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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



J ULY 13, 1912, 



NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY'S 



EXHIBITION. 



Continued from page 528.) 



challenge cup, with a beautifully arranged 

 group. The chief varieties were Lady Gay, 

 Lady Hillingdon, Marie Van Houtte, Sim- 

 plicity, A. K. Goodwin, Mrs. Herbert Stevens, 

 Eayon d'Or, Lady Pirrie, and Jessie. Mr. J. 

 Mattock was second, having fine vases of 

 Duchess of Wellington, Mrs. A. Tate, Lady 

 Pirrie, Simplicity, and Irish Glory ; while 

 for eighteen varieties staged in a similar 

 way Mr, Chas. Turner, Slough, secured the 

 first prize, having a well-arranged exhibit. 

 The chief varieties were Lady Godiva, Betty. 

 Madam Eavary, Jesciie, Irish Elegance, and 

 Le Progres. 



For eighteen distinct varieties of sum- 

 mer-flowering roses in vases, Messrs. W. 

 Spooner and Son wrw awarded the first 

 prize for a very fiiif display. The chief 

 varietips wore PliilaiU'lphia, Dorothy Per- 

 kins, AiMcricMii Pillar. Sweetheart, and De- 



light. 



In the class for nine varieties of new 

 decorative roses, Mr. K. J. Ilicks won first 

 prizo. liaving good bunches of Jessie, Mrs. W. 

 ('hristio Miller, Mrs. Waddel], Orleans Rose, 

 Lady Ilillintrdon, and Theresa Ikvan. Mr. 

 G. Prince followed willi fine Rayon d'Or and 

 Mrs. Masscy : Mrs>rs. \V. Spooner and Son 



wn i- t iiii'fl. 



The \Vicliur;if;uia roses in twelve sorts 

 made a grand ilisplay. Messrs. F. Cant and 

 Co., ColclicshT. winning first with a charm- 

 ing exhibit. The best varieties were un- 

 doubtedly Lady Godiva, Minnehaha, Garde- 

 nia, Delir^ht, Lady Gay, and Debutante. Mr. 

 E. J. Hicks was second, and Mr. Chas. 

 Turner^ Slough, third, with a very fine ex- 

 hibit. 



For a reprej-entative group of roses, to 

 occnpy two hundred and fifty square feet, 

 there were two splendid groups staged, the 

 first prize being awarded Messrs. Paul and 

 Son, Cheshunt, who had a lightly arranged 

 group with tail clim]>ers at the back, with 

 tall standards of decorative varieties vary- 

 ing in height in front, while the floor was 

 bedded with fine baskets. In the latter were 

 to be seen fine clusters of Lvon Eose, Hugh 

 Dickson. F. K. Dru.schki, White Killarney, 

 Com. Felix Faure. C. J. Grahame, Firefly, 

 His Majesty, and Joseph Hill. Messrs. 

 Hob])ies. Lini., Dereham, were second with a 

 good exhibit of ramblers growing as tall 

 weepers, while baskets of roses were grouped 

 underneath. Some of the best varieties were 

 Juliet, Rayon d'Or, Lyon Rose, 

 Queen, and Excelsa. 



For a group of cut roses staged on the 

 tabling to occupy a space thirty-three feet 

 long by three wide, the premier award went 

 to Messrs. W. and J. Brown, Stamford, who 

 staged in huge columns, with short ones in 

 front, finishing off with barsboos. Some of 

 the best were Lyon Rose, Liberty, Lady Hil- 

 lingdon, and White Maman Cochet. The 

 second prize was well won by Mr. F. M. 

 Bradley, Peterborough, who had some splen- 

 did flowers, the best being J. B. Cl*irk, Sim- 

 plicity, Edward Mawley, Mrs. A. Tate, and 

 the Countess of Shaftesbury. Messrs. S. Low 

 and Co. were third, with a fine exhibit, their 

 Rayon d'Or, Lyon Rose, White Killarney, 

 Molly Sharman Crawford, Madame Melanie 

 Soupert, Laurent Carle, and Juliet being 

 very bright. 



OPEN CLASSES. 



Tlie first prize for twenty-four varieties 

 was won by Messr.s. Chapman and Col- 

 lins, Thurniaston Road, Leicester, who had 

 fine examples of Mildred Grant, John Cuff, 

 Tom Wood, Countess of Rosebery, Lohen- 

 grin, Horace Vernet, Mrs. T. Roosevelt, and 

 Mrs. David McKee. Mr. John Mattock was 

 second with Bessie Brown, Victor Hugo, 

 Lyon Rose, Avoca, Dean Hole, and Mildred 

 Grant. Messrs. W. Crisp and Sons, Colches- 

 ter, were placed third. Sixteen distinct 

 trebles was the next class, Messrs. G. and 

 W. H. Burch carrying off the first prize with 

 some grand blooms. The most conspicuous 



Lemon 



were Mildred Grant, Horace Vernet, Mrs. T. 

