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Ji: NE 29, 1912 



Brown, Mdme. 

 Mdme. Constant 

 Imldred Grant, 

 Majesty, Dean 



Mdme. Jules 

 Messrs. Alex. 



NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY. 



This being the Jubilee year of the South- 

 ampton Horticultural Society, the National 

 Rose Society decided to hold an early pro- 

 vincial show in the famous Southern seaport. 

 This , exhibition hiled the pavilion and two 

 tents on the Royal Pier on June 26. The 

 weather was gloriously fine, and breezy, and 

 the roses were plentiful, splendid in size and 

 colour, and the competition was very keen 



OPEN CLASSES. 



For four dozen blooms, distinct, the pre- 

 mier award in the open class was secured 

 by Messrs. D. Prior and Son, Colchester, ^xith. 

 a goodly set, in w^hich a few of the best 

 were Victor Hugo, Bessie 

 Jules Gravereaux^ Mamie, 

 Soupert, Horace Vernet, 

 Florence Pemberton, His 

 Hole, White Lady, Caroline Testont, Juliet, 

 Boadicea, Her Majesty, and Lady Helen Vin- 

 cent. There were seven competitors and 

 second award fell to Messrs. B. R. Cant and 

 Sons, for a bright set that included Souv. de 

 Pierre Notting, Victor Hugo, Horace Ver- 

 net, Mabel Drew, W. R. Smith 

 Gravereaux, and Mdme. Hoste; 

 Dickson and. Sons came tliird. 



The class for a dozen trebles brought out 

 six competitors, and here Messrs. D, Prior 

 and Son led with His Majesty Mrs. Myles 

 Kennedy, Rosamane Gravereaux, J. B. Clark, 

 Mdme. Jules Gravereaux, Mildred Grant, 

 etc. - Messrs. B. R. Cant and Sons were placed 

 second, and Messrs. A. Dickson and Sons 

 third, the latter showing a fine set rather 

 over-dressed, as it seemed to us. 



The Southampton Cup for a dozen tea or 

 noisette roses was secured by Messrs. D. 

 Prior and Son, Colchester, with exquisite 

 examples of Molly Sharman Crawford, White 

 Maman ' Cochet, Mdme. Vermorel, W. R. 

 Smith, Soiiv. de Pierre Notting; Mrs. Foley 

 Hobbs, Mdme. Constant SOupert, Mrs. Myles 

 Kennedy, Mdme. Jules Gravereaux, Boadi- 

 cea. Nita Weldon, and Mrs. E. Mawley; 

 eight entries. Messrs. B. R. Cant and Sons 

 second. 



NURSERYMEN. 

 Messrs. J. Burnett and Co., Howe House 

 Nurseries. Cambridge, led for 

 blooms, distinct, with a clean set of fair- 

 sized flowers- Mr. G. Prince, Longworth, came 

 second; and Messrs. Perkins and Son, Coven- 

 try, third. Fifteen entries. The finest set 

 of eighteen tea or noisette roses came from 

 Mr. George Prince, Longrwortli, who dis- 

 played charming flowers of W. R. Smith, Mrs. 

 Foley Hobbs, and Comtesse de Nadaillac ; 

 Mr. Henry Drew, Longworth, second ; 

 Messrs. J. Burrell and Co., third; eight en- 

 tries. 



There were eight competitors in the class 

 for eight roses; distinct, three blooms of 

 each, and first prize was won bv Messrs. J. 

 Burrell and Co., Cambrider-e. with verv clean 

 blooms of Bessie Brown, ■William Shean, G. 

 C. Waud, Dean Hole, Hugh Dickson, Lady 

 Barham, Mildred Grant, and Mdme. Jules 

 Gravereaux; Mr. Georgo Prince seconds and 

 Mr. Henry Drew third. Messrs. D. Prior 

 and Son scored for a dozen new roses with 

 Mrs. Arthur Coxhead, Nita Weldon, Mrs. 

 Foley Hobbs. Margaret, George Arends. Cyn- 

 thia, etc.; Mr. G. Prince second, and Messrs. 

 A. Dickson and Sons third; nine entries. 



Gloire de Chedane Guinoisseau, finelv 

 shown, won first prize for twelve blooms of 

 an H.P., for Messrs. D. Prior and Son, Col- 

 chester; there were eig^ht entries, and Messrs. 

 S. Bide and Sons. Farnham, came second 

 with Fran Karl Di iixliki; a similar variety 

 won third place, but the class card was not 

 in position. There were fifteen entries in the 

 class for a dozen blooms of any H.T. rose, 

 and here Messrs. Alex. Dick^^on and Sons, 

 Newtownard^s, came to the front with a beau- 

 tiful set of Mrs. Cornwallis West; Messrs. 

 Perkins and Sons, Coventry, second with 

 Dean Hole; equal third prizes were given, 

 and Mrs. Stewart- Clark won one of these 

 for an unknown competitor, and Messrs. B. 

 E. Cant and Sons, Colchester, secured the 

 other with Mildred Grant. 



