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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



Bernardm. From Mr. Moffat, gardener to tho Hon. Mrs. Maynard, 

 Easton Lodge, Dnuniow, came Enipereur do Maroc, Devoniensis, 

 Beauty of Waltham, Gloire do Dijon, Madamo Boll, and Iinpcratrico 

 Eugenie, Email, white, tinged with blush. In the stands of other ex- 

 hibitors in the same class we noticed Joseph Fiala, Spotted Queen, 

 carnation-striped; Gloire de Santenay, L'Enfant Trouve, and Juno. 



Awards— First, Mr. Hedge ; equal second, Mr. Moffat and Mr. Ingle ; 

 third, J. Hollingworth, Esq. ; fourth, Mr. Chard. 



Class VI. was for thirty-six kinds. Hero wo noted Madame Bravy, 

 Prince Leon, Madame Masson, violet, to which colour it changes from 

 srimson ; Mrs. Rivers, and Beauty of Waltham from Mr. Inglo ; and 

 from Mr. Hedge and others, Souvenir d'Eliso Vardon, some 5 or 

 C inches across ; Cloth of Gold, Louise Magnan, Oriilamme de St. 

 Louis, bright crimson ; Anna de Diesbach, Charles Lawson, and Gene- 

 ral Jacqueminot. Andre Leroy, a fine-coloured flower, was Bhown by 

 Mr. "Wright, gardener to Mrs. Ramsden. 



Awards — First, Mr. Ingle ; second, Mr. Hedgo ; equal third, Mr. 

 Chard and Mr. Marcharn ; fourth, Dr. Cooper. 



' In Class VII., twenty-four kinds, the best exhibition was that of 

 Mr. R. B. Fostans, of Brentwood, who had fine blooms of Triomphe 

 de Caen, violet crimson, with a scarlet centre ; Francois Lacharme, 

 Charles Lefebvre, John Hopper, L'Esmeralda, Frince Camillo do 

 Rohan, Enipereur de Maroc, Olivier Delhomme, and Madame Boll. 

 Mr. May, gardener to C. Worthington, Esq., Caversham Priory, also 

 exhibited Prince Camille de Rohan, Lord Macaulay, and others, in 

 very good condition ; and Mr. Dennis, Folkington, Madame Maurin, 

 and Bougere Tea Roses, the one white, the other fawn. There were 

 several other good exhibitions in the same class. 



Awards — First, R. B. Postans, Esq. ; equal second, Mr. May and 

 Mr. Dennis ; equal third, Mr. Flester and the Rev. Canon Fisher ; 

 fourth, Rev. V. Knox Child. 



In Class VII ., twelve kinds, the following were in fine condition — 

 viz., Gloire de Dijon, John Hopper, Mario Baumanu, Charles Le- 

 febvre, Cloth of Gold, Madame Bravy, Scnateur Vaisse, Auguste Mie, 

 and Millie. Emain, a pretty white Perpetual. 



Awards — First, Rev. V. Knox Child ; second, R. B. Postans, Esq. ; 

 third, Mr. Dennis ; fourth, Mr. Flester. 



Class XII. was for the best twelve trusses of yellow Roses, consisting 

 of not less than six kinds ; and the only exhibitor was Mr. Hedge, to 

 whom was awarded a first prize for Narcisse, La Boule d'Or, poor ; Tri- 

 omphe de Rennes, Celine Forestier, and L'Enfant Trouve, a strong 

 sport of Elise Sanvage ; and Cloth of Gold. 



In Class XIII., for the best collection of yellow Roses, Mr. Hedge 

 was again first with Cloth of Gold, L'Enfant Trouve, fine; Melanio 

 Oger, Narcisse, and Smith's Yellow. Messrs. Paul & Son were Becond 

 with Gloire de Dijon, Vicomtesse De Cazes, Lamarqae, Madame 

 Falcot, Madame William, Louise de Savoie, Marquise de Foucault, 

 and Auguste Vacher. 



