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to 2 feet long. There were four or five plants growing amongst | 
some dwarf shrubs, and it was a treat to see them. It occurs | 
to me this variety would be very suitable for forcing, but for | 
growing in the margin of a shrusbery I know nothing to sur- 
pass it. In my opinion it surpasses the shrubby sort S. aceri- 
folia,—J. ADDISON, Last Mains, Brovburn, Edinburgh, 
THE ROSE ELECTION. 
THE “exhibition” Rose election of 1877 was not altogether | 
a failure, indeed it appears to me to have originated a corre- 
spondence on the merits of an exhibition Rose which has per- 
fumed the pages of our Journal with the aroma of Roses 
throughout the damp wintry times and the cheerless spring, 
until “it is time of Roses” again. 
With the consent of our Editors, and strengthened with the 
experience of the last election, I propose this year to make it 
again an exhibition election, and I repeat the question for 
solution. 
It will save electors, and it will save myself much time (of 
which article I have less in stock), and trouble (the stock here 
being also low), if they would answer the question carefully 
and as soon as they conveniently can. 
Every elector must have taken a prize at the larger ex- 
hibitions, or several prizes in local competitions, and if adding 
the second forty-eight for Mr. Curtis’s suggestion, they must 
have taken a prize for at least forty-eight varieties in a stand. 
Name the best forty-eight exhibition Roses according to 
your experience in your soil. Mark the best twelve of these 
with a cross, the next best twelve with two crosses, or dis- 
tinguish these twelves in any simple but clear manner. 
Mr. Curtis suggested to me last year trying to arrive at the 
best ninety-six varieties. Any exhibitor qualified to vote on 
this will oblige by adding a second forty-eizht to the list. 
This will entail considerable additional labour. I will try to 
get out the first forty-eight as early in September as possible, 
and cannot receive lists for either after the 15th of August. 
In the case of nearly similar Roses up to forty-eight varieties, 
as, for instance, Lelia and Louise Peyronny equal ; Ferdinand 
de Lesseps, Exposition de Brie, and Maurice Bernardin equal ; 
Marie Finger and Hugénie Verdier equal; Mons. Boncenne 
and Baron de Bonstetten equal; please name only one in the 
forty-eight varieties, whichever is considered best. The poll 
will show the position of each, but they will be classed as one 
Rose.—JOSEPH HINTON, Warminster. 
NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY’S PROVINCIAL SHOW. 
MANCHESTER, JuLy 67H. 
Tu National Society may be congratulated most heartily on 
the success of its first provincial Exhibition, for Manchester has 
neyer seen such Roses, and to many it must indeed have been a 
revelation of the queen of flowers. The local papers are full of 
praises (and what is more, the Botanical Society is full of money 
by its yenture), pronouncing it “as a whole one of the most suc- 
cessful, as well as one of the most enjoyable ever held at Old | 
Trafford, and that is saying a good deal.” I know not how many 
visitors there were, but the gardens were crowded, and as to the 
house where the Exhibition was held, it was hopeless to attempt 
to get near the Roses after the throng commenced to arrive. All 
this is very encouraging, but it must be recollected that it adds 
but little to the Society’s revenues to hold an Exhibition at which 
northern growers might compete formed part of its programme, 
and loyally and faithfully carried it out ; but if it is to be repeated 
there must be a large access of members north of the Trent, for 
surely if the Society is willing to give of its funds to meet the | 
claims of northern rosarians, they are bound to use their efforts 
for the welfare of the Society. 
Tt will be seen from the list of awards appended hereto that 
most of our great growers for sale were present in force. Messrs. 
Cranston, Cant, Paul, and Prince were there, while Davison of 
Hereford, Merryweather of Southwell, Frettingham of Notting- 
ham, and Francis & Arthur Dickson of Chester, also entered the 
lists; while amongst amateurs the well-known names of Jowitt, 
Hole, and Pochin figure. Mr. Soames, who is coming with 
strides to the front ; Messrs. Davenport, Hand, Brown, and others 
show that the north has won its share of honours, although we 
may hope another year that there will be a larger accession of 
exhibitors. JI am writing in the house of a friend whose Roses 
would, I am convinced, have won honours had not his modesty 
Kept him back. It is worthy of note that an amateur ventured in 
a stormy night to cross the Channel from Ireland ; and although 
his Roses suffered by the voyage, yet he was enabled to set up a 
yery creditable stand and take a third prize in forty-eights. 
Tn looking through the various stands one found that there are i 
certain varieties which figure in them all, and that therefore to 
give a full list of prizewinners would be merely to repeat those 
given of the Society’s Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, and I 
shall therefore content myself with singling-out a few of the 
more conspicuous blooms. I think the palm of merit for the 
premier Rose of the whole Exhibition must be given to the bloom 
of Reynolds Hole in Mr. Cranston’s stand. It was shown well by 
Mr. Cant and Mr. Win. Paul. But this bloom was a marvellous 
one ; for form, substance, and colour it left nothing to be desired. 
Indeed, in looking at the Rose shows of the year so far, it seems 
to me to be the most’ remarkable of the season, Frangois Michelon 
which so astonished us last .season being nowhere this year. 
