July 5, 1864, ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



J. Hollingworth, Esq., was fourth. For twenty-fours, C. 

 Worthington, Esq., Caversham Park, Reading, was second, 

 Mr. Exell, third, and Mr. Ingle fourth. 



For eighteen kinds, the Rev. V. Knox Child was first with 

 a fine stand, Mr. Plester second, R. B. Postans, Esq., third, 

 Dr. Cooper, Slough, fourth; and the Rev. H. Helyar, Pen- 

 domer Rectory, Yeovil, had an extra prize. All these exhi- 

 bitions consisted of good blooms, and many of the trusses 

 were very fine. 



The Rev. V. Knox Child was again first in twelves ; Mr. 

 Churchfield, gardener to R. L. Charrington, Esq., Carshalton, 

 second, and Dr. Cooper third. 



Class 9 was for eighteen new Roses of 1863 and 1864. Mr. 

 Keynes was first, Mr. Fraser second, Mr. W. Paul third, 

 Messrs. Paul & Son fourth. Prominent among the kinds 

 shown were Princess of Wales, Lord Macaulay, Lord Herbert, 

 John Hopper, a fine violet purple seedling from Mr. Win. 

 Paul, Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, a fine fiery red, shown 

 by all the competitors; Alba Rosa, white, with rose centre, 

 the finest white Tea Rose which has appeared since De- 

 voniensis ; Alfred de Rougemont, a large crimson purple ; 

 Le Baron Rothschild, carmine centre, shaded with violet 

 towards the outside ; and Le Rhone, rich vermilion. Madame 

 Soupert, white, with flesh centre, also seemed a very desir- 

 able white Hybrid Perpetual; Emotion (Bourbon), white, 

 more or less tinged with rosy pink, was very pretty in colour ; 

 and Louise Margottin, rose, was very desirable. Some 

 beautiful blooms of this, from Mr. Fraser, were placed first 

 in Class 10 for the best twelve trusses of any new kind of 

 1863, Mr. W. Paul taking the second prize with Lord 

 Macaulay. 



For twelve trusses of any kind, Mr. Keynes was first with 

 Charles Lefebvre (magnificent), Messrs. Paul & Son second 

 with Mrs. Rivers and Comtesse de Chabrillant, Mr. Hedge 

 fourth with the same kind, and Mr. Ingle third with Prince 

 Leon. The first prize for the best twelve trusses of yellow 

 Roses, not less than six kinds, was adjudged to Mr. Hedge. 

 These consisted of Jaime of Smith, Celine Forestier, Aurora 

 (very beautiful), Narcisse, Solfaterre, Triomphe de Rennes, 

 Cloth of Gold, Louise de Savoie, Vicomtesse de Cazes, Isa- 

 bella Gray (a beautiful deep yellow), and Enfant de Lyon. 

 Messrs. Paul & Son and Mr. Cant took the remaining prizes 

 in the order in which they are named. 



Classes 13 and 14 were for Tea-scented and Noisette Roses, 

 and the trusses exhibited comprised good examples of nearly 

 all the best varieties, while the perfume they exhaled was 

 delightful. Mr. Hedge was first, Mr. Worthington second, 

 and Mr. Ingle third among Amateurs ; Messrs. Paul & Son, 

 Mr. Cant, and Mr. W. Paul holding the same relative posi- 

 tions in the Nurserymen's Class. 



Class 15 was for single blooms of twelve distinct kinds, 

 and here remarkably fine blooms were exhibited by Mr. 

 Keynes and Mr. Turner, also by Mr. Cant and Mr. Hedge. 

 Celine Forestier, Madame Furtado, Charles Lefebvre, Sena- 

 teur Vaisse, Madame C. Crapelet, Laalia, and La Reine may 

 be particularised as a few of the finest, and Gloire de Dijon 

 was magnificent. 



A few competitors came forward for the prizes offered for 

 decorated baskets or vases of Roses. By far the best came 

 from Mr. W. Adcock, gardener to Mrs. Forbes, Petersfield, 

 and from the simplicity of the materials employed it was 

 particularly deserving of credit, as well as for the good taste, 

 which avoided anything like overloading with flowers — a 

 fault which was very apparent in the other designs. It was 

 made something after the form of March's stands, the base 

 being of moss, with a few Ferns and Grasses appearing to 

 grow out of it ; and the stem, which was, in fact, merely 

 a crooked stick, was covered with moss, -and supported a 

 circular stand covered with moss, ,in which Roses were 

 bedded (and not too many of them), 'a cluster of Rose-buds 

 with the stalk and foliage forming the centre. Mr. Turner 

 was second with a simple stand, in which Isolepis gra- 

 cilis was employed with good effect ; and Miss Wint third, 

 with a basket supported by an imitation rough glass rock, 

 with Ivy, Ferns, and Roses at its base, and beneath which 

 was spread an anti-macassar, which would have been far 

 better dispensed with. 



