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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



substance of petal quite wonderful ; Duo de Rohan (Leveque 

 et fils), a noble flower of the Senateur Vaisse type, but of 

 a somewhat lighter shade of colour; Francois Lacharme 

 (Verdier et fils), brilliant carmine with a purplish shade, 

 very globular flowers, and altogether a first-rate Rose ; 

 John Hopper (Ward), beautiful lilac rose with a rosy crim- 

 son centre, very fine, and of excellent habit ; Madame 

 Boutin (Jamin), beautiful well-formed Rose, of fine habit ; 

 Madame Caillat (E. Verdier), this Rose does not seem much 

 known — it is not in Margottin's or Rivers's lists, but I have 

 it very fine, and some blooms of it exhibited in the various 

 stands were excellent — it is a bright Rose, well shaped, and 

 very effective ; Madame Charles Wood, a beautiful Rose, of 

 large size, with large petals, and very lasting; Marechal 

 Vaillant (Leconte), rosy crimson, double, and well formed j 

 Maurice Bemardin (Granger), rich crimson, at times very 

 like others of the same style; Monte Christo (Fontaine), 

 brilliant dark crimson, a fine and distinct Rose ; Olivier 

 Delhomme (Verdier et fils), brilliant crimson, good shape 

 and outline — I have not found it a very vigorous grower, 

 but it may be so ; Prince Camille de Rohan (E. Verdier), a 

 very distinct Rose, rich dark maroon crimson — some blooms 

 looked a little too thin ; Souvenir de Comte Cavour (Mar- 

 gottin), a beautifully brilliant dark Rose ; Souvenir de Lady 

 Eardley (Guillot pere), a rich rosy purple Rose ; Vicomte 

 Vigier (Verdier et fils), splendid colour; Beauty of Wal- 

 tham (Wm, Paul), light rosy crimson. There were other 

 Roses of the same year in the various stands, svich as 

 Christian Piittner, Alphonse Damaizin, Emile Dulac, Ma- 

 dame Julie Daran, but I do not think them equal to others 

 of the same style amongst those I have selected. And so 

 with another Rose which it goes to my heart to say a word 

 against for the name it bears — I mean Reynolds Hole ; but 

 although very bright and very pretty in Mr. Wm. Paul's 

 stand, yet I fear it is too small for our present taste. 



Amongst the Roses of 1862, let out here in the spring of 

 1863, the following were very noticeable, although I do not 

 think that any of them were equal to Charles Lefebvre or 

 Francois Lacharme ; still they were very beautiful, and are 

 Roses we must have : — Alfred de Rougemont, rich crimson 

 purple, a very attractive colour ; Baron Adolphe de Roths- 

 child, brilliant red, approaching to Lord Clyde ; Baron de 

 Rothschild, a fine rose; Deuil de Prince Albert, dark crimson, 

 but has the great defect of hanging its head when on the bush ; 

 Jean Goujon, light crimson — broad and flat Rose, one or two 

 blooms of it were very bright ; Le Rhone, rich colour, fine 

 shape, but, I fear, likely to be delicate; Madame Freeman, 

 pale flesh and white ; Mrs. William Paul, red, shaded with 

 dark crimson ; President Lincoln, brilliant cherry rose ; Wil- 

 liam Paul, dark crimson; Andre Leroy, large deep crimson; 

 Laurent Descours, purplish crimson; Vainqueur de Goliath, a 

 fine dark purplish crimson flower : Beaute Francaise, in Mr. 

 Cant's stand, very like Leon des Combats, but brighter, I 

 think; Paul Desgrand, bright red, shaded; M. Alfred de 

 Rougemont, white, shaded with rose. I have not entered 

 into detailed descriptions of these, for I think we hardly 

 yet know which will stand the best ; but I am inclined to 

 think I have selected those which are most likely to be 

 enduring. 



The Roses of 1863, sent out here this spring, were not 

 very numerously exhibited. Amongst them I noticed as 

 good : — Alpaide de Rotalier (Campy), clear satiny Rose, but 

 flat in shape ; Madame Derreulx Douville, a beautiful Rose, 

 to which I alluded last week — the flowers exhibited were 

 small, but it will be a good and useful Rose — Paul Delameil- 

 laray, a very vigorous large-petalled Rose; Lord Herbert, 

 bright crimson, very much like Beauty of Waltham ; Lord 

 Macaulay, a good dark; and Lord Clyde,, a very splendid 

 Bose. 



Of new Bourbons let out during the same period, there 

 were exhibited Louise Margottin (incorrectly placed in some 

 lists amongst the H.P.'s), a very pretty rose-coloured 

 flower, of good shape; Emotion, somewhat similar in shape 

 but paler in colour; Mademoiselle Emain, another light- 

 coloured and pretty flower ; and Reverend H. Dombrain, 

 a beautifully-shaped and high-coloured Rose, as exhibited 

 not quite so full as I have seen it, especially on the old 

 plants at Margottin's, where it was very fine. 



