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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAEDENER. 



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tunity of meeting both professional and amateur gardeners, 

 who have always some inquiries to make or who wish to test the 

 merits oi some novelty in garden rectuieites. By the present 

 arrangements that opportunity is not given them. Therefore, 

 let the Council institute a now organisation of the trade-yard, 

 which will give the visitors convenience of access to the manu- 

 facturers of implements and apparatus, concentrate their at- 

 tention on the special purposes for which the Show is held, 

 and add to its completeness. — Geoege Baines, Lightcliff'c. 



BIRMINGHAM KOSE SHOW. 



July 6th and 7th. 



The tenth annual Rose Show was held in the Town Hall, Birmin^ 

 ham, on Thursday and Friday last, and notwithstanding all the draw- 

 hacks of this wet and variable snmmer, there was an excellent exhi- 

 bition. Had all those who gave notice of theh- intention to compete 

 come forward, the Exhibition would have been the largest yet held at 

 Birmingham, but owing to the lateness of the season and the bad 

 weather the withdrawals were extremely numerous, and the competition 

 open to all England, especially m the nurserymen's classes, was chiefly 

 confined to southern growers. 



In the nurseiymen's open classes Mr. Keynes, of Sahsbui7, carried 

 all before him, being first in every case. The varieties which he ex- 

 hibited in the greatest perfection in his stands of seventy-two singles, 

 forty-eight and twenty-i'our triples, were Xavier Olibo, Baroness Koths- 

 chUd, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Duke of Edinburgh, Fram^oisLacharme, 

 Dapuy-Jamin, La Motte Sanguine, Elie Morel, Marie Baumanu, 

 Comtesse d'Oxford, Marquise de Caatellane, La France, Exposition de 

 Brie, Madame Sertot, Abel Grand, Victor Yerdier, Senateur Vaisse, 

 Madame "VVillermoz, Madame Charles Wood, Pitord, Ville de Lyon, 

 Alfred Colomb, Prince Camille de Eohan, John Hopper, Paul Ntron, 

 Antoine Ducher, Madame A^igncron, Clemence Kaoux, blush with 

 coppei-y-rose spots ; Louis Van Houtte, shaded crimson and scarlet ; 

 Emihe Hausburg, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier, Nardy Frures, Abbe 

 Girandier, Fisher Holmes, and Charles Lefebvre. Mr. Cranston, 

 King's Aero, Hereford, was second for seventy-two siuRle trusses ; Mr. 

 Durbin, Englishcombe, Bath, third; and Messrs. Perkins & Son, 

 Coventry, fourth. Mr. Durbin was second for forty-eight, and third 

 for twenty-four triples ; while Mr. Cranston was second for twenty- 

 fonr. Mr. Turner, of Slough, was unfortunately too late for com- 

 petition, hut exhibited splendid trusses of Madame Victor Verdier, 

 Centifolia rosea. General Jacqueminot, Climbincj Bevoniensis, Victor 

 Verdier, Miss Ingram, Princess Mary of Cambridge, Triomphe de 

 Rennes, Monsieur Wo olfield, CaroUne de Sansal, Duke of Edinburgh, 

 Paul Verdier, Abel Grand, Marie Baumann, Horace Veruet, Beauty 

 of Waltham, and Baroness Rothschild. In other stands we noticed 

 good examples of Imperatrice Charlotte, Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 Marguerite de St. Amand, and the varieties already named. 



In the nurserymen's classes, in which competition was restricted to 

 residents in the counties of Warwick, Worcester, and Stafford, Mr. F. 

 Perldns, Kegent Street, Leamington,, was first both for twenty-four 

 singles and twelves triples, while Mr. J. F. Smith was second ; Mr. 

 E. Holmes, Whittington Nursery, Lichfield, third; and Mr. C. Kim- 

 berley, Stoke, Coventry, fourth. 



In the amateurs' classes there was a much better show than we ex- 

 pected, but here, again, many of the snccessFul stands came from the 

 southern counties, but many very excellent trusses were from the out- 

 skirts of Birmingham itself. 



