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kaiserin Augusta Victoria, and Catherine Mermet. Mr. Harcourt P. Landon, 

 Brentwood, Essex, secured first prize for. half a dizen blooms, distinct varieties, 

 with fresh examples of Comtesse de Nadaillac, Madame Cusin, Souvenir d'Elise 

 Vardon, Niphetos, Souvenir d'Un Ami, and Catherine Mermet ; Mr. L. Parry, 

 Stinsford House, Dorchester, was second. 



EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS. 



NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY, BATH, June 23. 



. 1 Kihltinn of the N R S was this year held at Bath, in aunsiom rtouse, Dorchester, was second. 

 -*«l=rr l j£a: with fefti W ^ Begonia Show ; * ^^^^S^^t^S^S^, 



Princess of Wales, Souvenir <Pun Ami, Caroline Kuster, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, 



The ^ utl -7~ s_ ns ; n connection witn tne uatn Kose anu u^^ r « ' 

 the Sjdn^^^^ ttst cou , d not have selected a more beautiful town tha* 

 certainly the * N.K& nicer than g d Gardens in ^ hlc h to hold it 



Bl h for the show, o ^ ^ ^ but thls 1S d 



ne 1-Sr&. Considering the lateness of the season and the 

 *P ea !ri S es rose-growers have had to overcome, it was a matter of surprise, 

 W*ji^™"^£ y9 the genial hon. secretary of the N.R.S., to see such a 

 even , !? Some of the roses were really very fine, and whatever can be urged 



d X Llv N R.S. fixture, the Bath Show of 1898 will not help to displace it. 

 jpunst tne \ all but one or two of the twenty-seven classes, and though the 



Th ere were emr fa ^ ft ^ yery . q Qthers> The rQSes f 



wrripccially large and beautiful, and Mr. G. Prince had a good 



inning- 



Nurserymen. 



Tn the nrincipal class for nurserymen, for forty-eight blooms, distinct, the 

 •1 run offered by the Mayor of Bath, was won by Mr. B. R- Cant, Colchester, 

 5 ■lu verv fine set for this season, his blooms being fresh and even. In the 

 S t row were Ulrich Brunner, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Magna Charta, 

 Kins Annie Laxton, Corinna, La Fraicheur, and Souvenir de S. A. Prince ; 



Me row Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi, Souvenir d un 

 A i Tohn' Hopper, Jean Ducher, Jean Soupert, Marchioness of Downshire, 

 oid General Jacqueminot ; front row, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Devoniensis, Marie 

 Houtte, Catherine Mermet, Madame Delville, Baroness Rothschild, Charles 

 Lefebvre and Anna Olivier. In the second box the flowers were : Back row, 

 Madame' Gabriel Luizet, Violet Bowyer, Margaret Baudet, White Lady, Dr. 

 \ndry. Niphetos, Gustave Piganeau, and La France ; middle row, Marie Bau- 

 mann Madame Hoste, Caroline Testout, Marechal Niel, Fisher Holmes, Hon. 

 E. Gifford, Alphonse Soupert, and Cleopatra ; front row, Dapuy Jamain, Souvenir 

 d'Elise Vardon, Prince Arthur, Margaret Dickson, Madame Cusin, The Bride, 

 Viscountess Folkestone, and Comtesse de Nadaillac. There were three compe- 

 titors and second prize was awarded to Messrs. D. Prior and Son, Colchester ; 

 Messrs. F. Cant and Co., Braiswick Nursery, Colchester, third. 



Mr. George Prince, Oxford, took chief honours for twenty-four blooms, dis- 

 tinct, showing a fine set of flowers that were largely tea-scented varieties. The 

 kinds shown were Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Souvenir S. A. Prince, La France, 

 Marechal Niel, Niphetos, Marquis Lita, Medea, and Cleopatra, in the back row ; 

 Cornelia Koch, Marchioness of Dufferin, Princess of Wales, Jeannie Dickson, 

 Comtesse de Nadaillac, Viscountess Folkestone, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, and 

 Bridesmaid, in the middle row ; and Ernest Metz, Mons Furtado, La Fraicheur, 

 The Bride, Rubens, Madame Cusin, Madame Hoste, and Lady Alice in the front 

 row. Messrs. J. Burrell and Co., Cambridge, second. 



