July 1, 18119. ] 



JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTXTRE AKD COTTAGE GARDENER. 



woold see handreJa of waggons coining into that greatest of all gardens 

 in the world— Covent Garden; and even Penzance sent to it early 

 Broccoli and early Potatoes, and the tropics their fruits. No country 

 in the world was "supplied with such fine fruit as this, and he even 

 believed that the table of the Emperor of the French was supplied 

 with it from this country. So with flowers. He, the Chairman, had 

 had no wish so great as"to see the flowers in the tropics— he supposed 

 he never should, hut he was somewhat reconciled to that on reading 

 the remarks m ilr. Wallace's " Malay Archipelago." Individually 

 the flowers of the tropics were magnificent ; hut as regards colouring 

 the landscape, they were not so effective as the flowers of the temperate 

 regions — the Heather on our mountains, the Hyacinths of oar woods, 

 and the flowers of our pastures. Besides the flowers of our own tem- 

 perature, those of other regions had been brought together and culti- 

 vated successf ulh . These were great triumphs of skiU, great triumphs 

 of industry, and the gardening of this country was one of the greatest 

 triumphs of civilisation. After referring to the refining influence of 

 flowers, the Chairman concluded by calling on his hearers to cultivate 

 th« gardener's art, and to show their interest in that class of men to 

 whom society owes so much. 



Among the other toasts were " Physiological Science," coupled with 

 the name of Professor Owen ; " The Chairman ;" " The Horticultural 

 and Botanical Societies," responded to by Mr. Bateman ; " The Trea- 

 surer," responded to by Mr. Wrench; "The Secretary;" and "The 

 Nursery and Seed Trade," coupled with the names of Mr. Veitch and 

 Mr. Hurst, the latter of whom returned thanks. 



As usual there was a tastefully arranged group of plants at the back 

 of the chair, aUo plants and cut flowers on the tables and in other 

 parts of the room. These were contributed by Messrs. Veitch, Lee, 

 Williams, and Turner ; while fruit for the dessert was sent from the 

 gardens of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Baron Rothschild, 

 and Mrs. Dixon, of Stanatead Park. 



The list of donations amounted to nearly £500. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Rose Show, ./ /nc 29''i. — More favoured by weather than its prede- 

 cessor at the Crystal Palace, this exhibition, with which is incorporated 

 the National Rose Show, was eminently successful in the number of 

 stands exhibited, the quality of the flowers, and in the numbers who 

 flocked to this the great levr-e of the queen of flowers. There were, as 

 there always are, a good many defective blooms ; there were, as there 

 always are, a good many stands which might have been set np to much 

 better advantage ; but on the whole there was an absence of coarseness, 

 a refinement of form, and a beauty and freshness of colour, which gave 

 it a peculiar charm. Larger blooms of many of the kinds have been 

 shown, and not a few had changed colour under the influence of the 

 h«t sun of the past week, but taken all in all this was the Rose show 

 of the season — a season hitherto in some respects as remarkable as 

 that of 1S6S. 



In Class 1, seventy-two single trusses, Messrs. Paul & Son were first 

 with a splendid collection, in which we remarked iis fine — La Ville de 

 St. Denis, Esposition de Brie, Clotilde, Marrchal "V'aillant, Marie 

 Baumann, very large and fine, but showing the eye a little ; Pierre 

 Netting, Dr. Andry, Marguerite de St. Amand, Le Rhone, Comtcsse 

 de Chabrillant, Antoine Ducher. Baroness Rothschild, Charles Le- 

 febvre, Alfred Colomb, Victor Verdier, Camille Bemardin, Xavier 

 Olibo, Mdlle. Mai-ie Rady, Duchesse de Caylus. Pitord, Marechal Niel, 

 Senateur Vaisse, Leopold Premier, Madame Victor Verdier, Madame 

 Thercse Levet, Beauty of Waltham, Felix Genero, I)evienne Lamy, 

 new ; Trioraphe de Kennes. Maurice Bemardin. CentifoUa Rosea, 

 Francois Treyve, extremely brilliant; Thorin, Jean Cherpin, and 

 Madame Willermoz. Mr. Tamer came second, with a lot but little 

 inferior, containing beautiful examples of Souvenir de Monsieur Boll, 

 Horace A'ernet, Rubens, Felix Genero, Souvenir de Comte Cavour. 