Messrs. Frank Cant and Co.. led for a 

 dozen blooms of any tea or noisette rose with 

 delightful flowers of Mrs, Foley Hobbs; 



twenty-four 



The 

 teurs' 



Messrs. D. Prior and Son, second, with 

 Mdme, Jules Gravereaux, and The King's 

 Acre Nurseries, Lim., Hereford, third with 

 Mrs. Edward Mawley; ten competitors. 



The best representative group of cut roses, 

 filling a space of GO square feet, was a fine 

 one, well staged by Mr. Elish J, Hicks, 

 Hurst, Twyford, w^hose columns of Pharis^.er 

 American Pillar, Mdme. Abel Chatenay, Lady 

 Hilhngdon, Richmond, and BIusli^ Rambler 

 were especially good; Mr. Henry Drew, 

 Longworth, second. Premier award for a 

 collection of two dozen roses, distinct, in 

 bunches of not more than twelve trusses each, 

 was nobly won by Mr. J, Mattock, Heading- 

 ton, Oxford, w^ho had lovely flowers of Rich- 

 mond, Lady Pirrie, Gen. McArthur, Marquise 

 de Sinety, Mrs. Stevens, and Lady Curzon. 

 There were six competitors, and these made 

 a grand show; other prizes fell, in order, 

 to Messrs. Frank Cant and Co., Braiswick, 

 Colchester; Messrs, W. Spooner and Son, 

 Woking; and Messrs. Paul and Son, Ches- 

 hunt. 



In the class for seven baskets of roses, dis- 

 tinct, Mr. E. J. Hicks, Hun^t, Berks, was 

 awarded first prize for a grand set of flowers 

 of Rayon d'Or, Countes.s of Gosford, Gen. 

 McArthur, Duchess of Wellington, Mdme. 

 Jules Grolez, Comtesse du Cayla, and Lady 

 Hillingdon; Mr. John Mattock second, and 

 Messrs. S. Bide and Sons third among four 

 competitors. Messrs. W. Spooner and Son 

 led for three baskets of roses, and made a 

 beautiful show with Marquise de Sinety, Lady 

 Pirrie, and Mdme. Melanie Soupert; Mr. G. 

 Prince second, and Messrs. G. and W. H. 

 Burch, Peterborough, third. 



AMATEURS. 

 Munt Cup and first prize in the ama- 

 section for eighteen blooms distinct 

 v/as won by Dr. C. Lamplough, Kirkstall, 

 Alverstoke, with a choice set of Mdme. Jules 

 Gravereaux, Gloire de Chedane Guinnoisseau, 

 A. K. Williamis, Queen of Spain, Bessie 

 Brown, Florence Pemberton, etc. ; Mr. G. N. 

 Ham mond. Burgess Hill, second ; and Mr. 

 E. M. Eversfield, Denne Park, Horsham, 

 third; twelve entries. 



Mr. H. L. Wettern, Waratah, Sanderstead, 

 Surrey, led for six blooms of any H.P., with 

 the inevitable Frau Karl Druschki; Dr. Lam- 

 plough second with the same variety, and 

 Mr. F. Slaughter, third, also with the Frau. 



Mr. E, F. Brown, Lynton, Slough, scored 

 for six blooms of an H.T. rose with lovely 

 examples of Dean Hole ; Dr. Lamplough 

 second with Mildred Grant, and Mr. Wettern 

 third with Avoca, Dr. Lamplough had also 

 the best half dozen blooms of any tea rose. 



Mr. Alexander Hill Gray, Beaulieu, Bath, 

 was a capital first for a dozen tea or noisette 

 roses with finely-coloured Harry Kirk, Mdme. 

 Constant Soupert, White Maman Cochet, 

 Mrs. E. Mawley, and Dr. F. Guyon; Rev. 

 R. Powley, Upton Scudamore, second, and 

 Mr. Eversfield third; six entries. 



Among the grower.s of fewer than 2,000 

 plants of exhibition roses, Mrs. E. Croft 

 Murray, Perivale, Ryde, led for a dozen 

 blooms distinct, and Mr. F. G. 

 second. Mr. J, Hart, Potters 

 C. C. Williamson, Canterbury, were fir8t and 

 second respectively for six trebles, while Rev. 

 R. Powley, UiDton Scudainore, beat Mr. 

 Slaughter in this section for nine teas and 

 noisettes. 



In the division for growers of fewer than 

 Lim plants. Dr. Lamplough, Mr. R. Escofet, 

 and Mr. H. L. Wettern annexed the chief 



Growers of fewer than 500 plants 

 I fine force, and the principal 

 prize-winners were Mr. Raymond Esoofet, 

 Kingsley Dene, Dulwich; Mr. T. H. Gillett, 

 Elven House, Andover, who had a fine Mr-s. 

 Roosevelt in his set of twelve blooms; Mr. 

 E. W. Morris, Uckfield; and Mr. E. L. 

 Brown. 



