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Majesty L.P.E., Mrs. Hanbury Kose E., Louisa 

 L. Rose E., Miss Horner H. Rose E., Picco H.P.E., 

 Emily Red E., Lucy L. Rose E., Princess Dagmar, 

 H.P.E , Dr. Abercrombie H. Red E., and Mrs. Gib- 

 bons H. Red E., several of tbe foregoing being in 

 duplicate. 



In the class for twelve varieties there were but 

 two competitors also, Mr. Douglas being 1st with 

 Her Majesty L.P.E., Favourite L.R.E., Mr. Sharpe 

 H. Rose E., Brunette H. Red E., Constance Heron 

 H.Rose E., Princess of Wales H. Red E., Miss Rudd 

 L. Rose E., Muriel H.P.E. , and seedlings. 2nd, Mr. 

 H. W. Headland, with Clara Penson L.P.E., Nymph 

 L.P.E., Zerlina H.P.E., Favourite L. Rose E.,'Lady 

 Holmesdale H. Rose E., Princess of Wales H. Red E., 

 Ethel L. Rose E.. Her Majesty L.P.E., and Muriel 

 H.P.E., with seedlings. 



In the class for six dissimilar blooms there were 

 three stands, Mr. C. Phillips being 1st, with Juliette 

 P.E., Favourite L. Rose E., Mr. Payne L. Rose E., 

 Picco H.P.E., Her Majesty L.P.E., and Mrs. Dodwell 

 H. Red E. 2nd, Mr. M. Rowan, with Clara Penson 

 L.P.E., Master Norman H.R.E., Emily Red E., Her 

 Majesty L.P.E., Countess of Wilton H. Red E., and 

 Favourite L. Rose E. 3rd, Mr. H. Startup. 



Single Blooms. — As in the Carnation classes, so 

 here, the number of flowers staged was small. Heavy 

 Red Edges. — 1st and 2nd, Princess of Wales, from Mr. 

 J. Douglas ; 3rd. Mr. Robertson, from Mr. H. W. 

 Headland ; 4th, Brunette, from the same ; 5th, Mrs. 

 Dodwell, from Mr. C. Turner. 



Light Red Edges. — 1st, Violet Douglas, from Mr. J. 

 Douglas ; 2nd, Emily, from Mr. C. Turner ; 3rd, 

 Emily, from Mr. H. W. Headland ; 4th, Seedling, 

 from the same ; 5th, Violet Douglas, from Mr. H. 

 Startup. 



Heavy Purple Edges. — 1st and 2nd, Muriel, from 

 Mr. J. Douglas ; and 3rd, from Mr. Headland; 4th, 

 Zerlina, from the same ; 5th, Rival Purple, from Mr. 

 C. Turner. 



Light Purple Edges. — 1st and 2nd, a charming 

 unnamed seedling, from Mr. J. Douglas; 3rd and 

 4th, Clara Penson, from Mr. H. W. Headland ; 5th, 

 Her Majesty, from Mr. C. Phillips, 



Heavy Rose Edges. — 1st, Constance Heron ; and 

 2nd, Lady Holmesdale, from Mr. J. Douglas; 3rd 

 and 4th, the same varieties, from Mr. H. W. Head- 

 land ; 5th, Mrs. Payne, from Mr. C. Phillips. 



Light Rose Edges. — 1st, Favourite, from Mr. J. 

 Douglas ; 2nd, Lucy, from Mr. C. Turner ; 3rd, 

 Favourite, from Mr. C. Phillips ; 4th. Miss Flowdy, 

 from Mr. J. Douglas ; 5th, Favourite, from Mr. C. 

 Phillips. 



Premier Picotee. — This was Muriel, heavy purple 

 edge, shown by Mr. J. Douglas. A Certificate of 

 Merit was awarded to the unnamed light purple 

 edge shown by Mr. Douglas. 



Selfs, Fancies, and Yellow Grounds. — The yellow 

 grounds, and especially the fine varieties, raised by 

 Mr. J. Douglas, were shown in fine form ; they are 

 early to bloom, and thus proved an advantage in 

 such a late season. Mr. C. Turner was 1st with 

 twenty-four blooms, not less than twelve dissimi- 

 lar, having of yellow grounds and selfs, Annie 

 Douglas, Mrs. Reynolds Hole, Almira, Colonial 

 Beauty, Agnes Chambers, Dorothy, Terra Cotta, and 

 Amber ; of selfs and fancies — Purple Emperor, 

 Ellen Burrows pink ; Mr. Maclaren, in a run fancy 

 form ; and Sybil rose — several of the foregoing 

 being shown in duplicate. 2nd, Mr. J. Douglas, with 

 yellow grounds and selfs, Dorothy, Annie Douglas, 

 Agnes Chambers, Almira, Janiera, Ada (heavily 

 edged with a kind of salmon-brown), and Terra 

 Cotta; Elaine, a lovely white self of great quality 

 (awarded a First-class Certificate by the Floral 

 Committee) ; Bride, white ; Matador, a run scarlet 

 self; and seedlings. 3rd, Mr. W. Toby, 3, 

 St. Mark's Grove, Chelsea. There were but three 

 competitors. There were two stands of twelve 

 blooms, dissimilar, Mr. A. J. Saunders, gr. to Vis- 

 countess Chewton, Brockham Lodge, Cobham, being 

 1st, with a poor lot — rough and uneven ; 2nd, Mr. 

