July G, 1876. ] 



JOOSNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



Thomas Mills, Beauty of Waltham, Reynolds Hole, and Expo- 

 sition de Brie. In the Cheshant collection rich colours prepon- 

 derated. Very fine were Exposition de Brie, Marie Baumann, 

 Etienne Levet, Duke of Connanght, Mrs. G. Paul. Madame 

 Nachury, Xavier Olibo, Senateur Vaisse, arid Maurice Bernardiu. 

 Of light colourB Madame Lacharme, Miss N. Grain, Madame 

 Vidot, Duchess of Edinburgh, La France, and Madame la 

 Baronne de Rothschild were very fine ; and of ruse colours the 

 beBt were Madame Alice Dureau, Elie Morel, The Shah, Rev. 

 J. B. M. Camm, Mons. Noman, Edouard Morren, Madame 

 Therese Levet, and Marquise de Castellane. Fine as many of 

 these blooms were, it was plain that they had not opened kindly, 

 and they spoke as clearly as injured RoEes could speak — " bad 

 weather." Messrs. Cranston & Mayos had in superior form 

 Madame Vidot, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Madame Lacharme, 

 CeDtifolia Rosea, and a lovely Homere. The most noticeable 

 in Mr. Prince's collection beiDg the Teas — Madame Opoix, Alba 

 Rosea, Marcellin Rhode, Jean Ducher, Madame Margot'in, and 

 a perfect Madame Lacharme. There were seven entries. 



In the class for forty-eight trebleB Mr. Cant, Messrs. Paul and 

 Son, and Mr. C. Turner, Slough, were placed as named. Mr. 

 Cant's blooms were all-powerful by their Bize, quality, and ex- 

 cellence. Dupuy-Jamain was here in splendid form, and very 

 tine were Madame Lacharme, Thomas Mills, Prince Arthur, 

 Marccbal Niel, Louis Van Houtte, Etienne Levet, and Madame 

 Willennoz. Messrs. Paul & Son had as their best Annie Laxton, 

 Henri Ledechanx, Miss Ingram, Mons. Noman very fine, Louis 

 Van Houtte, and Rev. J. B. M. Camm ; the most noticeable of 

 Mr. Turner's being Lord Napier, Beauty of Waltham, Mons. 

 Bellon, MarquiBe de Mortemart, and J. S. Mill. Five com- 

 peted. 



In the class for twenty-four trebles there were nine com- 

 petitors, Mr. Cant was again first with a formidable collec- 

 tion ; Mr. Turner being second, his stands containing many 

 remarkably fine flowers ; Messrs. Paul & Son having the third 

 place, an extra prize being awarded to Mr. Prinoe. The varie- 

 ties being much the same as those above enumerated. For 

 twenty-four Bingles eight competed, the awards going in the 

 following order to Messrs. Cranston & Mayos, Mr. Turner, and 

 Mr. Cant. 



In Class 5, for twelve Tea-scented and Noisette Roses Messrs. 

 Paul & Son, Cheshunt, were first with splendid examples of 

 Souvenir d'un Ami, Perle des Jardins, Cheshunt Hybrid, Jean 

 Ducher, Marie Van Houtte, Devoniensis, Homere, Perle de 

 Lyon, and Rubens. Mr. R. T. Veitch, Exeter, was second ; and 

 Messrs. Davison & Co., Hereford, third. Mr. Prince and Mr. 

 Cant staged admirable collections. 



We now come to the amateurs' classes. For forty-eight varie- 

 ties, single trusses, nine competed, the premier prize going to 

 Mr. Rushmore, gardener to Sir C. R. Rowley, Bart., Tendring 

 Park, Colchester; Mr. Nicholl, gardener to T. C. Powell, Esq., 

 Drinkstone Park, Bury St. Edmunds, was second ; Mr. R. N. G. 

 Baker, Heavitree ; and Mr. Davis, Salisbury, being placed equal 

 thirds. In the first-prize collection Julie Touvais was never 

 staged in finer condition. Pitard was alBo very fine ; and good 

 were Elie Morel, Emilie Hausburgh, Baronne de Rothschild, 

 and Dr. Andry, the rest being small. Mr. Powell's were of more 

 level excellence, and but for their being a trifle too much ex- 

 panded must have had the first place, which many thought they 

 merited. Souvenir d'Elise was splendid, and almost equally fine 

 were Marquise de Mortemart, Eugune Vavin, Edouard Morren, 

 Princess Mary of Cambridge, Dupuy-Jamain, Exposition de 

 Brie, and Marcchal Niel. 



