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premier  award  offered  by  Mr.  C.  Warner  of  Leicester  for  a  collection. 
Mr.  E.  Dingle  also  offered  substantial  prizes  for  a  collection  of  ten 
varieties.  The  winner  was  Mr.  J.  Green.  In  the  single  dish  classes 
the  principal  prizewinners  were  Messrs.  Hudson,  Bead,  Shaw,  and  Moule. 
substance  and  good  colour,  and  were  distinctly  ahead  of  other  exhi¬ 
bitors.  Some  of  the  most  attractive  blooms  were  Prince  Arthur, 
Ulrich  Brunner,  Mrs.  J.  Laing,  John  Stuart  Mill,  Killarrey,  Lady  Mary 
Fitzwilliam,  Marie  Baumann,  Madame  Joseph  Bonnaire,  Kaiseriir 
Fig.  44.— PETUNIAS.  {See  })age  154.) 
Cut  Flowers. 
Roses,  as  usual,  were  extensively  shown,  and  the  fine  quality  of 
many  was  a  matter  for  surprise  after  so  many  days  of  wind  and  rain. 
Messrs.  D.  &  W.  Croll,  Dundee,  were  the  victors  in  the  class  for 
thirty-six  blooms,  dissimilar.  They  staged  laige  flowers  of  great 
A.  Victoria,  and  A.  K.  Williams.  Messrs.  A.  Dickson  &  Sons,  ‘New- 
townards,  were  second.  The  third  award  went  to  Mr.  Hugh  Dickson, 
Belfast.  This  exhibitor  was  first  for  twenty-four  blooms.  He  staged 
fine  examples  of  Gustave  Piganean,  Caroline  Testout,  Captain  Hayward, 
Mrs.  J.  Laing,  and  many  others.  Messrs.  Dickson  &  Sons,  Newtownards, 