Tea-scented and Noisette Roses, though not snfficiently varied in 

 colour to make an effective display, are always welcome on account of 

 their fragrance. They chiefly consisted of La Boule d'Or, Triomphe 

 de Rennes, Gloire de Dijon, Gloire de Bordeaux, Madame Bravy, Sou- 

 venir d'Elise, Josephine Malton, Eugene Desgaches, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, some fine examples of L'Enfant Trouve, Louise do Savoie, 

 Homer. Alba rosea, America, Niphetos, and Celine Forestier. 



Awards — For twelve trusses (Amateurs) : first, Mr. Ingle ; second, 

 Mr. May ; third, Mr. Hedge. For twelve trusses (Nurserymen) ; first, 

 Messrs. Paul & Son ; second, Mr. Cant ; third, Mr. Keynes. For 

 twelve single blooms ; first, Mr. Cant ; second, Mr. Hedge ; third, 

 Mr. Keynes. 



Of Moss Roses only one stand was shown, that being from Messrs. 

 Paul it Son, who were awarded a first prize. It contained Salet, the 

 Crested Moss, Bath White, Comtesso Murinais, and one or two others. 



Pot Roses formed a very effective bank, the plants being in profuse 

 •bloom, though the flowers were not individually so attractive as earlier 

 in the season. President from Mr. Turner, and Marechal Niel from 

 Mr. Wm. Paul, were especially fine ; and Rushton Radclyffe, Pierre 

 Notting, and other recent varieties, were also well represented. 



Awards — For twenty-four : first, Mr. Turner ; equul second, Messrs. 

 Paul & Sou and Mr. William Paul. For tweuty new Roses ; first, 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, second, Mr. W. Paul. 



Miscellaneous subjects consisted of new Marantas, Bertolonia mar- 

 garitacea, Lilium auratum, Eranthemum argyroneurum, having the 

 foliage veined with white, and some other plants from Mr. Bull ; and 

 of fine Pinks from Mr. Turner and Mr. Bragg, of Slough, and Mr. 

 Hooper, Bath, who also exhibited Carnations, Pansies, and Phloxes. 

 Mr. Bird, gardener to the Hon. A. F. Ashley, Epping, exhibited 

 thirty-six varieties of Hunt's Sweet Williams ; and, as usual, from 

 Messrs. Barr & Sngden and Carter & Co., came Fern-cases, plant- 

 baskets, &c. The latter firm also exhibited variegated Maize, tricolor- 

 leaved Pelargoniums, and very large pods of Laxtou's Perfection Pea. 

 The handsome silver tea-urn, presented on the evening of the Show 

 to the Rev. S. Reynolds Hole, stood in the conservatory in the midst 

 of that exhibition of which he was the originator, and which, by his 

 influence and example, he has so largely contributed to raise to a 

 position worthy of England's national emblem — the Rose. 



of the University New Park. We understand that he hopes 

 to bo able to form an arboretum thero, which will be a desirable 

 and useful addition to the Botanic Garden, whero there is not 

 sufficient space for one calculated to be of real use. 



PRIZE FOR FIFTY CUT ROSES. 



At a Rose show held here on Wednesday last, June 20th, an 

 objection was made to the first-prize collection of fifty cut 

 Roses, on the ground that fifty-one were shown for fifty. Two 

 fully open Roses were shown in the same truss, and this was 

 held by the objector to disqualify the collection. The Judges: 

 affirmed their decision, at least a majority of them ; but as this 

 is the first Rose show in Jersey, they would be glad to have 

 your opinion in the next issue of your valuable paper. — One op 

 the Judges. 



[The additional Rose was a disqualification, for it is a sound 

 rule to insist upon the printed schedule being strictly com- 

 plied with. There is a reason here for such strictness, because) 

 when the competition is close tho award has to be decided by 

 points, and every bloom may add to the number. — Eds.] 