There were but two entries in the class for twenty-four trebles, and in a close 

 competition Messrs. D. Prior and Son, Colchester, succeeded in just beating 

 Messrs. F. Cant and Co., of Colchester. The Messrs. Prior showed fairly good 

 flowers, the varieties being Mrs. Sharman Crawford, Prince Arthur, Tom Wood, 

 Madame Gabriel Luizet, Madame Hoste, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, La Fraicheur, 

 A. K. Williams, La France, Grace Darling, Fisher Holmes, Rubens, White Lady, 

 Marie Van Houtte, Hon. Edith Gifford, Mrs. J. Laing, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Mrs. 

 Ilarkness, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Dupuy Jamain, Prince Camille de Rohan, 

 Caroline Testout, Ileinrich Schultheis, and Niphetos. 



There were four competitors in the class for a dozen blooms of any rose except 

 a tea or noisette variety, and here Messrs D. Prior and Son, Colchester, won first 

 lace with a capital lot of the sweetly fragrant Lady Mary Fitzwilliam ; Mr. B. 

 Cant, second, with Madame Gabriel Luizet ; and Messrs. F. Cant and Co., third, 

 with Lady Mary Fitzwilliam. 



Mr. George Prince, of Oxford, was a good first for twenty-four blooms dis- 

 tinct, teas and noisettes ; this was a first-rate stand, and contained good flowers 

 Princess of Wales, extra fine ; Hon. E. Gifford, Souvenir d'un Ami, Alba 

 Rosea, Madame Cusin, Medea, Souvenir de S. A Prince, and a lovely Comtesse 

 fie Nadaillac, in the back row ; middle row— Niphetos, Rubens, Amazone, Cleo- 

 patra, Marechal Niel, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Bridesmaid, and Innocente 

 Pirola; front row— Maman Cochet, Madame Hoste, Catherine Mermet, Jean 

 Ducher, Madame de Watteville, Marie van Houtte, The Bride, and Monsieur 

 Furtado. Messrs. F. Cant and Co., second ; and Messrs. D. 

 third. 



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Prior and Son, 



The best dozen tea-scented roses came from Messrs. J. Burrell and Co., 

 Cambridge, who showed a charming lot, containing Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, 

 Cleopatra, Princess of Wales, Rubens, Bridesmaid, the Bride, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami Golden Gate, Madame Hoste, Sylph, Hon. E. Gifford, and Laciole ; Mr. 

 J- Mattock, New Headington, second; and Messrs. G. Cooling and Sans, Bith, 



Open Classes. 



The best set of twelve treble teas and noisette* came from Mr. G. Prince, who 

 put up pretty flowers of Cleopatra, Innocente Pirola, Souvenir d un Ami, The 

 ™e, Mons. Furtado, Alba Rosea, Madame Cusin, Madame Hoste, Souvenir 

 oj A. Prince, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Hon. E. Gifford, and Princess of Wales ; 

 Mr. B. Cant second, and Messrs. D. Prior and Son third. There were seven 

 boxes of twelve blooms, one variety, and here Mr. G. Prince gained another 

 victory, this time with Marechal Niel ; Mr. B. Cant second, with fine flowers of 

 Cleopatra 5 and Messrs. D. Prior and Son third, with Souvenir de S. A. Prince. 



Amateurs' Classes. 



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A splendid dczen tea and noisette roses won for Mr. Alexander Hill G;ay, 

 eauheu, Bath, the premier award— Cooling's silver cup, in open competition : 



n flowers u7#>rA Q^„tro«;^ a>bu~~ "\r„_ j r» ~f^„~ *t-j_mi__ •« . *•» 



r ff were Souveni r d'Elise Vardon, Comtesse Nadaillac, Hon. Edith 



gnord, Maman Cochet, Anna Olivier, The Bride, Princess of Wales, Marechal 

 th i T ine Mtrmet > Marie van Houtte, Princess Beatrice, and Golden Gate ; 



£r Ji H * Pemb erton, second ; and Dr. S. P. Budd, Bath, third, 

 blorf / }. le ? ander Hffl Gray, Beaulieu, Bath, gained first prize for two dczen 

 Tl ik *' v tinct » his collection containing good flowers of Marie Van Houtte, Jean 

