4 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUR® AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
In the class of forty-eight trebles six very fine collections were 
staged, and the Judges—Messrs. Hole, Peach, and Baker—were ! 
long in making their awards. Messrs. Cranston & Co. were again 
in the premier position with blooms the great majority of which 
combined great size with good form and high quality, only a very 
few being faulty. The varieties were Exposition de Brie, Lelia, 
Alice Durean, Lord Macaulay, Madame C. Wood, Paul Neyron, 
Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Mrs. Baker, Annie Laxton, Duc de 
Morny, Horace Vernet, Mons. Noman, Marquise de Castellane, 
Madame Lacharme, Duchess of Edinburgh, Mdlle. Marie Rady, 
Niphetos, Victor Verdier, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Beauty of 
Waltham, Mons. Fillion, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Capitaine Christy, 
Mons. E. Y. Teas, Madame Eugénie Verdier, Reynolds Hole, 
Marie Baumann, Marquise de Mortemart, Edouard Morren, Fisher 
Holmes, Maréchal Niel, Xavier Olibo, La France, Le Havre, Mau- 
rice Bernardin, Baronne de Rothschild, Comtesse d’Oxford, Duc 
de Wellington, Louis Van Houtte, Princess Beatrice, Marguerite 
de St. Amand, Duke of Edinburgh, Madame C. Crapelet, Nardy 
Fréres, Souvenir de Arthur de Sansal, Comtesse de Serenye, Géné- 
ral Jacqueminot, and Mons. Woolfield. The remaining prizes 
were awarded to Messrs. J. Keynes & Co., G. Paul & Son, and Mr. 
Cant in the order of their names. The Salisbury collection was 
extremely fresh and beautiful, and only lost the first prize by.a 
few points. The Cheshunt and Colchester blooms were also of 
generally excellent quality, and the competition throughout the 
class was exceedingly close. 
Mr. C. Turner, Slough, won the premier prize in the ciass for 
thirty-six single blooms (in which nine collections were staged) 
with a remarkably good and very regular collection, consisting of 
Madame Ferdinand Jamin, Xavier Olibo, Paul Neyron, Madame 
Josephine Guyet, Capitaine Christy, Horace Vernet, Edouard 
Morren, Deyoniensis, Louis Van Houtte, Annie Laxton, Souvenir 
d’Elise, Marie Baumann, Mad. Thérése Levet, Villaret de Joyeuse, 
La Rosiére, Margaret Brassac, Maréchal Niel, Comtesse d’Oxford, 
Ville de Lyon, Charles Lefebvre, Madame Jules Margottin, Ferdi- 
nand de Lesseps, La France, Camille Bernardin, Mons. Noman, 
Beauty of Waltham, Marquise de Castellane, Frangois Louyat, 
Mdlle. Eugénie Verdier, Penelope Mayo (fine), Abel Grand, Star of 
Waltham, Le Havre, Niphetos, Madame George Paul, and Madame 
G. Huzard. Messrs. Curtis, Sandford & Co., Torquay, were a very 
close second. Splendid in this collection were Louis Van Houtte, 
Duc de Wellington, Horace Vernet, Avocat Duvivier, Monsieur 
E. Y. Teas, Star of Waltham, Madame Vidot, La France, Margaret 
Brassac, Etienne Levet, and Victor Verdier. Mr. G. Prince, 
Oxford, was placed third with rather small but charmingly fresh 
blooms. The following Teas in this collection were extremely 
fine and very beautiful—namely, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Alba 
Rosea, Marie Guillot, and Catherine Mermet. The fourth prize 
was awarded to Messrs. Kinmont & Kidd, Exotic Nursery, Can- 
terbury, with a very good collection, containing the finest ex- 
ample of Reynolds Hole in the Show—indeed, one of the finest 
blooms that have ever been seen of this richly coloured bet some- 
what uncertain Rose. 
Five collections were exhibited in the class for een tay fen 
trebles. Mr. Cant won first honours with blooms of very high 
quality of La France, Charles Lefebvre, Souvenir d’Elise, Horace 
Vernet, Xavier Olibo (magnificent), Antoine Ducher (very fine), 
Reynolds Hole, Mons. Noman, Devoniensis, Marie Baumann, Fer- 
dinand de Lesseps, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Baronne de Rothschild, 
Prince Arthur, La Boule d’Or (fine), Senatenr Vaisse, Ville de 
Lyon, Fisher Holmes, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Elie Morel, Comtesse 
d’Oxford, Marguerite de St. Amand, and Duchesse de Vallombrosa. 