Mr. W. H. Baxter, Curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden, 

 has, we are happy to learn, been appointed to the Curatorship 



THE GARDENERS' ROYAE BENEVOLENT 



INSTITUTION. 

 The twenty-third Anniversary Meeting was held at the London 

 Tavern on Wednesday last, the" 27th ult., Sir C. Wentworth Dilke, 

 Bart., in the chair. Among those present were Alderman Mechi, 

 Professor Bentley, the Rev. Joshua Dix, Dr. Hogg, Messrs. T. Bran- 

 dreth Gibbs, R. Wrench, G. Child, Bull, Edmonds, Gibson, J. & C. 

 Lee, W. Paul, Turner, Veitch, Williams, Cutbnsh, ic. After the) 

 usual loyal toasts had been given and enthusiastically responded to, 

 the Chairman in proposing the toast of the evening, " Success to the 

 Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution," said that it was an Insti- 

 tution which ought to be supported by the public at large, as well as 

 by gardeners, but by neither was it supported as it should be. He 

 was one of those who thought that the occupation of a gardener was 

 that in which the most mind is required, and the least is obtained 

 from the master. He would like to see the working gardener on an 

 equality with the intelligent artisan, hut that was not the case now. 

 Take a bricklayer or a carpenter, the education required by either is 

 small, and bo, too, was their responsibility ; but the labour of a gar- 

 dener is great, his responsibility often heavy, and to properly carry 

 out his duties a considerable amount of education is required ; and 

 yet gentlemen having gardens, and good gardens too, want a perfect 

 man, and are prepared to pay him 20s. a-week ! Thus it was that 

 gardeners could not lay up much for their old age ; and thus, too, it 

 was that the Institution must also be dependant, to a considerable 

 extent, on the more wealthy classes for support. There was a rule 

 of the Institution — an extremely wise, extremely good, and extremely 

 prudent rule — that a man who had subscribed for fifteen years might 

 be admitted without an election ; but that period was a long time to 

 look forward to, and he hoped that increased funds would enable them 

 to reduce the time to twelve years, to ten years, or even less. Some 

 papers by Mr. D. Fish on gardeners' wages had lately appeared, and 

 though in these the disadvantages under which gardeners labour were 

 well stated, he diffe.ed from the writer in toto. The whole question 

 of wages was simply one of supply and demand, and in this case the 

 supply exceeded the demand. He donbted whether gardeners' wages 

 would ever materially rise, because a number of day labourers are 

 employed at 12s. per week, and these are continually forcing them- 

 selves upwards. Such men at 18s. per week are preferred to those at 

 30s. a-week, and so long as this continues to be the case wages must 

 be low. More especially at the present crisis did he think that much 

 advance was hopeless, for the expenses of many an establishment 

 would be cut down to the lowest figure. What was the effect of the 

 railway panic of 1847 ? Why, the amount of donations to the Insti- 

 tution fell to one-third of that subscribed in any previous year. The 

 Chairman then referring to tho International Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion, said that about a year ago some of those present attended a 

 meeting for the purpose of inaugurating it, and he was asked to 

 take his part ; others had been asked to take the undertaking under 

 their wing, but the one had not the funds, and the other had not 

 the pluck ; but, said Sir Wentworth, " We (the Executive Committee), 

 found the funds, and we found the pluck." Besides that, they had 

 entertained their foreign visitors at the Guildhall, which the Corpo- 

 ration had lent for the purpose ; but mind, the Executive found the 

 dinner, and he believed their visitors had expressed their satisfaction 

 at the reception which had been given them. The undertaking, how- 

 ever, was not a light one. His friend on the left (Mr. C. Lee), said 

 that £9000 would pay the expenses; but he (the Chairman), said 

 £12,000 would not do it. The Exhibition was, therefore, a specula- 

 tion, and they entered into it, knowing that whatever might be the loss 

 the gain would not bo theirs ; but they had resolved from tho first, 

 that if they did meet with success tho Institution should profit by it. 

 The Exhibition had proved an entire success, £3000 profit having 