 *nAu Mac |? me H oste, Madame Lambard, Rubens, The Bride, Maman Cochet, 

 ™ Hon. Edith Gifford. Dr. Budd was second, and Mr. T. H. Catky, Claverton 

 fundings Bath, third. Dr. S. P. Budd, Gay Street, Bath, gained a first prize 

 Marl 75 Sj and was tfa e only exhibitor in this class showing Catherine Mermet, 

 Jrtnc^of wi?' Ma " e Van HouttCf Countess of Pem broke, The Bride, and 



ike onl*^ °vl^ S f ° r a dozen blooms, open to growers of less than a thousand plants, 



had ve e f X - 1 v! t0r WaS the Rev ' R ' Powlev > U PP er Scudamore, Warminster, who 



r y lair blooms of Marquise de Castellane, Niphetos, Souvenir de T. Levet, 



and Mr. G, Smith, 



A n ,u° Ce T? te a> Comtesse de Nadaillac, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Cleopatra, 

 Alba Rosea, Medea, Ernest Metz, Marie Van Houtte, The Bride, Souvenir 

 de Therese Levet, Hon E. Gifford, and Marechal Niel. 



In the section for growers of less than five hundred plants, the best twelve 

 blooms were shown by Mr. Conway Jones, who had fair-sized blooms of Golden 

 Gate, Marechal Niel, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Cleopatra, The Bride, Souvenir 



d ^ m1 ' Sou y enir de S - A - Prince, Niphetos, Marie van Houtte, Hon. Edith 

 Gifford, Catherine Mermet, and Madame Hoste. Mr. Conway Jones secured the 

 Prince Memorial Cup with this set, and the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering, 

 Essex, came second. In the class for growers of less than two hundred plants, 

 Mr. Joseph Smith, East End House, Warminster, won a first prize. 



The best six trebles came from Mr. A. Hill Gray, who showed in fine style 

 throughout, and staged elegant blooms of Marechal Niel, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 

 The Bride, Princess Beatrice, Anna Olivier, and Catherine Mermet ; Mr. Conway 

 Jones, Gloucester, second. Mr. Conway Jones came first for six blooms of one 

 variety with Marechal Niel ; Mr. A. Hill Gray, second 

 Warminster, third. 



Garden Roses. 



The chief award in the class for thirty-six distinct varieties of garden or deco- 

 rative roses was won by Messrs. G. Cooling and Sons, Bath, who put up a magnifi- 

 cent display of huge bunches. The varieties were Yellow Austrian Briar, Rosa 

 rugosa delicata, W. A. Richardson, unnamed var., Persian Yellow, Bardou Job, 

 Janet's Pride, Cooling's Yellow Noisette, Lucida plena, Claire Jacquier, Papa 

 Gontier, Rugosa fimbriata, Abbe Thomasson, Madame Eugene Resal, Beranger, 

 Purity (a new bourbon), Marquis of Salisbury, Macrantha, Blanche de Courbet, 

 Gustave Regis, Laurette Messimy, Homere, Tuscany, Papillon, Gloire de Rosa- 

 manes, Etoile de Mai, Blanche Moreau, Madame A. Carriere, Duchess d'Auerstadt, 

 Crested Moss, Ma Capucine, Hebe's Lip, Harrisoni, Red Provence, Morletti, and 

 Domelie Boccard. Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, gained the second prize. 



Mr. Charles Turner, Slough, secured the first prize for eighteen distinct 

 varieties of gardenjoses, showing fine sheaves of Janet's Pride, Fimbriata, W. A. 

 Richardson, 



iage Provence, Anna M. de Montravel, Madame S. Ducher, 

 Mignonette", Blanche Double de Courbet, Blairi No. 2, Bardou Job, Rose Apples, 

 Madame Plantier, De Meaux, Reine Olga de Wurtemburg, Common Moss, Gloire 

 des Polyanihes, Madame G. Bruant, and Pomifera ; Messrs. F. Cant and Co., 

 Colchester, second ; and Mr. J. Mattock, New Headington, third. Messrs. Paul 

 and Son, Cheshunt, won the chief prize for twelve bunches of single-flowered 

 roses, making a charming display with Ormissa, Rugosa, Rose Bradwardine, R. 

 Nutkaensis, Royal Scarlet, Lady Penzance, Paul's Single White, R. Carolina, 

 Paul's Carmine Pillar, R. macrophylla, Rugosa alba, and Pomifera ; Messrs. G. 

 Cooling and Son, Bath, second ; Mr. C. Turner, Slough, third. 



