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inside by means of hot water heat applied underneath the pan 
and covered with a bellglass. ‘There are various contrivances 
for this purpose, but for convenience of starting cuttings, &c., 
a frame or pit of some sort is much to be preferred. In awarm 
room in February, March, or April all hardy and half-hardy 
seeds can be started in a window, over a fireplace, or in a cup- 
board, provided you place over the seed pan, &c., a closely 
fitting sheet of glass to retain sufficient moisture for germina- 
tion. The seedlings when started must be gradually removed 
to a cooler situation, and the sheet of glass at first tilted up, 
and then removed finally. he less waterings seedlings receive 
the better. A deluge of hard water from a large rose water- 
ing pot will be certain death to most softwooded or tender 
seedlings. Better a hundred times to wholly plunge your seed 
pan into a tub of rain water. I advisedly refrain from naming 
any particular seeds, as all are in some respects different, 
and wish these remarks to be considered general. Then the 
sooner the seedlings are transplanted the more robust they 
become. 
Cuttings.—As a rule a cutting should be short, not more 
than 3 or 4 inches. Provided it contains organisable matter 
enough at the base of a leaf or joint to form spongioles or root- 
lets, the younger it is, the sooner you will have your young 
plant to greet you. For them a moist frame or a moist atmo- 
sphere, however procured, is most necessary. ‘This prevents 
flagging, and perspiration and absorption go hand in hand. 
Iixpose the same tender shoot to hot sun or a dry atmosphere, 
and you have been to the trouble of getting it in vain. <A side 
shoot last year’s wood will bear rougher treatment. For 
instance, take such of a Fuchsia in July, and several months 
may elapse before an opening bud may greet your eye. Take 
a side shoot of the same plant in June, and start in silver or 
clean road sand, and loam, in a moist frame, and it will beat 
the former started several months before. Prevent the cuttings 
from feeling the effect of the removal from the parent plant as 
indicated, and success will smile on you in most cases. If 
you fail, why, be more careful and try again.—W. J. M., 
Clonmel. 
(To be continued.) 
THE NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY’S SHOW, 
CRYSTAL PALACE.—June 297TH. 
A GRAND show of Roses, a meeting of rosarians from all parts 
of England, a most numerous company, and a great competition— 
ull these familiar features again presented themselves with, if 
nything, increased force to our notice. 
Judging in some of the classes and exhibiting in others, which 
ecupied my time in the morning, it was with great difficulty that 
-made any notes, for the public were admitted long before the 
udging was over, and then such was the rush that taking notes 
vas impossible. Owing to the heat of the weather and the close 
tmosphere of the hall none of the great nurserymen uncovered 
heir blooms before they were positively obliged, so that it was 
nly by frequent visits that one could find out the most salient 
oints of their stands. 
The great nurserymen showed very well in the class for seventy- 
wo. Thenames of Messrs. Cranston’s winning stand are appended, 
ut I may mention that the blooms most conspicuous for their 
xcellence were Exposition de Brie, a fine old variety, too often 
helved for his companion Ferdinand de Lesseps ; Lelia, rarely 
een in excellent formnow ; Général Jacqueminot, splendid ; Duke 
f Connaught, Lord Macaulay, Marquise de Castellane, Mons. 
}. Y. Teas, Fisher Holmes, and the Tea Rose Souvenir d’Elise. 
Vith regard to this Rose, which was shown in a great number of 
tands, I can truthfully say that during the eight years I have 
ttended Rose shows I have never seen anything approaching to 
his in beauty of form and in refinement of colour, while as to 
ize I did not think my old favourite was capable of attaining to 
nything like it. Mr. Cant, who was second for seventy-two, had 
splendid stand of Roses remarkable for their freshness, and 
ere he had decidedly as much a pull over the Hereford grower as 
Ir. Cranston distanced him in size. His blooms of Reynolds 
lole, Xavier Olibo, and Horace Vernet among the darks, Marie 
ointet and Marie Finger among the lights,and his Teas La Boule 
Or and Devoniensis, were blooms which will linger in the memory 
f most rosarians for a long time and haunt my dreams. Mr. 
eorge Paul was not up to his old form by any means, but he 
1owed some very fine blooms. Lord Macaulay, Jean Liabaud 
vell shown in several stands), Sultan of Zanzibar, were all good 
spresentatives of the darker shades of colour ; while Rey. J. B. M. 
amm, Marie Finger, Abel Grand, EmilyLaxton, asserted the claims 
: the lighter Roses to our favour. Although not strong in Teas 
> had fine examples of Maréchal Niel, Alba Rosea, and Souvenir 
Elise. Mr. Keynes’, or rather I should say Mr. Wyatt’s stand, 
as conspicuous for its grand Teas. The Salisbury nursery was 
always famous for this lovely class of flower, and Jean Ducher, 
Catherine Mermet, Niphetos, Souvenir d’Elise were certainly the 
cream of his collection. Mr. Mitchell also staged an even seventy- 
two with several grand Teas in it. 
The class for forty-eight trebles was well represented also, and 
the Roses I think showed to much more advantage than in the 
preceding class. Messrs. Cranston were again first with splendia 
trebles of Mdlle. Eugénie Verdier, Marquise de Mortemart, Le 
Havre, Xavier Olibo, Marie Baumann, Louis Van Houtte, Niphetos, 
and Castellane. Mr. Wyatt’s (Messrs. Keynes’) trebles, however, ran 
him very close, and at a cursory glance appeared almost finer. Rey- 
nolds Hole, Marie Baumann, Marie Cointet, Niphetos, Moiré, Duke 
of Wellington, Souvenir d’Elise, Triomphe de Rennes, and Catherine 
Mermet were among his best ; Mr. Cant had also lovely trebles. 
