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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Harland, and fifth with Alice. Base or Scarlet Heavy-edged. — 

 Mr. Turner was first with Lady Loaisa, seoond with Leonidas, 

 fourth with Venus, and fifth with Gem of Roses ; and Mr. 

 Hooper was fourth with Princess Alice. Bose or Scarlet Light- 

 edged. — Mr. Douglas was first with Mrs. Allcroft, second with 

 Ethel; and Mr. Turner was third, fourth, aud fifth with Miss 

 Wood, Mrs. Allcroft, and Miss Wood respectively. 



Premier Picotee selected from the whole Exhibition. This 

 high prize was won by Mr. Douglas with John Smith. 



Yellow-ground Picotees, twelve blooms in not less than Bis 

 varieties, the prizes went in the following order — first, Mr. T. S. 

 Ware, Tottenham; second, Mr. Catley, Bath; third, Mr. Hooper, 

 Bath. These were generally small and not particularly attractive. 



Miscellaneous, Selfs or Fancies. — In the class for twenty-four 

 blooms in twelve varieties there were six competitors with the 

 following result — First, Mr. C. Turner; second, Mr. Douglas; 

 third, Mr. J. Buxton. Mr. Turner's blooms consisted of The 

 Bride, Dr. Foster, Ambassador, James Merryweather, Flora's 

 Garland, Lady Avenel, Albert, Golden Queen, Seedling, Sultan, 

 Sybil, Elysian Beauty, Ajax, Unexpected, Mars, Cremorne, and 

 Bridegroom. Twelve blooms Selfs or Fancies— First, Mr. 

 Turner; second, Mr. Dodwell; third, Mr. Cooper. Two others 

 competed. 



Plants in Pots. — " Twelve specimens, dissimilar (from any or 

 all of the classes, including Tree CarnationB), in pots not exceed- 

 ing 8 inches in diameter." Mr. Turner and Mr. Douglas were 

 awarded equal first prizes. 



THE ROSE SHOW. 



" A two-day Rose show and you at it ! Fie, Fie, " Wyld 

 Savage." Where are your principles ? Was it not you as much 

 as anyone else — nay, were not you foremost at the National 

 Meeting in repudiating such shows ? And yon to be at the 

 Aquarium judging and showing, and then having the audacity 

 to write about the Show, to publish your Bhame to the whole 

 Rose world ! I am ashamed of you, I blush for you." 



Such I can well imagine may be the comments of some of 

 your readers, particularly of one " Loveb of Consistency," who 

 in Journal and Chronicle has uttered his solemn warning and 

 made us all tremble in our shoes. Well, I own it looks bad upon 

 the faoe of it, but there are redeeming features about even this 

 case. First, my proposal that we should pledge ourselves not 

 to show at two-day exhibitions was opposed by all, and what we 

 did was to resolve to do all in our power to discountenance these 

 shows ; secondly, this is not a regular Rose show, and at the 

 meeting it was particularly objected by the great nurserymen 

 to my proposal, that often Roses were affiliated to several horti- 

 cultural or even agricultural exhibitions, and in my eagerness 

 to pass my resolution I said, Of course excepting " mongrel ex- 

 hibitions." So that even if we had pledged ourselveB not to 

 show we should be free from censure in this case, for it is the 

 Show of the National Carnation and Picotee Society, and Robbs 

 are only added for the sake of variety, and to attract, I suppose, 

 more visitors. 



Then, next, if I am a sinner in this case I am not alone but in 

 good company, for the question is, Who was not at the Aquarium ? 

 not who was. All the great nurserymen were there, and the 

 leading amateurs, so do not be too hard on us dear Consistency, 

 for we have very tender feeliDgs, and it is the laBt show of the 

 year, and our season is such a brief one, and there are (compara- 

 tively) so few showB, and we rosarians really cannot afford to 

 lose an opportunity of meeting together at the court of our 

 queen. What a beautiful place the Aquarium is for a Rose 

 Bhow. Here is space, light, no steps to drag our boxes up, 

 civility, attention, a good place for the refre^ment of the body 

 and mind, -a fine orchestra, and a hearty welcome. What more 

 can we want ? Perhaps the light on a very sunny day is a little 

 too strong for our blooms, but we cannot have everything, and 

 no doubt the authorities will some day put up an awning, when 

 we shall have everything we want. 



And now for the Show. What of it ? I can imagine that in 

 future years anyone who by chance came on my account of this 

 Show might exclaim on seeing the date, " The 18th of July, and 

 a Rose show in London ! Surely it must have been a miserable 

 failure, for what Roses would be worth anything so late as the 

 18fch ?" Well, it was not a failure, but very much the reverse, 

 and the Roses were very fine, and the fixture was a remarkably 

 good one, for a more exceptional season I for one never knew. 

 When I remember that the first show of the year was at the 

 Crystal Palace on Midsummer eve, and that the last waB on the 

 18th of July, and that at each Bhow Mr. George Paul and Mr. 

 Turner Bhowed, and Bhowed finely, I am struck with amazement 

 at the length of time their Roses held out. For nearly a month 

 these great nurserymen have shown Roses, and shown them 

 well too. And this is the more remarkable when we consider 

 what scorching weather we have had in July. Mr. Cant was 

 about a week behind his great rival, but when he was in bloom 

 he was quite up to hiB old form. Mr. Cranston is always the 

 latest of the quintet, but when his time does come how grand 

 are his blooms ! The Aquarium fixture just suited him, and 



glad am I for one that this good fellow and fine roBarian should 

 at last have one London show which was not too early for him. 

