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Madame Bravy, Triomplie de Rennes, Armide, Devoniensis, Gloire de Dijon, 

 Isabella Gray, Charles Reybaud, Madame Margottin, Celine Forestier, Eliza 

 Sauvage, Comte de Paris, L'Enfant Trouve. In every case the best flowers were 

 small and partially expanded : this was peculiarly the case with Mr. Hedge's. 

 Prizes were offered for a hundred roses of any one sort in a basket, and Messrs. 

 Paul and Son, cautiously avoiding all attempt at dressing up a trophy, sent a 

 hundred flowers of Marie Baumann in a clean square basket, an i won first place by 

 the splendour of the flowers. Decorative groups and arrangements were contributed, 

 but they were unworthy of the space tliey occupied. 



Thk Hereford Rose Snow, held in the Shire Hall, at Hereford, was an entire 

 success. In the amateurs' division limited to Hereford, Miss Buhner, Holmer ; Mr. 

 Hawkins, Sugwas ; and Mr. Coleman, gardener to Lord So.-ners, Eastson, were 

 amongst the principal prize-takers. In the amateurs' cla*t; open to all England, 

 the Rev. P. Smythe, Solihull ; C. J. Perry, Esq., Castle Bromwich ; Mr. Moore, 

 gardener to T. Loyd, Esq., The Priory, Warwick; J. H. Arkwright, Esq., Leo- 

 minster ; and the Rev. G. Arkwriiiht, figured prominently in the prize list. In the 

 classes set aside for nurserymen, Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, carried oflf high 

 honours, being first with seventy-two single trusses, thirty-six three trusses of each, 

 and for twelve and twenty-four new roses of 1866-7-8. The blooms were in superb 

 condition, and wonderfully fresh, not showing the least signs of having travelled the 

 distance they had. We will tal<e note of ihe new varieties first, indicating a few of 

 the best in the respective stands. Horace Vemet, bright crimson, well formed; 

 Duke of Edinburgh, a fine vermilion^ lovely in colour, a seedling raised by the 

 exhibitors ; Souvenir de M. Boll, bright cherry-rod, large bold petals, a desirable 

 colour ; Charles Verdier, pink ; Francoise Trevye, bright scarlet, shaded with 

 coppery crimson; Thorin, clear carmine; Felix Genero, violet-rose, globular in 

 form ; Madame Margottin, deep citron-yellow, a tea-scented variety ; Mrs. George 

 Paul, bright rose ; Annie Wood, clear red, imbricated in form, excellent in quality j 

 Mons. Furtado, sulphur-yellow, an improved Xarcisse, another desirable adnition to 

 tea-scented varieties ; Charles Turner, a new rose of 1868, which seems likely to be 

 "worth the name it bears ; Paul Verdier, bright carmine, globular, but small ; 

 Antoine Ducher, dark rose-colour, globular, good ; and last, though certainly not 

 least, for we regard it as one of the best recent introdnctions, Mons. Noman, salmon- 

 rose, reflexed, an excellent variety. Of older roses exhibited by this firm in fine 

 condition, we may particularize the following : Marie Rady, Senateur Vaisse, 

 Charles Lefebvre, Madame Caillat, Madame Tiierese Levet, Marguerite Dombrain, 

 Souvenir d'un Ami, Mons. Boncenne, Xiphetos, Marguerite de St. Amand, Pierre 

 Notting, Triomphe de Rennes, Alfred Colomb, Comtesse de Chabrilland, Madame 

 Charles Wood, and Dr. Andry. Mr. John Cranston had a nice lot of blooms of 

 most of the best varieties, bur not for competition ; and Messrs. Walter and Cooper, 

 of Warwick, had a grand stand of 24, three trusses of each. The dinner-table 

 decorations and bouquets from ladies were above the average of those seen at most 

 shows ; and the cottagers lent their aid to the exhibition by contributing some 

 capital stands of roses. 



Royal IIobticultural Society's Rose Show, Juxe 30th, brought together 

 some grand stands, but the hearty appearance and freshness of the llowers xv'as 

 over before the main body of the visitors could see them, through their being 

 placed in the conservatory, in which the heat was suffocating. As a guide to our 

 readers in the making-up of collections, we subjoin the names of those in the 

 principal winning stands : — 



In the largo trade class for 72 distinct kinds, one truss of each, Mr. B. R. Cant, 

 Colchester, first, wiih beautifully-<resh bh)oms of the following: Madame Charles 

 Wood, Yicomtesse de Cazes, Senateur Vaisse, Queen Victoria, Franc^ois Lacharme, 

 John Hopper, Mathurin Regnier, Marie Baumann, Anna de Diesbach, La Brillante, 

 President, Aries Dufour, Fisher Holmes, Mrs. River.-s, Camille Bernardm, Comtesse 

 de Chabrilland, Horace Vernet, Madame Crapelet, ]*ierrc Netting, Charles Rouil- 

 lard, Exposition de Brie, Beauty of Waltham, Dr. Andry, Madame Derreux Dou- 

 ville, La Boulc d'Or, Olivier Delhomme, Louise Peyronny, G<Mirn;e Prince, Rubens, 

 Souvenir de Comte Cavour, Mareehal Vaillant, Princess' (tf Wales, Jean Lambert, 

 Marechal Suchet, Lord Micaulay, I'aul Verdier, Charles Lefebvre, Mareehal Niel, 

 Alfred Colomb, Josephine de Beauharnai.'', ]\Iarie Rady, Mdlle. Bonnaire, Vicomte 

 Vigier, Madame Ci^mence Joigneaux, Leopold Premier, Sou'venir d Elise, Due de 



