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fact, as appears from my correspondence with Rose- 
erowers in all climates, H.P.s will not do satisfactorily 
in hotter, or Teas out of doors in colder, countries 
than Great Britain. In mentioning the names of 
famous British growers, it is interesting to compare 
the list, given by Dean Hole in his charming book, 
of winners at the first National Rose show in 1858 
with those who are well known now in 1910. Of 
nurserymen, ‘‘ Messrs. Paul of Cheshunt, Cant of 
Colchester, and Turner of Slough” are still well- 
‘ known names; but in the dozen or so of amateurs 
mentioned, ‘‘ Fellowes”’ is the only name with which 
I am familiar as still growing and exhibiting well. 
Norfolk has not wanted a good florist or two of the 
name of Fellowes for many years. 
In the very first rank at the present day among 
professional exhibitors are—at Colchester the sepa- 
rate establishments of Messrs. B. R. Cant and Sons, 
and Frank Cant andCo., who devote themselves solely 
to Roses, and Messrs. Prior and Sons; in Hertford- 
shire, Messrs. Paul and Son of Cheshunt, and R. 
Harkness and Co. at Hitchin: and in Ireland Messrs. 
A. Dickson and Son of Newtownards, who have also 
a nursery at Ledbury in Herefordshire, and have 
raised many more fine new Roses than any other 
British firm, and Messrs. Hugh Dickson of Belfast. 
No other nurserymen have won either of the N.R.S. 
champion trophies, but mention must be made of 
Mr. Prince of Oxford, whose Teas. on the seedling 
briar have often won him the premier prize in that 
section: and also of the late Mr. William Paul of 
Waltham, who, by his long experience, his author- 
ship of the largest and most complete book on the 
subject, the many valuable new varieties he raised, 
