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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t Jane SO, 1878. 



Madame Creyton, Clemence Raonx, Devienne Lamy, a beautiful car- 

 mine red, something in the way of Baron A. de Rothschild ; Henri 

 Ledechaux, a bright carmine rose, large and full, and deserving of 

 greater attention than it has received ; Adrienne Christophle, a splendid 

 Tea of novel character ; Berthe Baron, delicate rose ; Julie Touvais, 

 flesh-coloured rose ; Adolphe Brongniart, coarse ; Adrienne de Monte- 

 bello ; Marquise de Mortemart, beautiful satin white with flesh tint, a 

 splendid acquisition ; Julie Treyve, light flesh ; Madame Jacquier, 

 bishop's purple, good ; Madame Clert, and Marquise de Castellane. In 

 other stands I noticed Eeine d'Or, a beautiful Noisette of light clear 

 yellow and good substance ; Louis Van Hontte, Lacharme's new Rose, 

 very good, and likely to be the Rose of the year, bright fiery red, 

 shaded with blackish crimson, and with the form of the Cabbage Rose ; 

 Thyra Hammerick, a beautiful delicate flesh colour, of good form, but 

 rather inclined to show the eye, still very beautiful ; Floreat Etona, 

 Miss Poole, Charles Perry, Lord Napier, seedlings of Mr. Turner's ; 

 the last I think the best, and a good-shaped flower. As I hope to 

 have the opportunity of more closely inspecting the new flowers at the 

 National Rose Show, I shall reserve more detailed criticism till after 

 that. 



The yellows were a fine display, and the gorgeousness of the blooms 

 of Marechal Niel exhibited by Mr. Keynes and others could not be 

 surpassed. The Teas were also very good, but I think we have seen 

 them better. Roses in pots were contributed by Mr. Turner and Messrs. 

 G. Paul & Son, and were excellent examples of culture, the plants 

 small and well bloomed. The hanging baskets were very poor, bntthe 

 rustic Fern stands exhibited by Messrs. Dick Radclyffe & Co. were 

 admirably arranged and very effective ; there was an amount of taste 

 in them that one does not often see in such objects. In the class for 

 a hundred Roses in basket or stand Messrs. Paul & Sons were first 

 with a central basket and four cornucopias round it filled with Roses 

 and a few Fern fronds. Altogether the Show was a rich treat, and for 

 those who had leisure to enjoy it, which I had not, it must have 

 been a pleasure indeed. — D., Deal. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



June 29th. 



This was the great Rose Show, with which is incorporated that of 

 the National Rose Show, the name of which, and the fact that its 

 chief promoters are constant to their first love still, will be sufficient 

 guarantee of the excellence of the Exhibition. Roses accordingly 

 were the heroes — no, the heroines — of the day, for with the female 

 gender we associate all that is lovely — all that is pure. Our old Latin 

 grammar taught us that the masculine was more worthy than the 

 feminine, the feminine more worthy than the neuter ; and our old 

 Latin grammar was very nngallant ; we have long since thrown it 

 away, though not forgotten the troubles it caused us. In the case of 

 the Rose, at least, the said grammar was utterly at variance with the 

 truth, for nearly every gem among Roses is to be found with the prefix 

 Madame or Mademoiselle, sometimes plain English Miss. There are 

 a great many Monsieurs, too, but, as well-behaved gentlemen they will 

 not too loudly assert their own merits. 



Well the combined Royal Horticultural and National Rose Show 

 maintained its high reputation, well England, whose emblem is the 

 Rose, maintained that emblem as the fairest of the fair, and well too 

 the valiant knights who did battle in her honour maintained her 

 honour against all comers. If the competitors were not so numerous 

 as at the Crystal Palace on the previous Saturday, that was probably 

 explicable by the hot weather we have had since ; and although the 

 same cause, probably, detracted from the beauty of some of the 

 blooms — diminished that freshness, which is so important a point in 

 the Rose, still there were Roses, such as Messrs Paul's, Mr. Cant'B, 

 and Mr. Poehin's, which would secure general admiration in any exhi- 

 bition aud in any year. That such beauties were appreciated — long- 

 lingered over by fashionables, and by professionals " scribbling away," 

 as a lady at our ear said, cannot be a matter of wonder. They 

 deserved it. 



