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JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 25, 18G5. 



■Wilheim Pfitzer, Duchesse d'Orleans. Souvenir d'un Ami, Professor 

 Koch, Pierre Netting. Auguste Mie, Marcchal VaiUant, Baronne de 

 Heckeren, Charles Lefebvre, Triomiihede Reuues, Francois Lacharme, 

 Lielia, Robert Fortune, America, La Erillante, Rubens, Barou tionella, 

 Senatenr Vaisse, Vicomte Vigier, Devouiensis. Comtesse Cecile de 

 Chabrillant, Madame Clemeuce Joigneaux, Andre Desportes, Madame 

 Charles Crapelct. Of the twenty-four varieties, the tinest were—Rev. 

 S. R. Hole :~Gloire de Vitry, Souvenir de Comte Cavour, Gloire de 

 Dijon, Juno. John Hopper. ' Mr. Hunt : — Baron Gonella, Comte de 

 Nauteuil, Madame Crapelet. Eightecns (thi-ee trusses), Mr. Evans : — 

 Niphetos, Madame Victor Verdier, and Queen Victoria. The stands 

 of Mr. Perry were of uniform merit, though it was evident the show 

 •would have suited him better had it been held earlier in the season. 

 Through a mistake. Mr. Brown, of Elmdou, had entered eighteen 

 single trusses for this section, and although they were necessarily dis- 

 qualified, they desei-ved and received great commendation. Twenty- 

 four varieties, single trusses, open only to amateurs resident within 

 fifteen miles of Birmingham. The Rev. P. M. Sniythe : — Victor Venlier, 

 Charles Lefebvi-e, Marechal Vaillant, Madame Kuorr, Franvois La- 

 charme. The flowers iu this stand were — Comte de Nanteuil, Baronne 

 de Heckeren, Triomphe de Renues, Marcchal Vaillant, Vauqueur de 

 Goliath, Maurice Benioidiu, Anna de Diesbach, Madame KnoiT, 

 Charles Lefebvre, Celine Forestier. Louis XIV'., Baronne Gonella, 

 Jules Margottin, Beauty of Waltham, Acidalic, L'Eblouissante, 

 Madame Clemence Joigneaux. Louis Margottin, John Hopper, Francois 

 Lacharme, Victor Verdier, Senateur Vaisse, Vicomte Vigier. Mr. 

 Brown showed Gloire de Sautenay, (vei^ line) ; and Coupe d'Hebe. 

 Twelve varieties — single trusses, open to amatuers within fifteen miles 

 of Bii-mingham — Mr. Brown: — Madame Caillat. (fine); Gloii-e de 

 Santenay, Louise Magnan, and LaReine, (finej. Rev. P. M. Smyth : — 

 Anna de Diesbach, Vicomte Vigier, and Baron, de Noirmout. Mr. 

 Brown's stand contained — La Reine, General Jacqueminot, Comtesse 

 de Chabrillant, Duchess of Norfolk, Madame Vidot, Beauty of Waltham, 

 Anna de Diesbach, Gloii'e de Sautenay, Louise Magnan, Madame 

 Caillat, Triomphe de Renues, Senateur Vaisse. 



Awards. — Forty-eight varieties, single trusses : First, Rev.S.R.Hole, 

 Newark; second, Mr. S. Evans, Arbury, Nuneaton; third, Mr. C. J. 

 Perry, Castle Bromwich. 



Twenty-foiu" varieties, single trusses : First, Rev.S. R. Hole ; second, 

 Mr. Ebenezer Hunt, Leicester; third, Mr. E. Sage, Gopsall Hall, 

 Atherstoue ; equal fourth, Rev. P. M. Smythe, Solihull, and Mr. S. 

 Evans. Arbury, Nuneaton. 



Eighteen varieties, three trusses: First, Mr. S. Evans; second, Mr. 

 C. J. PeiTy, Castle Bromwich ; thii-d, Mr. E. Hunt. 



Twelve varieties, single trusses : First, Mr. E. Hunt ; second, Rev. 

 S. R. Hole, Newark ; third, Mr. E. Sage ; fomth, Rev. P. M. Smvthe, 

 SolihuU. 



Twenty-four varieties, .single trusses (open to amateurs resident 

 -within fifteen miles cf Birmingham only) : First, Rev. P. M. Sm^ihe, 

 Solihull ; second, Mr. William Bro^\Ti, Elmdou Hall, near Birming- 

 ham ; third. Mr. C. J. Pen-y, Castle Bromwich ; foui-th, Robert 

 Garnett, Esq., Moore Hall, Sutton Coldfield. 