Messrs. Keynes & Co. were a very close second. Souvenir d’Elise 
and Triomphe de Rennes in this collection were marvellously fine, 
and very good were Niphetos, Catherine Mermet, and Etienne 
Levet. Messrs. Cranston & Co. were third with an admirable col- 
lection, and Messrs. G. Paul & Son fourth with blooms consider- 
ably weatherworn, and not by any means up to the usual high 
style of Cheshunt. 
Thirteen collections were exhibited in the class of twenty-four 
single blooms, some of them being inferior, a few good, but none 
grand. Mr. C. Turner was clearly first with admirable boxes 
consisting of Paul Neyron, Horace Vernet, Victor Verdier, Louis 
Van Honutte, Capitaine Christy, Duke of Edinburgh, Elie Morel, 
Comtesse d’Oxford, Madame Thérése Levet, Le Havre, Ville de 
Lyon, Fisher Holmes, Maréchal Niel, Beauty of Waltham, Souve- 
nir d’Elise Vardon, Charles Lefebyre, Madame Huzard, good; 
Lord Macaulay, Marquise de Castellane, Francois Louvat, Star of 
Waltham, Margaret Brassac, very fine; Mons. Noman, and 
Penelope Mayo, excellent. Messrs. Curtis, Sandford, & Co. were 
placed second; Louis Van Houtte, Madame C. Wood, Etienne 
Levet, Madame C. Joigneaux, Le Havre, Hippolyte Jamain, and 
Général Jacqueminot were the cream of the collection. Third 
honours were awarded to Mr. H. Frettingham, Beeston Nursery, 
Nottingham ; and fourth to Mr. George Prince, Oxford. 
We now arrive at the last of the nurserymen’s classes, and 
certainly one of the most beautiful—namely, the class for twelve 
yarieties of Teas or Noisettes, single blooms. Messrs. Mitchell 
and Sons, Piltdown Nurseries, Uckfield, who usually exhibit Teas 
so splendidly, won the premier position with superb examples of 
[ July 4, 1878. 
Devoniensis, Duc de Magenta, Madame Margottin. Souvenir d’Elise 
Vardon, grand; Maréchal Niel, Catherine Mermet, Madame Julie 
Mansais, Madame Céline Narey, Boidron, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
Louise de Savoie, and Niphetos. Mr. Cant was a good second 
with an excellent stand containing superior blooms of Caroline 
Kuster, Devoniensis, Maréchal Niel, Souvenir d’Elise, Catherine 
| Mermet, Madame Willermoz, Boule d’Or, splendid; Marie Van 
Houtte, Rubens, and Souvenir de Paul Neyron. Third honours 
went to Messrs. G. Paul & Son, the gems of the stand being 
Comtesse de Nadaillac and Alba Rosea. Messrs. Turner, Prince; 
Piper, and Keynes all exhibited well in this excellent class. 
AMATEURS.—The competition in many of the classes in this 
section of the Show was good, and Roses of superior quality were 
staged. The class in which the greatest interest was manifested 
was unquestionably the one of forty-eight single blooms wherem 
the splendid challenge cup, value fifty guineas, offered under 
such liberal conditions by Messrs. Cranston & Co., was the coveted 
prize. The cup, it will be remembered, was won last year by 
T. Jowitt, Esq., The Old Weir, Hereford, and if he had secured the 
first position in the class this year the trophy would have become 
his property ; but although Mr. Jowitt staged a collection of re- 
markable merit and fully equal if not superior to his contribution 
of last year, yet his great rival, R. N. G. Baker, Esq., of Heavitree, 
was this year too powerful for his worthy antagonist and won 
the cup by a few points. So even were the collections that the 
Judges were a considerable time before they were able to arrive 
at a decision. Both collections were of superior merit, the blooms 
being singularly fresh and excellently set up, but Mr. Baker’s 
were slightly the heavier and hence won the prize. The Heavitree 
collection consisted of the following varieties—Dr. Andry, Victor 
Verdier, Jean Liabaud, Edouard Morren, Mdile. Marie Rady, Louis 
Van Houtte, Centifolia Rosea, Marie Baumann, Devienne Lamy, 
