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Evans, second ; Mr. Hudson, third ; and W. Mercer, Esq., fourth. Mr . 

 Hedge's twenty-four consisted of the following: — Charles Lawson, Paul's 

 Queen Victoria (a fine lai*ge light kind), Shakespere, Madame Bravy, Gloire 

 de Vitry, Caroline de Sansal, Queen, Madame Knorr, M. Cambaceres, Gloire 

 do Dijon, Alexandi-ine Backmeteff, Cloth of Gold, Souvenir d'un Ami, Paul 

 Picaut, Louise Magnan, Adele Prevost, Auguste Mie, Aurora, Devoniensis, 

 Lord Raglan, William Griffith, and Niphetos. Among other groups the best 

 came from C. J. Newdigate, Esq., E, Barchard, Esq. (Uckfield), and W. 

 Mercer, Esq., of Hunton, Staplehurst. 



In the amateurs' class for twelve varieties, one truss of each, the Rev. T. 

 M. Wetherall was first ; C. M. Worthington, Esq., second ; Rev. S. E. Hole, 

 third ; and Mr. Terry, gardener to C. G. Pullen, Esq.. fourth. Among these 

 stands were the following: — General Jacqueminot, Gloire de Dijon, Anna 

 Alexieff, a very good variety ; Smith's yellow Noisette, a charming variety 

 when caught in good condition, as this was ; Duke of Cambridge, bright rose ; 

 Jules Margottin, which is universally admitted to be one of the very best of 

 its class ; and Leon des Combats, also a good rose. 



Among the various gatherings we looked especially for Jean Hardy and 

 Isabella Grey. Neither of them were there. Yellow roses of the old school 

 were not abundant; Gloire de Dijon, Goubalt, Devoniensis, Cloth of Gold, 

 Decazes, and Persian Yellow, were generally good ; and Mr. Cant's box of 

 Cloth of Gold was alone worth the journey to see. It was an interesting 

 point to see Mr. Keynes, the master of the dahlia, there as an exhibitor of 

 roses. He took the first prize in the nurserymen's class for twenty-four 

 varieties, three trusses of each, with Madam Rivers, light and beautifulty 

 formed; Pauline Lansezeur, deep rose; Souvenir de Leveson Gower, Juno, 

 Madame Knorr, General Jacqueminot, Comtesse de Chabrilliant, Enfant de 

 Mont Carmel, Prince Leon, Gloire de Vitry, Stephanie Beauharnais, Geant 

 des BataiUes, William Griffiths, Malmaison, Eveque de Nimes, very vivid, 

 and like sealing-wax ; La Ville de St. Denis, very large. 



Among roses of special interest we noticed Emperor Napoleon, like Prince 

 Noir, with a fiery flush on the tips of the petals ; a curious and valuable 

 dark rose. Eveque de Nimes was good in all the stands ; as a high-coloured 

 rose, it seems to do well in all soils and climates that any way suit roses at 

 all. Ornement des Jardins, a richly-coloured imbricated rose, made a good 

 show, and was in most of the stands. Madame Vidot, one of our best light 

 hybrid perpetuals, seems to be surpassed by H. P. Anathalie Chantride, 

 which is more imbricated and a clearer colour than Madame. Paul Kicaut 

 keeps its character as a genuine good rose. The White Provence in Mr. 

 Paul's stand was superb ; those who are without it should book it for next 

 season. Souvenir d'Elise, a charming tea, which is very shy when young, 

 and difficult to grow, gives superb flowers when of mature growth. H. P. 

 Due d'Ossuna is a fine flower, exquisitely formed, vivid carmine, and rather 

 hard in the eye. H. C. Juno, close-cupped, flesh colour, was a general 

 favourite. Colonel de Pougemcut, a large and coarse rose, which looks well 

 on the plant, was to be seen on too many stands ; it is too much like a cauli- 

 flower to be suitable for exhibition. Boule de Nauteuil, a good old rose, 

 was shown in fine condition ; it is one of the best dark roses, colour rich 

 plum. Madame Knorr and Victor Trouillard, which of late years have been 

 scarce in the trade, were much admired, and booked by enough probable 

 customers to give the trade security for their propagation this season to any 

 reasonable extent. Bacchus, a H. P. of Messrs. Paul's, was well shown by 

 Mr. W. Thurlow, of New College, Oxford; it is a rose of the Geant section. 

 New roses were not numerous, as we never expect them to be in this country ; 

 but the few shown were such as may be generally adopted without fear. Mr. 

 Standish had a side-table filled with good masses of Eiigene Appert, which 

 we believe will prove one of the best roses for the neighbourhood of large 

 towns, as it grows and blooms freely at Stoke Newington, and has not yet 



