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6 Stove or Greenhouse Plants, Heaths included, distinct (open) - 1. Mrs E. Cole & Sons, £5; 2. Mr J. Bolton, £3; 3. Mr W. E. Dixon, £2.
6 Stove or Greenhouse Plants, Heaths included, distinct (amateurs) - 1. Mr J. Stevenson, £5; 2. Mr J. Bolton, £4.
9 Fine-Foliaged or Variegated Plants, distinct (amateurs) - 1. Mr J. Bolton, £7.
9 Fine-Foliaged or Variegated Plants, distinct (nurserymen) - 1. Mr B. S. Williams, Upper Holloway, London, £7; 2. Messrs Felton & Sons, Birmingham, £5; 3. Mr J. Shaw, £3; 4. Mr W. E. Dixon, £2.
6 Fine-Foliaged or Variegated Plants, distinct (amateurs) - 1. Mr G. Elkin, gardener to T. H. Birley, Esq., Manchester, £4; 2. Mr C. Phillips, gardener to A. H. Hey wood, Esq., Manchester, £3; 3. Mr J. Wool lam, £2.
6 Exotic Orchids, distinct, in flower (amateurs) - 1. Mr J. Orme, gardener to W. C. Bird, Esq., Manchester, £5; 2. Mr W. Swan, £4; 3. Mr E. Mitchell, £3; 4. Mr S. Allen, the Grange, Dedsbury, Manchester.
6 Exotic Orchids, distinct, in flower (uurserymen) - 1. Mr B. S. Williams, £5; 2. Mr W. E. Dixon, £3; 3. Mr J. Shaw, £2.
6 Palms, not fewer than three kinds (open) - 1. Mr J. Shaw, £5; 2. Messrs G. & W. Yates, £4; 3. Mr T. Stafford, Hyde, near Manchester, £3.
6 Fuchsias, distinct, in flower, in 8-inch pots . (amateurs) - 2. Mr T. Gresty, gardener to R. Voss, Esq., Fal-lowfield, £3; 3. Mr J. Woollam, £2; 4. Mr J. Lowe, gardener to W. Bindley, Esq., Manchester, £1.
6 Show Pelargoniums, distinct, in flower (open) - 1. Mr E. Bridge, £5; 2. Mr C. Rylands, Aughton, near Ormskirk, £4; 3. Mr R. Fleming, Sand-heys, Waterloo, Liverpool, £2.
6 Fancy Pelargoniums, distinct, in flower (open) - 1. Mr C. Rylance, £5; equal, Mr E. Bridge, £5; 2. Mr R. Fleming, £4.
6 Zonal Pelargoniums, distinct, in flower, of any colour, excluding Variegated sorts (amateurs) - 1. Mr E. Bridge, £5; 2. Mr R. Fleming, £4; 3. Mr J. Smith, £2.
6 Zonal Pelargoniums, distinct, in flower, of any colour, excluding Variegated sorts (nurserymen) - 1. Mr C. Rylance, £5; 2. Messrs Bell & Thorpe, Stratford-on-Avon, £4; 3. Messrs G. & W. Yates, £2.
6 Nosegay Pelargoniums, in flower, distinct, of any colour (open) - 1. Mr E. Bridge, £5; 2. Messrs Bell & Thorpe, £4; 3. Mr G. Edwards, £2.
3 Double-Flowering Pelargoniums, distinct, in flower (open) - 1. Messrs J. Carter & Co., Forest Hill, S.E., £3; 2. Mr J. Standish & Co., Ascot, £2; 3. Mr G. Edwards, £1.
6 Variegated Pelargoniums, distinct (open) - 1. Mr J. Tomkins, nurseryman, Birmingham, £3; 2. Messrs G. & W. Yates, £2; 3. Messrs Bell & Thorpe, £1.
6 Variegated Zonal Pelargoniums, distinct (open) - 1. Messrs F. & A. Smith, Dulwich, £3; 2. Mr J. Tomkins, £2; 3. Mr J. Smith, £1.
3 Gloxinias, distinct, in flower (amateurs) - 1. Mr J. Price, gardener to G. Taylor, Esq., Broughton, Manchester.
6 Dracaenas or Cordylines, distinct (open) - 1. Mr B. S. Williams, £2; 2. Mr J. Shaw, £1, 10s.; 3. Messrs G. & W. Fates, £1.
9 Exotic Ferns, distinct (nurserymen) -!. Mr B. S. Williams, £4; 2. Messrs G. & W. Yates, £3; 3. Mr T. Stafford, £2; 4. Messrs W. & J. Birkenhead, nurserymen, Sale, Cheshire.
9 Exotic Ferns, distinct (amateurs) -!. Mr J. Bolton, £4; 2. Mr T. Baines, £3; 3. Mr C. Phillips, £2; E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.R.S., £1.
12 British Ferns, distinct (open) - 1. J. E. Mapplebeck, Esq., £3; 2. Mr C. Rylance, £2; 3. E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.R.S., £1; 4. Messrs A. Stansfield & Sons, nurserymen, Todmorden, 15s.
A pair of Tree Ferns-1. Mr B. S. Williams, £1,10s,; 2. Mr J. Shaw, £1.
6 Lycopodiums, distinct (open) - 1. Mr R. Fleming, £3; 2. Mr J. Elkin, £2; 3. Mr J. Price, £1; Mr C. Rylance, 10s.
6 Double-flowered Petunias, distinct, in flower (open) - 1. Messrs Bell & Thorpe, £2.
6 Single-flowered Petunias, distinct, in flower (open) - 1. Messrs Bell & Thorpe, £2; 2. Mr C. Rylance, £1.
12 Succulents, distinct (open) - 1. Mr T. Stafford, £2; 2. Mr J. Shaw, £1.
6 Phloxes, distinct, in 12-inch pots (open) - 1. Mr J. Walker, £2.
24 Carnations, distinct, cut blooms (nurserymen) - 1. Mr C. Turner, £2; 2. Mr G. Edwards, £1.
21 Picotees, distinct, cut blooms (nurserymen) - 1. Mr C. Turner, £2; 2. Mr G. Edwards, £1.
12 Pinks, distinct, cut blooms (open) - 1. Mr J. Mellor, 40 England St., Ashton-under-Lyne, 10s.
12 Zonal Pelargoniums, distinct, cut flowers, in bunches of five trusses each (open) - 1. Mr C. Phillips, £1; 2. Mr C. J. Perry, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, 15s.; 3. Mr W. Cunningham, nurseryman, Burton-on-Trent, 10s.
12 Verbenas, distinct, cut flowers, in bunches of 5 trusses each (open) - 1. Mr C. J. Perry, £1; 2. Mr C. Turner, 15s.
48 Cut Roses, distinct, 1 truss each (nurserymen) - 1. Mr J. Cranston, nurseryman, Hereford, £4; 2. Mr C. Turner, £3; 3. Messrs Perkins & Sons, nurserymen, Coventry, £2.
48 Cut Roses, distinct, 1 truss each (amateurs) - 1. Rev. S. R. Hole, £5; 2. Mr C. J. Perry, £3; 3. Mr T. Draycott, £2.
24 Cut Roses, distinct, 1 truss each (amateurs) - 1. Rev. S. R. Hole, £2; 2. Mr C. J. Perry, £1; 3. Mr Skinner, gardener to Captain Christy, Westerham, Kent, 15s.
12 Cut Roses, distinct (amateurs) -!. Rev. S. R. Hole, £1; 2. Mr C. J. Perry, 15s.; 3. Mr T. Draycott, 10s.
 
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