In Class 3, seventy-two single trusses, Messrs. Paul & Son were first 

 with fine examples of Charles Verdier, Perfection de Lyon, Abel 

 Grand, Queen Victoria, Miss Ingram, Nardy Frcres, Alfred Colomb, 

 Baroness de Rothschild, Madame Furtado, Duke of Edinburgh, 

 Francois Lonvat, Leopold I., Prince Camille de Rohan, Elie Morel, 

 La Brillante, Eeine Blanche, Xavier Olibo, Triomphe de Rennes, 

 Madame Rivers, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Marechal Niel, La France, Mar- 

 guerite Dombrain, Madame Boutin, Prince de Portia, Madame Rival, 

 Victor Verdier, Thorin, Pitord, Marguerite de St. Amand, and Marie 

 Banmann. Mr. J. Cranston, Hereford, took the second position with 

 excellent stands, noticeable in which were Mdlle. Annie Wood, Sou- 

 venir de Dr. Boll, La France, Dnc de Rohan, Comtesse de Chabrillant, 

 Francois Treyve, Pitord, Queen Victoria, Alfred Colomb, Madame 

 Charles Wood. The third prize went to Mr. Cant, of Colchester, who 

 had among others beautiful trusses of Madame Bravy, Prince de 

 Portia, Henri Ledechaax, Gloire de Santenay, Dr. Andry, John 

 Hopper, Horace Vernet, Pierre Notting, Xavier Olibo, Charles Le- 

 febvre, and Comtesse de Chabrillant. Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, was 

 fourth. Messrs. Francis, of Hertford, also exhibited in this class. 



The next class was for three trusses of forty-eight varieties. Messrs. 

 Paul & Son were again first, showing splendid trasses of Prince 



Camille de Rohan, Victor Verdier, Black Prince, Dr. Andry, Xavier 

 Olibo, Alfred Colomb, Horace Vernet, Queen Victoria, Baroness de 

 Rothschild, Marguerite de St. Amand, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Duke of 

 Edinburgh, Marquise de Mortemart, Marechal Niel, John Hopper, 

 Camille Bernardin, Maurice Bernardin, Sophie Coquerelle, Elie Morel, 

 Pitord, Abel Grand, Caroline de Sansal, and Antoine Ducher. Mr. 

 Turner, of Slough, came second with excellent examples of several of 

 the above. Prince Camille de Rohan, Alfred Colomb, Souvenir da 

 William Wood, Comtesse de Chabrillant, and Devoniensis. The third 

 prize was taken by Mr. Fraser, Lea Bridge. 



Class 5 was for twenty-four varieties, three trusses of each. In this 

 Mr. Cranston took the highest place with beautiful and fresh examples 

 of Alfred Colomb, Madame Vidot, Madame Josephine Vidot, Mdlle. 

 Marguerite Dombrain, Marie Banmann, Baroness de Rothschild, 

 Xavier Olibo, Alfred de Rougemont, very dark ; Madame Furtado, 

 Alice Dnreau, Annie Wood, Marguerite de St. Amand, Antoine Ducher, 

 La France, Josephine de Beanharnais, and Centifolia rosea. Excel- 

 lent stands from Mr. Turner and Mr. Cant were Becond and third. 



For twenty-four single trusses Mr. Turner was first, showing among 

 others beautiful examples of Paul Verdier, Marie Banmann, Secateur 

 Vaisse, Ten Acres, bright rose; Alfred Colomb, Prince Camille da 

 Rohan, Monsieur Boncerme, Black Prince, Exposition de Brie, and La 

 F7rance. Mr. Keynes, Salisbury, was second, Mr. Cranston third, and 

 Mr. Cant fourth. 



In the amateurs' Class 7, for forty-eight single trusses, the Rev. 

 E. N. Pochin, Sileby Vicarage, again took the premier position with 

 very fine trusses, exceedingly fresh and bright. Every one of them 

 deserved to be named separately, but the following were those most 

 noticeable for excellence — viz., Francois Lonvat, Comtesse de Cha- 

 brillant, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Felix Genero, Alfred Colomb, Vicomte 

 Vigier, Madame C. Crapelet, Monsieur Boncenne, La France, Fisher 

 Holmes, Dr. Andry, Duchesse de Caylus, Pierre Notting, Charles Le- 

 febvre, Victor Verdier, Triomphe de Caen, John Hopper, Leopold I., 

 Comte de Nanteuil, Baron Adolphe Rothschild, Prince Camille de 

 Rohan, Marechal Niel, Xavier Olibo. and Comte Cavonr. Mr. Ingle 

 was second with a most excellent stand ; T. Laxton, Esq., Stamford, 

 third ; and R. B. Postans, Esq., of Brentwood, fourth. 



