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was both mentally and physically incapacitated from acting 

 with them, or taking any cognisance of those pursuits that 

 formerly afforded him so much pleasure. Mr. Stains died in 

 the King's Road, Chelsea, in the early days of the month of 

 April.— (The Gardener.) 



CRYSTAL PALACE ROSE SHOW. 

 June 25th. 



Drought and hot sun are great enemies to the Rose, and both have 

 been long felt in most parts of the eouutry — the one is most prejudicial 

 to the plant, and both are destructive to the beauty of its bloom ; but 

 on Friday last, the day preceding the show, a new element — at least 

 it came as a novelty, we have seen so little of it lately — rain, was intro- 

 duced, and heavy showers fell near London, which must have seriously 

 interfered with the metropolitan growers by spoiling blooms which the 

 Bon had spared. Fortunately many of the exhibitors had cut their 

 trasses before the rain came, and others, fortunately for their Roses, 

 but less so for other Brings, had no rain. Notwithstanding all draw- 

 backs, therefore, the exhibition at the Crystal Palace was most excellent 

 both in quantity and quality, and, as usual, very numerously attended, 

 the visitors amounting to upwards of 17,500. The number of entries 

 was very large, for the stands rilled the greater part of the nave 

 on each side of the transept as far as the late Tropical Department, 

 the remnant of which is now added to the nave by the removal of the 

 division. 



The nurserymen's class for seventy-two single trusses comes first in 

 order, and in this Mr. B. R. Cant, of ColcheBter, took the highest posi- 

 tion with fine examples of Prince Humbert, Madame Pulliat, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, Alfred Colomb, Marguerite de St. Amand. John 

 Hopper, Marie Banmaun, Victor Verdier, Souvenir d'Elise, Thorin, 

 Edouard Morren, Xavier Olibo, Senatenr Vaisse, General Jacque- 

 minot, Gloire de Vitry, Cloth of Gold, Jnles Margottiu, Nardy Fn'-res, 

 Baroness de Rothschild. Madame Willermoz, Camille Bernardin, 

 Madame George Paul, Madame Tidot, Madame Rivers, Duke of 

 Edinburgh, Dupuy-Jamain, Madame Ch-mence Joigneaux, Madame 

 Noman, very beautiful, pure white ; La France, Madame Victor Ver- 

 dier, and Exposition de Brie. Messrs. Paul it Son, who were second, 

 had, among others, fine trusses of Mdlle. Mario Rady, Madame V. 

 Verdier, Marcroerite de St. Amand, Camille Bernardin, Edouard 

 Morren, Antoine Ducher, Madame Caillat, Alfred Colomb. Prince de 

 Portia, Leopold Premier, Leopold Hausburg, Mdlle. The ruse Levet, 

 Madame Crapelet, Prince Humbert, and Baroness de Rothschild. Mr. 

 Cranston, King's Acre, Hereford, was third, and Mr. Keynes, Salis- 

 bury, fourth. 



Class 2, forty-eight varieties, three trusses of each, is always a rory 

 effective class from the masses of different colours, and i3 a great trial 

 of strength. In this Messrs. Paul & Son were first with splendid 

 trusses of Senatenr Vaisae, Monsieur Boncenne, Comtesse de Cha- 

 brillant, Dachesse de Moray, Thorin, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Francois 

 Lonvat, Marguerite de St. Amand, Madame Caillat, Madame Crape- 

 let, Alfred Colomb, Madame Fnrtado, Marie Baumann, Victor Verdier, 

 Baroness de Rothschild, Abel Grand, Maurice Bernardin, John 

 Hopper, and Pierre Hotting. Mr. Turner, of Slough, was second 

 with fine trusses of La France, Marie Baumanu, Lafontaine, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, Xavier Olibo, Imperatrice Eugenie, white, John 

 Hopper, Baroness de Rothschild, Miss Ingram, Alfred Colomb, and 

 Prince de Portia. Next came Mr. J. Fraser, of Lea Bridge, and 

 fonrth Mr. Cranston. 