 H. Startup. There were two stands of twelve blooms 

 of yellow grounds, not less than six dissimilar, and 

 here Mr. J. Douglas was 1st, with a very fine lot of 

 blooms unnamed ; Mr. C. Turner came a close 2nd, 

 with fine examples of Annie Douglas, Almira, Agues 

 Chambers, Colonial Beauty, Prince of Orange, and 

 Dorothy in duplicate. 



Plants in Pots. — There were three collections of 

 twelve plants, dissimilar, Mr. Turner and Mr. 

 Douglas showing in fine form ; as in early flowering 

 varieties in pots, Mr. Douglas' yellow-ground Picotees 

 made a great hit. Mr. Turner was 1st, with plants 

 carrying fine heads of bloom, having Pride of 

 Penshurst, Amber, Agnes Chambers, Mrs. Maclaren, 



Terra Cotta. Annie Douglas, Colonial Beauty, Prince 

 of Orange, Howard's Yellow Self, Dorothy, Almira, 

 and Purple Emperor. 2nd, Mr. J. Douglas, with 

 unnamed varieties ; 3rd, Mr. H. W. Headland. 



Miscellaneous. — In the way of miscellaneous sub- 

 jects, Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic 

 Nurseries, King's Road, Chelsea, had five boxes of 

 cut blooms of Carnations, Picotees, selfs and fancies, 

 including some capital flowers. Mr. C. Turner had 

 a group of plants in pots, principally composed of 

 yellow-ground varieties ; and Mr. J. Walker, nur- 

 seryman, Thame, seedling Carnations, including a 

 large white self of a promising character, named 

 Duchess of Albany. 



NATIONAL ROSE : PROVINCIAL, 

 SHOW. 



Darlinuton, July 21. — With this exhibition ends, 

 or very nearly ends, the show season of the Rose, 

 for, with the exception of Tibshelf — a place of 

 which, I daresay, few of the readers of this paper 

 could tell the whereabouts — they have all passed 

 away, and a more exasperating season it is impossible 

 to imagine. All the elements of success seemed 

 secured at Darlington ; the arrangements for the 

 show were perfect ; the entries were very numerous ; 

 and yet here were some of those irritating adjuncts 



FlO. 12. — L^LLA EYERMAXIANA : FLOWERS ROSY-PURPLE. 

 (SEE P. 91.) 



which made it so different to expectations — there 

 was in the neighbourhood of Darlington hardly a 

 Rose to be seen. I went the day before through the 

 garden of Mr. E. R. Whitwell, of Barton Hall, the 

 chief promoter of the show, and who might have 

 reasonably expected to make a good fight for 

 the Trophy, and I do not exaggerate when I say 

 there were not three Roses in his garden. Mr. James 

 Backhouse, who generally shows in the class for 

 twenty-four, could only muster half-a-dozen ; in 

 fact, never was so late a season known in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Darlington. Then, again, Mr. W. J. 

 Grant, who exhibited so successfully at Manchester 

 and Wirral, and whose hopes pointed to the Jubilee 

 Trophy, saw all those hopes literally dashed to the 

 ground by a violent hailstorm, which smashed and 

 cut to pieces all his cherished blooms; and then, to 

 crown all, the morning opened most charmingly, and 

 every one, notwithstanding some ominous clouds 

 in the distance, looked hopefully forward to a fine 

 day; but as I left Darlington rain fell, and continued 

 for some time, completely marring the prospects of 

 the show financially, and yet on the whole journey 

 up to London there was not afterwards a drop of 

 rain, nor had there been during the day, 



And yet, despite all these drawbacks, the show was 

 the largest ever held in Darlington, and but for the 

 numerous fallings out occasioned by the uncertain 

 weather, would have exceeded in size any exhibition 

 held by the National Rose Society in the provinces, 

 while the quality of the flowers was a matter of sur- 

 prise to all who have had occasion to watch the un- 



certainties of our most uncertain summer. The 

 Roses were not, it is true, in such good character as 

 at Wirral, but still they were very fine, and the 

 dark-coloured Roses especially good. It was a great 

 disappointment to Rose growers not to see Mr. 

 Mark's seedlings of last year, especially Sir Rowland 

 Hill, but, like Mr. Whitwell, his Roses were not in 

 bloom. 



Some of the best Hoses. — I think it will be sufficient 

 to note tbe Roses in the principal classes of the ex- 

 hibition, and therefore give the following in the 

 Jubilee class for nurserymen, thirty-six distinct 

 blooms. The Trophy was again awarded to Messrs. 

