TEA-ROSE SHOW, JUNE 23. 



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Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate, was second with smaller, but fresh 

 and well-finished blooms. 



In Class B there were three stands of twelve, not less than 

 six varieties, and here the Rev. A. Foster-Mclliar, Sproughton 

 Rectory, Ipswich, won somewhat easily. The winning twelve 

 were as follows : — Rubens (one a beautiful bloom), Marie Van 

 Houtte, Madame Bravy, Madame Hoste (two charming 

 blooms), Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Anna Ollivier, Hon. Edith 

 GifYord, and Perle des Jardins. The Rev. J. H. Pemberton, 

 Havering, Romford, was second, his best blooms being Souvenir 

 d'un Ami, Belle de Bordeaux, Gloire de Dijon, Madame Welch, 

 Jules Finger, Bouquet d'Or, and Rubens. Mr. R. L. Knight, 

 Bobbing Place, Sittingbourne, was third. 



Mr. T. W. Girdlestone, Sunningdale, Berks, won against four 

 competitors with six blooms in Class C, having a magnificent 

 Comtesse de Nadaillac, which was selected as the best bloom in 

 the show, and well deserved that honour ; Climbing Devoniensis, 

 Marechal Kiel, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Catherine Mermet, 

 and Caroline Kuster. 



The Rev. Alan Cheales, Brockham Vicarage, Surrey, was 

 second in the same class, with Cleopatra and Marie Van Houtte 

 as his best flowers; Mr. E. Mawley, Rosebank, Berkhampstead, 

 was placed third, and Dr. Ashurst, Farningham, fourth. 



In Class D, Mr. Gray had the best six of any one variety, 

 that exhibited being Marechal Niel. Mr. Cheales and Mr. 

 Girdlestone were second and third respectively with the same 

 variety. 



Mr. Gray also won with six trebles in Class E. The varieties 

 were Catherine Mermet, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Comtesse 

 de Nadaillac, Madame Cusin, Marechal Niel, and Souvenir de 

 Therese Levet. 



In the open class (G) for twenty- four flowers there were 

 three very good stands, the well-known seedling-Briar-budded 

 blooms of Mr. G. Prince, of Oxford, securing the first prize 

 with Niphetos, Madame de Watteville, The Bride, Catherine 

 Mermet, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Souvenir d'un Ami, Souvenir 

 d'Elise Vardon, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Amabilis, Anna Ollivier, 

 La Boule d'Or, Hon. Edith Gifford, Marechal Niel, Innocente 

 Pirola, Princess of Wales, C. Koch, Jean Ducher. Ernest Metz, 



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