Class 8 was for thirty-six single trusses. The first prize here, as in 

 the preceding class, went to Mr. Pochin. The trusses were fully equal 

 to those shown by the same gentleman in the larger class. Among 

 them the following were particularly fine : — Felix Genero, Comtesse 

 de Paris, Marguerite de St. Amand, Alfred Colomb, Prince Camille de 

 Rohan very rich, Charles Lefebvre, Xavier Olibo, Lord Herbert, Due 

 de Rohan, Victor Verdier, Monsieur Boncenne, Leopold Hausbnrg. 

 Dr. Cooper, Slough, was second with an excellent stand ; J. Holling- 

 worth, Esq., Maidstone, a very good third ; and Mr. Ingle fourth. 



In Class 9, twenty-four trusses, the Rev. G. Arkwright, Pencombe 

 Rectory, Bromyard, was first. Mr. Stoddart, gardener to J. G. 

 Rebow, Esq., Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, second ; Mr. Mould, gar- 

 dener to J. Shatton, Esq., Manningford, third ; and Mr. Marlow 

 fourth. 



Class 10 was for twelve trusses. The best stand came from Mr. 

 Soder, gardener to 0. Hanbury, Esq. ; the second best from Mr. 

 Quinnell ; Mr. Skinner, gardener to Capt. Christy, being third, and 

 Mr. Mould fourth. 



Class 11 was for twelve new Roses of 18G8 or 1809. In this Messrs. 

 Paul & Son took the first position with Mdlle. Eugene Verdier ; Per- 

 fection de Lyon, fine ; Thyra Hammerick, fine ; Edward Morren, 

 fine; Duke of Edinburgh, splendid colour ; Reine Blanche, pleasing; 

 Henri Ledechaux ; and Devienne Lamy, fine. The second prize went 

 to Mr. Turner ; Marquise de Mortemart, Ten acres, purplish rose ; 

 Clemence Raoux, Devienne Lamy, Reine Blanche, Miss Poole, pale 

 rose ; and Berthe Baron, were the best. Mr. Cant was third, Mr. 

 Keynes fourth. In the stand of the latter Devienne Lamy and Reine 

 Blanche were both fine. 



For twelve trusses of any Rose of 1868, Messrs. Pan! & Son were 

 first with Duke of Edinburgh, splendid in colour ; Mr. Turner second 

 with Miss Ingram, very fine ; Mr. Cant third with Monsieur Journeaux ; 

 Mr. Keynes fourth with Reine Blanche. 



Class 13 was for six trusses of any Rose of 18G9. In this Messrs. 

 Paul & Son were first with Edward Morren, Mr. Turner being second 

 with Comtesse de Hainault, and Mr. Keynes third with Edward 

 Morren. 



The best collection of yellow Roses shown in Class 14 came from 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, and consisted of fine stands of Celine Forestier, 

 Marechal Niel, Triomphe de Rennes, Madame Margottin, Gloire de 

 Dijon, and Madame Falcot. Mr. Keynes was second with very fine 

 specimens of Marechal Niel, Celine Forestier, Madame Margottin, 

 and Triomphe de Rennes. 



For six bouquets of Roses, Messrs. Paul & Son were first with 

 Marie Banmann, Alfred Colomb, Marechal Niel, Baroness de Roths- 

 child, Triomphe de Rennes, and Horace Vernet. Mr. Keynes and 

 Mr. Cant were second and third respectively. 



Of Tea-scented and Noisette Roses, beautiful stands of twelve came 

 from J. Hollingworth, Esq. and Mr. Ingle in the amateurs' class ; 

 and from Mr. Keynes, Mr. Cant, and Messrs. Paul & Son in the 

 nurserymen's class. 



Roses in pots from Mr. Turner and Messrs. Paul & Son were ad- 

 mirably grown ; and among miscellaneous stands of cnt blooms were 

 several from Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith, and one of Princess 



