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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY, July 2. 



Wf at the Crystal ' f ' the season wer e noticeable, not so much in the lack 



• in the larger classes, where one could observe here and there a 

 frtunoerjtors as in 1 & , , f fl__ M _ c nrnvin*T that it was bv 



fete 



^ competitors ^ 



bloom ^petitoi To bring together the necessary specimens. 



1UI , .-i fK a mmnpHtinn wac vprv keen in the principal 



Palace, and 



-riher 



e iaiHci ^w-"^> 7 - l1 i 



otherwise grand lot of flowers, thus proving that it was by 



—'mens. Alto- 



— c a meat&howl and the competition was very keen in t" 

 11 ~ ' hC was a/range* right down the length of the Crystal 



idins easy 



The show 



, .mole iieht for the exhibits. Under the able direction of the Rev. 

 SW&taSn and Mr. E. Mawley, the hon. secretaries, the judges got to 



n i after eleven o'clock, and completed their duties in about an hour and a 

 SrteT 0 The garden roses made an especially grand display. 



Nurserymen. 



c nf the leading rose-growing nurserymen competed for the Championship 

 and the post of honour was won by Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester whu 

 k r j magnificent lot of blooms; the varieties in the back row were Llnch 

 JJuier, Cleopatra, Alfred Colomb, Marie Finger, Marquise Li tta, Madame 



Edinburgh 



Laing 



iSeTFbigcJt *Gustave Piganeau, Caroline Testout, Ileinrich Schultheis, La 



Fnoce, 

 act, Dr, 



Sootenir de la Malmaison, Magna Charta, ' ManSchal Niel, Mons. Noman, 

 Midline Victor Yerdier, Madame Cusin, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Captain 

 Hiprard, Mrs. Paul, Charles Lefebvre, Hon. E. Gifford, Senateur Yaisse, 

 Shrchioness of Dufferin, Le Havre, Ernest Metz, Helen Keller, Innocente 

 PSioU, Dupuy Jamain, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, General Jacqueminot, Medea, 

 Smnne Marie Rodoconachi, The Bride, and Crown Prince ; the front row con- 

 Mtedoi blooms of Salamander, Marchioness of Downshire, Auguste Rigotaud, 

 SoBtenir d'un Ami, Marie Verdier, Golden Gate, Earl of Dufferin, Muriel 

 Gahime, Abel Carriere, Bridesmaid, Alice Laxton, Maman Cochet, Edouard 

 Andre, Madame de Watteville, Prince Arthur, Margaret Dickson, A. K. Williams, 

 Madame Cadeau Ramey, Madame Delville, Madame Bravy, Etienne Levet, 

 Mcrrcille de Lyon, Dr. Sewell, and Souvenir de S. A. Prince. Messrs. Frank 

 Curt and Co., Colchester, were second, with a splendidly bright set of well-balanced 

 lowers ; Messrs. Harkness and Sons, Bedale, Yorks, coming third. 



There were five competitors in the class for forty trebles, and in this fine com- 

 petition Mr. B. R. Cant again came first with a beautiful lot of flowers, the varieties 

 bong La France, A. K. Williams, Gustave Piganeau, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, 



ifa Utta, Mrs. J. Laing, Medea, Dupuy jamain, Margaret Dickson, Duke 

 ofTeck, Madame G. Luizet, Prince Arthur, Dr. Andry, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, 

 GckuI Jacqueminot, La Fraicheur, Marechal Niel, Charles Lefebvre, Golden 

 (kte, Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi, Alfred Colomb, Mrs. Sharman Gawford, 

 Coatc Kaimbaud, The Bride, Fisher Holmes, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Souvenir d'un 

 Al^Uptain Hayward, Duke of Edinburgh, White Lady, Marchioness of lbwn- 



r L; !!* VXCi Kalsenn Augusta Victoria, Marie Baumann, Helen Keller, 

 UWjenne Mermet, Crown Prince, Caroline Testout, Ulrich Brunner, and Lady 

 jury Mtzwiiiiam. The second prize in this large class was worthily won by 



mmn. A. Dickson and Sons, Newtownards, county I )own. 



Prior and Son, Colchester, secured first place in the class for forty- 

 ; • ' «J distinct, shewing a very even set of flowers, the varieties being Prince 



EES Whir I n' kd er ' MrS - Sharman Crawford, Gustave 



RE lltni ^ y^ Du P«y J^fin, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Charles Darwin, Mrs. 



