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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



Dnchesse de Caylus, Clotilde Rolland, Xavier Olibo, Centifolia 

 rosea, Alfred Colomb, Duchess of Edinburgh, Exposition de Brie, 

 Princess Beatrice, Marie Banmann, La Ville de St. Denis, Jean 

 Liabaud, Niphetos, Miss Ingram, Lord Macanlay, Olivier Del- 

 homme, Marchioness of Exeter, Antoine Ducher, Marquise de 

 Castellane, C. Lefebvre, Abel Grand, Annie Wood, Star of 

 Waltham, Madame H. Jamain, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Dr. Andry, 

 and Francois Michelon. Messrs. Cranston & Co. were placed 

 third with a good and level collection, and Mr. Keynes fourth 

 with large blooms. 



Class 2, forty-eight Roses distinct, three trusses of each. The 

 prizes were £10, £7, £4, and M, and they were awarded in the 

 following order :— First to Messrs. Cranston & Co., second to 

 Mr. Cant, third to Mr. Turner, Slough, and fourth to Mr. Keynes. 

 The winning stands undoubtedly contained the largest blooms, 

 and many of them were very perfect, but the Colchester and 

 Slough Roses were the freshest. A few grand trebles in the 

 first-prize stand were Fran<;ois Michelon, Madame Laeharme, 

 Antoine Ducher, E'ienne Levet, Le Rhone, Dnchesse de Val- 

 lombrosa, Madame Vidot, Beauty of Waltham, Mdlle. Jacqnier, 

 Princess Beatrice, La France, Baron de Bonstetten, Mdlle. Marie 

 Cointet, and Dupuy-Jamain. 



Class 3, forty-eight Roses, distinct, single trusses. The 

 following were the exhibitors :— Mr. Turner ; Mr. J. Banyard, 

 ABhford, Kent ; Messrs. CranBton & Co. ; Mr. J. Keynes ; Messrs. 

 J. Mitchell & Sons, Uckfield ; Mr. Cant, and Mr. Prince ; and 

 the prizes went— first to Messrs. G. Paul & Son, seoond to Mr. 

 Turner, third to Mr. Keynes, and fourth to Messrs. Cranston 

 and Co. The winning stands contained massive and highly 

 coloured blooms. Especially striking were Francois Miohelon, 

 Henri Ledechaux, Xavier Olibo, Madame Charles Wood, Ex- 

 position de Brie, Louis Van Houtte, Comtesse d'Oxford, Mons. 

 E. T. Teas, Abel Grand, Dnchesse de Vallombrosa, Victor 

 Verdier, Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier, Marchioness of Exeter, and 

 Madame Laoharme. Mr. Turner had Annie Laxton, MiBB 

 Hassard, Francis Miohelon, and Har6chal Niel, grand; Mrs. 

 Baker, Victor Verdier, Royal Standard, Devonieusis, Belle 

 Lyonnaise, Francois Louvat, Madame Laoharme were in charm- 

 ing condition, and the rest good. The other collections while 

 containing many splendid blooms were yet somewhat irregular. 



In the olass for twenty-four trebles Mr. CranBton was first 

 with very good trebles of even size and fresh bright colour. 

 Mr. Paul was seoond, Mr. Cant third, and Mr. Turner fourth. 



In Class 5, for twenty-four Hybrid Perpetuals, Mr. Curtis came 

 to the front with a lovely Btand, as fresh as if the blooms had 

 not travelled a mile— as fine as if they had been cut from a 

 quarter of a million of maidens. The most noted blooms were 

 Prince Camille de Rohan, Duke of Edinburgh, Marguerite de 

 St. Amand, Victor Verdier, La France, Marie Banmann, Mons. 

 E. T. Teas, and Black Prince, the last-named being equal to any 

 Rose in the stand. 



And now let a "Wtld Savage" speak of his own particular 

 pets — the cream of the Roses, the choicest of flowers, the love- 

 liest of Nature's gifts. No less than eight nurserymen staged 

 twelve Teas and Noisettes, and most charming work it was to 

 judge them and discuss their beauties with two other enthu- 

 siastic rosarians. Mr. Cant was pre-eminent here on his own 

 ground, tilting with his own particular lance, doing honour to 

 his queen with the weapons of which he best of all others knows 

 how to employ. What a stand it was ! Here was La Bonle 

 d'Or again, which no other man in England can show bo well, 

 Souvenir dElise, Devoniensis, Marie Van Houtte, and all the 

 other leading sorts. This class was fortunate enough to have 

 one of the best places in the Hall assigned to it, and so the visitors 

 could see these jewels under every favourable condition. 