 General Jacqueminot. Abel Grand, Napoleon III., darkly shaded ; 

 Marie Baumann, Prince Camille de Rohan, Rev. H. Dombrain, 

 Narcissfi, Madame Victor Verdier, Marguerite de St. Amand, John 

 Hopper, Gloire de Dijon, Maurice Bemardin, Duchesse de Caylus, 

 Madame Charles Wood, and Triomphe de Caen. Mr. Keynes, of 

 Salisbury, who was third, had fine blooms of Duchesse d'Aoste, bright 

 rose ; Marguerite de St. Amand, Victor Verdier, not large but beauti- 

 folly fresh ; Marie Baumann, Alba mutabilis. Souvenir de Mal- 

 maison, Madame Vidot, Coquette des Alpes, white ; Dr. Andry, Due 

 de Rohan, Lord Macaulay, Eiie Morel, Abel Grand, and good 

 examples of several others. The fourth prize went to Messrs. Francis, 

 of Hertford, for stands which included good trusses of several of the 

 varieties already named. 



Class 2 was for three trusses of forty. eight varieties. In this the 

 first prize went to Messrs. Paul & Son tor magnificent specimens of 

 Leopold Hausbnrg, Duchesse de Caylus, Madame Clemence Joigneaux, 

 Dnke of Edinburgh, Madame Pillion, MarRuerite de St. Amand. 

 Souvenir d'Elise, Senateur A'aisse, MdUe. Thcrise Levet, Horace 

 Vernet, Xavier Olibo, Beauty of Waltham, Exposition de Brie, Mare- 

 chal Niel, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Antoine Ducher. Charles Lefebvre, 

 Camille Bemardin, Abel Grand, jPanl Verdier, Triomphe de Caen, 

 Maurice Bemardin, Marie Baumann, John Hopper. Alfred Colomb, 

 Madame Caillat, and Prince de Portia. To Mr. Kevnes the second 

 prize was awarded for stands containing fine trusses, among which the 

 following were conspicnons : — Louise de Savoie, iilarguerite de St. 



Amand, Exposition de Brie, Madame Sertot. Duchesse d'Aoste, 

 Madame Vidot, Victor Verdier, Madame Canrobert, John Hopper, 

 Charles Lefebvre, and Paul Verdier. 



The third prize went to Mr. C. Turner, who had fine examples of 

 Exposition de Brie, Charles Lefebvre, Beauty of Waltham, Souvenir 

 de Comte Cavour, Globe de Dijon, John Hopper, Madame Victor 

 Verdier, Marie Baumann, General .Tacqneminot. Alfred Colomb, Duke 

 of Wellington. Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Vicomte de Cazes, and 

 Manrice Bernardin. The fourth prize was taken by Messrs. Francis, 

 John Hopper, Charles Lefebvre, Gloire de Dijon. Jules Margottin, 

 Colonel de Rougemont, and Mdlle. Bonnaire, were the most conspicuous 

 in this collection. 



The next class was for three trusses of twenty. four kinds, and though 

 not so effective, was everything that could be desired as regards quali^. 

 Messrs. Paul it Son were again successful in taHug the first position 

 with Marguerite de St. Amand. Baroness Rothschild, .John Hopper, 

 brilliant; Beauty of Waltham, Maurice Bernardin, splendid; Senateur 

 Vaisse, Madame Neman, Duke of Edinburgh, very fine, and rich in 

 colour ; Marie Baumann, Madame Rivers, Abel Grand, La France, 

 Lord Clyde, and Mdlle. Tht-rese Levet. Mr. Turner came second with 

 Madame C. Joigneaux, John Hopper, Leopold Hausbnrg, Victor 

 Verdier, Madame Victor Verdier, Paul Verdier, Imperatrice Eugenie, 

 Marguerite de St. Amand, Felix Genero, Marie Baumann, and Ex- 

 position de Brie, besides others likewise very good. The third prize 

 went to Mr. Keynes, who had very good examples of Victor Verdier, 

 Marie Baumann, Duchesse d'Aoste, Madame Vidot, Dr. Andry, 

 Madame Beauverger, Alfred Colomb, John Hopper, Madame Roths- 

 child. Marguerite de St. Amand, Beauty of Waltham. and Comtesse 

 de Chabrillant. Mr. Cranston, King's Acre, Hereford, was fourth with, 

 among others, very large trusses of Marguerite de St. Amand, FeUx 

 Genero, Jules Margottin, and Monsieur Noman. Mr. Fraser, of Lea 

 Bridge, sent Le Rhone, Exposition de Brie, John Hopper, and Leopold 

 Hausbnrg, very beautifal both in form and colour. 