For thirty-six single trusses Mr. R. Draycott, gardener to E. Studd, 

 Esq., Uppingham, was first with Beauty of Waltham, splendid ; Due 

 de Rohan, Maurice Bernardin, Fisher Holmes, Gloire de Dijon, and 

 Exposition de Brie. The second place was taken by Mr. Joseph Davis, 

 gardener to Mrs. King, Wilton, Salisbury ; the third by Mr. C. J. 

 Perry, The Cedars, Castle Bromwich ; and the fourth by Mr. Pamell, 

 Rugby. In the dilierent stands were good examples of Horace Vernet, 

 Marie Baumann, Mdlle. Annie Wood, Alfred Colomb, Senateur Vaisse, 

 and Fisher Holmes. 



For twenty-four Mr. Moore, gardener to Thomas Lloyd, Esq., The 

 Priory, Warwick, was awarded the first prize, the second going to the 

 Rev. P. M. Smythe, SohhuU, for fine trusses of Madame Charles 

 Crapelet, Charles Lefebvre, Leopold I., Exposition de Brie, Elie 

 Morel, and Abel Grand. Mr. Draycott, Hallaton Hall, was thhd ; 

 Mr. S. Evans, Arbury, Nuneaton, fourth ; and equal fifth prizes were 

 given to J. H. Arkwrij^ht, Esq., Hampton Court, Leominster, and Mr. 

 Brown, gardener to Mrs. Alston, Elmdon Hall. Several good stands 

 were shown by unsuccessful competitors. For three trusses of eighteen 

 varieties, the prizetakers were Mr. S. Evans, Mr. C. J. Perry, J. H. 

 Arkwright, Esq., and R. N. G. Baker, Esq., Heavitree, Devon. La 

 France, Charles Lefebvre, Marie Baumann, Paul Verdier, Dr. Andry, 

 Glou-e de Dijon, Charles Lawson, and Mdlle. Marie Rady were well 

 represented in this class. In the next, that for twelve single trusses, 

 Mr. J. E. Cavell, Oxford, was first with splendid trusses of Duke of 

 Edinburgh, La France, Madame Clemence Joigneanx, and Lord 

 Suffield. Mr. Whittle, Leicester, was second ; Mr. Moore, gardener 

 to T. Lloyd, Esq., third ; Mr. C. J. Perry, fourth ; and Mr. Choyce, 

 Penwall Grange, Atlierstone, fifth. 



The next four classes were confined to amateurs residing in the 

 counties of Warwick, Worcester, or Stafford. The best stands of 



twenty-four came from Captain Webb, Ehord House, Tamworth; 

 Mr. C. J. Perry; the Rev. P. M- Smythe, Solihull; and Mr. Brown, 

 Elmdon HoU. Among these were excellent blooms of Ccenr de Lion, 

 Centifoha rosea, Beauty of Waltham, Marquise de Mortemart, Le 

 Rhone, Charles Lefebvre, Felix Genero, &c. For twelve, Capt. Webb 

 was again first, Mr. Smallmau being second, and Mr. S. Smith. 

 Broom House, Stourbridge, third. An extra jji^i^e was awarded 

 to IVIr. C. Cooper, Moseley. There were excellent trusses in all these 

 stands, as well as in some others which did not find a place in tho 

 Xnize list. For eighteen and twelve, single trusses, open only to ex- 

 hibitors from the counties named not showing in any other class, both 

 first prizes went to Mr. C. Butler, Castle Bromwich. 



There were also, as usual, classes confined to exhibitors resident 

 within four miles of Stejihenson Place, Birmingham, and in these were 

 very creditable stands from Mr. Cooper, gardener to Misses Ander- 

 ton, Moseley; Mr. T. Hopkins, Usaley Brook, Acock's Green; and 

 J. E. Mapplebeck, Esq., Moseley. Mr. Smallman was first in the 

 maiden class. 



Of new Roses sent out in 1S69-70-71, Mr. Keynes and Mr. Durbin 

 were the only two exhibitors, and they took positions in the prize list 

 in the order in which they are named. The best were Louis Van 

 Houtte, Comtesse d'Oxford, Clemence Raoux, large but somewhat 

 variable ; Emilie Hausburg, Marquise de Castellane, Marquise de 

 Mortemart, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Paul 

 Ncron, La Motte Sanguine, Nardy Frcres, and Dupny-Jamin. 



