jHly 7, 1S63. 



JOITRNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



second for the same variety, and Mr. Turnbull third for fine 

 bunches of Bowood Miiseat. . " 



In other white kinds Mr. Mould, Hartsbourne Manor, 

 Watford, had the fii-st prize for Chasselas Musque, Mr. Hill 

 second for three splendid bunches of Buckland Sweetwater 

 weighing 6 lbs., and Mr. Henderson third for the same kind. 

 Mr. Meredith had good bunches of Golden Hambui-gh ; and 

 Ml-. Cramb, of Tortworth, some of the finest which we have 

 seen of the same kind, but unfortunately they were rubbed. 



Peaches and Nectakines. — The exhibitions of these 

 were numerous, and, with few exceptions, the fruit large and 

 well ripened. The best two dishes came from Mr. Dawson, 

 and consisted of Violette H;itive and Chancellor ; the next 

 best were Violette Hative and Grosse Mignonne from Mr. 

 Young, of Havant. A single dish of Royal George from Mr. 

 Lawkins, gardener to G. Brassey, Esq., Brariifield, gained 

 first prize, the fruit being of the largest size ; and a similar 

 award was made to Mr. Wills, of Oulton Park, for the same 

 variety equally fine, and it was also exhibited in great per- 

 fection by Mr. Edward, of Eyewood, who gained the second 

 prize. 



Mr. Gross, gai-dener to Lord Ashbui'ton, had Elruge and 

 Pitmaston Orange Nectarines ripened to perfection, as 

 evidenced by their depth of colouiing, and received the ni'st 

 prize in the class for two dishes ; and the second was taken 

 by Mi: Tegg, gardener to W. H. Goschen, Esq., Eoehampton, 

 for very fine fruit of the same varieties. 



In single dishes Mr. Wills had the first prize for Elruge, 

 large and finely ripened ; but the fruit being placed on the 

 leaves of Cissus discolor we thought no improvement. Mr. 

 Bannerman, gai'dener to Lord Bagot at Bhthfield, was 

 second with the same kind ; Mr. Tillery third with Red 

 Roman. 



Figs. — There were few exhibitions of these, tiie Brown 

 Tiu'key being, so far as we remember, the only kind shown. 

 Those from Mr. Smith, of Syon, and Mr. Pottle, were per- 

 fectly ripe and excellent ; and good fruit also came from 

 Mr. Robinson, gardener to R. Benyon, Esq.-, Engl.jfield, and 

 Mr. Henderson, of Trentham. 



Cherkies and Pluics. — There was a great lack of com- 

 petition ui these fruits. A fine dish of Circassian or Black 

 Tartarian Cherries, fi-om Mr. Turner, had the fii-st prize ; 

 Elton from Mr. Widdowson, and Black Eagle from Mr. Beck 

 of Tetworth, having- the second and third. A good dish of 

 Black Tartarian was also shown by Mr. Thomson, of Stan- 

 stead Park. The only exhibition of Plums was Jefferson's, 

 fr'om Mr. Ingi-am, of Reading. 



Straweeeeies. — The best four dishes came from Mr, 

 Lydiard, of Batheaston ; it consisted of Victory of Bath. 

 Gem of the West, and Sir Charles Napier, and Oscar, both 

 very large. Mr. Turner was second with the two last- 

 named varieties, President and Empress Eugenie. In col- 

 lections of not less than six kinds, Mr. Widdowson had first 

 prize for remarkably fine dishes of British Queen, Prince of 

 Wales, Crimson Queen, Sir C. Napier, Admiral Dundas, 

 Sir C. Campbell, Oscar, Sir Harry, Prince of Wales, Myatt's 

 Surprise, and Empress Eugenie. Mr. Turner was second 

 with a collection of twenty -eight sorts, comprising- most of 

 the above. President, Rifleman, Carolina superba, and some 

 others. 



Melons. — Mr. Pottle had first-prize in the Green-fleshed 

 class. Mr. Turner second in the same for Marquis of Ailsa. 

 Mr. Tegg, gardener to Baron Hambro', thh-d, for King' s Green- 

 fleshed, and fii-st for a Hybrid Scarlet ; Scarlet Gem from 

 Mr. Taiery ; and Mr. W. Tegg took the second and thh-d 

 prizes. Melons at present are wholly judged by flavour-, 

 and it is not uncommon to see the smallest and least at- 

 tractive-looking fruit gain the highest prize ; but whilst we 

 quite agi-ee that flavour should principally guide the decision 

 of the Judges, we stUl think that appearance should receive 

 some consideration, and that it would be desirable to in- 

 stitute a class in which flavour and appearance combined 

 might be the test of merit, flavour counting, say, for two 

 points, and appearance for one point. 