W Abel ri Uf S' ^ ? a ^ raDCe in the back row * Kaiserin Aigusta 

 CKSJ - r} ?e Bnde, Etienne Levet, Madame Gabriel Luizet, 



cSKJ K° u U J. enir p e S ' V*** A « K ' Wffliams, Magna Charta, Dr! 

 SZ RS andT ? p° Sper L * n g uier > Alba R osea, Prince Camille de 

 V**c , ifi'tSl^ BaUman f- ln * e middle row ! Holmes, Marie 



Andn U^Lt^TA l- Am \' DukeofFife > ^'garet Dickson, 



of Downshire Beauty of Waltham, Souvenir d'Elise 

 X eo patra, Duke of Wellington, Marie Van Houtte, E. Y. 



Ttt *> wd Lady 

 *M«n. T( 



J^Co^Camb 

 ■wm.disti 

 ; General 



idge, third. 



class 



:r; * JacQueminnf . ri" u i> 1# v -/ u ™« f aiougn, tor a very even 



TheUS Vernet were splendid 



F « the best h« vf dln g ton . Oxford. 



^Ncwtownardsrco SSSTSf f^-T by MeSSrs ' A ' Dickson and 



!? I** with ve r 'v farblnn A ' c ? ickson ™* Sons were winners of 



fc^- J- Grant, Tom Wood R T Z Jf* Shar T man Ct ^d, Helen Keller, 



Marchioness Tf R ?^, rt Duncan > J eannie Dickson, Countess of 



' ' - ; " ewnbit of twelve bnn^~'T JU uave mus Wun lheir own cup. A very 

 Pieties. alllT 11 . 8 ° f ros f ■ to includ « not more than six tea Jx 



^ Mattock, Old Headington, and secured the chief 



par bunch, but Mr. Mattock 



"-"*»• r. Lant anrl r>« ' , V* — mmici vjianame, ana 



• ^ird. ThtML^\^ td u hG prize 5 and Mr ' B - R - Cant, 



xhihir ^ M . essr s. Dickson have thus won rhpir nM ~« a ' 



^ in 



CI LZ n :' y ^ even busses w;;; allowed 



H Sou. ("K« 



Prince, Oxford, third. 



li^petitorsentef e rin^r EN,S ^ #P 



M ^ a ^eDeW^^ de Nadaillac, Souvenir 



W3W, M ^ »u — in the>ck row; Hon. E. Gifford, 



e De Wa elm n ? tCd ° f Co i? tesse d ^ Nadaillac, Souvenir 

 n, ^and at ^ lle ' Inno ^nte Pirola, Marechal Niel, Rubens, 



-ie Van Houtte ^V*? F ° W ; H ° n ' e! Gifford 



and Ann, ni e :' ^ aman Cocl ? e ,^ The Bride, Francisca 



l3B * r ^ Met; * ™ d Van 



r ^*i H p^ C ' Serine Mermet 0 ^ 1 " 1 T ™ m MIe row; with Amazone, 

 •ISfelS? 1 ^ ^^/S?r>lHiS n ^ f U . rtado ^ Souv enir d'un Ami, Muriel 

 jj^ter, followed ; and ?^«^te m the firrat row ; Messrs. Prior and 



****d>Fi °* n tca and noised B. R. Cant, third. Mr. J. Mattock 



^*i E i SC Va 'don, XtV° Se 5l hlS be J l blooms be^g The Bride, 



. ^^ T, ^daS V^ eSSrS - B u r . re11 and Co - Cambridge 

 ^tWi 11 ^ 3 of each M r r^t Worcester, third. For eighteen teas and 



^V^' bSSb^2S^ Co ^sse de Nadaillac, Innocente 

 *^ I and MtaSSS^ffi? L i n " St Met* 5 Messrs. Prior and Son, 



^'s. i . Cant and Co., Colchester, third. 



Open Classes. 



Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester, won the first prize in the class for a dozen blooms 

 of distinct hybrid teas, showing good flowers of La France, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 

 Souvenir de Pres. Carnot, La Fraicheur, Duchess of Albany, White Lady, Mrs. 

