Moy 21, 1874.] 



JO0BNAL OF HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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formerly I had whole rows of I'eas, &a., devoured by mice, I 

 now never lose a single seed. — J. G. B. Knight, Danbury. 



ME. W. PAUL'S SHOW OF BOSES. 



Tms year Jlr. W. Paul has chosen the Crystal Palace for 

 his annual display ; and on the site of the tropical depart- 

 ment, which was burnt down, he has brought together under 

 a large tent a very extensive and well-arranged exhibition. 

 Roses, of course, are the great feature, but Palms, Ferns, and 

 other fine-foliaged plants are judiciously introduced, along 

 with an abundance of Zonal Pelargoniums of various classes. 

 The whole arrangement is tasteful, the staging not being in 

 harsh straight lines but curved at the corners, and in the 

 centre is a fountain surrounded with rockwork, dwarf Palms, 

 and at regular distances plants of Princess Beatrice Hose. Of 

 older kinds there are grand specimens of Charles Lawson 

 (several of these), Souvenir d'un Ami, .John Hopper, Cteur de 

 Lion, President, Elizabeth Vigneron, La Reine, Anna Alexieff, 

 Beauty of Waltham, Victor VerJier, and many more. On 

 other specimens are blooms remarkable for their size and 

 beauty; of such we especially noted Princess Christian, Mar- 

 quise de Castellane, Paul Ncron, Baroness Rothschild, Madame 

 Chai'Ies Verdier, and many beautiful Tea varieties. In addi- 

 tion, there are several stands containing some of the finest 

 trusses ever exhibited, one box of Marcchal Niel alone being 

 conspicuous by its rich golden hue. 



Of the newer varieties Princess Christian and Princess Bea- 

 trice have long ere this fully established their reputation. 

 Peach Blossom has been noticed in recent reports ; and Fire- 

 brand, dark maroon crimson with a glowing red centre, is here 

 large and very telling ; and so is Star of Waltham, a fine deep 

 carmine, and which is dazzling in colour. Zonal Pelargoniums 

 are represented in numerous groups: Remus, white, with a 

 lake eye, is noticeable for its fine form and habit ; and Paul 

 Pry, magenta, with a white eye, for its brilliant colour. With 

 these are several fine Tricolors, as Countess of Flanders and 

 jLady Dorothy Nevill. 



We congratulate Mr. W. Paul on the opportune time which 

 he selected for his exhibition, and which enabled His Imperial 

 Majesty the Czar to see what English-grown Roses really are, 

 and we hope that many more will, ere it close on Saturday 

 next, visit an exhibition which fully sustains Mr. Paul's weU- 

 earned reputation. 



THE NATIONAL AURICULA SOCIETY'S SHOW 

 AT MANCHESTER. 



The above was held in conjunction with the Manchester 

 Botanical Society's Show on April 28th. 



The exhibition of Auriculas was very good, and a great many 

 fine flowers were there from the twenty-one competitors. Some 

 of us had feared being rather late, but a week or more of unsea- 

 sonably hot weather brought the backward collections well up. 

 Those, however, suffered a good deal who, like myself, had many 

 plants in fine bloom before the high temperature set in. It 

 caught a great number of mine at their best and drove them 

 beyond it. There was no keeping them cool even in north- 

 aspect frames. 



In Polyanthuses the strength of the bloom was over, tlie 

 trusses being in many eases the later ones that follow the chief. 

 However, the blooms were fair for the season, the Polyanthus 

 being such a light sleeper in the winter rest that anything like 

 an open season brings it into bloom quite before the Auricula. 

 Most of mine were in fine order at the end of March. 



The names of the winning flowers show a rich variety in culti- 

 vation among the northern growers. Established favourites, 

 such as Colonel Taylor in green edges, George Lightbody in 

 greys, and Smiling Beauty in white edges, have been strongly 

 brought forward. 



Some new flowers will by-and-bye be coming to run the old 

 stagers very hard. If Traill's Prince of Greens — one of his last 

 — had but a better-coloured tube no green-edge w^ould stand 

 against it. It is a noble plant in habit and in truss, and the 

 three trusses I had of it stood out grandly on the stages ; pips all 

 ahke good, but tube greenish. 



Traill's Anna, a seedling from Booth's Freedom, is a very fine 

 sort if it can be made into a plant. Habit difficult, like that of 

 its parent. A capital green edge. 



In the winners among single gi-eys we have one of the new 

 comers leading the class. I have seen George Leno beat the 

 celebrated George Lightbody in private, and now it has proved 

 itself in public in competition with Lancashire Hero and Mr. 

 Headly's Great Grey. The flower is strikingly brilliant in all 

 properties. Rose-leaf petal like George Lightbody, lively rich 



black body colour, splendid paste, and tube tolerable and inferior 

 to the two I name with it. Strong trusses from a healthy l>ut 

 small-growing plant which in winter goes down to a mere leaf 

 or two. 



Alex. Meiklejohn is a very distinct grey edge. A keen critic, 

 seeing my plant, said over it, " Well done, George Lightbody," 

 which speaks to the character it was in. It is a Scotch flower 

 hardly known across the border yet. The raising of Auriculas 

 from seed goes on strongly among us here, and from several 

 growers carefully crossing the best varieties extant something 

 better than the present best may in time be looked for. 



