July 4, 1878. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Sargant, Reigate, third; Ma. J. H. Pemberton fourth; Mr. T. F. 
Burnaby Atkins, Halstead Place, Sevenoaks, fifth; and Mr. J. 
Edwards, Stisted Rectory, Braintree, Essex, sixth. A great class 
and a good one. 
In the class for twelve Roses, distinct, three trusses of each, 
Mr. Baker was placed first with good examples of Marie Baumann, 
Fisher Holmes, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Xavier Olibo, Marquise de 
Castellane, Charles Lefebvre, Victor Verdier, Comtesse d’Oxford, 
Madame Caroline Kuster, Monsieur Noman, Edouard Morren, and 
Marguerite de St. Amand. Mr. John Hollingworth, Turkey Court, 
Maidstone, was awarded the second prize; and Mr. J. Ridout, 
gardener to T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate, the 
third. Mr. John Quennell, Brentwood, being placed fourth. 
There were nine competitors in this class. 
The class for twelve singles was a very strong one. Some 
splendid stands were staged, but none of them nearly equal to 
the box with which Mr. Smallbones won the cup last year. 
A. G. Soames, Esq., of Imham Park, Bourne, Lincolnshire, was 
the recognised winner. His grand blooms were of Marie Van 
Hontte and Mons. Furtado, never before seen in such perfection. 
This difficult Rose to grow and show was here seen large in size 
and of Centifolia form, each petal wrapping round his neighbour 
in the very centre like a fine bloom of Madame Bravy. Captain 
Christy’s stand was so good that the Judges could not do other- 
wise than give him an equal first. Mr. John Pearce, gardener to 
Professor Adams, Cambridge, carried off the second honours, and 
Mr. Joseph Lakin of Chipping Norton third. Rey. Alan Cheales, 
Brockham Vicarage, Surrey, was fourth witha very pretty stand ; 
ee Evans of Marston fifth, and Mr. J. Wakeley of Rainham 
six 
The class for six Roses, distinct, was also hotly contested. 
Capt. Christy, Buckhurst Lodge, Westerham, again won the first 
prize. Mr. Joseph Lakin tumed the tables on Mr. Soames, who 
were second and third, and Rey. Alan Cheales whipped in with a 
lovely lot, which but for one small bloom of Victor Verdier would 
have taken a much higher place. 
‘The class for six suburban-grown Roses—that is, Roses grown 
within eight miles from Charing Cross—would have been a failure 
had not Mr. Scott, South Wimbledon, staged such an admirable 
half-dozen. ‘Mr. Batchelor, sardener to A. Druce, Esq., Dulwich 
Common, was placed second ; and Mr. John Bateman, 1, Prospect 
Terrace, Upper Holloway, third. The fourth prize was withheld. 
_For twelve Teas or Noisettes, distinct, single trusses, there were 
eighteen competitors. The first prize was awarded to’Mr. J. 
Brown, gardener to A. J. Waterlow, Esq., Great Doods, Reigate, 
for an exquisite collection consisting of Catherine Mermet, Jean 
Ducher, Louise de Savoie, Devoniensis, Madame Berard, fine : 
Madame Willermoz, Madame Camille, Caroline Kuster. Amazon, 
Souvenir d’Elise, Jean Pernet, and Alba Rosea. Mr. W. Smith, 
gardener to Mrs. Round, Birch Hall, Colchester, was placed 
second ; Mr. W. Nichol third ; and Mr. John Pearce, gardener to 
Professor Adams, fourth. A charming class, and much admired. 
In the class for eighteen Teas or Noisettes, six varieties, three 
trusses of each, Mr. John Hollingworth, won first honours with 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Maréchal Niel, Madame Willermoz. 
Cheshunt Hybrid, Madame Margottin, and Souvenir d’un Ami. 
The Rey. J. B. M. Camm received the second prize, the stand con- 
taining good examples of Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Madame Mar- 
gottin, Madame Bravy, and Devoniensis. 
OPEN CLAssEs.—In the class for twelve new Roses which 
must not have been in commerce previous to 1875, Messrs. Paul 
and Son’ were awarded the first prize with a very excellent stand, 
comprising Mdlle. Marie Pernet, a large and full Rose; Duchesse 
de Vallombrosa, Sultan of Zanzibar, Rey. J. B. M. Camm, Jean 
Soupert, a very dark and velvety satin Rose with a cupped centre 
and the outer petals reflexed ; Emily Laxton, Duke of Connaught, 
Marchioness of Exeter, Star of Waltham, Madame Pernet, Mrs. 
m, and Magna Charta. Mr. Charles Turner was placed 
second, exhibiting Richard Laxton, Oxonian; Margaret Brassac, 
Royal Standard, Duke of Connaught, Rev. J. B. M. Camm, Henry 
Bennet, Penelope Mayo, a Rose of first-class merit ; John Stuart 
Mill, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Madame Deveret, and Prince 
Arthur. Messrs. Curtis, Sandford, & Co., Devon Rosery, Torquay, 
were awarded the third prize. For twelve blooms of Etienne 
Leyet, Messrs. Paul & Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, won 
the premier position with remarkably fresh blooms; Messrs. 
Keynes & Co., Salisbury, being placed second with larger examples 
but slightly faded. The third prize was withheld, as it was also in 
the three following classes. For twelve blooms of Frangois Miche- 
lon Messrs. Keynes & Co.; Salisbury, were placed first with rather 
small blooms ; and Mr. George Cooling, nurseryman, Bath, second 
with overblown examples. For twelve blooms of Jean Liabaud 
the first prize was awarded to Messrs. Cranston & Co. for blooms 
intensely rich, velvety, and fine ; Messrs. Paul & Sons, Cheshunt, 
having the second prize. For single blooms of Maréchal Niel, Mr. 