 W. J. Grant, Antoine Rivoire, Clara Watson, Marquise Litta, Caroline Testout, 

 and Kaiserin Augusta Victoria ; Messrs. Prior and Son, Colchester, second ; and 

 Messrs. F. Cant and Co. third. Seven dozens were staged in the class for any 

 yellow rose, and here Messrs. Prior and Son took chief place with Marie Van 

 Houtte in fine condition ; Mr. G. Prince second with Marechal Niel, and Messrs. 

 A. Dickson and Sons third with Marie Van Houtte. For twelve blooms of any 

 white rose, Mr. Prince was the foremost competitor, winning from ten other 

 exhibitors, and staging lovely flowers of Souvenir de S. A. Prince ; Mr. B. R. 

 Cant came second with Margaret Dickson : and Mr. A. Hill Gray. Beaulieu, Bath, 

 third with The Bride. 



There were ten boxes of any light or dark crimson rose, and the best twelve 

 blooms were an even set of Ulrich Brunner, sent by Mr. C. Turner, Slough ; 

 Messrs. Townsend and Son, Worcester, second with Gustave Piganeau, and Messrs. 

 Harkness and Sons, Bedale, third with Horace Vernet. With lovely flowers of 

 Mrs. W. J. Grant, Mr. B. R. Cant led in the class for twelve blooms of any light 

 pink or rose-coloured rose ; there were thirteen competitors, and Messrs. A. 

 Dickson and Sons were close second also with Mrs. W. J. Grant ; Mr, C. Turner, 

 Slough, third with Mrs. John Laing. No less than eleven boxes of blooms were 

 put up in the class for a dozen blooms of any one variety of a tea or noisette rose, 

 and here Mr. G. Prince, Oxford, took first prize with such fine blooms of Comtesse 

 de Nadaillac as he only can show ; Messrs. Townsend and Sons, Worcester, 

 second with beautiful blooms of Rubens, and Messrs. Prior and Son third with 

 the same variety. 



The best dozen blooms of any new rose were examples of the lovely Mrs. W. J. 

 Grant, put up by Mr. B. R. Cant ; Messrs. A. Dickson and Sons, second, with 

 Ulster ; and Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, third, with the Rev. Alan Cheales. 

 There were three sets of a dozen new roses, distinct varieties, and here Mr, B. R. 

 Cant scored with Mavourneen, Beaute Lyonnaise, Mrs. W, J. Grant, Mrs. 

 Rumsey, Madame Cadeau Ramey, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Souvenir de 

 President Carnot, Helen Keller, Tom Wood, Antoine Reviore, Marguerite Appert, 

 and Souvenir de Jeannie Caband ; Messrs. A. Dickson and Sons, Newtownards, 

 second ; and Messrs. Paul and Son third. Mr. G. Prince won in the class for 

 nine bunches of roses suitable for buttonholes, with very pretty vases, each carry 

 ing seven blooms ; Mr. J. Mattock second. Mrs. O. G. Orpen showed the best 

 three sprays of roses, putting up neat buds in an elegant manner with maidenhair 

 fern ; Mr, G. Prince second. 



Amateurs. 



The amateur champion trophy was closely and keenly competed for by six 

 exhibitors, and the result was that Mr. E. B. Lindsell, Bearton, Ilitchin, secured 

 it once again, with a very handsome set of flowers ; his varieties were Captain 

 Hayward, Gustave Piganeau, Charles Lefebvre, Duchess de Vallombrosa, Beauty 

 of Waltham, Mrs. J. Laing, Ulrich Brunner, White Lady, M. Bernardin, 

 Marchioness of Dufferin, Dupuy Jamain, and Mrs. S. Crawford, in the back row ; 

 Mrs. W. J. Grant, Horace Vernet, Maman Cochet, Duke of Edinburgh, Madame 

 Cusin, Comte Raimbaud, Marie Van Houtte, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, and A. K. 

 Williams, in the second row ; with Madame Ilausmann, Caroline Testout, Earl 

 Dufferin, Helen Keller, Marie Baumann, Heinrich Schultheis, Duke of Wellington, 

 Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi, Senateur Vaisse, Madame de Watteville, Xavier 

 Olibo, and The Bride, in the front row. The Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering- 

 atte-Bower, Essex, came second; and Dr. S. P. Budd, Bath, third. 

