CONCERNING ROSE-SHOWS i8; 



keep on planting them rubbishy brambles instead of 

 standard apples ! ^ I fancy the pleasant smile on 

 Master Tom's handsome face, knowing as he did 

 that instead of the Brier would come up the Rose, 

 that his ugly duckling would grow into a noble swan, 

 and that there were other trees besides Golden 

 Pippins which were productive of golden fruit. Then 

 I wonder what those other heroes of the past, Wood 

 of Maresfield, Paul of Cheshunt, and Lane of Berk- 

 hampstead, would say to their sons and grandsons, 

 could they see the development of the work which 

 they began — the Roses not only grown by the acre 

 instead of by the hundred, but in shape and in size 

 and in colour, beautiful beyond their hope and dream. 

 I picture to myself Adam Paul's delight at the ^72 

 cut Roses, distinct,' which George, his grandson, has 

 just arranged for * the National ' ; and the admiration 

 which would reproduce ^ Brown's Superb Blush ' on 

 his countenance, after whom that Rose was named, 

 could he behold those matchless specimens in pots, 

 with which Charles Turner, his successor, still main- 

 tains against all comers the ancient glories of Slough. 



Of the old Rosarians, Mr. Lee of Hammersmith 

 was the first who obtained the medals of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society for Roses exhibited at Chis- 

 wick, and at the monthly meetings in Regent Street. 

 These Roses were shown singly upon the bright 



