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JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ June 25, 1874. 



cully of leakage mentioned by your correspondent, "V." It 

 also possesses the merit of carrying off the moisture con- 

 densed upon the inside of the glass. All grooved rafters or 

 bars that I have seen used for glazing without putty, appear 

 to me to be faulty, inasmuch as both edges of the groove are 

 in contact with the glass. Now by my plan this is not the 

 case, as the accompanying sketch will show. Condensed 

 moisture mostly finds its way to the rafter before dropping, 

 and in this form of rafter it runs into the groove, down it, and 

 out into the external gutter. 



The house has stood the test of two winters, and answers 

 admirably; it cannot leak, and there is no drip. The glass 

 was taken out last autumn, the rafters well painted, one coat 

 in one day, and the glass returned to its place next morning. 

 Surely this is an advantage, and it seems but reasonable to 

 suppose that when the rafters can be so thoroughly painted 

 they must prove more durable than when putty is used, which 

 always cracks more or less, and allows wet to soak in. — T. J. A. 



CRYSTAL PALACE ROSE SHOW. 



JoNE 20Tn. 



Owing to the extraordinary character of the season the hopes 

 of rogarians were in a considerable degree doomed to disappoint- 

 ment on this occasion. The competitors were few in compari- 

 son to those who in other years tried their fortunes at Syden- 

 ham, and those few were southern growers, though there were 

 two or three who hailed from as far north as Cambridgeshire. 

 "What chance any northern. man would have stood may be in- 

 ferred from the fact that the bulk of the Hertfordshire Hoses 

 will not be fit for exhibition till near the middle of July. Tet 

 the wonder is not that there should have been a smaller show 

 than usual, but a show at all; still, there was a show, and that 

 of no mean pretensions and beauty. Mr. Wilson made an inno- 

 vation in the arrangement by placing the table decorations along 

 tbe centre, and the cut Roses at the sides instead of along the 

 centre as heretofore, with the object of doing away with the 

 monotony which long lines of cut blooms invariably present 

 when viewed collectively and not individually, and it much im- 

 proved the general effect, especially as it admitted of ornamental 

 plants being more freely introduced than hitherto. Although 

 on the whole the trusses were not so fine as usual, there were, 

 nevertheless, scattered in the various stands numerous excellent 

 blooms. 



In Class 1, for single trusses of seventy-two varieties, Mr. 



B. E. Cant, of Colchester, carried oS the first honours with, 

 among others, fine examples of Mdlle. Marie Eady, Elie Morel, 

 Prince Camille de Eohan, Madame H[ppolyte Jamain, Edouard 

 Morren, Thorin, Niphetos,MarBchal Niel,i)upuy- Jamain, Louis 

 Van Houtte, Colonel de Eougemont, Madame Lacharme, Fran- 

 (;;ois Michelon, Maurice Bernardiu, Annie Laxton, Marguerite 

 de St. Amand, and Madame Bravy. Second came Mr. Turner, 

 of Slongh, with Duke cf Edinburgh, splendid; Triomphe de 

 Caen, Jean Lambert, Denis Helye, Clemence Joigneaux, Mon- 

 sieur Boncenne, Xavier Olibo, Exposition de Brie, Marechal 

 Niel, John Hopper, Charles Lefebvre, ^larie Baumanu, and 

 Louis Van Houtte. In the stands of Mfssrs. Milchell, of Pilt- 

 down, Uckfield, we noticed Sonateur Vaisse, Pierre Notting, 

 Souvenir d'un Ami, Josephine Malton, Gloire de Ducher, Devo- 

 nieneis, Franvois Michelon, Edouard Morren, Marie Baumann, 

 Baroness Rothschild, and Souvenir d'un Ami. Mr. J. Cranston, 

 King's Acre, Hereford, was fourth. 



In Class 2, for forty-eight trebles, Mr. Turner was first with a 

 collection comprising grand trusses of Lord Napier, Edouard 

 Morren, M. Paul Neron, Vicomte Vigier, Victor Verdier, Alfred 

 Colomb, Marquise de Castellane, Countess of Oxford, Louis Van 

 Houtte, Dr. .■Vndry, Marccbal Niel, Exposition de Brie, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, John Hopper, Xavier Olibo, Elie Morel, 

 Marie Baumann, Lafontaine, Duke of Edinburgh, and Mdlle. 

 Eugenie Verdier, Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, came in second, 

 and Mr. Cranston third. 



In the next class, for twenty-four trebles, Mr. G. Prince, 

 Market Street, Oxford, took the lead with excellent stands, con- 

 taining Mdlle. Etienne Levet, Prince Camille (I e, Rohan, Madame 



C. Wood, Horace Vernet, Marie Baumann, La France, Anna de 

 Diesbach, Baroness Eothschild, John Hopper, and Xavier Olibo. 

 Mr. Turner was a good second with Duke of Edinburgh in 

 splendid condition, Countess of Oxford, Paul Neron, Louis Van 

 Houtte, Edouard Morren, Exposition de Brie, John Hopper, 

 Marie Baumann, Monsieur Boncenne, &c. Third came Mr. 

 Cant. 



For twenty-four singles Mr. C. Bnrley, Brentwood, took the 

 lead, Messrs. Lee and Durbin following. 



In the amateurs' classes there were several remai'kably good 

 exhibits. Foremost in the leading class, for forty-eight single 

 trusses, was the Eev. J. E. Camm, Moncktou Wyld, Charmouth, 

 in whose stand we nf^ted Autoino Ducher, Alfred Colomb, 

 Angnste Newman, Annie Wood, Marie Baumann, Marcchal 



Niel, John Hopper, President Thiers, Fran(;'ois Micbelon, good 

 wherever shown, and Miss Ingram. Mr. Farren, Crescent, 

 Cambridge, came second, showing several of the above in fine 

 condition ; Mr. Ingle, gardener to Mrs. Round, Colchester, third ; 

 with the Rev. G. Arkwright, Pencombe Rectory, fourth, all of 

 them well deserving their honours. 