Class 17 was for six bouquets of distinct kinds. Mr. Hedge 

 was first with Comtesse de Chabrillant, Senateur Vaise, 

 Madame Boll, Madame Bravy, Madame Yidot, and L'Enfant 



Trouve; Mr. Turner second; and Mr. W. Paul third. 

 Madame Furtado and Praire de Terre Noire from the latter, 

 were very fine, as indeed were the whole of those exhibited 

 by the prizetakers. 



Moss Roses, as shown, lost much of their principal attrac- 

 tion, the mossy covering being to a great extent hidden by 

 the blooms. It is questionable whether they would not have 

 been seen to greater advantage had they been shown in three 

 trusses of a kind, and with an interval between each kind. 

 Messrs. Paul & Son were first, Mr. W. Paul second. The 

 varieties were the Crested, White Bath, Baronne de Wasse- 

 naer, Gloire des Mosseux, Common, Nuits de Young, a dark 

 purple, Julie de Mersent, and Lanei. 



For the best three trusses of Hybrid Perpetuals Mr. 

 Keynes was first, with immense trusses of Charles Lefebvre, 

 the blooms measuring between 4 and 5 inches across, and 

 the wonder of all who saw them. Mr. Cant was second with 

 the same kind almost as large, and first for the best three 

 trusses of Tea Roses with Souvenir d'Elise, Mr. W. Paul 

 being second with Madame Villermoz. 



In pot Roses Mr. Turner and Messrs. Paul were first and 

 second, Mr. W. Paul third. Among them were Caroline de 

 Sansal, a good summer pot Rose ; President, fine ; Gloire de 

 Santenay, Souvenir de la Reine d'Angleterre, an effective 

 autumn pot Rose ; Laslia, La Reine, La Brillante, Gloire de 

 Dijon, Modele de Perfection, Orderic Vital, pretty in colour; 

 Madame Furtado, &c. 



For new Roses in pots Mr. W. Paul stood first, Messrs. 

 Paul & Son second. Among those of the former, the best 

 were Alphonse Damaizin, scarlet purple ; Alba Rosa, one of 

 the finest Tea Roses; Professor Koch, a very fine shaded 

 crimson ; Madame Caillat, with large smooth petals of great 

 substance ; Beauty of Waltham, Charles Lefebvre, Olivier 

 Delhomme, fine colour, purplish red; Francois Lacharme, 

 exquisite in form ; and Emile Dulac, a fine lilac rose. 



Messrs. Paul & Son, besides several of those already re- 

 ferred to, had La Brillante, very good ; Maurice Bernardin, 

 fine ; Le Baron Rothschild, already noticed as one of the 

 best of the new varieties ; and Madame Wm. Paul. 



Of miscellaneous objects some good wax flowers, of which 

 the Roses were the best, came from Mrs. Mitchell, Wands- 

 worth Road ; Lilium auratum from Messrs. Veitch ; plant 

 cases from Messrs. Barr & Sugden ; and, finally, a Cocoa- 

 nut, ripened in the Duke of Northumberlaud's stove at Syon, 

 for which a first-class certificate was awarded by the Fruit 

 Committee. It will be recollected that this nut was set and 

 began to swell under the management of Mr. John Smith, 

 now Curator at Kew, and its maturation has taken place 

 under the eye of Mr. Fairbairn, who is the present gardener. 



Flobal Committee, June 29th. — The great Rose Show 

 was held on this day at the South Kensington Gardens. A 

 Sub-Committee was summoned to inspect such new plants 

 and florists' flowers as might be sent for examination, the 

 introduction of which added much to the interest of the 

 Exhibition. 



Mr. Hally, Blackheath, sent several scarlet Pelargoniums. 

 Enamel, a pleasing variety, pale rosy salmon trusses, with 

 dark zone on bright green foliage, received a commenda- 

 tion ; Red Riding Hood, distinct white eye, bright scarlet 

 flowers, medium truss, broad zone on dark green foliage, 

 very dwarf habit — second-class certificate ; Queen Mab, too 

 much resembling Adonis ; and Goliath, a coarse-growing 

 plant with variegated foliage. 



Mr. Bull, Chelsea, sent a collection of scarlet Pelar- 

 goniums, impressing the Committee with the idea that they 

 were all seedlings. A selection of the following sorts was 

 made, but the Committee do not recognise them as seed- 

 lings, as the names of some of them appear in the catalogues 

 of 1864 : — Rosamond, pale salmon, new in shade of colour, 

 zonate foliage, fine truss — second-class certificate ; Madame 

 Rendatler, deep rose, compact truss, fine form, slightly 

 zonate — first-class certificate ; Faust, fine truss of intensely 

 deep scarlet flowers, zonate foliage — first-class certificate ; 

 Hector, deep rose, fine form — first-class certificate ; No. 10 

 Psyche, pale salmon, centre shaded to white, small truss 

 but fine petals, zonate foliage — second-class certificate. 

 There were many other beautiful varieties in this mixed 

 collection : Clipper, a fine flower, which received a first-class 