Of new Teas there were shown Rubens,- a fine white, 

 shaded ; Triomphe de Guillot fils, white, shaded with rose 



and salmon, and in one instance exhibited with a great deaJ 

 of coppery bronze shading, which gave it a very striking 

 appearance ; and Alba, or Alba rosea, a magnificent new 

 Rose, somewhat in the style of Madame Bravy, light, almost 

 white, with rosy centre. 



It were an almost endless task to enumerate the various 

 Roses exhibited in the stands of both nurserymen and 

 amateurs. In the former the first prizes were, as it will 

 have been seen, very nmch distributed, having been re- 

 spectively assigned to Messrs. Paul & Son, Mr. Cant, Mr. 

 Turner, and Mr. Keynes (two). The second prizes went t© 

 Mr. Mitchell (Piltdown), Messrs. Paul & Son, and Mr, 

 Turner (two). Not so amongst amateurs. Here all the 

 first prizes were taken by Mr. Hedge, whose Roses equalled, 

 if not surpassed, his former productions, and whose Teas 

 were a marvel of fine growth and care. And here I may 

 be excused for one word touching a personal matter. My 

 name appears as a prizetaker, and also as a judge. Let me 

 say that in the Class of 18's I requested'my able coadjutor- 

 to decide without me, which he did; but, feeling that this 

 might not be generally known, I thought it advisable, on 

 my return home, to write to the Secretary of the flower, 

 show, saying that I was contented with the position assigned 

 me, and declining to receive the amount awarded, desirmg 

 to " avoid even the appearance of evil." 



I shoxild think that amateurs must have hailed with 

 pleasure the rule of the Royal Horticultural Society, which 

 excluded the exhibitor in the larger classes from exhibiting 

 in the smaller ones, as, where Mr. Hedge is, there is but 

 little hope of any other competitor taking a first prize. The 

 rule seems to me a good one, as it enables small growers to 

 have some hope of a prize, which is almost out of the 

 question when one has to enter the lists with those whose 

 collection is as large as that of many nurserymen, and 

 grown with perhaps greater care. — D., Deal. 



THE EOTAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S SHOW. 



July 2nd. 



This was the last Show of a brilliant and successful 

 season ; and it was not only equal, but in many respects 

 superior to its predecessors. Although the dazzling colours 

 of the Azaleas which lighted up the earlier shows were 

 absent, and although the Pelargoniums, as a whole, were 

 not equal in size or beauty to those previously exhibited, 

 yet, as a compensation, the Stove and Greenhouse Plants, 

 were in greater abundance, the Heaths in greater perfection, 

 the cut flowers more numerous and beautiful than ever. 

 Then there was the Fruit — and such fruit ! What Black 

 Prince Grapes have ever been seen to equal those from Mr. 

 Hill ? At other shows he had exhibited three bunches 

 weighing 8| lbs. and 10 lbs. 6 ozs., and these were wonderful; 

 but, more wonderful still, he now came with bunches weighing 

 13 lbs. 10 ozs., and 11 lbs. 10 ozs. for the three, and of whick 

 the largest could not be less than 17 inches long, and the 

 smallest 14 or 15, and these perfectly ripe, and symmetrical. 

 That such a display as that of Saturday last, unlike others 

 which have been recently made, should be conducive to the 

 advancement of horticulture cannot be doubted ; and that 

 such purely horticultural exhibitions can be made to pay 

 their expenses, and leave a wide margin, not of profit, but 

 of funds to carry out other objects connected with gardening 

 science, the large and fashionable attendance of visitors on 

 that occasion, amounting to many thousands, is abundant 

 proof. 



Stove and Greenhouse Plants. — The collections ex- 

 hibited by Messrs. Whitbread, Gilbert, Fraser, and some 

 others were remarkably fine, and, containing several kinds 

 not before exhibited this season, they excited greater interest. 

 That fine Melastomad Pleroma elegans, as shown by Mr. 

 Whitbread, was covered with numbers of its highly orna 

 mental purple flowers, and it was seen in fine condition in 

 other collections. Ixora saiicifolia with magnificent heads 

 of reddish orange bloom came from Mr. May and Mr. Rhodes ; 

 and the old but very pretty white-flowered species alba, from 

 the fc vnier and Mr. Peed, was also very effective. Alia. 

 manda;, consisting of Schotti and cathartica, were very fine, 

 particularly the former ; Draeophyllum gracile was in good 

 condition in several collections, also Rondeletia speciosa 