 Roosevelt, White Maman Cochet, 0. Terks, 

 and Wm. Shean. Mr. John Pigg was second, 

 having the following varieties in good form : 

 Mildred Grant, Lyon Rose, Geo. C. Waud, 

 Juliet, and Caroline Testout. Messrs. J. 

 Burrell and Co. were a good third. 



For a group of representative roses in a 

 space twenty feet by three, the first prize 

 was won bv Messrs. R. Harkness and Co., 

 who had a wonderful display of garden roses. 

 A few of the chief features were the columns 

 of Dean Hole, Irish Elegance, Ecarlate, 

 Harry Kirk, Madame Ravary, with a fine col- 

 lection of polyantha varieties in the front. 

 Messrs. G. Jackman and Son, Woking, came 

 second with a well-arranged group ; while 

 Mr. H. Morse, Eaton. Norwich, was third. 

 For twenty-four blooms in two sorts, ar- 

 ranged alternately, there were five entries, 

 but Mr. W, Bentley, Belgrave, Leice^ts'r, 

 proved the victor, using Mrs. Foley Hobbs 

 and J. B. Clark, lx»th being in fine condi- 

 tion. Messrs. D. Prior and Son were placed 

 second with J. B. Clark and Prau Karl 

 Druschki; while Messrs. B. R. Cant and Sons 

 selected Ulrich Brunner and Frau Karl 

 Druschki for third place. The first prize 

 baskets could not be seen at the time of 

 going round. Mr. W, Stevens, Fair Oak, 

 Radlett, came second with fine examples of 

 Frau Karl Drnschki, while Mr. G. Prince 

 was third with the same variety. In a similar 

 class for any other varieties, there were 

 fifteen entries. Messrs. H. Dickson, Lim., 

 were placed first with a fine crimson ; Mr, W^. 

 Bentley was second with l>eautiful flowers 

 of Mrs. T. Roosevelt; and Mr. W. E. Chap- 

 lin third with Lyon Ros-e. For the baskets 

 of any tea or noisette with a similar number 

 of flowers, Messrs. F. Cant and Co. staged 

 White Maman Cocliet in excellent condition, 

 and Messrs. D. Prior and Sons also good 

 blooms of this variety. A special class was 

 provided for Rayon d'Or, and there were eight 

 entries, Messrs. S. Bide and Sons, Lim., 

 Farnham. winning with a splendid basket; 

 the colour was really remarkable. Mr. E. J. 

 Hicks was second, and Mr. G. Prince third. 

 Mrs. A. Bide, Farnham, won first for a bowl 

 of cut roses, using Mrs. A. R. Waddell; Dr. 

 F. H. Cooke, Birch, Colchester, was seeond, 

 using a pink rambler; while Mr. E. J, Hicks, 

 Hurst, was third with a charming arrange- 

 ment of Mrs. W. T. Massey. 



AMATEURS. 



In the champion class for thirty-six blooms, 

 distinct, the competition was a first-rate one. 

 The trophy fell to Mr. E. M. Eversfield, Dene 

 Park, Horsham, who had a splendid collec- 

 tion. His most striking varieties were Mil- 

 dred Grant, Alfred Colomb, Caroline Tes- 

 tout, Juliet, Hugh Dickson, Mrs. Ed. Maw- 

 ley, Her Majesty, Bessie Brown, Ladv Alice 

 Stanley, Lyon Eo&e, J. B. Clark, and*^ Ulrich 

 Brunner, The second prize was awarded to 

 Mr. E. B. Lindsell, Bearton, Hitchin, who 

 had a nice display; especially good were the 

 varieties Duke of Wellington, Dr. O'Donel 



Maman Cochet, William Shean, 

 Duchess of Bedford, and Her 

 while Mr. F. Dennison, Cranford, 

 on, was third with nice fresh 



Brown, 

 Ulster, 

 Majesty ; 

 Leaming 

 bloomts. 



There were seven competitors in the class 

 for twenty-four blooms, distinct, with the Ben 

 Cant Memorial prizes, Mr. E. B. Lindsell won 

 first position, having excellent flowers of Wm, 

 Shean, Ulster, Dr. O'Donel Brown, Alice 

 Lindsell, Madame Jules Gravereaux, and 

 Hugh Dickson. Mr. F. Dennison was second 

 with a capital board that improved as the 

 heat increased; while Dr. T. E. Pallett, 

 Earl's Colne, was fhird. For twelve trebles' 

 Mr. E, B. Lindsell repeated his former suc- 

 cesses, staging some fine varieties, especially 

 Maman Cochet, Mildred Grant, Mrs. T. 

 Roosevelt, and Madame Jules Gravereaux. 

 F. Dennison was in capital form for 



Mr. 



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second place with excellent flowers of J. B. 

 Clark, Frau Karl Druschki, Mildred Grant, 

 and Lady Ashtown; while Mr. Conway Jones 

 had to be content with third place. 



For nine rose«, one variety. Dr. T. E. 