Miscellaneous. — Some fine orchard-house trees in pots 

 were shown by Messrs. Lane & Son, and Mr. Cattermole, of 

 Tooting Common, both of whom received first prizes ; also, 

 from the Society's Garden at Chis-wick, and Mr. KaUe, of 

 East Horsley Towers, who had Plums and Peaches ; the 

 other collections consisting of Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, 



' Figs, and Peaches. Some well-ripened Tomatoes were ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Ten-y, the Hyde, St. Albans ; a seedling 

 Melon called Monarch, and weighing 10 lbs. 11 ozs., by Mr. 

 Henderson, of Trentham ; some excellent Strawberries by 

 Mr. Marcham ; Laxton's Early Prolific Pea, wluch tm-ned out 

 to be nothing but Dickson's Favourite ; and some seedlings, 

 an account of which will be found in the proceedings of the 

 Fruit Committee. 



THE NATIONAL EOSE SHOW. 



I COULD quite understand, when I saw the Exhibition 

 to-day, why it was that the Rose Show had been tacked on 

 to the thu-d great Exhibition. Retrenchment, I presume, 

 was the order of the day. No prizes for Orchids, nor— as it 

 has, I know, been suggested by one of the most active 

 members — Zouale Geraniums : none either for show Gera- 

 niums, which were shown so well at the Regent's Park last 

 Wednesday ; and hence one mass of gi-een, very refreshing no 

 doubt, filled the nave, fine-foliaged jjlants and Ferns forming 

 the great bulk of the things sent. And had it not been for 

 the Roses the Show would have been poor indeed ; while the 

 Fruit, separated far from the others, lent neither its fragrance 

 nor its beauty to the great body of the Exliibition. Why it 

 could not have been an-anged in one of the contiguous 

 courts I conld not understand. 



My business is, however, with the Roses, ever beautiml 

 and chai-ming as they are. I feel compelled to say that, 

 on the whole, Roses have not been shown in first-rate con- 

 dition this season. Neither at the Ci-ystal Palace nor to-day 

 had they that ft-eshness and contovu- which one likes to see 

 them always possess, too many open eyes and battered faces 

 suggesting ideas of late hom-s and an over-supply of mois- 

 ture. Some exquisite blooms were, no doubt, exhibited; 

 but I am speaking of them as a whole. As far as to-day's 

 Show was concerned, the Amateurs were decidedly in the 

 first rank, and Mr. Hedge, as usual, in the first rank of 

 Amateurs. Some of his (lowers were very exquisite. He has 

 an immense stock ; and, with his thorough knowledge and 

 skdl, he has advantages which make it a difficult matter to 

 vanquish him. 



The new Roses were as usual those most eagerly looked 

 after ; and it is oidy another instance of the uncertainty 

 that hangs about Rose-gi-owing that the same flower in 

 different boxes bore a totally different character, and would 

 hardly have been recognised as the same variety. After a care- 

 ful scrutiny of the various stands, and the new Roses 

 generally, I think that we may set down Mr. Standish's 

 Andre Leroy, Mi-. Geo. Paul's Lord Canning, and Le Rhone 

 (GuiUot fils), as the three best new Eoses. The fii-st is a 

 seedling reared by TrouiUard of Angers, and named after his 

 employer, M. Leroy. It was figured in the Florist and Pomo- 

 logist ; its shape and contour were well given, but the coloui-- 

 ing fell very far short of the reality. It is a thick, fine- 

 petalled flower, Of excellent shape, and of a rich dark velvety 

 crimson, and of good habit. Lord Canning is a flower some- 

 what of the build of Comte de NanteuU— a bright pink -with 

 large petal. Le Rhone is very much of the style of Senateui- 

 Vaisse. with a dark shacling in it. 



^Vhile on the subject of new Roses I may mention that I 

 received a few days ago fi-om my friend, M. Margottin, of 

 Bourg-la-Reine, a box containing blooms of two new flowers 

 he purposes sending out this autumn: one is a splendid 

 flower, a seedling of Louise Odier, crossed with a dark 

 Hybrid Perpetual, having the exquisite shape of its parent, 

 and retaining (in a Bom-bou, a gTCat object), a deKcious 

 fragrance — one or two petals in a letter quite perfumed it. 

 It is of excellent habit, as I saw when in the raiser's garden. 

 The colour is a deep crimson. I feel persuaded that this 

 will be a great acquisition. 



I now proceed to the stands of new Eoses. The fii-st prize 

 was awarded to Mr. W. Paul for the foUowmg :— Maurice 

 Bernhardin ; Robert Fortune, vei-y globular ; Pi-ince CamiUe 

 de Rohan, very dark nnd fine; Charies Lefebvre, good; 

 Professor Koch, dark and double ; Louise Darzms ; Lomse 

 Mai-gottin (1S(33), pretty and good; Beauty of Waltham, 

 good; Tm-enne; Gloire de Chatillon. Uke Madame Masson; 

 Vicomte Vigier, good ; La BriUante, very fine ; Mademoiselle 

 Em«in; Framjois Lacharme, exceUent ; John Hopper, good; 

 Madame Ernest Dreol ; and Madame Charles Wocd. 



