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nice bloom of Orion (Storer) after the style of Dr Hardy, but not equal to it. 

 5th do. (Mr Shorthouse. ) 



In stands of 6 Breeders Mr Headly was first with six good seedlings, especially 

 one of the Roses, which took the premier prize for Breeders, and which was, we 

 think, the finest Rose Breeder we ever saw. Mr Hayues came second with six 

 really good Breeders, the most noticeable of which was a fine large seedling 

 bybloemen and two good Roses — Oliver and Parker's Rose of England. Mr 

 Barlow was 3d, and the best blooms were Lucretia, rose, Talisman bybloemen, 

 and William Lee, bizarre. Mr Lea was 4th, and in his stand was a very good 

 bizarre Ariosto (Slater), and one or two good seedlings. 



Thomas Haynes. 

 Derby. 



GARDEN RECORDS. 



NO. VIII. 



MESSRS PAUL & SON, THE OLD NURSERIES, CHESHUNT, HERTS. 



{Continued from page 274.) 



These well-known Nurseries have played a most important part in the progress 

 of horticulture daring the present century. The Rose, the Hollyhock, and many 

 other popular flowers have here found and still do find a congenial home. 

 Wherever the progress of floriculture during the last fifty years is sketched it 

 will be found that the Cheshunt Nurseries are related to many of its most valued 

 triumphs, and have played an important part in helping to secure some of its 

 most noted successes. 



Cheshunt is about 13 miles from London, on one of the north high roads, that 

 leading to Hertford and Cambridge. The dwelling-house, together with the shop 

 and office adjoining, are well known to frequenters of that road ; hundreds who 

 do not know the locality, or have never seen the nurseries, have heard of them, 

 and have come to regard them as one of those high places of floriculture that take 

 the form of shrines to which florists instinctively turn their footsteps, as a place 

 full of pleasant revelations and undescribed delights. The grandfather of Mr 

 George Paul, the present proprietor, established the Cheshunt nurseries about 

 sixty years ago. The site of the original nursery stood back some distance from 

 the dwelling-house, and it is said it was once the site of the trial grounds of 

 Messrs Minier, Nash, and Nash, the wholesale seedsmen of the Strand. This spot 

 is now the Peach and Strawberry nursery. At the period of our visit we found 

 here an excellent treat of Strawberries, as Messrs Paul and Son grow these 

 largely as a staple article of trade. That superb variety Dr Hogg was in prime 

 condition ; so were many more of the leading kinds, for notwithstanding the 

 drought a liberal mulching and plentiful supplies of water had brought the fruits 

 to a high state of perfection. Next, there was added the Church Fields nursery 

 a piece of land of about 12 acres, situated near to the parish church of Cheshunt. 

 Here, on the occasion of our visit, was spread out a glorious feast of Roses, there 

 being about 40,000 standard Roses worked on the briar, and dwarf Roses worked 

 on the Manetti stock, in the full flush of their superb floral beauty. The require- 

 ments of the growing trade made it necessary that new land should be added, and 

 the home nursery of about 15 acres, with some outlying pieces of land, 4 acres in 



