Jorne 30,1863.] 



JOEBNAL OF HOETICTJLirBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB, 



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tion, Paul Kicaut, Lord Baglan, Mathurin Begnier, Narcisse, 

 La Beine, Senateur Vaisse, Wm. Griffith, Buffon, La Fontaine. 



In Class 3, twenty-four blooms, three trusses of each, Mr. 

 Francis, of Hertford, was first with Colonel da Bougemont, Jules 

 Margottin, Jiugene Appert, Mademoiselle Bonnaire, Louis 

 XIV., Madame Boll, Anna de Diesbaeh, General Jacqueminot, 

 Charles Lawson, Souvenir de la Malmaison, La Reine, Catherine 

 G-uillot, Auna Alexieff, Mrs. Bivers, Senateur Taisse, Victor 

 Verdier, Win. Griffith, Paul Perras, Paul Bieaut, Gloire de Dijon, 

 Lord Raglan, Baronne Prevost, Geant des Batailles. Messrs. 

 Paul & Sou were second with Paul Perras, Senateur Vaisse, Victor 

 Verdier, Parmentier, Mathurin Begnier, Triomphe des Beaux 

 Arts, Madame Caillat, Triomphe de Paris, Anna Alexieff, Lord 

 Clyde, General Jacqueminot, Mdlle. Bonnaire, General Cas- 

 tellane, Transon Goubault, Jules Margottin, Madame Charles 

 Wood, Madame Boll, La Ville de St. Denis, Comtesse de Bar- 

 bantanne. 



In Class 4, twenty-four varieties, one of each, Mr. TV H. 

 Ireen, of Rugby, took first with Baronne Prevost, General Jac- 

 queminot, Louis Buonaparte, Anna Alexieff, Paul Ricaut, Lord 

 iaglan, Brennus, Lanei (Moss), Madame Helye, Mrs. Bivers, 

 Senateur Vaisse, Coupe d'Hebe, Sidonie, Gloire de Dijon, Eugene 

 Appert, Jules Margottin, Charles Lawson, Eeynolds Hole, Empe- 

 reur de Maroc. Mr. C. Turner took first in twelves. 



I must pass on to the Amateurs, who came out nobly, both 

 as to the number and blooms, Mr. Hedge, of Colchester, still 

 beariug all before him, obtaining three first prizes and one third 

 with some excellent flowers, but on the whole not quite up to 

 what he had last year. Of the thirty-six varieties I have no 

 note, but in twenty-fours he had Comtesse de Cbabrillant, 

 Madame Vidot, Bubens, Madame de Cambaeeres, Leo X., 

 Comtesse de Kergorlay, Madame Boll, Triomphe de Lyon (Tea), 

 Madame Masson, Coupe d'He'be, Senateur Vaisse, Mrs. Rivers, 

 John Hopper, Gloire de Dijon, La Reine, L'Eofant Irouve 

 (grand), Paul Ricaut, Letitia, Lord Baglan, Jules Margottin, 

 and Cynthee. 



In Class S, Mr. Hedge was again first with Comtesse de 

 Chabrillant, Madame Vidot, Charles Lawson, Adam (very fine), 

 Madame de Cambaceres, Souvenir d'un Ami, Boula de Nanteuil, 

 L'Enfant Trouve, Jules Margottin, Mrs. Bivers, Madame Mas- 

 son, Bubens, Madame Boll, Gloire de Dijon, Lord Raglan, 

 L» Fontaine, William. Griffiths, and Madame Sertot. Mr. Ingle, 

 gardener to C. G. Bound, Esq., of Colchester, was second, with 

 Pauline Lanzezeur, Devoniensis, Col. de Bougeruont, Jules Mar- 

 gottin, Anna Aiexieff, Elise Sauvage, William Griffiths, Gloire 

 de Dijon, Princs Leon, Imperative Eugenie, Eugene Appert, 

 Madame Furtado (splendid), Baronne Prevost, General Jacque- 

 minot, Souvenir de la Malmaison, and Comtesse de Chabrillant. 



In Class 9, twelve blooms, the first prize was obtained by a 

 new competitor, R\ev. V. Enox Child, of Dunmow, with Madame 

 Enorr, Madame C. Crapelet, Victor Verdier, Napoleon, Comtesse 

 de Chabrillant, Senateur Vaisse, Souvenir de la Malmaison, 

 Jules Margottin, Gloire de Dijon, General Jacqueminot, and 

 Triomphe de Lyon. The second by Mr. Pullinger, gardener 

 to F. G. WEkins, Esq., Leyton, with Louis XIV., Gloire de 

 Dijon, Madame Boll, Madame Guinnoisseau, Madame Bravy, 

 Comtesse de Chabrillant, Madame Bivers, Senateur Vaisse, 

 Victor Verdier, Gen. Jacqueminot, Baronne Prevost, and Turenne. 



There were several objects of interest, but my hand tires and 

 my head wearies, and so, with many a pleasing thought of a 

 hard day's work, I must draw to a close. I cannot do -so 

 without again laying that the comfort of all concerned was 

 amply provided (or by the Company, and that the indefatigable 

 exertions and constant courtesy of Mr. Houghton, were again 

 rewarded by a most briUiant and successful Show. — D., Deal. 



