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JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 9, 1874. 



Mr. Qailter's auBpioes, is the very best that hag been held this 

 year. Yet when this is said it must be borne iu miu.l that this 

 i-t not a Rose year. Tbat there are many moat beautiful flowers 

 »tat<ed i-i trun, but that many of our exiiibits are not up to the 

 mark, aud mmy of our growers uowbere, are fac^s patent to 

 aiivboily; and I may just instance two cases that have come 

 umler my o*n cngnibauce. Miat of us know how excellently 

 Mr J.N Baktr, of H«avitree, Exeter, has shown for many years, 

 ami what a prominent place he has held in the prize lists. I 

 Baw his garden last week, and a more sad example of blighted 

 b'lpee aud blighted R jses I never saw. Not even Mitis Jemima, 

 who was crossed in love in her early days, and looks ever after- 

 wards as if she were a cruet of super-refined vinegar, could excel 

 it. When I say that hundreds upon huudreda of Buses were 

 literally dead and dying, and that the whole space devoted to 

 them was only here a:>id there relieved by some good plants on 

 the Beedliug Briar, I am bearing a correct testimony and giving 

 some idea of what a spring of sharp froats aud violeut winds 

 will do. Then there is the case of our valiant friend Keynes, of 

 SaliRhury, the veteran conqueror in many a hard-fought field. 

 "VVe have all complained of want of rain, but Salisbury seems 

 CBpecially to have been left unwatered, aud for three months 

 bArdly a drop of rain fell. It may then be wondered at, taking 

 into account the other disturbing elements of the season, that 

 be should have been able to exViihit at all ; aud hence it happens 

 that many, very many Boses, although fiue are not in their true 

 cljaracter — wautiug, if I may so say, in that refinement which 

 is one great charm in the Rose. 



BosBS — And now to the show of Roses. For the first prize, 

 th" C'lallenge vase and a prize of .£10, there are eight entries, 

 and after a long and laboritius investigation by the Judges, the 

 fir«t prize is awarded to Messrs. Paul & Sou, of the Gheshunt 

 Nurseries, his box of seventy-two coutamiug some very fine 

 blooms. Aud here let me say I do not intend to give complete 

 lista, as T think this is unnecessary, but shall merely notice 

 those which most struck me, amongst which were Baron Haus- 

 maun, M-irquise de Castellane, La France, Dr. Audr6, Mous. 

 Noinan, Muns. Boncenne, dark; Ferdinand de Lesseps, which I 

 have ween very good this year; Henry Leslie, a very pretty 

 peedling ; Smvenir d'Elise Vardon, exquiwite ; Madame Thereae 

 Level; Louis Van Houtte, a grand bloom ; Catherine Mermet, 

 very tieautiful ; Alfred Colomb, Horace Veruet, Beauty of 

 Wrtltham, and Wilson Sauuders, another seedling iu the way of 

 Charles L^-febvre. Mr. B. Cant, of Colchester, is a good second, 

 running Messrs. Paul very close. Marfiuhal Niel, Marie Bau- 

 mann, Niphetos, Due de Wellington, Erienue Levet are cou- 

 8[iicnou3 in his stand. Mr. Cranston, of Hereford, is third with 

 J'-an Susy, a remarkably fine flower very little known ; Julie 

 To'ivais, Marie Baumaun, Niphetos, Madame G. Schwartz, 

 Duke of Edinburgh, and Madame V. Verdier. Mr. Charles 

 Turner is fourth. 



In the class for forty-eight, three tmsseB of each, Messrs. Paul 

 and Son are again first. Here again Baron Hausmann, Edenne 

 Levet, Marie Baumann, La France, Mous. Noman are very 

 fine; and so in the second stand, Mr. Cranston's, are Jean 

 Cherpin, beautiful in colour; Claude Million, Perle de Lyou, 

 Maurice Bernardin, and John Hopper. In the third, which iw 

 creditably won by Mr. J. Keynes, are Claude Levet, very good if 

 full enough ; Devoniensis, Xavier Olibo, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier. 

 Mr. Turner, of Slougb, is an excellent fourth. 



In the class for twenty-four, Hybrid Ferpetuals only, Messrs. 