Another grand bloom was his Duchesse de Morny, magnificent in 
its outline, and grand in substance and size ; then Comtesse de 
Serenye, Xavier Olibo, The Rey. J. B. M. Camm were also very 
fine. Im Mr. Cant’s stand, Reynolds Hole (already noticed), 
Souvenir d’Elise, Horace Vernet, La Boule d’Or, Niphetos, were 
very fine; and Messrs. Paul & Son’s, which ran Mr. Cant’s very 
close, contained grand specimens of Mrs. Laxton, Reynolds Hole, 
Marie Baumann, Duke of Edinburgh, Alba Rosea, and other well- 
known kinds. 
Amateurs’ stands contained some very excellent flowers. Canon 
Hole’s—Niphetos, Sophia Tropot, Capitaine Christy, and Comtesse 
de Nadaillac ; the Rey. E. N. Pochin’s—Lord Macaulay, Duke of 
Wellington, Alfred Colomb, and Marie Baumann ; Mr. Jowitt’s— 
Deyoniensis, Général Jacqueminot, and Marie Baumann; Mr. 
Coddington’s—Miss Ingram, Niphetos, Madame Schmidt, Marie 
Rady, Homére, and Triomphe de Rennes being amongst the most 
remarkable flowers shown. Mr. Soames’s stand of twelve con- 
tained some really grand blooms. 
Teas and Noisettes were well shown both by nurserymen and 
amateurs, Amongst the most telling flowers were Devoniensis, 
Caroline Kuster, Souvenir de Mons. Pernet, La Boule d’Or, Souve- 
nir d’Elise Vardon, Catherine Mermet, Jean Ducher, Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, Belle Lyonnaise, and Alba Rosea. In My. Paul’s stand 
of new Roses Jean Soupert, Sultan of Zanzibar, Marguerite 
Brassac, Mrs. Laxton, and Mons. Fournier were the most remark- 
able, and were really fine. The three winning stands of Marie 
Baumann contained some splendid blooms, although the colour in 
some had flown. Not so Charles Lefebvre, both stands being 
defective and in many instances showing the eye. The stands of 
La France were good, but I have seen better. Messrs. W. Paul 
and Son of Waltham Cross exhibited ten boxes of Roses contain- 
ing some fine blooms, and also a box of seedlings, to one of which, 
Countess of Rosebery, a first-class certificate was awarded, the 
same honour being given to Messrs. Paul & Son of Cheshunt for 
Mrs. Laxton. 
Thus must end my record of the National, Society’s Show. I 
should have liked it to be fuller, but after having bad to super- 
intend the whole arrangements of the Show on a very hot morning, 
and then to act as judge, it was very difficult for tired human 
nature, especially at threescore, to squeeze through a crowd to 
take notes, and had it not been for a mandate from head quarters. 
which I received at midday I should not haye made this; and so 
I hope the readers of our Journal, gentle or otherwise, will take 
the will for the deed. 
NURSERYMEN.—Seyenty-two distinct, single trusses.—First, 
Messrs. Cranston & Co., Hereford; second, Mr. B. R. Cant, Col- 
chester ; third, Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt; fourth, Mr. J. 
Davison, Hereford; extra, Mr. Henry Frettingham, Nottingham. 
Forty-eight distinct, three trusses of each.—First, Messrs. Cranston 
and Co.; equal second, Messrs. Panl & Son, and Mr. B. R. Cant. 
Twenty-four distinct, three trusses of each.—First Messrs. Cranston 
and Co.; second, Mr. B. R. Cant ; third, Mr. J. Davison. Twenty- 
four distinct, single trusses—First, Mr. J. Prince, Oxford ; second, 
Mr. W. Corp, Oxford; third, Mr. H. Merryweather, Southwell. 
Twelve Teas or Noisettes, distinct, single trusses —First, Messrs. 
Paul & Son ; second, Mr. B. R. Cant; third, Mr. J. Davison. 
AMATEURS.—Forty-eight distinct, single trusses.—First, Rev. 
Canon Hole, Newark; second, Mr. T. Jowitt, Hereford; third, 
Mr. D. H. Coddington, Drogheda, Ireland. Thirty-six distinct, 
single trusses.—First, Rey. E. N. Pochin, Leicester ; second, Rey. 
Canon Hole. Twenty-four distinct, single trusses—First, Mr. T. 
Jowitt ; second, Rey. HE. N. Pochin ; third, Rey. Canon Hole ; 
fourth, Mr. J. Mayo, Oxford. Twelve distinct, single trusses.— 
First, Mr. A. J. Soames, Bourne ; second, Mr. J. Lakin, Chipping 
Norton ; third, Mr. J. Davenport, Altrincham ; fourth, Mr. W- 
Hand, Newcastle-under-Lyme. ‘Six distinct, single trusses —First, 
Mr. A. J. Soames ; second, Mr. J. Lakin; third, Mr. J. Brown, 
Heaton Mersey. Six distinct, single trusses of district-grown 
Roses.—First, Mr. J. Brown ; second, Mr. W. H. Palfrey, Altrin- 
cham; third, Mr. J. Dayenport. Twelve Teas or Noisettes, dis- 
tinct, single trusses.—First, Rey. Canon Hole; second, Mr. T. 
Jowitt ; third, Rev. E. N. Pochin. 
OPEN CLASSES.—Twelvye new Roses, distinct, single trusses, 
must not have been in commerce before 1875.—First, Messrs. Paul 
and Son; second, Mr. J. Davison; third, Mr. H. Frettingham. 
Twelve single trusses of Marie Baumann.—First, Messrs. Cranston 
and Co., Hereford ; second, Messrs. Paul & Son; third, Mx. B. R. 
Cant. Twelve single trusses of Charles Lefebvre.—First, Messrs. 
