CONCERNING ROSE-SHOWS. 20I 



Blusli " on his countenance, after whom that Rose 

 was named, could he behold those matchless speci- 

 mens in pots, with which Charles Turner, his suc- 

 cessor, still maintains against all comers the 

 ancient glories of Slough. 



Of the old Rosarians, Mr. Lee of Hammer- 

 smith was the first who obtained the medals of the 

 Royal Horticultura.1 Society for Roses exhibited 

 at Chiswick, and at the monthly meetings in 

 Regent Street. These Roses were shown singly 

 upon the bright surface of japanned tin cases, in 

 which bottles filled with water were inserted, the 

 dimensions of the case being 30 inches by 18. In 

 1834, Mr. Rivers won the two gold medals for 

 Roses shown at Chiswick, introducing a new and 

 more effective arrangement, by placing the flowers 

 in fresh green moss — a simple, graceful, natural 

 combination, unanimously accepted by the exhibi- 

 tors of Roses from that day to this. These prize 

 blooms from Sawbridgeworth, the advanced-guard 

 of a victorious army, were shown in clusters or 

 bouquets of five, six, and seven Roses, and were 

 the best specimens which skill and care could 

 grow of the varieties which then reigned su- 

 preme — Brennus, George IV., Triomphe d' An- 

 gers, Triomphe de Guerin, etc. What a royal 

 progress, what a revelation of beauty, has Queen 



