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dition by Mr Turner ; the next best was Dupuy-Jamin, a very bright cerise, 

 a fine variety, shown by Mr B. R. Cant ; Messrs Paul & Son came in third with 

 Nardy Freres ; and Mr J. Keynes fourth, with Edward Morren. These represent 

 the more salient points of the show, though there were many others equally 

 attractive. 



Royal Horticultural Society's Rose- Show, June 29. — Here, the Roses were 

 neither so numerous nor so fine as at the Crystal Palace : some hot days interven- 

 ing, told their tale in a marked manner. Of Roses, the best 72 came from Messrs 

 Paul & Son, comprising grand blooms of Baronne de Rothschild, Madame Furtado, 

 Alfred Colomb, very fine ; Senateur Vaisse, Marquise de Mortemart, Madame 

 Therese Levet, Dr Andry, Marie Baumann, Black Prince, Pierre Notting, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, Leopold Hausburg, and Xavier Olibo, &c. In the second prize 

 collection, staged by Mr J. Cranston — Annie Wood, Alice Dureau, Lord Herbert, 

 Peine du Midi, Frani^oise Fontaine, Alfred Colomb, Charles Lefevre, Due de 

 Rohan, Centifolia rosea, and Madame Charles Crapelet, were shown in prime con- 

 dition. The best 48, 3 trusses of each, also came from Messrs Paul & Son, — 

 magnificently coloured blooms of Prince Camille de Rohan, Madame Rivers, 

 Alfred Colomb, Prince de Portia, Antoine Ducher, Marguerite Dombrain, Camille 

 Bernardin, Marquise de Mortemart, Madame Clemence Joigneaux, &c. The next 

 best lot came from Mr Turner, amongst which Duke of Edinburgh, Alfred Colomb, 

 Jean Lambert, Madame Charles Crapelet, Marechal Niel, Camille Bernardin, 

 Xavier Olibo, and La Duchesse de Morny, were in very fine order. For 24 

 Hybrid Perpetual varieties only, 3 trusses of each, Mr J. Cranston was first, with 

 a capital lot, comprising, amongst others, large well-finished blooms of Alfred 

 Colomb, Madame Vidot, Annie Wood, Antoine Ducher, Alfred de Rougemont, 

 Josephine de Beauharnais, and Marie Baumann, &c. Class six was for 24, 1 truss 

 of each, open to nurserymen only ; and the first prize was secured by Mr Turner. 

 His best blooms were Marechal Niel, Alfred Colomb, Miss Ingram, Exposition de 

 Brie, Black Prince, Baronne de Rothschild, Prince Camille de Rohan, and Ten 

 Acres. Mr Keynes came in second, showing large and good blooms of Josephine 

 de Beauharnais, Xavier Olibo, Antoine Ducher, and Madame Charles Wood. 



In the amateurs' class for 48, the Rev. E. N. Pochin stood pre-eminently first : 

 his blooms of Charles Lefevre, John Hopper, Marechal Niel, Dr Andry, Alfred 

 Colomb, Comtesse de Chabrilland, Monsieur Boncenne, Comte Cavour, Fisher 

 Holmes, Duchesse de Caylus, Pierre Notting, Leopold Premier, Comte de Nan- 

 teuil, and Triomphe de Caen were really magnificent. Mr W. Ingle, gai'dener to 

 Mrs Round, Colchester, took the second prize. In class 8, for 36, the Rev. E. N. 

 Pochin again occupied the first position. In this collection were grand blooms 

 of Prince Camille de Rohan, Due de Wellington, Dr Andry, Victor Verdier, 

 Louise Peyronny, La Duchesse de Morny, Marechal Niel, Madame MacMahon, 

 Fisher Holmes, Senateur Vaisse, Comtesse Chabrilland, and the best finished and 

 most refined bloom of Felix Genero in the exhibition. The best 12 new Roses of 

 1868 or 1869 were sent by Messrs Paul & Son, consisting of Reine Blanche, 

 Edward Morren, Julie Touvais, Duke of Edinburgh, Marquise de Mortemai't, 

 Devienne Laing, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier, Perfection de Lyon, Souvenir de Mon- 

 sieur Poiteau, Nardy Freres, Thyra Hammerich, &c. Mr Turner supplied the 

 next best, his finest blooms being Clemence Raoux and Miss Poole. The best 

 new Rose of 1868 was Duke of Edinburgh, from Messrs Paul & Son ; Miss Ingram, 

 from Mr Turner, coming in secoud. Edward Morren, shown by Messrs Paul & 

 Son, was the best of the new varieties for 1869 ; Emilie Hausburg, a beautifully- 

 formed Hybrid Perpetual, from Mr J. Fraser, Lea Bridge, was placed second ; Mr 



