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ago, that Maria is not a show flower ; for with me this year it was as 
trustworthy for the exhibition table as it always is unrivalled and 
unapproached for beauty of colour. I have about 100 named varieties, 
and very few of any note are unrepresented among them. In fact, if I 
were not known to be a squeezable mortal I should have rather a large 
stud of the rarer kinds. ‘‘Before I sit down” I may mention, that of 
the novelties, Lycurgus, though not a faultless flower, may be admitted 
to be worth its price to a purchaser of new things. It has bloomed 
with me two years, and I was sorely tempted to send the plant this 
season to be subjected to Mr. Andrews’ skill, in its truss of seven, two 
pips having been taken off, when expanded, to send to as many 
‘inspectors.’ Among my green-edged trusses of the year, I assigned 
it the third place, and it is as distinct as any flower we have. 
Tora. 
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SCOTTISH PANSY SOCIETY. 
THE sixteenth annual meeting of this Association was held in connection 
with the Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural Society, George 
Square, Glasgow, on the 6th ult. The late severe winter and cold 
backward spring prevented many from competing. The flowers were 
not so numerous as we have seen them on some former occasions. ‘The 
duty of the judges, however, was no sinecure, as the competition was 
well contested. ‘The prizes were awarded as follows :— ; 
Nurserymen: 24 Dissimilar Blooms. 1, Messrs. Downie & Laird, Edin=* 
burgh, with Ladyburn Beauty (White & Sinclair), Royal Standard (Dickson 
& Co.), Duchess of Wellington (Downie & Laird), Rev. Joshua Dix (Do.), Lord ‘ 
Cardigan (Do.), Miss Talbot (Dickson & Co.), Countess of Rosslyn (Do.)j? 
Francis Low (Downie & Laird), Mary Lamb (Douglass), Perfection (White. 
& Sinclair), Una, Miss Carnegie, General Young (Hooper), Mr. F. Grabow 
(Douglass), Cream of the Valley (Hooper), Nepaulese Chief (Paton & Small), * 
Venus (Hooper), C. W. R. Ramsay (Douglass), Alex. M‘Nab (Downie & Laird); 
Captain Hall, Jessie (Hooper), Mrs. Laird (Downie & Laird), Mrs. F. White 
(Do ), Mrs. Downie (Do.) 2, Mr. G. White, Paisley. 3, Messrs. Robertson 
& Paul, Paisley. 4, Messrs. Dickson & Co., Edinburgh. : 
Practical Gardeners and Amateurs: 18 Dissimilar Blooms. 1, Mr. Fraser, 
Belmont, with Earl of Derby (Black), Countess of Rosslyn (Dickson & Co.), 
William (Reid), Rev. Joshua Dix (Downie & Laird), Royal Standard (Dickson 
& Co.), Duchess of Wellington (Downie & Laird), Alice, Mr. F. Graham 
(Douglass), Mary Lamb (Do.), C. W. R. Ramsay (Do.), Titan, Captain Hall, 
Una, Sir J. Cathcart (Turner), Ladyburn Beauty (White & Sinclair), Cream 
of the Valley (Hooper), Lord John Russell (Turner), C. M‘Intosh (Downie & 
Laird). 2, Mr. James Thompson, Silverknowe. 3, Mr. Arch. Dunlop, Ingles 
Green. 4, Mr. Wm. Perrey, Broomfield, Davidson Mains.—12 Dissimilar 
Blooms: 1, Mr. Prentice, gardener, Burnbrae, Paisley, with Eugene (Dickson 
& Co.), Emperor Napoleon (Hooper), Lizzie (White & Sinclair), Mrs. Dodwell 
(Holland), Countess of Rosslyn (Dickson & Co.), Perfection (White & Sinclair), 
Duke of Sutherland (Oswald), Jeannie (Downie & Laird), Mr. R Masson (Do.), 
Duchess of Wellington (Do.), Optimum (Robertson & Paul), Ladyburn Beauty 
(White & Sinclair). 2, Mr. John Frazer, Belmont. 3, Mr. Wm. Perrey, 
Broomfield. 4, Mr. W. Wilson (amateur), Cathcart.—Six Dissimilar Blooms: 
1, Mr. Prentice, Burnbrae, with Duchess of Wellington (Downie & Laird), Col. 
Windham (Dickson & Co.), Captain B. Steuart (Douglass), Seedling, Jeannie 
(Downie & Laird), Countess of Rosslyn (Dickson & Co.) 2, Mr. C. Watson 
(amateur), Dunse. 