 Seven competitors entered in the class for two dozen roses distinct, and here the 

 chief honours were taken by Mr. F. H. Flight, Turnstiles, Twyford, who had 

 lovely blooms of Le Havre, Captain Hayward, A. K. Williams, and Margaret 

 Dickson ; Mr. R. E. West, Reigate, a good second, and Mr. Mease, gardener to 

 A. Tate, Esq., Downside, Leatherhead, third There were only four competitors 

 in the class for a dozen trebles, but Mr. Lindsell showed a grand lot of blooms 

 in his first prize set ; the varieties were Duke of Wellington, Charles Lefebvre, 

 Souvenir d' Elise Vardon, Ernest Metz, Captain Hayward, Suzanne Marie Rodoco- 

 nachi, Beauty of Waltham, Helen Keller, Duchess de Vallambrosa, Dr. Sewell, 

 Gustave Piganeau, and A. K. Williams. Mr. C. Salter, gardener to T. B. Haywood, 

 Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate, second ; and Colonel J. II. Pitt, Turkey Court, 

 Maidstone, third. Mr. Chas. J. Grahame, Wrydelands, Leatherhead, won 

 easily in the class for twelve blooms of any but a tea or noisette rose, showing 

 immense flowers of White Lady; Mr. E. B. Lindsell, second, with Horace 

 Vernet ; and Dr. Budd third, with Caroline Testout ; there were four competitors 



in this class. 



The best eighteen blooms distinct in the section open only to growers of less than 

 2,000 plants, came from Mr. Conway Jones, Hucclecote, Gloucester, who showed 

 very fair flowers of Charles Lefebvre, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Victor Hugo, La 

 France, Horace Vernet, Marechal Niel, Gustave Piganeau, Chas. Darwin, the 

 Bride, Comte Raimbaud, Mrs. Laing, A. - K. Williams, Roseriste Jacob Mrs. W. 

 j Grant Tom Wood, Suzanne Marie Rodoconachi, Comtesse Ludre, and 

 Teamie Dickson; Mr. E. M. Bethune, Denne Park, Horsham, second ; and Mr. 

 R E West third, out of eleven stands. The class for eight trebles was a 

 populkr one/and here Mr. R. E West was first with fine flowers ; Mr P. G. 

 Burnand, Reigate, second, and W. C Romaine, Esq., Windsor, thirrL For nine 

 blooms of any rose, save a tea or noisette, the winner was Mr. E M. Bethune, 

 with Kaiserin Augusta Victoria ; Rev H A. Berners Harkstod Re f ^ d ' 

 with Margaret Dickson, and Mrs. P. Bernand, third with Duke of Wellington. 

 Mr. E. Moules, Hitchen, was -first for a dozen bloom in the smaller classes, 

 securing the piece of plate offered to growers of less than a thousand pknts. The 

 leading prize winners in the section for growers of less than five hundred plants 

 were Mr J C. Trueman, Oaklands, Swanley ; Mr. H- Foster, Ashford ; Mr. G. 

 A. Hammond, Burgess Hill ; and Mr. R. Cook, Stonebndge Park. 



The challenge cup, open to small growers, and presented by Mr. UJ. 

 Grahame for the best twelve roses, was won by Mr. G. Moules, Hitchin, with 

 neat examples of A. K. Williams, Madame Hoste, Captain Hayward, Anna 

 Olivier Dr Sewell, Rubens, Fisher Holmes, Hon. E. Gifford. Exposition de 

 Rrie France Roseriste Jacobs, and Horace Vernet ; Mr. L. Parry, Dor- 



ii S«dMr. E. Wilkins, Sidcup, third. For four trebles the 

 S^w^?S«b7Mr. E. Wilkins, Mr M. Hodgson, and Mr. J. H. Scott- 

 Tucker, Oxford, in the order given. The best half-dozen blooms of one variety 

 were specimens of the handsome Mrs. W. J. Grant, shown by Mr. G. H. Cook, 



The Briars, North Finchley. ± # ^> % 



The Ramsey Cup, offered as a first prize for twelve blooms, and open to all 

 amateurs was won by Mr. O. G. Orpen, Colchester, who staged first-rate flowers 

 of Marquis? Litta, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Souvenir 

 d'Elise Vardon, Catherine Mermet, Horace \ ernet, Rubens, Marechal Niel, 

 Captain Hayward, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, A. K. Williams, and Margaret Dick- 

 son • Rev J. H. Pemberton, second ; and Mr. P. Burnand, third ; there were 



