cooke; 5, George the Fourth, Mr. Gibbens; 6, Belle 
Parabere, Mr. Pickering. Fourth Class, Alba : Premier, Comtesse de 
Lacepede, Mr. Gibbens; 1, Theresa, Mr. Cooke, 2, Josephine Beau- 
harnois, Mr. Gibbens; 3, Royal Blush, Mr. Gibbens ; 4, Due d’Anjou, Mr. 
Cooke; 5, Marianne, Mr. Gibbens; 6, General Blucher, Mr. Gibbens. 
Ranunculuses. Best Collection, Mr. YY illiam Lee , best pan of six, 
Naxara, Julius, Orissa, Princess of Wales, Socrates, and Virgaloose, Mr. 
Pickering. Second: Naxara, Beroth, (Eil Noir, Thompson’s Queen, Nova, 
and Temeraire, Mr. W . Lee. 
