GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



.... uther 



the varieties were Bardou Job, Madame Pernet 

 «_s r>„ m v.iar Marrantba. Grand Due de 



rv t best a»p»v - . 



I f-t was arranged 



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nged on a space of not 



ore than twelve feet by 

 iad a lovely central set of 

 den roses, all charmingly 



^ Messrs. J. Townsend 



Medal Roses. 



^a»A to two new roses from Messrs. A. Dickson and 



- A ^Down ; the^e were Mrs. Edward Mawley, a beautiful tea 

 Ncw townards, co. uo* wt h colour bei a pecu i iar C om- 



STiapcd somewhat l^^ J^ T ' he other variety is named Mildred 



flesh and of^fawn or^ ^ sh a 



<!^^ % A^dm^^^ awarded to Messrs J. Cocker and Sons, 



*7 iJSSiSncw H.P. rose named Mrs. J. Cocker. # 



Aberdeen, for a ^W,^ s at Halifax were Mrs. Laing f shown by Mr B. R. 



Ctft; ^ H T Mary Fitzwilliam, shown by Mr Boyescf Derby ; the 



^teurs H.l. was y Brown, shown by Messrs. A. Dickson and 



W nurserymen s n. . Lin dsell scored for the best tea or noisette in the 



So* X**?V^ d \™\*: Ur ra*„>rinP Mermet. while Mr. G. Prince secured a 



iflttteurs cii 

 Mm medal 



Conference. 



Immediately after luncheon, a very large number of those interested in roses 



another tent to hear Mr. George Paul, V.M.H read a paper on 

 Roses n The gathering was presided over by Archdeacon Brook, 

 Jc td Mr Paul. About forty were present when the conference com- 

 d the number increased to a little over fifty during the reading of the 



i : :rned tc 



" Exhibiting 

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shows ; he well remembered the Chiswick shows in the fifties, and at that Brook for presiding concluded the proceedings. 



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The varieties 



and each bunch showing a face towards the visitor. The stand referred to had 

 gained first piize, deservedly, but it had come from the gentlemen who had just 

 been lecturing them upon the evils of dressing and artificiality in exhibiting. 

 Personally he thought a limit should be placed upon the number of trusses a bunch 

 of garden roses should contain. Mr. Cooling favoured Mr. Paul's views, and 

 thought that in the matter of garden roses the number of bunches and the space 

 to be filled should alone provide the limits. 



Mr. Frank Cant contended that where roses had to be brought a long distance it 

 was absolutely necessary to tie them to preserve them in anything like good condition. 

 He agreed with Mr. Pemberton as to limiting the sprays a bunch of garden roses should 

 contain, as only by that means could the public gain any sort of an idea of the habit 

 of floriferousness of a variety ; he saw no reason why a stand should not contain 

 seven sprays of Crimson Rambler at the back, and seven of the pretty little Perle 

 d'Or in front. Under the present conditions the prizes went largely to those who 

 could cut the most flowers. Mr. Alex. Dickson also contended that tying was a 

 necessity when roses had to travel considerable distances. Dressing should be 

 allowed, if done naturally, but penalised when a flower had its shape altered. He 

 thought exhibition roses could scarcely be staged better than now. Mr. H. V. 

 Machin sided with Mr. Paul in the matter of garden roses, considering it a great 

 mistake to limit the number of sprays per bunch. Mr. E. B. Lindsell urged that 

 for long journeys tying was a necessity to preserve the flowers ; without tying had 

 been largely done the Halifax Show would have been not nearly so fine as it was. 

 He regretted that tying caused some of the exquisite tints to vanish, but the evil 

 of tying was slight. Mr. Paul had not drawn the line between dressing and over 

 dressing ; it was the latter that they all had to guard against. Mr. O. G. Orpen 

 endorsed Mr. Lindsell's remarks, and drew a vivid picture of the journey his own 

 roses had undergone from Colchester to Halifax ; without tying he scarcely dared 

 think in what state his blooms would have arrived. Regarding over-dressing, the 

 judges had the remedy in their hands, and for his part he treated over-dressing as 

 it deserved. 



The vote of thanks was then put and carried, M. Paul thanking the company 

 for their criticisms, and the brisk discussion. A vote of thanks to Archdeacon 



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Hybrid Chinas and Gallicas, most of 

 About i860, and for many years later, 



vhkh the boxes were surfaced with, so that the blooms rested on tne moss, 

 flunks to Foster's tube and support, and longer stemmed flowers, some improve- 

 ment on the old plan had been made during later years. Advice as to cutting 



ttd orrying flowers to shows Mr. Paul considered to be almost useless, as 

 operknee could only bring the necessary knowledge. The speaker thoroughly 



^rced With the present system of tying roses, maintaining that the practice 



fcsoltcd in an even set of sober-coloured flowers, whereas without it there would be 

 •ore individuality and more of those beautiful salmon and other tints for which 

 certain roses were noted, but which were seldom now seen at exhibitions. He 



needed, however, that tying seemed a necessity to meet the requirements of 

 prcfent-day judges. 