Mr. Alan Searle, Bassett, scored m a lower 

 division, and wa^ successful in the local 



classes. ^ . _ 



The Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering, Rom- 

 ford won the first prize for twelve bunches 

 of ^krden roses, and, among others, showed 

 The Garlaud, Seagull, Claire Jacquier; Mrs. 

 A M. Wightman, Bengeo, second; and Mr. 

 Conway Jones, Hucclecote, Gloucester, third. 



Slaughter was 

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LADIES' CLASSES. 



Mrs. Colston Hale, Virginia Lodge, War- 

 minster, led in the class for table decoration 

 with a pretty arrangement of Irish Ele- 

 gance; Mrs. G. A. Hammond, Cambrian 

 Road, Burgess Hill, second; and Miss K 

 Yokes, Birch Lawn, Sholing, third. 



Mrs. Colston Hale led for a bowl of ros*s 

 with Mdme. Abel Chatenay, Mr. Charles Wil- 

 liamson, Canterbury, coming second -with 

 Lady Hillingdon. Mrs. Hammond scored for 

 a vase of roses, and Mrs. Colston Hale came 

 second. First prize for a basket of roses fell 

 to Mrs. E. M. Burnett, Westwood Road, 

 Southampton, who used Irish Elegance* 

 and Gottfried Keller; Me^isrs. C. Hale 

 second. 



SILVER MEDAL ROSES. 

 As usual, silver medals w^ere awarded to 

 the best blooms. In the trade division the 

 best H.P. rose was Victor Hugo, shown by 

 Messrs. D. Prior and Son, Colchester; the 

 best H.T. was St. Helena, shown by Messrs. 

 B. R. Cant and Sons, Colchester; and the 

 best T. rose was Mrs. Foley Hobbs, from 

 Mr. G. Prince. 



In the amateur classes the best H.P. rose 

 was A. K. Williams, exhibited by the Rev. 

 J. H. Pemberton; the best H.T. was Mrs. 

 Theodore Roosevelt, staged by Mr, E. L. 

 Brown, Slough; and the best T. rose was 

 W. R. Smith, shown by Mr. E. AV. Morris, 

 Uckfield. 



GOLD MEDAL ROSES. 

 ■ A number of new roses w^ere staged, and 

 Messrs. Alex. Dickson and Sons, New- 

 townards, were awarded a gold medal for a 

 lovely single rose named Irish Flame, which 

 is a deeper yellow than Irish Elegance, -with 

 a ruddy broiaze flushing on the outside of the 

 petals . A gold medal was aAvarded to 

 Messr.^. B. R. Caut and Sons, Colchester, for 

 St. Helena^ a lovely Lirge, shapely, deep 

 cream-coloured H.T. rose of great substance, 

 and one that should prove fine for exhibi- 

 tion. 



OTHER EXHIBITS. 



Messrs. B. Ladhams, Shirlev. Southamp- 

 ton, displayed hardy flowers finely, and made 

 a splendid "show with gaillardias, pinks, and 

 the new Salvia Ladhamsi, the latter a hybrid 

 between S. turkestanica and S. sclarca. 

 Messrs. W. H. Rogers and Son, Bassett, con- 

 tributed cut roses and roses in pofis; Messrs. 

 Toogood and Sons displayed sweet peas well, 

 and so did Mr. Longster, Southampton, while 

 Mr. AVootten exhibited carnations. 



Tliere were two classes for sweet peas 

 each for six bunches; in one 

 F. G. Bealing was first; Mr. 

 Havant, second; and Mr. A, E. 

 ton Gardens, Blandford, third, 

 class Mr. F. Green. The Beeches, Southanm- 

 ton. was first, Mr. Lees second; and Mr. H- 

 J. Hood, lliornaby Avenue, Southampton, 

 third. 



Alexandra Day. — On Wednesday 



last some ten thousand ladies m white were 

 busily engaged in selling wihi roses 

 don, in honour of Queen Alexandra, and lor 

 the benefit of the hospitals and charitabie 

 institutions in w^hich her Majesty is specially 

 interested. It was an excellent idea to 

 honour Queen Alexandra, who for many j^ars 

 has been the patroness of the National Kose 

 Society, in this manner, and it made so 

 stronor an appeal to the sympathies ot an 

 cla.s.ses of the community that its success 

 was at once assured. From within a very 

 short time of the scheme being made known 

 promises of support were forthcoming, ana 

 the arrangements were so quickly <^<^^V^^]f^ 

 that everything was in readiness for trie 

 great armv of flower-sellers to commence 

 operations on Wednesday morning. Favourea 

 by fine weather, the sale of the roses pro- 

 ceeded so briskly that before the day had tar 

 advanced there were but few members oi 

 the community who were not wearing tne 

 English emblem, and before the day cloe^ 

 the sales must have amounted to 

 millions of blossoms, need it be f^id tne 

 blooms had not been plucked from the i^^n^' 



lish hedgerows, but were the T>^^^'^^^, 



deft fingers of crippled children, who nau 



been taught the art of flower-makmg. 



of these Mr. 

 H. H. Lees, 

 Usher, Eans- 

 In the other 



