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fact, as appears from my correspondence with Eose- 

 growers in all climates, H.P.s will not do satisfactorily 

 in hotter, or Teas out of doors in colder, countries 

 than Great Britain. In mentioning the names of 

 famous British growers, it is interesting to compare 

 the list, given by Dean Hole in his charming book, 

 of winners at the first National Eose show in 1858 

 with those who are well known now in 1910. Of 

 nurserymen, " Messrs. Paul of Cheshunt, Cant of 

 Colchester, and Turner of Slough " are still well- 

 known names ; but in the dozen or so of amateurs 

 mentioned, "Fellowes" is the only name with which 

 I am familiar as still growing and exhibiting well. 

 Norfolk has not wanted a good florist or two of the 

 name of Fellowes for many years. 



In the very first rank at the present day among 

 professional exhibitors are — at Colchester the sepa- 

 rate establishments of Messrs. B. E. Cant and Sons, 

 and FrankCant and Co., who devote themselves solely 

 to Eoses, and Messrs. Prior and Sons ; in Hertford- 

 shire, Messrs. Paul and Son of Cheshunt, and E. 

 Harkness and Co. at Hitchin : and in Ireland Messrs. 

 A. Dickson and Son of Newtownards, who have also 

 a nursery at Ledbury in Herefordshire, and have 

 raised many more fine new Eoses than any other 

 British firm, and Messrs. Hugh Dickson of. Belfast. 

 No other nurserymen have won either of the N.E.S. 

 champion trophies, but mention must be made of 

 Mr. Prince of Oxford, whose Teas on the seedling 

 briar have often won him the premier prize in that 

 section : and also of the late Mr. William Paul of 

 Waltham, who, by his long experience, his author- 

 ship of the largest and most complete book on the 

 subject, the many valuable new varieties he raised. 