Mr. Mitchell of Piltdown came second with varieties some of 

 which were quite equal to Mr. Cant's ; but he did not show I 

 here nearly so fine as he did at the Crystal Palace. He showed • 

 a Rose, however, which is rarely seen— Due de Magenta, and 

 if the illustrious namesake only pleases the general public in 

 France half as much as his Rose will please the publio here, he 

 need be in no doubt as to the result of the general election. 

 The third prize was won by Mr. Davison of Hereford with a 

 most uneven lot. He had a magnificent bloom of that coy pet 

 ComteBBe de Nadaillac, and one or two other blooms were good, 

 but the rest were poor. Mr. Keynes just secured fourth honours 

 by the beauty of one bloom. This was Niphetos before alluded 

 to. The other exhibitors had many fine blooms in their stands, 

 but there was nothing striking or worthy of notice. 



Amateurs.— A vast number of blooms— the cream of the 

 amateur growers — were exhibited. Hercules came from fair 

 Devon with his marvellous blooms, so bright in colour, so lovely 

 in form, and bo fresh ; Mr. Jowitt came from Hereford with 

 blooms which can only be called magnificent; that great rosa- 

 rian, the father of Rose shows, the President of this Society and 

 the originator of the one of which this is no mean descendant, 

 came from Caunton with blooms of splendid Bize, freshness, and 

 colour; and Mr. Arkwright, Hampton Court, Herefordshire, Mr. 

 Poehin, Mr. Hollingworth of Maidstone, and a host of others 

 came to swell the number. 



In the class for forty-eight distinct, single trusses, there were 

 fourteen entries. In this class Messrs. Cranston & Co. offered a 

 fifty-guinea challenge cup for the first prize. This cup must be 

 won in three years, and the winners in 1877 and 187S can be the 

 only competitors for it in 1879. First Mr. J. Jowitt, The Old 

 Weir, near Hereford, who thus wins the first chance for this great 

 trophy with Alfred Colomb, Francois Michelon, Madame C. 

 Crapelet, Madame Baronne de Rothschild, Duke of Edinburgh, 

 Lord Herbert, General Jacqueminot, Dupuy-Jamain, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, Louis Van Hontte, Dr. Andry, Xavier Olibo, 

 Mrille. Marie Rady, Exposition de Brie, Madame Marie Finger, 

 Alfred Colomb, I. Eelia, Madame'Boutin, Madame Hippoljte Ja- 

 main, Marshal Niel, Louisa Wood, Monsieur Noman. Cheshunt 

 Hybrid, Edouard Morren, Annie Laxton, Duchess of Edinburgh, 

 Sir Garnet Wolseley, Madame Bellon, Capitaine Christy, a seed- 

 ling, Monsieur Boncenne, Camille Bernardin, Madame Nachury, 

 Marie Banmann, Clemence Joigneaux, Marguerite de St. Amand, 

 Prince Arthur, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Souvenir d'un Ami, 

 Marie Van Houtte, L'Esmeralda, Jules Margottin, Princess 

 Mary of Cambridge, Devoniensis, La France, Ferdinand de 

 Lesseps, and Annie Wood. Too much praise cannot be awarded 

 to Mr. Jowitt, who won the cup. His blooms were really mar- 

 vellous considering the distance he had come, and the fact, that 

 a thunderstorm raged at Hereford on Tuesday. Mr. R. N. G. 

 Baker, Heavitree, Exeter, was second with a charming and very 

 fresh collection. He had grand blooms of Alfred Colomb, Fran- 

 cois Michelon, Marie Baumann, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of 

 Wellington, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Maurice Bernardin, and 

 others, runniDg Mr. Jowitt very close. The Rev. Canon Hole, 

 Caunton Manor, Newark, was placed third ; and the Rev. J. B. M. 

 Camm, Monckton Wyld, Charmouth, fourth. 



For thirty-six distinct, single trusses, there were seventeen 

 entries. Mr. R. N. G. Baker was awarded the first prize ; Mr. 