For three trusses of twenty-four varieties Mr. Cant was, as for 

 seventy-two singles, first with a splendid lot, the most noticeable of 

 which were Baroness de Rothschild (this name, so well known, seems 

 to be ill-fated as regards spelling ; one exhibitor gave it its full name 

 Madame la Baronne de Rothschild — much too long for English modes 

 of speech — another Bar mess* de Rothschild, which will be new to 

 French ears ; and a third La Baron, thus making the name of the 

 epicene gender), Alfred Colomb, Dr. Andvy, Antoine Ducher, Madame 

 Vidot, Victor Verdier, Madame Charles Wood, Marie Baumann, De- 

 voniensis, Senatenr Vaisse, Edouard Morren, Princess Mary of Cam- 

 bridge, Due de Wellington, Marguerite de St. Amand, John Hopper, 

 Mdlle. Marie Rady. Horace Verne t, Xavier Olibo, and Comtesse de 

 Chabrillant. Mr. Cranston was second, and Mr. Perkins, of Coventry, 

 fonrth, the third prize being withheld. 



For twenty-four varieties, single trusses, in which class it was 

 stated in the schedule, exhibitors in the preceding classes (1, 2, 3), 

 were not to compete, the first prize was awarded to Mr. Cant for ex- 

 cellent trusses of Marie Baumann, Baroness de Rothschild, Devo- 

 nienais, Charles Lefebvre, Mdlle. Annie Wood, Maruchal Niel, Xavier 

 Olibo, Prince Humbert, Prince Camille de Rohan, Anna de Diesbach, 

 and others. The other prizes went to Messrs. Perkins ; Mr. Parker, 

 Rugby ; and Mr. Coppin, Shirley, Croydon. 



The amateurs' classes were, on the whole, excellent, exhibiting a 

 great improvement as compared with previous years. The stands 

 shown by the Rev. E. X. Pochin, Sileby Vicarage, Loughborough, not 

 in one but in several classes, excited general admiration, and they 

 well deserved it, for every one of them was as near perfection as could 

 well be conceived. Though matched against veteran growers, them- 

 selves with splendid stands, he was first for single trasses of thirty-six, 

 twenty-four, and twelve varieties. 



A very fine forty-eight, from Mr. Ingle, gardener to Mrs. Round, 



Birch Hall, Colchester, took tho first honours in the class for forty- 

 eight trusses; the following being particularly good— viz., Charles 

 Lefebvre, Gloire de Santenay, Madame Julie Daran, Souvenir de 

 Monsieur Bull, Duchesse de Caylus, Henri Ledechaux, Beauty of 

 Waltham, Mane Baumann, Marguerite de St. Amand, Due de Rohan, 

 splendid ; \ icomtesse de Vezins, Baroness de Rothschild, Mdlle. 

 Annie Wood, Thyra Hammerick, Madame Charles Wood, John 

 Hopper, Alfred Colomb, and Madame Furtado. The other prizes 

 went to Mr. C. J. Perry, Castle Bromwich ; Mr. It. B. Postans, Brent- 

 wood ; Mr. T. Laxton, Stamford ; and Mr. Keen, gardener to J. G- 

 Shepperd, Esq., Wickham Market. 



For thirty-six single trusses, as already remarked, the Rev. E. N. 

 Pochin was first with very fine and extremely fresh examples of Madame 

 Clemence Joigneaux, Madame V. Verdier, Senatenr Vai.^e, Madame 

 C. Vvood, Madame Fillion. Monsieur Bouceune, Due de Cazes. Joles 

 Margottin, Alfred Colomb, Francois Louvat, Madame Knorr, La Es- 

 meralda, Prince Camille de Rohan, John Hopper, Dr. Andry, and Doc 

 de Rohan. Mr. Draycott, gardener to T. T. Paget, Esq.,M.P., Hum- 

 berstone, Leicester, came second with, among others, Urachal Kiel, 

 we believe the finest in the show, though this beautiful variety was in 

 most stands and everywhere good; La France, Marguerite do St. 

 Amand, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Felix Genero, Charles Lefebvre, Duch- 

 esse de Caylus, and others exhibited in the first-prize stand. The 

 other prizes went to Mr. Ingle, Mr. Dobree, Mr. R. Baker, and Mr. 