 Paul &, Son are again firat, Mr. Cant secmd, Mr. Prince, of 

 Oxford, third, and Mr. Perkins fourth. In the class for twenty- 

 fuur single blooms Mr. James Merryweatber is first, Mr. Cant 

 Becond, Mr. Prince, of Oxford, third, and Mr. Turner fourth. 



Amateurs come out very strongly, and I am not quite sure 

 •whether the box of forty-eights which wins the challenge cup 

 for amatenrsis not the beet in the Show ; it was awarded to Mr. 

 S'aite, gardener to the Rev. E. Evans, Solihull, thus keeping up 

 the dibtinction which the rectory gardens formerly held under 

 the fostering care of the Rev. S. Smythe. Amongst the most 

 noticeable flowers are Baroness Louise Uxkull ; Paul Neron, too 

 ci'arse; Maurice Bernardin, very grand; Charles Bernardin, 

 Peile Blanche, Prince de Porcia, Baron A. de Rothschild, 

 Et'enne Levet, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Due de Cazes, Fisher Holmes, 

 Lrt Motte ^anguine, Madame Victor Verdier, Comtehse de Cha- 

 brillant, Comte de Naoteuil, Franc^ois Michelon, Edouard 

 Morren, Antoiue Docher, Charles Turner, Lyonuais, and La 

 France. Mr. Draycott, gardener to Sir B. Cunard, is second; 

 the Hev. G Arkwright is third; and Mr. Drajctt, gardener to 

 T. T. Paget, Esq., fourth. In the class for forty-eight Roses, 

 single trnsses, Mr. Evans, gardener to C. N. Newdegate, Esq., 

 takes firbt prize with a nice box, araougfit which are Charles 

 Lefebvre, Emilie Hausburg, Alfred Columb, Laurent Descourt, 

 Dnbe of Wellington, Mar<^chal Vaillant, Senateur Vaisse, Lfelia, 

 and Cnmtesse d'Oxford. The second goes to Mr. Parnell, Birch- 

 field, Rngby; aud the third to Mr. Draycott, gardener to Mr. 

 Paget. Iu the class for twelve Roses the first prize is won by 

 Mr. Brown with Antoine Ducher, Emilie Hausburg, Paul de 

 la Mfcilleray, Marquise de Castellane, extra fine ; Mar^chal 



Vaillant, Baronne Rothschild, Olivier Delhomme, Imp6ratrice 

 Charlotte, &c. Mr. Parnell is second, Mr. Evans third, and Mr. 

 Staite fourth. 



The class f irnew Boses brings together four orfive competitors. 

 The first prize is awarded to Messrs. Paul & Son for Princees 

 Beatrice, Etienne Levet, Hippolyte Jamain, Baroness Louis© 

 Uxkull, Henry Leslie, Annie Laxtou, The Shah, seedling, very 

 brilliant in colour ; Francois Michelon, Audre Dunaud, Reynolds 

 Hole, very dark; Cheahunt Hybrid, and Madame Lacharme. 

 Mr. Cant is second with Mrs. Laing, peculiar violet colour; 

 Madame Prud'homme, Madame de Puliiat, L'Eaperance, Madame 

 Lacharme, Etienne Levet, Madame Caroline Kuster, Richard 

 Wallace, Anguste Rigotard, Reynolds Hole, Ajinie Laxtou, and 

 Bessie Johnson. 



In the class for twelve Tea-scented and Noisette Boses (nur- 

 serymen), Mr. Cant wins first prize easily with Madame Wi!ler- 

 moz, Mar^chal Niel, Souvenir d'un Ami, Rubens, Niphetos, 

 Marie, Drtvouienais, Madame Caroline Kuster, Triomphe de 

 Rennes, Perle de Lyon, and two others. In the same class 

 (amateurs) Mr Evans, gardener to C. N. Newdegate, Esq., is 

 first with good blooms of Celine Foreatier, Niphetos, Rubens, 

 Comte de Paris, Madame Bravy, &c. ; and Mr. Arkwright second. 



In the class for the best six Boses of any variety of 1871, 1872, 

 and 1873, Mr. Cranetou is first, Messrs. Paul & Son second, aud 

 Mr. Cant third, all with blooms of Etienne Levet — a high 

 honour for the Rose, but then I think it is an Etienne Lovefc 

 year. In the class for twelve Boses, single blooms, a class the 

 raison d'etre for which I cannot understand, the first prize 

 goes to Mr. Charles Turner for Nardy Fieres, Alfred Colomb, 

 Madame Lacharme, Souvenir de M. Boll, John Stuart Mill, 

 Souvenir de la Malmaison, Baronne Rothschild, Edouard 

 Morren, La France, Horace Vernet, Duke of Edinburgh, aud 

 Etienne Levet. 