In the class for thirty-six varieties, single blooms, seventeen 

 competed. Mr. Baker was firBt, Mr. Nicholl second, and Mr. 

 RuBhmore third; an extra prize going to Mr. J. L. Curtis, 

 Chatteris . Mr. Baker's blooms were rather small, but splendidly 

 fresh, bright, and beautiful, and with perfect foliage. Mons. 

 Noman, Madame C. Crapelet, Camille Bernardin, Angnste 

 Rigotard, very fine; Xavier Olibo, Catherine Mermet, Caroline 

 Kuster, Edouard Morren, and Marie Baumann were the most 

 remarkable in this collection. For twenty-four trebles Mr. 

 Baker was again first with a grand collection, the blooms 

 being foil, massive and clear, but not large. Marie Baumann, 

 Baronne de Rothschild, Marquise de Castellane, Camille Ber- 

 nardin, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Louise Van Houtte, Marguerite de 

 St. Amand, extra fine; Ferdinand de Lesseps, and Madame 

 Victor Verdier were jUBt as these fine varieties should be. Mr. 

 Davis, Salisbury, was placed second, and Mr. J. Hollingworth, 

 Maidstone, third. In the class for twelve trebles Mr. Baker was 

 again first ; Mr. Henry Atkinson, Brentwood, second ; Mr. J. 

 Ridout, gardener to S. Brown, Esq., Reigate, third, an extra 

 prize being awarded to Mr. J. E. Cavell, Bard well Villa, Walton 

 Manor, Oxford. The amateurs' Roses, excepting, perhaps, Mr. 

 Baker's, were much below the standard of the nurserymen's 

 collections. 



In the open classes the competitors were not very numerous. 

 For twelve Roses of 1874 and 1875 Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 

 were first, with as the best Mons. E. Y. Teas, a nioBt promising 

 Roae of high quality; Marchioness of Exeter, a light Edouard 



Morren, and very good ; Miss Hassard. somewhat similar to but 

 better than the preceding Rose ; Rev. J. B. M. Camm, Sir Garnet 

 Wolsley, Star of Waltham, and Comte Serenyi. Mr. Turner, 

 Slough, was second, his best being Oxonian, massive and fine; 

 Miss Hassard, very superior; Isaak Wilkinson, a very close dark 

 flower ; Hippolyte Jamain, and Dean of Windsor, a promising 

 variety. Mr. Keynes, Salisbury, was placed third, his best 

 blooms being Miss Hassard, Wilson Sannders, and Mons. B. Y. 

 Teas. For six trusses of any Rose of 1875 or 1876 Messrs. Paul 

 and Son, Cheshunt, were first with Rev. J. B. M. Camm ; Mr. 

 Turner being second with Miss Hassard, and Mr. Cant third with 

 Antoine Mouton, a faded Paul Xt-ron. For twelve blooms of 

 Duke of Edinburgh Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, Mr. Cant 

 and Mr. Cavell were the successful exhibitors. For twelve of 

 Marechal Niel Mr. Davison, Whitecross Nursery, Hereford, was 

 first, Mr. Cant second, and Mr. Webb, Calcot, third. Mr. Davison 

 exhibited a small velvet Rose, La Rosiere, which was greatly 

 admired by the lady visitors. For twelve blooms any variety, 

 Mr. J. L. Curtis, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, was first with Marie 

 Baumann ; Messrs. Paul & Son were second with Etienne Levet, 

 Mr. Turner being third with Miss Hassard, extra prizes being 

 awarded to SirC. B. Rowley for Madame Lacharme, and a prize 

 to Mr. Laxton for Annie Laxton. For a collection of yellow 

 Roses Messrs. Paul & Son, Mr. Prince, and Mr. Webb were 

 awarded the prizes. Mr. Corp, Oxford, had an extra prize for a 

 collection of Tea Roses, and Mr. Laing exhibited the old but 

 charming miniature Rose de Meaux. 