Twelve varieties, single trtisses (open to amateurs within fifteen 

 mUesof Birmingham): Fii-st, Mr. W. Brown ; second, Rev.P.M. Smythe ; 

 third, Mr. C. J. Perrj- ; fourth, Robert Gaiuett, Esq. ; extra, Mr. T. B. 

 "Wright, Perry BaiT, and Mr. John Moor, Sparkhill. 



No class was more satisfactory than the couti-ibutions of amateurs 

 resident within four miles of Stephenson Place, Birmingham, as it 

 afforded an illusti"ation of the extent to which Rose cultivation is 

 spreading in the neighbourhood, and the judgment by which it is 

 directed. The stands, as a whole, would have been excellent for any 

 locality, but they were still more extraordinary when it is remem- 

 bered that some which took prizes (as for instance those of Mr. Field) 

 ■were gi-own at Balsall Heath. In the fiist-prize stand of Mr. Cooper 

 was the magnificent Tea-scented variety, Madame Willeiinoz, a 

 white with salmon-coloured centre. It also comprised — Gloire de 

 Dijon. Le Rhone. Madame Willermoz, Jules Margottin, Comtesse de 

 Chabrillant, La Reine, General Jacqueminot, Francois Lacharme, 

 Madame Vidot, La Ville de St. Denis, Louise de Savoie, Madame H. 

 Jacquin. In the successful collections for six varieties. Ml". Cooper 

 had La Ville de St. Denis, and C^ueen Victoria ; Mr. Mapplebeck, 

 Senateur Vaisse, La Reine, Madame Wm. Paul, and John Hopper ; 

 Mr. Sansome, Celine Forestier and Gloire de Dijon ; and Mr. Lloyd, 

 Mdlle. Bonnaii-e, Duchess of Orleans, and Senateur Vaisse. 



Awards. — Twelve varieties, single trusses : First, Mr. C. Cooper, 

 Mosely Wake Green ; second, Mr. G. Dymond, Kings Heath ; thii'd. 

 Mr. E. W. Field, Balsall Heath ; fourth, Mr. G. Sansome, Moseley ; 

 extra, Mr. W. B. Mapplel)eck. Woodfield, Moseley. 



Six varieties, single trusses: First, Mr. C. Cooper; second, Mr. 

 W. B. Mapplebeck ; thii'd. Kr. G. T. Sansome, Moseley; fourth, Mr. 

 John I\Ioore, gardener to Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Sparkhill. 



The offer of special premiums for Moss Roses brought only a small 

 collection of very moderate pretensions, the single award being given 

 to Messrs. Paul dz Son, for the subjoined collection, of which Cristata, 

 a good white Perpetual with a cluster of buds, was the most conspi- 

 cuous : — Cellina, Gloire des Mousseuses, Bath White, Cristata, Ba- 

 ronne de Wassanaer, Pei-petual White, Prolific, Aristide, Captain 

 Ingram, Hortense Vemet, and Eugene de Savoie. 



The new Roses were as usual interesting ; but owing to most of the 

 impoi-tcd ones being over they did not include many of the present year. 



The stand of twenty-four varieties with which Mr. Ke\'iies gained the 

 first prize iucluded the following varieties : — Souvenir de Charles 

 MontauU, Madame Victor Verdier, La Phocenne, Sa^ur des Anges, 

 George Prince, Lord Herbert, Paul Desgrand, Joseph Fiala, Alfred de 

 Rougemont, Laurent Descourt, Leopold Premier, Vicomtesse Douglas, 

 Ceutifolia Rosea, Prince Henri de Pays Bas, Barou Adolphe de 

 Rotlischild, Alphonse Belin, Claude Million, Doetenr Spitzer, Alpaide 

 de Rotalier, Bernard PaUissy, Madame de Stella, Pierre Notting, 

 Duchts^e de Momy, Louise van Houtte. Souvenir de Charles Mon- 

 tauU is a vivid and showy garden flower ; and both Paul Desgrand, a 

 dazzling red variety, and Centifolia Rosea, a bright clear rose, will no 

 doubt be seen to better effect in a less dry season. Soeur des Anges is 

 a bad opener, but fine when it does open. George Prince is a good- 

 shaped, free -blooming, and effective Rose ; and Lord Herbert has 

 gained for itself a good character this season. Piene Notting, a 

 blacliish red with a violet tint, and Vicomtesse Douglas, a lilac, are 

 both fine ; while Docteur Spitzer presents a distinct shade of crimson, 

 and is good in form. The following -were iucluded in the collection of 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, who were second : — Louis van Houtte, Duchesse 

 de Moruy, Madame de Stella, Eugene Verdier, Madame Freeman, 

 Baron Pelletan de Kinkelin, Emotion, Lord Macaulay, Jaune d'Or, 

 Bernard PaUissy, Pavilion de Pregny, Claude Million, Alpaide de 

 Rotalier, Madame Valembourg, Duchesse de Caylus, Alphonse Belin, 

 Alba Rosea, Triomphe de Villecresnes. Lord Clyde, Marcchal Niel, 

 Madame Boutin, Senateur ReveU, Seedling No. 11, Leojiold Premier. 