 C. J. Perry. 



Mr. Pochin's twenty-four single trusses, of which every one was 

 most excellent, included a splendid Mareehal Niel, and beautiful ex- 

 amples of Victor Verdier, Leopold Hausburg, Dr. Andrv, Comtesse do 

 Chabrillant, Alfred Colomb, Comtesse de Paris, Monsieur Boncenne, 

 Souvenir de Malmaison, Mdlle. Matie Rady, Xavier Olibo, Louise 

 Peyronny, John Hopper, and Due de Cazes. * Mr. Draycott, who was 

 second, had likewise very excellent trusses. The other prizetakers 

 were Mr. Wallis, Mr. Dobree, and Mr. Johnson, of Uxbridge. 



Stands of twelve single trusses were very good, but that from Mr. 

 Pochin distanced all competitors. It contained lovely specimens of 

 Dr. Andry, La France, Francois Louvat, Victor Verdier, Charles Le- 

 febvre, Abel Grand, Alfred Colomb, Souvenir de Malmaison, Marshal 

 Niel, and Madame Fillion. Messrs. Soder, Finch, and ^uenueil also 

 exhibited excellent stands. A fine collection of cut Roses came from 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, including a box of Baroness de Rothschild, Dnke 

 of Edinburgh. Comtesse de Chabrillant, and many others. Mr. Parker, 

 of Victoria Nursery, Rugby, and Mr. Keynes, Salisbury, also exhibited 

 collections. 



A few miscellaneous subjects were shown, and first-class certificates 

 were given to T. Laxtou, Esq., Stamford, for seedling Rose Princess 

 Louise ; and to Mr. C. J. Perry for Verbenas John Laing and Mrs. 

 George Prince. 



Mr. Wilkinson had the opera room set round with Palms and other 

 tropical plants, and decorated with the excellent taste for which he is 

 noted ; and in the centre were dinner tables exquisitely arranged, 

 chiefly with Palms in the centre, while Fern fronds and cut flowers 

 were introduced nearer the guests, but not in vulgar profusion. These 

 decorations, we believe, were carried ont under the superintendence of 

 W. Thompson, Esq., of the City of London Club, and were evidences 

 of a refined taste, and examples that will doubtless be much copied. 



Take it all in all, I have no hesitation in saying that the Rose 

 Show held at the Crystal Palace on the 25th was the finest Rose Show 

 that ever was held, whether we look at its extent, or at the character 

 of the blooms, and this notwithstanding the peculiar nature of the 

 season through which we have passed. If the tropical heat which we 

 had on the Wednesday had continued, doubtless the result would have 

 been different ; but happily for all lovers of the Rose, two days of 

 cloudy weatker following the storm of Wednesday, gave the queen of 

 flowers an opportunity of recovering herself, and never have we seen 

 her in such beauty as on this occasion. We may have missed the 

 superbly- finished stands of Mr. Hedge, but the Rev. E. X. Pochin 

 came boldly forward to take his place, and right well ho did it. It 

 says something, too, for the greater attention given to culture by 

 amateurs, that notwithstanding the immense number of blooms staged, 

 there was not a stand that was a disgrace to the Exhibition or a slur 

 upon the grower. 



Leaving, then, the merits of the general collection to be discussed 

 by others, I wonld now specially report on the new Roses and those 

 extra classes which do not come into the regular collections of blooms. 



In Class 9, for the best twelve blooms of any Rose of 1S63, the 

 first prize was taken by Mr. Turner with Miss Ingram, a fine Rose, as 

 we all know, but, alas! not a Hybrid Perpetual. The second prize 

 went to Dupuy-Jamain, a very bright rosy pink, something of the 

 colour of Victor Verdier and Madame C. Crapelet combined, perhaps 

 a little too thin. The third was taken by Nardy Freres, a full Rose, 

 somewhat dull, but good ; tho fourth by Edouard Morren, rough, and 

 showing too much the green eye. There were in several of the stands 

 much better examples of it exhibited, showing itself to be a good Rose, 

 but requiring peculiar cultivation. 



In Class 10, for twenty-four new Roses of 1868 and 1SG9, there 

 were several stands exhibited, none of them of very great excellence — 

 a thing, indeed, not to be expected, when we remember how they are 

 cut about. Iu Mr. Keynes's lot, who took first prize, were Leopold H.» 

 Reino Blanche, very white, but rough; Dupuy-Jamain, very pretty ; 