In the nurserymen's class for single trusses of twenty-four varieties, 

 Mr. Cant was first with splendid specimens of Marie Banmann, Ba- 

 ronesse de Rothschild, Madame Willermoz, Marechal Niel, Marechal 

 Vaillant, Celine Forestier, Madame Bravy, Duchesse de Caylus, 

 Souvenir d'un Ami, Xavier Olibo, and Marguerite de St. Amand. Mr. 

 Keynes was second with Viceroy, a new purplish kind with a brighter 

 centre, Felix Genero, Abel Grand, John Hopper, and several others 

 equally good. Mr. Turner was third with a very good stand, and Mr. 

 Cranston fourth. 



In the amateurs' class for forty-eight varieties there were several 

 excellent exhibitions, particularly that from Mr. Chard, gardener to 

 Sir F. Bathurst, Bart., Clarendon Park, Salisbury, who gained the 

 first prize. In this were excellent trasses of Marie Baumann, Mdlle. 

 Bonnaire, Marechal Niel. Madame Boutin, Madame Moreau, Due de 

 Rohan, Fisher Holmes, Duchesse de Caylus, John Hopper, Marechal 

 Vaillant, Pierre Notting. Exposition de Brie, Maurice Bemardin, Sou- 

 venir d'un Ami, and Celine Forestier. The second prize went to Mr. 

 A. Moffat, gardener to the Earl of Rosslyn, Eastou Lodge, Dunmow, 

 who had fine specimens of Maurice Bernardin, Marechal Niel, John 

 Hopper, Madame V. Verdier, Fran.;ois Lacharme, Moiret, and Rmbens. 

 Mr. Ingle, gardener to Mrs. Round, Birch Hall, Colchester, was third 

 with fine trui^ses of Exposition de Brie, Rubens, Madame Caillat, Jules 

 Margottin, Marechal Niel, Marechal Vaillant, La Brillante, Senateur 

 Vaisse, La France, and Jules Margottin. Mr. Exell, gardener to J. 

 HoUingworth, Esq., Maidstone, was fourth, who, as well as Mr. Laxton, 

 of Stamford, had in his stands excellent blooms of Marechal Niel, 

 Alfred Colomb, Madame Victor Verdier, Marie Baumann, Senateur 

 Vaisse, Victor Verdier, and La France. Mr. Johnson, of Uxbridge, 

 would have been second if he had not had two blooms under the name 

 of La Brillante. Of his others several were very bright-coloured and 

 fine, especially Madame Victor Verdier, Senateur Vaisse, Madame 

 Caillat. MdUe. Thercse Levet, Narcisse, Victor Verdier, and Due de 

 Rohan. 



In Class 6, for thirty-six varieties, there were several very fine exhi- 

 bitions. The first honours went to Mr. Chard, who had admii-able 

 blooms of Olivier Delhomme, Thorin, Duchesse de Caylus, Dr. Andry, 

 Xavier Olibo, Manrice Bemardin, Narcisse, Marechal VaiUant, Lord 

 Macaulay, Madame Knorr. Comtesse de Chabrillant, Madame Boutin, 

 John Hopper, Madame Charles Crapelet, Rubens, and Marechal 

 Vaillant. Mr. Ingle, gardener to Mrs. Round, was second with Charles 

 Lefebvre, Charles Lawson, Madame Domage, Jules Margottin, Lord 

 Raglan, Marechal Niel, Sec. ; and Mr. Stoddart, gardener to J. G. 

 Rebow, Esq., M.P., Wivenhoe Park, third; Mr. A. Moffat being 

 fourth, and an extra prize was awarded to Dr. Cooper, of Slough. _ 



The class for twentv-four single trusses brought very good exhibitions 

 from Mr. Cant, Mylaud Lodge, Colchester, and Mr. Stoddard, who 

 were first and second. Among the kinds shown were excellent trasses 

 of Fisher Holmes, Marie Baumann, Merechal Niel, Comtesse de Cha- 

 brillant, Dr. Andry, La Ville de St. Denis, Souvenir de Charles Mon- 

 tault, Marechal Vaillant. John Hopper, Victor Verdier, MdUe. Bon- 

 naire, Jules Margottin, and Charles Margottin. In Mr. Cant's collec- 

 tion every bloom was good. Mr. Exell was third ; Mr. Stretton, 

 Manningford, fourth ; and an extra prize was awarded to Mr. Soder, 

 gardener to 0. Hanburv, Esq. 



For twelve trasses Mr. Cant was again first with fine examples of 



Pauline Lansezeur, John Hopper, La Ville de St. Denis, Cloth of 



1 Gold, Marie Baumann, Marechal Niel, George Prince, Charles Le- 



