250 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Wellington, Le Rhone, Madame Bravv, Madame Boutin, Madame Vidot, General 

 Jacqueminot, Marguerite Dombrain, Madlle. Annie Wood, Madame Caillat, Maurice 

 Bernardin, Souvenir d'un Ami, Madame Moreau, Niphetos, La Duchesse de Mornv, 

 Madame Victor Verdier, Cloth of Gold, Antoine Ducher, Corate de NanteuU, 

 FraD9ois Louvat, Xavier Olibo, Gloire de Vitry, Lord Raglan, Marguerite de St. 

 Amand, Duchesse de Caylus, Madame Hector Jacquin. Messrs. Paul and Sons, 

 Cheshunt, second, with fine boxes of bloom ; Mr. J. Fraser, third ; and Messrs. E. 

 P. Francis and Co., Hertford, fourth. 



For 48 kinds, three trusses of each, Messrs. Paul and Son and Mr. Cant changed 

 places, Messrs. Paul and Son being first, and Mr. Cant second, Messrs. Francis 

 third, and Mr. W. Paul fourth. Messrs. Paul and Son's collection was in splendid 

 order — fine large blooms, and particularly fresh ; the undermentioned were espe- 

 cially good : Marie Rady, Pierre Notting, Gloire de Santenay, Leopold I., Senateur 

 Vaisse, Prince de Portia, Duke of Edinburgh, John Hopper, Victor Verdier, Mon- 

 sieur Boncenne, Dr. Andry, Alfred Colomb, Marechal Niel. 



For 24 kinds, three trusses of each, Hybrid Perpetuals only, Messrs. S. Perkins 

 and Son, Coventry, stepped in first with grand boxes of flowers, equal to any in 

 the exhibition, closely followed by Mr. Cant, Messrs. J. and C. Lee, Hammer- 

 smith, being third. In the 24's, one truss of each, Mr. Cant again first, with 

 Messrs. Perkins and Son second, and Mr. Clark, Brixton Hill, third. 



The class for 12 Tea-scented and Noisettes brought several fine boxes. Messrs. 

 Paul and Son had happily caught the flowers at the right time ; they were not too 

 fully expanded, and carried off" first prize with Celine Forestier, Gloire de Bor- 

 deaux, Amabilis, Madame Margottin, Alba Rosea, Monsieur Furtado, Souvenir 

 d'un Ami, Marechal Niel, Louise de Savoie, Gloire de Dijon, Souvenir d'Elise, 

 Triomphe de Rennes. Mr. Cant second. 



Taken on the whole, the blooms in the amateur classes were not so good as 

 those contributed by the trade ; but those in the first-prize collections left nothing 

 to be desired, and fully sustained the reputation these gentlemen enjoy as first- 

 class rosarians. 



In the large class of 48, one truss of each, the Rev. S. R. Hole, Caunton Manor, 

 Newark, first, with grand flowers of the following : Madame Knorr, Madame 

 Furtado, Charles Lefebvre, Gloire de Dijon, Due de Rohan, Marguerite de St. 

 Amand, Comtesse de Chabrilland, Pierre Notting, Lord Clyde, Charles Rouillard, 

 Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Duchesse d'Orleans, Jules Margottin, Madame 

 Victor Verdier, Marechal Niel, Souvenir de Comte Cavour, Alphonse Karr, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, Souvenir de Malmaison, Antoine Ducher, Comtesse de Paris, 

 Leopold I., Madame Vidot, Madame Boutin, Hippolyte Flandrin, Alfred Colomb, 

 Celine Forestier, Lord Raglan, Madame Hoste, Gloire de Santenay, Madame Boll, 

 Devoniensis, Gloire de Vitry, Juno, Marechal Vaillant, Maurice Bernardin, Coupe 

 de Hebe, Senateur Vaisse, Madame Moreau, Fisher Holmes,' Mathurin Regnier, 

 John Hopper, Souvenir d'un Ami, Madame Charles Wood, Louise Magnan. Mr. 

 J. Hedge, Reed Hall, Colchester, second. Mr. Chard, gardener to Sir F. H. 

 Balhurst, Clarendon Park, Salisbury, third. 



For 36, Mr. R. Keen, gardener to J. G. Sheppard, Esq., High House, Wickham 

 Market, first ; Rev. S, R. Hole, second. 



In the classes for twelves and twenty-fours, the Rev. E. N. Pochin, Sileby 

 Vicarage, Loughborough, occupied the first place in both instances with immense 

 flowers in a beautifully-fresh condition. Mr. Postans and Mr. Loder, both of 

 Brentwood, second in the two classes respectively. 



There were also several other contributions, in the shape of 18 new roses, 12 

 good trusses of any new rose of 1866 (Alfred Colomb carried off the first and 

 second prizes in this class), stands of Teas, Noisettes, Moss and Yellow Roses, 

 besides good vases and bouquets ; but our space will not permit us noticing them. 



^ Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Pabk. — The third and last great show of 

 this Society was worthy the place and its managers. The flowers which graced the 

 banks at the early shows were, as a matter of course, missing ; hut their places 

 were filled with noble collections of ornamental foliage plants, in which were fine 

 specimens of Sarracenias, from Mr. Baines, Bowden, Cheshire ; good palms froin 

 Mr. Fairbain's, Sion House, and beautiful Marantas, from Mr. Smith, Harlesdon 

 House, Middlesex. The classes for Cape Heaths were well filled by the leading 

 growers of this class of plants. Magnificent groups of stove and greenhouse came 

 from Mr. Baines and Mr. Peed, in which were grand examples of the best varieties 