The best twelve trusses of a yellow Rose were Triomphe de Rennes, 

 from Mr. Keynes ; Mr. C. J. Perry was second with Gloho de Dijon, 

 as good as we have seen it this year; and Mr. Durbin third with 

 Triomphe de Rennes. For the best twelve trusses of any dark crimson 

 or rose-coloured variety, Mr. Keynes was again first, showing splendid 

 trusses of Marquise de Castellane, also Madame Charles Wood. In 

 the corresponding class for blush Roses, Baroness Rothschild from Mr. 

 Cranston and Mr. Keynes was first and second. 



There was a good show of bouquets. Miss Pope, King's Norton, 

 sent two which were vei^ prettily arranged ; one was formed of Lihum 

 lancifoUum in the centre, surrounded by successive rings of Forget- 

 me-not, double rose Pelargoniums, Stephauotis, double scarlet Pelar- 

 goniums, witR a bordering of Maiden-hair Fern. The other bouquet, 

 less formally arranged, was even more beautiful. Mr. Perkins, Mr. 

 H. Pope, Miss Cole, Birchfields ; Mr. R. Vertegans, of the Chad 

 Valley Nurseries, Edgbaston ; and Mr. C. H. Harrison contributed 

 tastefully arranged bouquets ; and in dinner-table decorations Mr. 

 Perkins, Miss Cole, Mr. Vei-tepaus, and others furnished well-filled 

 stands. One from Miss Mort, chiefiy of Lycopods and Ferns, if con- 

 trasted with gay-coloured flowers placed elsewhere in the room, would 

 be an aftreeable relief. It was jiretty and quiet. 



Mr. Vertegans sent several stands of cut Roses, but could not com- 

 pete as his collection is only now coming into good bloom. Mr. Keynes 

 sent vases. Messrs. F. &; A. Dickson, of Chester, also sent stands. 

 Mr. Perry contributed stands of fine cut Verbenas, of which Minnie, 

 with a lilac eye ; and the Rev. R. C. Carter, pale blush with a crimson 

 eye, received first-class certificates. Messrs. Mapplebeck & Lowe ex- 

 hibited a large assortment of garden chairs, garden engines, syringes, 

 swing wafcer-barrows, tools, &c. ; Mr. Harris, seats with awning to 

 wind up, lawn-mowers, rollers, Szc. ; and Mr. Eaye, Didsbury, cases 

 of beautifully skeletonised leaves, &c.] 



CHILDKEN'S FLOWER SHOW AT VICTORIA 

 DOCKS. 



The first annual show in connection with the children of St. Mark's 

 church and schools, Victoria Docks, was held in the infant school- 

 room, Nelson Street, on Friday, the 23rd ult. The idea was orifjinated 

 at the commencement of the present year of organising a children's 

 window plant show, under a parochial committee, and rapidly the 

 matter has been brought to a practical and successful issue. 



There is something worthy of especial commendation in the idea of 

 training the little ones to acquire a love for the beautiful in nature. 

 Residing in a region where little else is heard by day but the din of 

 hammers, the shrieking of engines, and the whirling of machinery, 

 and little else at night but the shouts of noisy, drunken revellers — as 

 the records of the local police courts can too often testify — there is 

 nothing in the surroundings of the district, nor the moral atmosphere 

 which pervades it, calculated to elevate the children above a very low 

 standard of mental culture. True, at the present day, the arduous 

 labours of the ministers of the district are producing a beneficial effec' 

 on the masses who reside in the Dock districts ; and the newly-elected 

 School Board gives great promise of effecting real good among the 

 juveniles ; but in the absence of the latter valuable adjunct, all 

 honour is due to those gentlemen who, by dint of assiduity and patience, 

 have successfully inaugurated" what will doubtless prove a great aid 

 towards the amelioration of the lower and humbler classes. 



The system pursued by the committee is a capital one, although 

 from the large number of plants, a large amount of trouble is neces- 

 sarily entailed. In March or April, the whole of the plants which are 

 to compete for the prizes are registered with a seal and ticket, and 

 some idea may be gained of the extent of the show when we mention 

 that there were no less than three hundred plants thus registered for 

 the present exhibition. The infant school-room had been tastefully 