His La France and La Boule d’Or were exceptionally good, and 
Souvenir d’Elise, Niphetos, Maréchal Niel also grand; while 
among the Hybrid Perpetuals he had splendid specimens of 
Horace Vernet, of which Rose he showed a superb box of twelve. 
How any judges could refrain from giving an extra first prize 
to this stand passes my belief, and will ever be a mystery to 
Mr. Cant. Marie Baumann shown by Mr. Curtis of Torquay 
was grand beyond expression, but Horace Vernet was equally so. 
Mr. Paul’s forty-eight trebles contained among others good 
specimens of Comtesse de Serenye, a somewhat difficult Rose to 
show clean and well opened ; Mrs. Baker (who was also present in 
the flesh, greatly rejoicing in her well-won triumph in carrying off 
the challenge cup) ; Horace Vernet, Duchesse de Morny, Catherine 
Mermet, Maréchal Niel, Marie Rady, Madame Lacharme, Mons. 
Noman, Madame Clert, and Sir Garnet Wolseley. 
Such is the résumé of the chief classes in the great Show by the 
earnest and accomplished rosarian “ WyLD SAVAGE.” It leaves 
little to be added beyond detailing the honours won at the long- 
anticipated contest, and enumerating the varieties which brought 
additional fame to their owners. Before, however, doing this, and 
as affording an idea of the magnitude of the Show, it may be 
stated that, despite all the predictions of failure, there were 
457 entries from 132 exhibitors, comprising upwards of 12,000 Roses. 
A large number indeed fell out in the smaller classes, but there 
must have been upwards of 10,000 blooms staged at the Hxhi- 
bition. Worthy of prominent mention, too, is a fact unprecedented 
in Rose shows, and tending to show how much importance was 
attached to the Exhibition—viz., that Mr. Jowitt, of The Old Weir, 
Hereford, and Mr. Cranston of King’s Acre chartered a special 
train in order that they might cut their Roses fresher, leaving 
Hereford at eleven o’clock at night! Now to the classes. 
NURSERYMEN.—In the great class of seventy-two varieties, single 
blooms, Messrs. Cranston & Co., King’s Acre, Hereford, won the 
chief prize—a piece of plate and £5—with a collection of great 
weight, brilliancy, and freshness. The following were the varieties 
and their arrangement in the boxes, each row being read from left 
to right :—Back row: Mdlle. Eugénie Verdier, Marie Baumann, 
Paul Neyron, Madame Lacharme, Duke of Edinburgh, Edouard 
Morren, Maurice Bernardin, Comtesse de Serenye, Frangois Miche- 
lon, Le Havre, Madame Charles Wood, Baronne de Rothschild, 
Comtesse d’Oxford, Madame Nachury, Xavier Olibo, Mdlle. Marie 
Finger, Madame Victor Verdier, Mons. Woolfield, Reynolds Hole, 
Annie Laxton, Etienne Leyet, Madame Willermoz, Mdlle. Marie 
Rady, and Duchesse de Vallombrosa. Middle row : Horace Vernet, 
Princess Beatrice, Général Jacqueminot, Auguste Rigotard, La 
France, Louis Van Houtte, Capitaine Christy, Nardy Fréres, Lord 
Macaulay, Marguerite de St. Amand, Marquise de Castellane, Star 
of Waltham, Madame de Gibot, Belle Lyonnaise, Baron Hausmann, 
Clovis, Alice Dureau, Abel Carriere, Souvenir de Arthur Sansal, 
Duc de Montpensier, Duchess of Edinburgh, Madame Jacqueur, 
Victor Verdier, and Duke of Wellington. Front row : Marquise de 
Mortemart, Exposition de Brie, Laelia, Duke of Connaught, Mons, 
E. Tournier, Mons. Noman, Madame C. Crapelet, Mis. Baker 
Duc de Morny, Maréchal Niel, Mons. HE. Y. Teas, Niphetos 
M. Adéle de Murinais, Devienne Lamy, Souvenir de la Malmaison, 
Antoine Ducher, Sénateur Vaisse, and Madame Vidot. Mr. Cant , 
Colchester, was an excellent second, the blooms being wonder- 
fully fresh, but generally smaller than those from King’s Acre. 
Amongst the high-coloured yarieties Xavier Olibo, Horace Vernet, 
Star of Waltham, Charles Lefebvre, Madame Marie Rady, Duc de 
Wellington, Pitard, and Duchesse de Caylus were remarkably rich 
and fine ; and amongst the lights the following were prominent 
by their form, freshness, and purity: — Souvenir d’Elise, La 
France, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Niphetos, La Boule d’Or, and 
Devoniensis. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, were a rather close 
third with blooms somewhat longer but a trifle dull, and some of 
them injured by either sun or wind. The best were Souvenir 
d’Elise, a Rose that was in splendid condition throughout the 
Show, Marie Baumann, Lord Macaulay, Etienne Leyet, Niphetos, 
Capitaine Christy, Maréchal Niel, and Duchesse de Caylus. Messrs. 
Keynes & Co., Salisbury, won the fourth prize ; the noteworthy 
blooms were Souvenir d’Hlise, Horace Vernet, Etienne Levet, 
Catherine Mermet, Frangois Michelon, Jean Ducher, splendid ; 
and Fisher Holmes. The others were more or less injured by the 
weather. Messrs. Mitchell & Sons, Uckfield, were the remaining 
exhibitors, 