In the amateurs' section a capital set of eighteen bunches of garden or 

 decorative roses was arranged by the Rev. J. Pemberton, in a class for not less 

 than three trusses of each variety ; the group had to be staged on a space six feet 

 by three feet. Mr. Pemberton won first prize, and was the only competitor, but 

 he would have taken a lot of beating. ' His set comprised fine bunches of White 

 Scotch, R. multiflora grandiflora, Reine Olga de Wurtemberg, Madame George 

 Bruant, Claire Jacquier, R. multiflora simplex, Janet's prize, Paul's Carmine 

 Pillar, W. A Richardson, Madame Alfred Carriere, Cecil Brunner, Rosa macro- 

 phylla, R. alba, Gustave Regis, R. pomifera, Marquis of Salisbury, Paul's 

 Single White, and Madame Falcot. 



Mr. E. Mawley, Berkhamstead, won first prize for six bunches of garden 

 roses, distinct varieties, showing pretty bunches of Janet's Prize, Carmine Pillar, 

 Madame G. Bruant, Laurette Messimy, Madame Plantier, and William Allan 



Richardson. 



Medal Roses. 



Messrs. A. Dickson and Son, Newtownards, co. Down, gained a gold medal for 

 their new hybrid tea rose, named Miss Bessie Brown ; this is a large round- 

 petalled, soft, creamy-white variety of beautiful shape and good size ; the firm 

 also showed good examples of Daisy, Countess of Caledon, Tom Wood, in fine 

 condition, Ulster also very good, and Mrs. E. Mawley. 



The silver medals for best blooms in the show were awarded as follows : Nursery- 

 men—Messrs. Burrell and Co , Cambridge, for H.T. Lady Mary Fitzwilliam ; to 

 Mr. G. Piince Oxford, for T. Comtesse de Nadaillac ; to Messrs. Alexander 

 Dickson and Sons, Newtownards, for II. P. Tom Wood. Amateurs— to Mr. A. 

 Hill Gray, for T. Maman Cochet ; to !Dr. Budd, for H.P. Alphonse Soupert ; 

 and to Rev. J. H. Pemberton, for H.T. Caroline Testout. 



Bath Show Classes. 



In the local class for a dozen roses distinct, the first prize-winner was the Rev. 

 Yorke Fauset, who was closely followed by Mr. R. B. Cater, Weslfield House, 

 Bath. Mr. J. Mattock staged the best basket of roses a pretty arr»g^«n ifl 

 pale yellow and cream-coloured rose buds ; Mr. C. A. Smith, Bathhurst H.ll, 



class for a table of roses arranged with a groundwork of ferns and 

 moss there was but one exhibitor, Messrs. Cooling, of Bath, worthily gaining the 

 prize with a charming arrangement of long and elegant growths of the yellow 

 Rob* Harrisoni and various varieties of the Penzance sweetbriai' ; beneath the* 

 licht, but dwarf sprays of popular garden roses, almost all being tea vane- 

 This table was very pretty, and some such class as this should be msti- 



were 

 ties. 



tuted at all rose shows. 4 : ., 



Mr W A Hick, Batheaston, haa the best six bunches of garden roses, while 



Stothert, Audley Park Gardens, was second. Mr. J. Hinton, Batheaston, 



Mrs 



E. Cole 



was also a successful local exhibitor For a do«n rose bouquets, Messrs 

 and Son Bath, gained the place of honour with a tasteful exhibit. Mr. Allan 

 Smith, Bathurst Hill, was first for six rose bouquets. . 



There were no le«s than five groups staged for the substantial prizes offered 

 bv the Bath Committee. Each group was to occupy a space of two hundred and 

 fifty square feet, consequently there was scope for artistic effect Mr. J. Cypher, 

 Cheltenham won first prize with a pretty arrangement of caladiums, orchids in 

 ereat variety, crotons, palms, ferns Rex begonias, &c. The central arch of cork 

 and mo*s laden with drooping Cattleya citnna, Odontoglossum cnspum, O. 

 citrosmum and O. Pescatorei, was much admired, as also were the fine forms of 

 Cattleya Mossfe in the groundwork below. Mr. Tanzer, gardener to R. B. 

 Cater E«q Bath, came second with a group in which the blue agapauthus and 

 white' francoa were tastefully associated ; Messrs. E. S. Cole and Son, Bath, third. 