It is impossible to over-estimate the worth of very great care 

 and judgment in selecting parents for seedling Auriculas. 



PRIZE LIST — AUBICULAS. 



Class A. — Six dissimilar, one in each of the classes. — First, 

 R. Lord with Complete, George Lightbody, Colonel Taylor, 

 Apollo (Hudson), Regular, Blackbird; second, F. D. Horner 

 with Smiling Beauty, Bolivar, Lord Palmerston, Meteor Flag, 

 Alex. Meiklejohn, King Koffee (seedling P. D. Horner) ; third, 

 H. Wilson with George Lightbody, Meteor Flag, Colonel Taylor, 

 Blackbird, Maria, Smiling Beauty; fourth, E. Elliott with 

 Complete, Imperator, Privateer, Mrs. Smith, Bolivar, Smiling 

 Beauty. 



Class B. — Four dissimilar, one in each class. — First, R. Lord 

 with George Lightbody, Colonel Taylor, Earl Grosvenor, Meteor 

 Flag ; second, F. D. Horner with Smiling Beauty, Colonel Taylor, 

 Complete, Smith's Garland; third, H. Wilson with George 

 Lightbody, Colonel Taylor, Regular, Meteor Flag; fourth, A. 

 Barker with George Lightbody, Colonel Taylor, Taylor's Incom- 

 parable, Lord Lome. 



Class C.—Pa/rs.— First, F. D. Horner with Smiling Beauty 

 and Charles Brown; second, Benjamin Simonite with Lanca- 

 shire Hero and Lord Lome ; third, A. Barker with Lancashire 

 Hero and Pizarro ; fourth, R. Lord with George Lightbody and 

 Lord Palmerston. 



Class D.— Green edges.— Viemixxm, E.Elliott with Imperator ; 

 first. Dr. Foster with Booth's Freedom; second, F. D. Horner 

 with Prince of Greens ; third, R. Lord with Imperator ; fourth, 

 R. Lord with TraiU's Anna ; fifth, R. Lord with Prince of Wales ; 

 sixth, F. D. Horner with Lancashire Hero ; seventh, F. D. 

 Horner with John Bright; eighth, Benjamin Simonite with 

 Seedling. 



Class E. — Greg edges. — Premium, J. Walker with George 

 Leno; first, J. Rowland with Lancashire Hero; second, J. 

 Rowland with Complete ; third, A. Barker with George Light- 

 body ; fourth, E. Pohlmau with Ne Plus Ultra; fifth, A. Barker 

 with Privateer ; sixth, J. Rowland with R. Traill ; seventh, H. 

 Wilson with Ringleader; eighth, E. Elliott with Conqueror of 

 Europe. 



Class F. — Wliite edges. — Premium, R. Lord with Smiling 

 Beauty; first, H. Wilson with True Briton; second, R. Lord 

 with Smiling Beauty ; third, V. D. Horner with Catherina ; 

 fourth, R. Lord with Bright Venus ; fifth, R. Lord with Lady 

 Dumaresque; sixth, Dr. Foster with Taylor's Glory; seventh, 

 A. Barker with Incomparable (Taylor); eighth, B. Simonite 

 with Miss Giddings. 



Class G. — Se7/s.— Premium, J. Rowland with Lord Clyde ; 

 first. Dr. Foster with Pizarro ; second. Dr. Foster with Black- 

 bird; third, J. Rowland with Meteor Flag; fourth, B. Simonite 

 with Lord Lome; fifth, A. Barker with Formosa; sixth, A. 

 Barker with Lord Clyde ; seventh. Dr. Foster with Vulcan ; 

 eighth, F. D. Homer with Mrs. Sturrock. 



Class H. — Alpines.— FiTst,'E,. Elliott with Conspicua ; second, 

 J. Wild with Goliath ; third, R. Gorton with Minnie ; fourth, 

 S. Cooper with Prior; fifth, R. Gorton with John Tenniel; 

 sixth, R. Gorton with Miss Reed. 



POLYANTHUSES. 



Special prizes for dissimilar pairs, given hg S. Cooper, Esq., 

 Manchester.— First, F. D. Horner with Cheshire Favourite and 

 Lord Lincoln ; second, J. Rowland with Lord Lincoln and Exile ; 

 third, E. Elliott with Beauty of England and Exile. 



Single Plants.— Vieminm, J. Rowland with Lord Lincoln ; 

 first, F. D. Homer with Seedling from Lincoln; second, E. 

 Elliott with Exile; third, D. Jackson with Beauty of England; 

 fourth, D. Jackson with Rev. F. D. Horner; fifth, E. Elhott 

 with Kingfisher ; sixth, E. Elliott with Kingfisher ; seventh, 

 M. Partington with Beauty of England ; eighth, F. D. Homer 

 with Lincoln. — F. D. Hoknee, Kirhby Malzeard, Itipon. 



THE CLOTH OF GOLD ROSE. 

 More than twenty years ago I purchased a plant of the 

 beautiful Noisette Rose known as the Chromatella, or Cloth of 

 Gold. It has been a favourite of mine ever since, and al- 

 though many competitors of a similar colour have been in- 

 troduced, like Marochal Niel and Isabella Sprunt, still our 

 old Rose is without a superior. Like some other varieties of 

 this class, the plants do not bloom very freely upon their own 