Prizes were offered in Class 11 for thirty trusses arranged 

 for table decoration ; Mr. Turner, Mr. Hedge, and Mr. Cran- 

 well, Penge, were the successful prizetakers. However iioses 

 are employed for decorative purposes, the effect is seldom other- 

 wise than pleasing, and these arrangements certainly were so ; 

 but though the stands varied considerably in character, there 

 seemed to be too much of sameness in the mode in which the 

 flowers themselves were disposed. 



In Class 12, Mr. W. Paul had the first prize for twelve varieties 

 of pot Boses in large pots. Among them were included magni- 

 ficent plants of Lselia, La Beine, Madame de St. Joseph, Gloire 

 de Dijon, Coupe d'Hebe, and other kinds which that distin- 

 guished cultivator has so successfully exhibited this season. 



In the next, Class 13, for twenty-five Boses in eight-inch pots, 



he had also first prize, a similar award being made to Messrs. 

 Paul & Son ; and a second prize to Mr. Turner. 



Some miscellaneous objects were also shown, among which 

 were included a Cucumber, called Paul's Emperor, from Mr. W. 

 Paul ; fruit trees in pots from Messrs. Lane ; Irises from Messrs. 

 Barr &. Sugden and Butler k, McCulloch ; double dwarf Poppies, 

 which might easily be mistaken for Hollyhocks, from Hooper 

 and Co. ; also a fine stand of Pinks from the same. Messrs. 

 F. & A. Smith had in addition Fuchsia Pillar of Gold, with 

 vellow variegated foliage; Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, 

 Antirrhinums, Pansies, seedling Phloxes, &c. ; and a Japanese 

 flax for tying purposes came from Mr. Allison, of Laurence 

 Pountney Lane, City. 



PRUNING AND MANURING ROSE TREES. 



Some time ago Mr. Beaton gave your readers some advice 

 respecting the treatment of Boses raised from cuttings, which 

 he said should be cut down in the June after they were planted 

 out, to encourage the growth of one or more strong shoots from 

 near the ground. I have already tried this advice on half-a- 

 dozen plants, and with complete success so far, for they have 

 thown-out very strong shoots, some from S to 10 inches long, 

 and very robust. 



Xow,"l want to know how I am to treat them when they are 

 full grown. I suppose they are to be headed-down, but at what 

 height, and whether are they to be trained as standards or as 

 bushes ? 



May I also ask what manure is best for Boses where neither 

 stable nor farmyard manure is available ? I am in the habit of 

 collecting all the weeds, leaves, stalks and other vegetable refuse 

 of my garden, and mixing it with lime : would this suit Boses ? 

 Would" it be improved by the addition of a little salt ? My soil 

 is a stiff loam on yellow clay. — S. M. 



[Tou do not say what your Boses are— Perpetuals, Bourbons, 

 Chinas, or Teas. Mr. Beaton intended Rose trees from cuttings 

 to be treated as dwarfs ; for we never knew him recommending 

 anv one to put Sosfs on stilts, as is the fashion now-a-days. 

 He always advocated that there was no stock good enough for 

 the queen of flowers, nor any root so likely to feed it as its own. 



Presuming your Roses are Perpetuals, you must cut a strong 

 shoot down to five eyes, and a weak one to three, always cutting 

 very weak shoots close off. Tou must not allow any shoot to 

 overlap another ; keep the centre of the tree somewhat open, 

 and so arrange the shoots that next year's growth will form a 

 compact bush. In future years the shoots may be cut down to 

 a couple of eyes, or if you want size, to five or six. If you would 

 prefer a pyramid, and they are handsomer than standards, choose 

 a strong shoot in the centre of the tree, and if the tree has three 

 or more shoots over and above the centre shoot cut them to six 

 eyes each, and the centre one to four. All this pruning should be 

 done as soon as the trees are leafless or from that to the middle 

 of March. In July stop the centre shoot and the side shoots 

 from the leader of the previous year to six leaves ; but the lower 

 shoots must not be stopped at all— they cannot be too vigorous, 

 yet as you will have six shoots on each branch, reduce them to 

 three, taking away the two lowest and every other afterwards. 

 Should the leader break strongly after stopping, stop it again at 

 the fourth joint, and so on. In the autumn you will have the 

 basis of a pyramid, and you will then prune the centre shoot or 

 leader to eight eyes, take" three of them away in spring, and stop 

 the leader the same as the year before, so as to encourage the side 

 shoots to make good wood. All the other shoots should be cut to 

 two or three eyes according to their strength, taking care to 

 prevent crowding, and to admit plenty of light and air into the 

 centre of the tree. 



If you are anxious to have a standard, put a stake to one 

 of the strongest shoots, removing all the others, and let it 

 grow to the required height and as much longer as it may 

 the first season. Cut the shoot down to the required height at 

 pruning time, and in spring disbud the stem, taking away all 

 the shoots except three at the top, or five at the most may be 

 left. In summer stop any shoot that is more rampant than its 

 neighbours, and in winter prune to five eyes the first, three the 

 second season, and so on, always pruning so that a compact 

 head will be formed. Standard Roses on their own roots would 

 be quite a novelty, and if they are longer-lived than those on 

 the Dog Bose it will prove a fact in gardening (as yet but 

 asserted) worth knowing. After all your Boses may be Bour- 

 bons, but if they are the treatment recommended for Perpetuals 



