194 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Charles Lefebvre, Charles Rouillard, Doctor Andry, DuJce of Edin- 

 burgh, jElizahefh Vigneron, Elle Morel, Frangois Treyvp,, General 

 Jacqueminot, General Lamartiniere, Gloire de Ducher, La France, 

 John Hopper, Madame Boll, Madame Charles Wood, Madame Clemence 

 Joigneaux, Aladame de Cambaceres, Madame Domage, Madame Victor 

 Verdier, Paul Neyron, Pierre Notting, Prince Camille de Pohan, 

 Princess of Wales, Vicom.tesse Vezins, Victor Verdier. 



Bourbon Perpetual. — Catherine Giullot, Gomtesse Barhantanne 

 UAvenir, Madame Charles Ballet, Michel Bonnet. 



Bourbon. — Empress Eugenie, Prince Albert, Souvenir de la Mal- 

 maison. 



China. — Common China, Mrs. Bosanquet. 



Moss. — Baronne de TVassenaer, Common, Luxembourg. 



Hybrids op China and Bourbons. — Charles Duval, Charles 

 Lawson, Coupe d' Hebe, Paul Bicaut, Paul Perras, Vivid. 



S. H. 



EOSES AND ROSE SHOWS. 



BY W. BRADBUEY. 



|T is now seventeen years since the first exhibition of 

 roses was held in the metropolis, and in that compara- 

 tively brief space of time, the cultivation of rosea has 

 increased, probably, a hundredfold, and some twelve 

 annual exhibitions of these flowers have been established 

 in the United Kingdom. For some time previous to the holding of 

 the first of the rose shows, the rose, so generally and so truthfully 

 designated the Queen of flowers, was rapidly increasing in pooularity. 

 Amateurs who had been satisfied with the common kinds which had 

 long had a place in English gardens, were turning their attention to 

 the choicer hybrid perpetuals, and others that were being introduced 

 from the Continent ; and others, who had been more exacting in 

 their requirements, were devoting more space to the cultivation of 

 their favourite flower. This being the case, it was thought, in the 

 early part of 1858, by one of our leading amateur rosarians, that 

 the time had at length arrived for holding .an exhibition of roses, 

 quite apart from everything else. The idea being communicated 

 to some of the principal growers, was considered most excellent. 

 A committee was formed, a fund raised, and the result was the 

 Grand National Eose Show, held in St. James's Hall, on July 1, 

 1868. 



A sonorous designation was that under which tlie exhibition was 

 held, but it was one which Ihe results fully justified, for it was truly 

 grand and thoroughly national. All the nurseries in which roses 

 formed a special feature were represented by boxes of blooms, 

 varying in quality, but all more or less good ; and the amateurs 

 who were pushing their way to the front, put in an appearance, 

 and joined heartily in the competition for the prizes offered. 



