This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
The exhibit for the best twelve Zonal Pelargoniums at the Royal Horticultural Show, on the 16th of June, resulted as follows:
Variegated, Gold and Bronze, or Golden-leaved - came from Mr. Turner, and consisted of Excellent, Beauty of Guestwick, Clara, Beauty of Salthill, Sophia Dumar-esque, Mrs. Turner, Mdlle. Christine Nils-son, Lady Cullum, very fine, Empress Eugenie, Queen Victoria, Dr. Simpson, and Princess of Wales. Messrs. F. & A. Smith were second with a very evenly-grown set of plants, the kinds being Sunray, Exquisite, Bullion, Banshee, Coronet, Miss Burdett Coutts, Louisa Smith, L'Em-pereur, Enchantress, Plutus, very fine, Sultan, and Imperatrice Eugenie. Messrs. Carter & Co., who were third, sent Princess of Wales with a beautifully colored zone, Goliath, Fairy Land, Aurora, Sultan Abdul Aziz, Royal Standard, Ruby Ring, Marian, with a bright crimson zone, Josephine, Egyptian Queen, very effective and good, Prince of Wales, and Daybreak. - Cottage Gardener.
 
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