Madame Charles Wood, Madame Berthe du Mesnil de Montchau- 
veau, Xavier Olibo, Marquise de Castellane, Comtesse d’Oxford, 
Baronne de Rothschild, Fisher Holmes, Camille Bernardin, Sir 
Garnet Wolseley, Abel Carriere, Madame Bravy, Mons. Noman, 
Charles Lefebvre, Mons. G. Tournier, Comtesse de Serenye, Fer- 
dinand de Lesseps, Miss Hassard, Madame Caroline Kuster, Alfred 
Colomb, Marguerite de St. Amand, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Etienne 
Levet, Auguste Neumann, Sénateur Vaisse, Francois Michelon, 
Duke of Connaught, Marquise de Mortemart, Madame Prosper 
Langier, Duc de Wellington, Mdlle. Eugénie Verdier, Madame 
Victor Verdier, Magna Charta, Auguste Rigotard, Royal Standard, 
Duchesse de Caylus, and Sultan of Zanzibar. Mr. Thos. Jowitt, 
who won the second prize of £9, staged Mdlle. Marie Rady, La 
France, Général Jacqueminot, Mons. Noman, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Xavier Olibo, Capitaine Christy, Alfred Colomb, Charles Lefebvre, 
Madame Nachury, Duc de Wellington, Baron de Bonstetten, 
Madame Furtado, Marie Baumann, Marguerite de St. Amand, 
Horace Vernet, Francois Michelon, Madame Charles Crapelet, 
Comtesse de Serenye, Lord Herbert, Madame Marie Finger, Le 
Havre, Royal Standard, Prince Camille de Rohan, Beauty of 
Waltham, Alba Rosea, Reynolds Hole, Comtesse d’Oxford, Doc- 
teur Andry, Deyoniensis, Paul Verdier, Abel Grand, Clotilde Rol- 
land, Belle Lyonnaise, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, 
Olivier Delhomme, Reine Blanche, Hippolyte Jamain, Triomphe 
de Rennes, Cheshunt Hybrid, Maréchal Niel, Jean Liabaud, and 
Marie Van Houtte. The Rey. Reynolds Hole, Caunton Manor, 
Newark, was placed third with large and fine blooms; and Mr. 
W. Nichol, gardener to H. Powell, Esq., Drinkeston Park, Bury 
St. Edmunds, fourth. There were seven competitors. According 
to the conditions the cup must now be won next year, and Mr. 
Baker and Mr. Jowitt can be the only competitors ; a great Rose 
duel is therefore in store, and a Keen contest wiil be anticipated. 
In the class for thirty-six single trusses first honours fell to 
Mr. J. Brown, gardener to A. J. Waterlow, Esq.. Great Doods, 
Reigate, who won with excellent examples of Miss Hassard, 
Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Emilie Hausburg, Jean Ducher, Xavier 
Olibo, Gloire de Dijon, Henri Ledechaux, Anna Ollivier, Edouard 
Morren, Reynolds Hole, Souvenir d’un Ami, Alfred Colomb, 
Capitaine Christy, Lord Macaulay, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Dr. 
Andry. Marie Van Houtte, Catherine Mermet, Sultan of Zanzibar, 
Alba Rosea, Francois Premier, Souvenir d’Elise, Beauty of 
Waltham, Impératrice Eugénie, Duke of Connaught, Frangois 
Fontaine, Auguste Neumann, Jean Pernet, Star of Waltham, La 
France. Annie Wood, Madame Willermoz, Duc de Rohan, Louis 
Van Houtte, Niphetos, and Marie Rady. Mr. Baker was awarded . 
the second prize, Mr. J. Lewin Curtis, Chatteris, Cambs, the third ; 
and Mr. John Hollingworth, Turkey Court, Maidstone, the fourth, 
Twenty-four collections were staged in the class for twenty- 
four varieties, single blooms, and the first prize—a piece of plate 
—was awarded to Mr. Henry Atkinson, Warley, Brentwood, who 
staged Beauty of Waltham, Victor Verdier, Marie Baumann, 
Marquise de Castellane, Docteur Andry, Mdlle. Marguerite Dom- 
brain, Duke of Edinburgh, Monsieur Noman, Antoine Ducher, 
Ville de Lyon, Lord Macaulay, Edouard Morren, Fisher Holmes, 
Baronne de Rothschild, Maurice Bernardin, Hippolyte Jamain, 
Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Duchesse de Morny, Comtesse d’Oxford, 
La France, Xavier Olibo, Mdlle. Marie Cointet. Mdlle. Marie Rady, 
and Henri Ledechaux. Mr. Jowitt was placed second; Mr. J. 