Hiving cut your roses, Mr. Paul advised that they be kept in the shade, duly 



wired and placed in water as quickly as possible. In taking them to a show he 



•fcised that either the exhibitor or some responsible assistant should accompany 



Aon to prevent accidents. In arranging a stand of blooms the proper method 



lodd be to place the largest flowers at the back and the smallest and best shaped 



to the front ; have the most perfect flowers at the ends of the rows and keep 



airooni and yellows toward the centre of the stand. Mr. Paul stoutly objected 



to dressing of any kind, considering it fraudulent to transform a flower from its 



shape ; removal of an injured petal and opening a bloom slightly were all 

 fee would permit. 



^Tith respect to garden roses Mr. Paul advised that the bunches for exhibition 

 •■i be made ud at home, making allowance for opening buds ; he opposed 

 - - present methods of staging and considered it most undesirable 



tD "[ llt ™ numter of trusses per bunch. He maintained it would spoil the class 



5yv*V 5 t0 limit the trusses to seven would result in too small a bunch of Perle 

 «Ur, and too large a one of Crimson Rambler. The space limit and definite 



■Tk/L 0 !? - heS WaS aU that was necessar y- The speaker thought something 

 ■flU* done in the way of exhibiting large round baskets of roses of one variety 

 • JWduce good effects at shows. The displays of roses had not been a success, 



led, after seeing what Messrs. Perkins and Son had done at 

 asses for displays might be made of great value to an exhibition, 

 more artistic ability were displayed and more time given to arrangement, 

 ciusion, Mr. Paul submitted that if exhibiting is to help on rose culture, if it 

 embers to the N.R.S., it must move with the times ; new classes must 



rtihcialism not only restrained but suppressed, and the Society 

 strive ever to be the leaders of rose culture and display in the 



AYLESBURY FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



July 7. 



The seventy-sixth summer show of this society was held in the Corn Exchange 

 and Butchers' Market adjoining, and proved generally successful, the quality of 

 the exhibits being up to the average. The weather was bright and somewhat sultry 

 in the Corn Exchange, but outside, in the recreation ground, where the pastoral 

 and children's entertainment and band were located, there was a refreshing breeze. 

 To assist the display Lord Rothschild, Waddesdon Manor, and Lady de Roths- 

 child, Aston Clinton, each sent a fine bank of foliage and flowering plants ; Mr. 

 J, Walker, Thame, sent a collection of sweet peas, very fine being the bunches of 

 Emily Eckford, Grand Blue, Her Majesty, and Princess May ; and Mr. H. 

 Deverill, Banbury, staged a very showy collection of herbaceous perennials. 



In the competition for groups of decorative plants the premier award fell to 

 Colonel Hornsby Drake, Wootton House ; Messrs. Ingram, Whitfield, and 

 Co. , second ; this same firm leading in the class for flowering plants, with Mr. 

 R. Hopkins, second, both blight exhibits, and comprising neat specimens of green- 

 house subjects. In the class for a group of plants in bloom, Mr. John Walker 

 made a lovely show with a large collection of the best forms of zonal pelar- 

 goniums, edged with Carter's hybrid streptocarpus ; Mr. W. Tipler, gardener to 

 Miss Smith-Dorrien, the Vicarage, Mr. J. Walker, and Mr. J. Morton, gardener 

 to Mrs. H. A. P. Cooper, shared the awards in the classes for half-a-dozen each 

 of double, scarlet, and rose or light coloured pelargoniums, with dwarf-grown 

 densely-bloomed plants in variety. The groups of six varieties ot stove and 

 greenhouse plants from Mr. W. Tipler and Messrs. Ingram and Co. were frest 

 and fairly well bloomed. Single begonias in sixes were good, Mr. E. T. Mack- 

 rill leading, the double class being altogether poor. The class for ferns was 

 well filled, Colonel Drake, Messrs. Ingram, and Mr. C. Pigott sharing the awards 

 for full-sized specimens. Gloxinias from the Vicarage Gardens were exceedingly 

 bright, as was the only collection of achimenes from Mr. W. Robins, gardener 

 to Colonel Dyke Lee, Hartwell Park. Fuchsias, as graceful pyramids, occupied 

 the centre of the fruit and cut flower staging, Mr. J. Morton scoring first for six 



Coleus were a small display, Mr. L. 



was 

 Newcastle. 



and Mr. R. Hopkins for three varieties 



The collection of mosses from Mrs. H. 