For thirty-six the prizes went to Mr. Chard, Clarendon Park 

 Gardens, Salisbury; Mr. T. H. Gould, Mortimer Rectory; Mr. 

 Ingle, and the Etv. G. Arkwright. Those for twenty-four were 

 taken by Mr. Qnennell, Brentwood ; Mr. T. Graveley, Mr. J. E. 

 Cavell, Mr. J. L. Curtis, Chatteris ; and the Rev. J. B. M. 

 Camm ; whilst for twelve Messrs. Pearce, Soder, and Small- 

 bones were the competitors who carried off the chief honours. 



For twelve trusses of any new Rose of 1872, Messrs. Curtis, 

 Sandford, lV Co., Devon Roseries, Torquay, were first with white 

 Hybrid JPerpetual Madame Lacharme ; Mr. Prince, Oxford, 

 second with Pierre Seletsky. All the prizes for the collections 

 of twenty-four Roses of 1872 and 1873 were withheld, and alto- 

 gether this was, perhaps, the least interesting part of the Ex- 

 hibition. 



The best twelve blooms of any variety-were FranroisMichelon, 

 from Mr. Keynes, and in other parts of the Show ttus Rose well 

 maintained its title to the position; the second best Marechal 

 Niel, from Mr. James Mobsby, Cuckfield ; third being Louis 

 Van Houtte, exceediugly fine, from Mr. Turner. 



Collections of yellow Roses were unusually few. Mr. Qnennell, 

 of Brentwood, stood first with Gloire de Dijon, Marcchal Niel, 

 and Celine Forestier, showing remarkably fine trusses ; second 

 Mr. F. Mann, of Stisted, Braintree ; and third E. Webb, Esq., 

 Culham House, Reading, the last-named showing, besides Mar6- 

 chal Niel, richly coloured clusters of the charming little Persian 

 Yellow. 



Among miscellaneous subjects of exhibition we noted a splen- 

 did group of pot Roses from Mr. Turner, of Slough, forming & 

 most appropriate centre to Mr. Wilson's arrangement ; nicely 

 arranged groups of plants from Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, 

 and Mr. Ley, of Croydon; Pinks, Pansies, Pyrethrums, and 

 Ranunculuses from Mr. Hooper, of Widcombe Hill, Bath ; Fern 

 cases from Messrs. Dick RadciySe & Co., aud Mr. J. Bromwich, 

 Victoria Buildings, Belgravia ; and groups of Ivies, for which 

 prizes were offered, from Messrs. Lane, of Berkhampstead, Mr. 

 Turner, and Jenner Weir, Esq., Blackheath. Mr. Teuton, 

 Epsom, sent a cut specimen of Lilium Humboldtii ; and Mr. 

 Turner, of Slough, had certificates for Pelargoniums Constance, 

 Presbyter, and Duchess of Cambridge. 



The olHce of a judge, while giving one facilities for seeing the 

 flowers at an exhihition, does not help one to take such detailed 

 notes as it is possible to do when less occupied. I have, there- 

 fore, but to make a few general remarks on the Show. Roses 

 were not up to the average. This was not to be expected, th& 

 marvellously unfavourable season that we have had, especially 

 in some places, the late frosts, cold cutting winds, and sunless 

 days, were sadly against the flower ; and when I mention that; 

 one Rose-grower, whose culture is numbered by acres, could not 

 put in an appearance in any of the classes, I have suificiently in- 

 dicated, I tbink, the difficulty, and the character of the season. 

 Some good boxes there were certainly, but there were none of 

 super-excellence, and the general run of the flowers was below 

 par. 



The class for new Eoses was very small, and as the old warfare 

 is still waged as to whether a Eose is considered to be in com- 

 merce when it is sent out in France, or when it is really so — 

 when the English growers have propagated it, and are ready to 

 distribute it — i.e , in the spring following, it is now a question 

 whether it would not be better to discontinue these classes al- 

 together. The Eoses are never up to the mark— i.e., take either 

 of the two boxes of twenty-four, and place them alongside of the 

 third or fourth-prize box of twenty-four in the ordinary classes, 

 and their inferiority would be manifest. Moreover, if the new 

 Rose be undeniably a good one, we have little chance of seeing 

 it. For example, the best Rose of the season is said to be 

 Captain Christy, but we shall look in vain most Hkely for a 

 bloom of this Rose. Growers will be too anxious to propagate 

 it, aud hence it will not be allowed to bloom. I should say, and 

 in this I know I shall bo supported by most exhibitors. Do 

 away with the class altogether. There were, as I have said, but 

 two exhibits, and in both of them were flowers about which 

 disputes might arise according to the interpretation given of 

 terms, "new Rosea " of 1872 or 1873. 



Table Decorations were very good, and the effect of the teach- 

 ing of the last few years was visible in the fewer violations of 

 good taste, and in the general simplicity of the decorations. 

 Modifications of the March stand were used in the greater num- 

 ber of the tables, and were generally well arranged. There were, 

 however, a few things that require, I think, alti ration. Thus, in 

 one stand I noticed that single flowers of Delphinium had been 

 tied on to Grasses, and placed in the vases ; of course, in a few 

 hours these would be nowhere, and the thing was too artificial 

 I to be in good taste. Then there were in some cases too many 



