2l8 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



Rev. Mr Radclyffe, wrote of it, " successful beyond all anti- 

 cipation ; " and I went to bed that night as tired, as happy, 

 and I hope as thankful as I had so much good cause to be. 



The Second National Rose-Show was held in the follow- 

 ing year, June 23, 1859, at the Hanover Square Rooms, the 

 former site not being available ; and again we had the best 

 Roses of England, a goodly company, and prosperous 

 issues. The general effect, although the introduction of 

 pot-Roses broke gracefully the monotonous surface of the 

 cut flowers, was inferior to that produced in the more genial 

 summer of 1858, and in the more ample and ornate accom- 

 modations of St James's Hall. But it was now more 

 evident than ever, that although we had toned down our 

 music by substituting strings and reeds for brass, no room 

 in London was large enough for the levees of the Queen of 

 Flowers. Next year, accordingly, after a correspondence 

 and arrangement with the directors, 



The Third National Rose-Show was held (July 12, i860) 

 in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham."^ Here was a throne- 

 room meet for her Majesty, and 16,000 of her lieges came 

 to do her homage. Naturally and wisely, the Crystal Palace 



* The Crystal Palace Company state in their advertisements that their Rose- 

 show was the first of the series. It was, as we have narrated, the third. 