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« astitnted, all 1 

 •4 in exhibitors 



•«tee d wSe? r00k m ° V ? d a Vote of thanks to Mr - I>auI > remarking that 

 £3on /V™'^^ said as a good 



the L P ,l Spint of controversy would prevail. He had enioyed 

 SxS^SlSSSt aS he hurn c 0r °^ sl y r put it, his position in rose 

 Mating t tmna,>, ° ** 



gWpeople be 



encourage rose growing, 



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Margaret Dickson, 



H 



X, a \ y , to encou rage exhibiting, as only in this way 

 ^rsuaded to take a keen delight in roses, and influence their 

 eatest objection to tying was that it was difficult to get the exhi- 

 £P«*uised if left Tl , • ! • a PP° inted for judging ; however, a tied rose 

 «« natural as n M t , Jud S u ]g Ume > so also was over dressing. They wanted 

 ducour a <r«i v r m an yt hin g tending to make the blooms unnatural 



Mawley expressed sorrow at the absence of the 



classes 



of Cov 



P»Went"hi s *^c'« •l°°u/°} lowe< !' and considered it impossible 



possible beauty y 

 an evil and one that the judges had 



somewhat. rvLUr! F '" wc U1 .V 1C ". Possible beauty without 



Power ta r*rv,„j.. rr. .. _ _ _ 



Oriven equal • quality of floweis the 



not overdressed— would beat the one containing 



He maintained that the N.R.S. 



r? »<*ld have to "be mfrUv 2 "" poinU IIe also P^ted out that great altera- 



21* ^ion of growth l r S Were sh< T n quite naturally ; at pre- 



wL Wlnn g» &ni dressing were all 



* t0 remedy, 

 dressed _ 



i*5L XI been ass -ted. 



produ 



arrayed 



standing clear 



^ plants 



Gurney "waslovelyT Mr. j7 Walker presented the most attractive arrangement 

 of a basket of bedding plants, his double and .single pelargoniums telling in the 

 way of colour. The premier specimen flowering plant was a grand fuchsia from 



Mr. T« Morton. . , , . , . r . 



In the section for cut flowers the roses occupied a fair length of table space. 

 For thirty-six single trusses Mr. J. Walker presented a nice fresh lot of develop; 

 inc blooms of A. K. Williams, Gustave Piganeau, Horace \ ernet, Comtesse d 

 Sf fo Id? Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Baroness Rothschild Charles Lefebvre, Hemrich 

 Schu thei^Teannie Dickson, Louis Van Houtte, La France, Gaptam Hayward, 

 Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Teck, Earl of Duffenn, Duke of Wellington, 

 Marquise Litta, M7s. Sharman Crawford, Mrs. John Laing, Merveille de Lyon, 

 □ Testout, Ulrich Brunner, W. F. Bennett, Madame Gabriel Lmzet, 

 Caroline Testou , Ui Marguerite, de St. Amand, Catherine 



Mermet Hon E. Gifford, Anna Olivier, Souvenir de S. A. Pnnce, Madame 

 HoIS Souvenir d'un Ami and Marechal Niel ; Mr. H. Warren, gardener to 

 I^A^Kh23dfS»nd. with a very excellent lot of blooms ; he also secur- 

 mt thf premier award in the amateur division for twenty-four varieties ; Mr. T. 

 Gurnev second ; id Mr. W. Robins, third ; while in the class for twelve single 

 Susses Mr H W. G. Morris, chemist, Thame, secured the first award for a nice 

 fresh lot Including several teas, also for a dozen varieties in the amateur section. 

 S wl7 5 nerennials as staged by Mr. Walker in the class for two dozen vane- 

 ?^5SSW e^en more showy than the roses, the handsome bouquets 

 ^^S^SdrSy striking Sing the cannas in variety, phloxes Cen. 

 S mShl Coreopsis grandiflora, delphiniums, Dictamnus fraxineUa, 

 taurea ™ a " oc ^P"' 1 ' Po i e monium alba, Heuchera sanguinea, Lychnis chalce- 

 f 1 SnKowSe vioirWaverley Blue, Spinea filipendula fl. pi., Lychnis 



^^plSS^eSSti. speciosl, and SpLa aruncus ; Messrs. Inpwn, 

 Verveana sp'enaens, r for ^ ^ ier hand 



second. Mr. Walker was p q for ^ 



MS ^ a g wa7deTfirst y s lor three vases for. dinner table, a bouquet of wild 

 flowers and a design of wild flowers, winning with very testy arrangements. 



p V I rliv well represented for the season, and for a collection of eight 

 FruU was^fai^ weU^repre^^ ^ and Foster>s SeedUng 



dishes air. . « pea ches, Lord Napier nectarines, Brown Turkey figs, 

 grapes, Stirling Castle Pg eside ' nt straw berries, gooseberries ; Mr. W. Robins, 

 ^ T S£StcS»Si «»d Foster's SeedUng grapes, Sutton's Ai melon, 