 Harkness & Son, Bedale, for Ulrich Brunner, 

 Merveille de Lyon, Crown Prince, Lady Mary Fitz- 

 william, Countess of Rosebery, Duke of Edinburgh, 

 Baroness Rothschild, Marquise de Castellane, 

 Auguste Rigotard, Madame Cusin, Comtesse Tretia- 

 koft, David Pradel, a very fine bloom, Madame Gabriel 

 Luizet, Souvenir d'Elise, Charles Lefebvre, Horace 

 Vernet, Star of Waltham, Niphetos. Magna Charta, 

 Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Madame Willermoz, a mag- 

 nificent flower, and I think the finest bloom 

 I have ever seen of this variety ; Madame Victor 

 Verdier, The Bride, Prince Arthur, Devienne Lamy, 

 Princess of Wales, Etienne Levet, Innocente Pirola, 

 Due de Wellington, Madame Caroline Kust, Duchess 

 of Bedford, very fine; Marie Van Houtte, A. K.Wil- 

 liams, Catherine Mermet, Madame Marie Verdier, 

 and Comtesse de Nadaillac. This was a very fine 

 stand, and the Teas, which had been grown under 

 glass, were exceptionally good. 



Open Classes. — In the class for seventy-two there 

 was a very severe fight between Messrs. Paul & 

 Son, Messrs. Cranston, of Hereford, and Mr. B. R. 

 Cant, of Colchester; it took the judges a long time 

 to decide, and ultimately it fell to the Cheshunt 

 firm, with a very fine stand of flowers, consisting of 

 Comte Rambaud, Francois Michelon, Marshall P. 

 Wilder, very like Alfred Colomb ; Baronne de 

 Meden, Captain Christy, Senateur Vaisse, Baroness 

 Rothschild, Madame Eugene Verdier, Louis van 

 Houtte, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Beauty of Wal- 

 tham, Jean Ducher, General Jacqueminot, Madame 

 de Watteville, Barthelemy Joubert, Innocente Pirola, 

 Exposition de Brie, Abel Carriere, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, Horace Vernet, Auguste Rigotard, A. K. 

 Williams, Merveille de Lyon, Marie Baumann, La 

 France, Madame Charles Wood, Paul Neron, 

 Madame Alphonse Lavallee, Her Majesty, Marie 

 Finger, Niphetos, E. Y. Teas, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 

 Prince Arthur, a very fine bloom ; Madame Jean 

 Periere, Dr. Andre, Ella Gordon, a good Rose ; 

 Susanne Radennaki, Marie van Houtte, Duke of 

 Edinburgh, Charles Lefebvre, Etienne Levet, Com- 

 tesse d'Oxford, Countess of Rosebery, Edouard 

 Herve, Duchesse de Moray, Madame Legrange, 

 Camille Bernardin, Madame Gabriel Luiet, Reynolds 

 Hole, Caroline Kuster, Lord Bacon, a good Rose ; 

 Heinrich Schultheis, Ollivier Delhomme, Madame 

 Victor Verdier, Alba rosea, Marie Rady, Emilie 

 Hausberg, Rosieriste Jacobs, George Baker, Xavier 

 Olibo, and Charles Lamb. 



Amateurs' Classes. — Turning now to the amateurs 

 classes, we find that the same result takes place 

 with regard to the Trophy — it remains with the 

 winner of last year, T. B. Hall, Esq., of Larchwood, 

 Rock Ferry. His stand of twenty-four was a very 

 fine one, containing the following flowers; — Comte 

 de Rambaud, a flower which has come exceptionally 

 fine this year ; La France, Louis van Houtte, Etienne 

 Levet, Captain Christy, Jean Soupert, Paul Neron, 

 Merveille de Lyon, Dupuy Jamain, Rosieriste Jacobs, 

 Baron Rothschild, Madame Victor Verdier, Beauty 

 of Waltham, Anna Ollivier, Marie Baumann, Fisher 

 Holmes, Francois Michelon, Dr. Andre, Le Havre, 

 Grace Darling, A. K. Williams, Camille Bernardin, 

 and Marie Finger. 



In the class for thirty-six, the Rev. J. H. Pember- 

 ton was 1st, with Horace Vernet, Baron Gonella, 

 Francois Michelon, Comte de Raimbaud, Marie 

 Verdier, E. Y. Teas, Duchess of Bedford, Caroline 

 Kuster, Etienne Levet, Merveille de Lyon, Countess 

 of Rosebery, Her Majesty, Marie Baumann, Grace 

 Darling, Auguste Rigotard, Madame Lambard, Ma- 

 dame Victor Verdier, Reynolds Hole, Dr. AndrS, 

 Madame Eugene Verdier, Charles Lefebvre, Countess 

 of Pembroke, Madame George Schwartz, Ulrich 

 Brunner, Comtesse d'Oxford, Madaine Gabriel Luizet, 

 Marie Baumann, Princess of Wales, Exposition de 

 Brie, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Marquise de Castellane. 

 Comtesse'de Nadaillac. Star of Waltham, Catherine 

 Mermet, Souvenir de Victor Hugo, and Lady Helen 

 Stuart. 



In the class for twelve, Colonel Standish Hore, 

 of St. Asaph, was 1st ; his success is very wonder- 