 The distance that he lives from town must always handicap 

 him ; and when to this is added the exposed situation of his ex- 

 tensive nurseries, it is a marvel to me how he manages to show 

 as well as he does at the metropolitan exhibitions. Mr. Keynes 

 has also a very late soil and an exposed nursery, added to which 

 his soil is one of the poorest that can be imagined, except where 

 his standards and Dahlias are cultivated. In fact, his soil is as 

 poor, or nearly so, as mine. The prizes at the Aquarium were 

 exceedingly liberal when the number of blooms required for the 

 various classes is taken into account, and I cannot too highly 

 commend the Secretary or Manager who drew out the schedule 

 for his liberality and discretion in making the classes easy for 

 all growers. The leading class for the trade was for forty-eight 

 varieties, and for this ±'5, £3. and .£2 was offered. The head 

 amateur classeB were for twenty-four distinct and twelve trebles, 

 and for these £i, £3, and £2 were given. Then there were 

 classes for twelve Tea and six blooms of one Tea, and other mis- 

 cellaneous classeB. And now for the Roses, or rather for the 

 prizes which were awarded for them, for time does not permit 

 a comment on the several collections. 



In the chief nurserymen's class, forty-eight varieties, single 

 trusses, the prizes went in the following order : — First Messrs. 

 Cranston & Co., Hereford; second Mi'. Cant, Colchester; and 

 third Messrs. G. Paul & Son, Cheshunt. In the next class — 

 twenty-four varieties, trebles — Messrs. Cranston & Co. again 

 had the premier place, followed by Mr. Turner, Slough, and Mr. 

 Corp, Oxford. For twenty-four Bingle trusses Mr. Corp was 

 first, Messrs. CranBton & Co. second, and Mr. Bennett, Staple- 

 ford, third; and for twelve single trusses the prize3 went to 

 Messrs. Corp, Turner, and Bennett in the order named. 



Amateubs. — In the class for twenty-four Roses, distinct, 

 single trusses, Mr. Jowitt, The Old Weir, Hereford, was placed 

 first, Mr. Baker and Rev. E. N. Pochin equal Becond, and Mr. 

 Davis, Wilton, third. For twelve trebles the awards went to 

 Messrs. Baker, Camm, and Davis in the order named. In the 

 claBB for eighteen Bingles Mr. Pochin was first, Mr. Jowitt 

 second, and Mr. Davies, Aynhoe, Banbury, third ; and for twelve 

 blooms Mr. Pochin again had the first place, followed by Mr. 

 Pemberton, Romford ; Mr. Burnaby Atkins, Sevenoaks ; and 

 Mr. Whitwell, Darlington, in the order of their names. 



Open Classes. — In the class for twelve Tea or Noisette Roses 

 Mr. Cant was placed first, Mr. Corp second, and Mr. Davies, 

 Aynhoe, third. For six blooms of any one sort of Tea or Noisette 

 Mr. Tranter was first with Marechal Niel in grand colour ; Mr. 

 Davies was second with almoBt equally good blooms of the 

 same variety ; and Mr. Keynes third with Marie Van Houtte. 

 For six blooms of any one sort of Hybrid Perpetual Mr. Cant 

 was first with splendid examples of Alfred Colomb, Messrs. G. 

 Paul & Son second with Duke of Edinburgh, and Mr. Corp third 

 with Mdlle. Marie Cointet. The last class in the schedule was 

 for six new Roses of 1875 or 1876. Mr. Turner, Slough, won 

 easily with Sir Garnet Wolseley, J. S. Mill, very fine ; Maiechal 

 Robert, Prince Arthur, very fine ; Jean Liabaud, and a splendid 

 bloom of Madame Prosper Langier. Messrs. G. Paul & Son 

 were second with Mrs. Baker, Jean Liabaud, Royal Standard, 

 Avocat Duvivier, and Marguerite Brassac; and Mr. Corp third 

 with fresh examples of DuchesBe de Val-lombrosa, Jean Soupert, 

 Madame F. Janin, Jean Liabaud, Star of Waltham, and Abel 

 Carriere — all in excellent colour. 



Many of the blooms exhibited bore unmistakeable signs of 

 the lateness of the season and of having received rough usage 

 by the late storms, yet many more were of undeniably good 

 quality, and the colour of the darks and yellows was perhaps 

 unusually rich ; but more anon. — Wyld Savage. 



Seventy-two varieties of Verbenas from Mr. Turner, Slough, 

 were highly effective, as were the plants of Lilium auratum 

 from the same cultivator, which were placed down the centre 

 of the tables. Mr. Cannell staged twenty-four varieties of Ver- 

 benas, and it is not too much to say that the collections of these 

 flowers were as much admired as the CarnationB and Rosea. 

 Mr. Turner also exhibited his fine new white Clove Mrs. 

 Matthews, the blooms much resembling perfect Gardenias. Mr. 

 Ware, Tottenham, staged a large collection of Carnations and 

 Panaies ; Mr. Hooper, Bath, also exhibiting Pansies well. Mr. 

 Corp, Oxford, staged a large and charming collection of Tea 

 Roses, and Mr. R. Dean submitted fine examples of Mauve 

 Queen Stocks. The Vines in pots from Messrs. Lane & Son, 

 Great Berkhampstead, attracted considerable attention. 



The Show continues open this day (Thursday), and is highly 

 worthy of a visit by all admirers of Carnations. The Roses on 

 the second day, like many of the trees and plants in the Aquarium , 

 will, of course, be dead or dying. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 

 It is gratifying to observe how much encouragement ia 

 being given to promote domestic flobicultube rs London. 

 City flower shows are of weekly occurrence, and are doing 