 J. Brown, Reigate, second; the Rev. E. N. Poehin, Barkby 

 Vicarage, Leicester, third ; and the Rev. J. B. M. Camm fourth. 

 Mr. Baker's collection was composed of Victor Verdier, Maurice 

 Bernardin, Mdlle. Marie Rady, CharlesLefebvre, Mdlle. Eugenie 

 Verdier, Fisher Holmes, Royal Standard, Marie Baumann, Ba- 

 ronne de Rothschild, Exposition de Brie, Marquise de Castel- 

 lane, Duke of Wellington, Baron de Bonstetten, Augnste Rigo- 

 tard, Comtesse d'Oxford, Xavier Olibo, Marquise de Mortemart, 

 Alfred Colomb, Souvenir d'un Ami, Lord Macaulay, Marguerite 

 de St. Amand, Camille Bernardin, Prince Camille de Rohan, 

 Miss HaBsard, Etienne Levet, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Madame 

 Charles Wood, Pierre Notting, Madame Victor Verdier, La 

 France, Louis Van Houtte, Marquise de Gibot, Sir Garnet 

 Wolseley, Monsieur Noman, and Dr. Andry. 



In the class for twenty-four, distinct, Hybrid Perpetuals, there 

 were eighteen competitors. Mr. Atkinson, Brentwood, Essex, 

 was placed first with a very fresh, good, and even collection, 

 consisting of Madame Clemence Joigneaux, Marquise de Castel- 

 lane, Duke of Edinburgh, Baronne de Rothschild, Louis Van 

 Houtte, Edouard Morren, Charles Lefebvre, Marguerite de St. 

 Amand, Dr. Andry, Anna de Diesbach, Dupuy-Jamain, Duchess 

 d'Aoste, Camille Bernardin, Monsieur Noman, Marie Baumann, 

 Madame Barriot, John Hopper, La Franoe, Fisher Holmes, 

 Henri Leieehaux, Duke of Wellington, Comtesse d'Oxford, 

 Francois Michelon, and Jules Margottin. Mr. R. N. G. Baker 

 was second, Mr. Jowitt third, and the Rev. E. N. Poehin fourth. 

 Twenty-eight competitors entered the class for twelve 

 single trusses, distinct, the first prize being a silver cup value 

 five guineas, presented by the proprietors of the Journal of 

 Horticulture. In this class were to be found some of the finest 

 blooms in the amateurs' section of the Show. Mr. J. Smallbones, 

 Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, won the cup with very fine blooms of 

 Dapuy-Jamain, La France, Etienne Levet, Mdlle. Marie Rady, 

 Camille Bernardin, Baronne de Rothschild, Monsieur Noman, 

 Prince Camille de Rohan, Abel Grand, Dake of Edinburgh, 

 Mirquise de Castellane, and Louis Van Houtte. Mr. Pember- 

 ton, Havering, was placed second; Mr. D. Sewell third; and 

 Mr. H. Bensted, Rockston, Maidstone, and the Rev. W. H. 

 Benn, Churchover Rectory, were equal fourth. In the clasB for 

 six single trusses there were twenty-two entries. The first prize 

 was awarded to Mr. J. Lakin, Chipping Norton, Oxon, for La 

 France, Madame Victor Verdier, Jules Margottin, Marechal Niel. 

 Marquise de Castellane, and Souvenir d'un Ami; the second 

 prize to Mr. A. Evans, Marston, near Oxford; third to Mr. J. 

 Smallbones; and fourth to Mr. E. L. Fellows, Wimple Rectory, 

 Royston. 



In the amateurs' class for twelve Tea or Noisette Roses there 

 were about twenty competitors, Mr. J. Brown, Reigate, being 

 the fortunate winner of the first prize — a silver cup, value five 

 guineas, presented by E. Mawley, Esq. — with Belle Lyonnaise, 

 Souvenir d'Elise, Devoniensis, Niphetos, Alba Rosea, Souvenir 

 d'un Ami, Cheshunt Hybrid, Rubens, Marie Van Houtte, Anna 

 Ollivier, Madame Willermoz, and Marfichal Niel. Mr. J. Chard, 

 Clarendon Park, Salisbury, was second; Professor Adams, The 

 Observatory, Cambridge, third ; and Mr. W. Smith, Birch Hall, 

 Colchester, fourth. The whole of the collections were very 

 beautiful. 