Charles Turner, The Royal Nurseries, Slough, won the chief 
Position with splendidly coloured blooms ; Mr. George Cooling, 
“nurseryman, Bath, having the second prize. For twelve blooms of 
” Marguerite de St. Amand Messrs. Pan] & Son, The Old Nurseries, 
Cheshunt, were placed first with remarkably fresh and fine 
examples; and Messrs. Keynes & Co., Salisbury, second. For 
twelve blooms of any Hybrid Perpetual not named above, dark, 
thirteen excellent collections were staged. Messrs. Curtis, Sand- 
ford, & Co., Devon Rosery, Torquay, won first honours with fault- 
less blooms of Marie Baumann. Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester, was 
placed second with magnificent examples of Horace Vernet ; 
Messrs. John Laing & Co., Stanstead Park, Forest Hill, having 
the third prize with Marie Baumann. For twelve single trusses 
of any Hybrid Perpetual not named above, light, the first prize 
was awarded to Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, for large and 
remarkably fine examples of Capitaine Christy. Mr. J. Ridout, 
gardener to J. B. Haywood, Esq., Wood Hatch Lodge, Reigate, 
was placed second with Baronne de Rothschild, splendid; and 
Messrs. Cranston & Co., third with Madame Lacharme, very fine. 
For twelve single trusses of any Tea or Noisette not named above 
Mr. B. R. Cant won first honours with magnificent examples of 
La Boule d’Or; Messrs. Keynes & Co. were second with Souvenir 
d’Elise, fine ; and Mr. George Prince, 14, Market Street, Oxford, 
third with Jean Ducher. For three trusses of any new seedling 
Rose the first prize was awarded to Messrs. W. Paul & Son, 
Nurseries, Waltham Cross, N., for Duchess of Bedford, a fine Rose 
of the Beauty of Waltham type but richer in colour: Messrs. 
Paul & Son, Cheshunt, having the second place with a fine variety 
raised by Capt. Christy and named Earl of Beaconsfield. It has 
the form of Marie Baumann with the colour of Comtesse d’Oxford. 
For the best collection of “Old Roses” (any Roses in commerce 
prior to 1840), Mr. Julius Sladden, Chipping Norton, was the only 
exhibitor,and won the prize with a very interesting collection 
consisting of about fifty varieties. ‘They were exhibited in large 
bunches and were rather too crowded to display them to the 
greatest advantage. ‘They were much admired. A prize was 
offered for the best exhibition stand other than those in ordinary 
use, and covered with material other than moss, which was won 
by Mz. E. R. Whitwell, Barton Hall, near Darlington. The box 
was similar to an ordinary Rose box, but had a neat beading 
round its inner edge, half an inch below which was a black velvet- 
covered lid or platform, in which the tubes were inserted. An 
extra prize was awarded to the Rey. Alan Cheales for a box 
very similar, but the velvet-covered top was an inch or more 
lower than the edges of the box. 
MISCELLANEOUS.—Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son were awarded an 
extra prize for an extensive, varied, and excellent collection of 
twenty boxes of cut Roses. Mr. W. Rumsey, Joyning’s Nursery, 
Waltham Cross; Mr. Mayo, Oxford; and Messrs. Cutbush and 
Sons, Highgate, exhibited admirable stands of Hybrid Perpetuals, 
and Mr. Corp, Oxford, an extensive and charming collection of 
Tea Roses shown in bunches in the bud state. 
The Show was a great Show undoubtedly, and as good as it 
was great, but it was not arranged to the best advantage. Some 
portions of the tables were much overcrowded, there being no 
division whatever between many of the competing collections, 
while in other parts of the tables were large blanks which marred 
considerably the effect of the Exhibition. The arrangements; too, 
for the admission of the representatives of the press were the 
most faulty the reporters ever experienced, and their difficulty in 
obtaining access to the Palace was such as they never met with 
before at any horticultural exhibition. 
STRAWBERRY GROWING. 
HereEwrtH I forward samples of Strawberry plants grown 
at Weaverthorpe on light gravelly soil with chalk rock for a 
subsoil. I wish to call special attention to the plant marked 
No. 1 (Preston Seedling) as illustrating what a grand crop of 
fruit it is possible to grow on one-year-old plants. Last year 
at this time the land was growing a crop of Potatoes; during 
July the Potatoes were taken up and the ground dug over, 
manured, and planted with Strawberry runners. Some little 
while since when I stated I had produced 1 fb. of fruit per 
plant on one-year-old plants the statement seemed to take 
some by surprise. The others are two-year-old plants of well- 
known varieties full of leaf and full of fruit—how much I will 
not dare say. 
With an unlimited demand for ripe fruit there need be little 
doubt as to the profitableness of Strawberry growing. Planted 
in August after a fallow crop such as Potatoes, in rows 36 by 
18 inches apart, and estimating each plant to produce 8 ozs. of 
fruit each season, we may realise a gross money value equal to 
£100 per acre, a sum amply sufficient to cover all expenses of 
cultivation and still leave a handsome profit for the culti- 
vator. Plums and Apples have to be planted years before they 
will yield a crop. Not so with the Strawberry. If good varie- 
ties be selected and planted early in August, followed up with 
liberal cultivation, a crop of fruit will reward the cultivator 
though all other fruit crops fail. To tend the plants with 
“loving care,” not leaying all to the “hired man,” to keep 
the hoe constantly at work so that the soil never has a chance 