 Of Marcchal Niel we have already spoken in terms of eulogy. Alba 

 Rosea, with a rose centre, full and fine in form, is a splended Tea- 

 scented sort, useful for pot culture ; and Claude Million, a deep dark 

 vennilion, is also pleasing. Duchesse de Caylus, a vivid carmine, 

 introduced dui-ing the present year, is a rigorous grower and excellent 

 in foiTu. Jaune d'Or, as its name impoi"ts, is an addition to the 

 yellows ; and Duchesse de Moruy, a clear rose colovu', with silvery 

 under petals, though a little thin, may be expected to take a j)rominent 

 position ; and Pavilion de Pregny, a dark violet crimson, with white 

 under petals, is verj' distinct. Mr. Batley of Rugbj- was third ; Messrs. 

 Perkins fourth. 



The first prize for six tnisses of a new Rose sent out in 1863-4 or 5 

 was adjudged to Mr. Keynes, for six blooms of Piince Hemi de Pays 

 Bas, a vei-y bright crimsou. full and globular in fomi, and Duchesse 

 de Moruy ; the second to Mr. Cranston, for Madame Boutin ; and the 

 thii'd to Messrs. Paul & Son, for Madame Victor Verdier, a vivid 

 cai'mine, and reckoned one of the finest Roses of last year. 



The designs for dinner table decorations fomied a new feature ; and 

 we hope in future years to see a considerable increase in the number 

 of competitors. Those sent on this occasion were arranged with ad- 

 mirable taste. The bouquets were an improvement on what we have 

 hitherto seen, but tlid not quite come up to our expectations. 



Awards. — Best basket or vase of Roses and Rose foliage : First, Miss 

 Cole, Birchfields ; second. Mr. Evans, Arbui^ ; third, Mr. Parker, 

 Rugby ; extra, Mr. R. H. Veiiegans. 



Best bouquets for the hand, entii-ely of Roses and Rose foliage : 

 First, Mr. J.Cranston, Hereford ; second, Mr. J. Parker, Rugby ; third, 

 Mr. R. H. Vertegans ; fourth, Messrs. Paul & Son. 



Best design for dinner-table decoration (open to ladies only). Roses 

 to be the only flowers used. Foliage not restricted to that of Roses, 

 but left to the taste of the designer. First, Mrs. Brewer, Broad Street ; 

 second. Miss Cole ; extra, Miss Garnett, Moor Hall, Sutton. 



A number of ornamental plants for the decoration of the Hall were 

 kindly lent by Mr. E. Wright, Mr. Bent, and Mr. Job Cole ; and, in 

 addition. Mr.'E. W. Field, of Balsall Heath, lent a very praiseworthy 

 stand of Verbenas, for which no other rcward.was available than the 

 favom-able notice they obtained. The decorations were arranged by 

 Mr. Cole and Mr. Tye, and were all that the most fastidious cooM 

 desire. — [Midland Counties Herald.) 



DICKSON'S "FIRST AND BEST" TEA. 



W'lTH refereuce to oiir new early Pea First and Best, it is 

 due to the numerous fi-iends who last season spoke so highly 

 of it iu their published testimonials, as ^Yell as to oiu'selves, 

 that we should endeavour to remove the incorrect impression 

 regarding its character, which Messrs. A. Henderson & Co., of 

 Pine Apple Place, London, have unwittingly created by their 

 published report on the new early Peas. 



\\'e obtained our First and Best Pea some six years ago from 

 a gardener in this neighbom-hood, and in successive trials 

 season after season we foimd it some days earlier than the 

 earliest known Pea. In 1863 we grew it extensively for the 

 purpose of sale, hut afterwards hesitated to send it out until 

 we had subjected it to a scrutinising and decisive trial. We 

 therefore sent a package to some fifty of the leading gardeners 

 and others throughout the comitry, and from all of these the 

 most unequivocal testimonies to its earliness and excellence 

 were received, many of which were published in our seed cata- 

 logue for the cm-rent year. These testimonies were so satis- 

 factory and decisive, that we resolved to send it out last spring, 

 but as the seed had been held over a year, for the reason 