 Pallett scored first with a fine exhibit of 



Avoca. Mr. G. -A. Hammond, Cambria 

 House, Burgess Hill, was second with «i . 

 flower8 of Ethel Malcolm. "^^^^ 



The Hobbies Challenge Cup was aw-ji.^ j 

 Mr. W. Boye., Middleton-on-tL WoldrEa!^ 

 Yorks, who had nice flowers of Mildr^^ 

 Grant, Pharisaer, Marquise de Sinetv 

 David McKee, and Lyon Eose. The Kev R 

 Powley^ W'arminster, followed with Juliet 

 Betty, Lady Ashtown, Caroline Testout ^xxA 

 White Maman Cocliet as his best flow/rs 

 while Mr. H. E. Darlington, Potters Bar wa^ 

 third. ' 



TEAS AND NOISETTES. 



The trophy class in this section was for 

 eighteen blooms, distinct, and contained five 

 exhibitors. Here the veteran amateur Mr 

 Alex. Hill Gray, Newbridge, Bath, ao^ain 

 secured the trophy with an excellent board 

 His most conspicuous varieties were White 

 Maman Cochet, Madame C. Soupert Mrs 

 Miles Kennedy, A. Hill Gray, Dr. F. Guvon" 

 E. W. Smith, Mrs. H. Taylor, Mrs. P. Hobbs' 

 and Maman Cochet. Mr. E. Eversfield 

 was the second-prize winner, having g-ood 

 flowers of Mrs. E. Mawley, Madame'Cusin 

 The Bride, and Madame Hoste. Mrs. Be- 

 viile Fortescue, Maidenhead, was third. 



In the smaller class . for ' twelve distinct 

 varieties Mr. Alex. Hill Gray was again mo^t 

 successful, his best flowers beina White 

 Maman Cochet, Maman Cochet, Souv. de P. 

 Notting, Jeanie Proudfoot, and Mrs. Hubert 

 Taylor. Mr. E. M. Eversfield was a capital 

 second, his flowers of Mrs, E. Mawley, Molly 

 Sharman Crawford, Souv. de Pierra Netting 

 and Maman Cochet being good. Mr. Conway 

 Jones was third. In the eight trebles Mr. 

 E. M. Eversfield proved the victor, and he 

 had evidently placed his strength in this 

 cla«s. He had fine flowers of Souv. de P. 

 Netting, Souv. de S. A. Prince, White Maman 

 Cochet, and Mrs. E. Mawley. Mr. Alex. Hill 

 Gray was second. Mrs. B. Fortescue was 

 third with clean, bright flowers. For six 

 blooms, one variety, the Eev. F. E. Burnside, 

 Great Stambridga Rectory, Essex, won first 

 prize with splendid flowers of White Maman 

 Cochet, Mr. Alex. H. Gray being second with 

 the same variety, while Mr. E. "M. Eversfield 

 was third with Mrs. Ed. Mawley. 



Tliere was a good entry for the Prince 

 Memorinl Piece of Plate, which was offered 

 for twelve teas or noisettes, confined to 

 growers of fewer than five hundred plants. 

 This was secured by Mr. F Slaughter, Steyu- 

 ing, who was in a strong position for first 

 place; he had W%it? Maman Cochet. Mrs. E. 

 Mawley, and Mrs. Foley Hobbs in fine style, 

 followed by Dr. F. H." Cooke and the Rev. 

 J. B. Shackle, Drcpmore Vicarag^e, Maiden- 

 head, in the order nam.ed. 



PEEPETUAL-FLOWEEING DECORATIVE 



EOSES. 



For eighteen distinct varieties of decorative 

 rose-s, the Eev. J. H. Pemlerton, Havering- 

 atte-Bower, was placed first for a fine dis- 

 play. The best sprays were American Pillar, 

 Blush Eambler, Danae, Daphne. Fabvier, and 

 Helene, while Mr, A. Tate, Downside, Lea- 

 therhead, was second v/ith fine examples of 

 Eene Andre, Fellenburg, Maharajah, and 

 Moschata Nivea. 



A glorious display of decorative varieties 

 was made by Mrs. E. Wightman, Bengeo, 

 Hertford, ^^ho won first prize for twelv? dis- 

 tinct varieties. The best were American Pillar, 

 Mrs. Cutbush, Gruss an Teplitz, Legion 

 of Honour, and Gardenia. Mr. C. S. Gordon 

 Clark, Fetcham Lodge, Leatherhead, was 

 second, and Lady Sutton, Benham Valence. 

 ^ " • ^ In the novice class tor 



Newbury, thiid. 



t wel ve 1 ) 1 oom s Mr. 

 House 



F. A. Govatt, Holiday 

 won first prize witJi 

 typical flowers of Lyon Eos-, Mrs. T. Ro^ 

 velt, Florence Pemberton, and Caroline J^^ 



Sunningdale 



n-zitr/ict^ X fill i>f 1 LUii, ttxiTA x) A 



tout. Mr. W. F. Sohafer. Loom Lane Kau- 

 lett, was second with a bright exhibit, aiw 

 Mr. A. Bee, Newark, third. 



LADIES' CLASSES. 

 There were ten baskets in. competition W 

 the lady amateu-s, the first prize being 

 by Mrs. J. Walter Smith, Bushey Heatn, 



