EXHIBITION ROSES. 



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' Marquise de Castellane. 1 The newer II.T.'s, ' I Jessie Drown ' and ' Mil 

 dred (Jrant,' s<;ohi intermediate between the two classes. 



With the newer more refined lash; 'Captain Christy' has almost 

 coased to be an exhibition variety. 



The Bourbons have given us little in addition, hut ' Mrs. Paul,' 

 ' Mdme. Isaac Periere,' its seed-parent, and ' Mdme. Pierre Oger' are 

 large back-row imbricated flowers, and the form should for its variety he 

 extended as a foil to the thin-pointed pctalled flower. 



They require, like the beautiful II. P. 'Captain Hayward/ to he nicely 



timed — the N.R.S. should give a brief time-table " for removing ties 

 prior to the judges beginning/' 



In exhibition Teas the taste is changing. One does not see the large 

 round flat flowers of which 4 Souvenir d'un Ami ' and ' Souvenir lse 

 were the types. 



The judges favour the pointful type of flower such as ' Contesse de 

 Nadaillac,' 1 Princess of Wales,' and the * Mermet 1 family. I think they 

 are right. 



Of the cupped form with five petals ' Mdme. Ifosto,' ' Anna Olivier/ and 



1 Rubens' may require perfecting. ' Mrs. Berkeley' moves in this direction. 



1 wonder if Moss Ptoses, BugOSas, and even perpetual Chinas may 

 not take a place in tin; show boxes of the future. I should rather incline 



to a belief in Bugosas. 



Exhibition Ptoses, all must allow, have played and are playing their 

 part in leading on to comparative perfection in Ptoses. Taste changes, 

 and though souk; of us who have borne the heat and burden of the Rose 

 fights may not abruptly adopt new tastes, real improvements soon win 

 over experienced exhibitors. 



I have always fought against spoiling flowers by dressing. I once 

 more protest against it : it spoils the unique character of a flower and leads 

 to the adoption of one type (whereas the* Rose should give us many), and 

 the distinct character of each individual flower is lost. I deprecate tying, 

 as too thin Roses that will not stand for the genera] public to look at, 

 such as 'Captain Hayward,' are not Exhibition Ptoses. They do not last 

 in the garden, and any methods of showing which lead the public to think 

 a flower other than it is, recoil, at least, on the trade exhibitor. A flower- 

 should be double enough to last cut in a room or in a flower-box four or 

 five hours. 



Besides, we all love colour, and for people to throw away one of the, 

 great gifts God has given us in flowers is a b&ti&e. 



A stand of flowers which have been tied up ready for the show two 

 days beforehand is a dull and uninteresting exhibit. 



The President of the Kose Society, the Very Rev. Dean of Rochester, 

 said to me : " Where are the i Charles Lefebvres ' and the 1 Horace Vernets ' 

 we used to see ? " They are not, for they will not bear the artificial 

 treatment to which flowers are now subjected. 



A stand brilliant in its colouring used to be an enjoyable sight at a 

 Rose show, now it is seldom seen. 



Judges are responsible for this — or perhaps rather the attempt to tie 

 down judges to " rules for judging " in which colour has not its proper 

 number of points. 