Full Roses, such as Alfred Colomb, Charles Lefebvre, Duchesso 

 de Caylus, &c, were sparsely exhibited ; while flowers of the 

 Dr. Andry, Exposition de Brie, Auguste Rigotard, and Dupuy- 

 Jamain type were staged freely. Mr. Baker's Auguste Rigotard 

 was perhaps the finest Rose in the Exhibition. Mdlle. Marie 

 Cointet, which caused such a Bensation last year, was seen in 

 several stands, but in none really superior. Madame Lacharme 

 has improved in character, and is more than holding her last 

 year's position. Rev. J. B. Camm is more firmly than ever 

 established as a constant, if rather small, and extremely sweet 

 Rose — a Rose to be had and enjoyed by all. Mies Hassard, Ox- 

 onian, Etienne Levet, and Cheshunt Hybrid were in splendid 

 form. Marchioness of Exeter, R. Marnock, and Duke of Con- 

 naught were all well exhibited by Messrs. Paul & Son. Amongst 

 the finest and most promising of the newer Roses were Monsieur 

 E. Y. Teas, and Mr. Turner's new dark Rose Mrs. Baker, which 

 received a first-clasB certificate. Messrs. Paul & Son, The Old 

 Nurseries, Cheshunt, also had cei' ncates for seedling Roses 

 Emily Laxton and Marchioness of Exeter; and Mr. J. Laing, 

 Stanstead Nurseries, Forest Hill, for Fuchsia Laing's Hybrid, 

 a distinct cross between F. fulgens and one of the ordinary 

 greenhouse varieties. 



The Table Decorations, always a great feature at this Show, 

 occupied the centre of the transept; there were eighteen tables 

 in competition for three sets of prizes. The tables were 12 feet 

 by G feet, and were not allowed to be " cut or mutilated. " The 

 great fault with many of the tables waB their being overdone 

 with decorations. One exhibitor made a mistake in placing 

 very large fronds of Lastrea Filix-mas as an edging to the base of 

 his Btands ; they nearly covered the tablecloth. There was also 

 considerable Bameness about the whole of them, the large white 

 Water Lily and Cornflowers being invariably present. In nearly 

 all the classes the competitors who obtained awards stood very 

 near each other ; and the Judges, Misb Hassard (now Mrs. Tyrrel), 

 and Mr. Harrison Weir, spared no painB to arrive at a correct 

 deoision, their office being by no means an enviable one. In 

 the open class the first prize fell to Mrs. W. Seale, London 

 Road, Sevenoaks. If any fault could be found with this table it 

 was that the centre stand had too much colour from some very 

 large flowerB of Dipladenia Brearleyana being placed in it. The 

 other flowers were Water Lilies, small yellow Dendrobium 

 flowers, and Rhodanthe, with Adiantum farleyense. The main 

 flowers in the side stands were Kalosanthes and Water Lilies. 

 Wild Grasses were mixed with them. Nearly all the Btands 

 were of the same pattern, being a slender glass stem rising from 

 the centre of a flat dish, at the top of the stem a smaller dish, 

 and from the centre of this a trumpet-shaped vase. MrB. 

 Seale had twelve small glasses with button-hole bouquets of 

 small Rosebuds and Forget-me-nots, and two small glass baskets 

 with white Roses. Mr. C. Burley, nurseryman, Brentwood, 

 was second. The base of his stands were fringed with hardy 

 Ferns, Lastrea and Athyrium. The centre stand was fiRed with 

 Roses, Rhodanthe, and purple Iris. The small glasses had each 

 double Rosebuds. The Bide pieceB were plants of Cocos Wed- 

 deliana with a base of Roses and purple Iris. Mr. T. Butcher, 

 South Norwood, was third. The vases here were triplets, and 

 the whole was very nicely arranged, but there was too much 

 of it. 



The next class was for amateurs, and Mr. Soder, gardener to 

 Osgood Hanbnry, Esq., Weald Hall, Brentwood, was first, and 

 thiB stand was perhaps as well arranged as any in the Show. 

 The centre piece was a fine Cocos Weddeliana, the base being 

 filled-in with Amaryllis, white Water Lilies, Anthurium, fancy 