The two prizes for Alfred Colomb, twelve blooms of each, are 

 won by Mr. Charles Turner aud Mr. Cant, with fiue blooms. 

 For twelve blooms of Duke of Edinburgh Mr. C. Turner is first, 

 Mr. Cant second. For twelve trusses of Baroness Rothschild 

 Mr. Cant is again firat, and Messrs. Paul & Son second with by 

 no means first-rate blooms. Only one box of twelve La France 

 is exhibited, and these are very poor. For twelve trusses of 

 Marie Baumaun (very exquisite), Mr. Prince, of Oxford, ia firat, 

 and Messrs. Paul A Son hecond. For twelve trusses of Marechal 

 Niel, Mr. Cant is firat, and the Bev. Mr. Benn second ; and for 

 twelve blooms of Devoniensis Mr. Cant is again first, with a 

 most exquisite stand of this lovely Tea. It will thus be seen 

 that the Rose Show is very extensive, and far in advance of any 

 that have been held this year. 



Pinks, Carnations, and Picotees. — The time is rather awk- 

 ward for Pinks, Picotees, and Carnations — too late for the 

 first, and too early for the last; yet some good stands of both 

 are exhibited, et^pecially by Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough. 

 His Piuks comprise Dr. Maclean, Dr. Masters, Shirley Hibberd, 

 President, Superb, H. Hooper, Princess of Wales, Beatrice, aud 

 Aurora, Mr. Burn is second, and Mr. Hooper, of Bj,th, third. 

 In Picotees, Mr. Turner is again first with Prince of Orange 

 (yellow), very fiue; Miss Sewell, Prince of Wales, PiccOj seed- 

 ling; Rev. H. Matthews, rose edge; Fearless, Mies Ward, Miss 

 Small, Mrs. Fordham, very fine; Eugfiuie, and Mrs. Fisher. 

 Mi. H. Hooper is secoud. Amongst his flowers his own very 

 fine seedliug, Mrs. Little, is conspicuous, certainly the clearest 

 and most beautiful flower iu its class. Mr. Catley ia third. 

 Mr. Turner is also first in Carnations with Mars, Ajax, Gem, 

 Squire Meynell, Sybil, Brutus, Favourite, Sarah Payne, James 

 Merryweather, Guardsman, Esther, and Admiral Curzon. Mr. 

 Hooper is second, and Mr. Catley third. 



T.uiLE Decorations, &c. — There is no department of an exhi- 

 bition where greater grumbling at the decision of the Judges- 

 arises than at the Table Decorations and Bouquets, aud this 

 Show is no exception to the rule. However, I have but to record 

 results. There are some very beautiful hand-bouquets exhibited.. 

 The first-prize one is especially beautiful; it couoista of blooms 

 of Pancratium interspersed with Disa grandiflora, Spirasas, For- 

 get-me-not, white Campanula, a dark Rose or two, aud Maiden- 

 hair Fern. This is won by Mr. Perkins, of Leamington; the 

 second by Mr. W. Jones ; and the third by Mr. J. Jackson. In 

 the class for ball- bouquets Mr. Perkins is again first with a 

 beautiful bouquet consisting of Paucratiums, Orange flowers, 

 Dracophyllum, &c. Mr. C. Turner, of Liverpool, is second. In, 

 the class for three pieces for table decoration (to the exclusion 

 of fruit), Mr. C Cooke is first with stands prettily arranged— 

 the usual modification of the March stand, having the tall vase 

 above the two flat receptacles for flowers, and the lower one 

 raited a Httle above the table. Mr. Jackson is second, and Mr. 

 Cypher fourth. In the class for one centrepiece there are some 

 pretty stands, but nothing that calls for any special observation ; 

 while iu the clasa for button-hole bouquets Messrs. Pope tt Sou 

 are first with buds of yellow Roses, Bouvardias, and Maiden- 

 hair. Mr. Bones second. 



Let me add that the tent in which the Roses are exhibited is 

 a very fiue one, and that there is every opportunity of their being. 



