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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



and on the side opposite to that occupied by the growers' collections, was seen the patient 

 face of Mr, J. T. Hedge, of Colchester, scanning his flowers with the look of an accomplished 

 connoisseur, while an enthusiasm lit up his countenance as each of his magnificent flowers was 

 disposed on the stand before him. He had success within his grasp again, for he was 

 declared first with 36, 24, and 18 varieties. He has certainly on his side some agencies either 

 undervalued hy, or else unknown to other growers, that enable him so decisively to lead 

 the way. His flowers were a study, as is the masterpiece of some greater painter or sculptor. 

 With 36 varieties, Mr. Hollingworth, of Maidstone, was second. With 18 varieties, Mr. A. 

 Moffatt, Dunmow ; and with 24 varieties, Mr. H. Grant, Midford, Bath. With 12 varieties, 

 Mr. S. Dobree, Wellington, Somerset, was first; and second, Mr. W. Corp, of Salisbury. 



Perhaps the greatest interest was concentrated on the Class for the Best Collection of 

 New Roses for 1860 — 61. Here again did Mr. Cant gain first honours, and next to him came 

 Messrs. A. Paul & Son. Mr. Cant had Madame Boll and Belle de Bourg-la-Reine (both 

 shades of brilliant rose), Vainqueur de Solferino,Montebello, Marquise de Foucault, Triomphe 

 de Lyon (rich dark crimson), Rubens, Victor Verdier, Senateur Vaisse, Princesse Clothilde 

 (delicate rose), Madam Pierson, La Boule d'Or (golden yellow, Tea-scented), Reine des 

 Violettes (pale purplish- violet), John Waterer, America, Admiral Nelson (bright carmine), 

 Louis XIV., Madame Pintado (a splendid bright rose), Due cle Cazes, Madame Charles 

 Crapelet, Robert de Brie (another dull-looking purple), Catherine Guillot (blush, very fine), 

 Clement Marot, Comtesse de Kergolay, Jean Bart (deep purplish-crimson), Abd-el-Kader 

 (deep crimson), Madam Standish (delicate pink, but wanting substance. [Oh! how unlike 

 J". S.]), Olympe Freanay, Adelaide Fontaine, and Triomphe d' Amiens. In the other stands 

 were Eugene Appert, President, Gloire de Santenay, Lord Clyde, Souvenir de Comte 

 Cavoivr (a promising dark Rose), Buffon, Victoire de Magenta, Macule. Bonnaire (pure white, 

 with pink centre), Louise Darzins (a small white), Leonie Moise, Madlle. Eugenie Verdier 

 (a brilliant rose), J. F. Lombard (a large crimson), Andre Leroy (a fine deep crimson), John 

 Standish (violet crimson), Vulcain (a very dark but somewhat dull flower), Mrs. Dombrain 

 (an exquisite deep blush of excellent form), Reynolds Hole (brilliant pink), Andre Desportes 

 (a large rose-coloured variety), Comte de Falloux (bright cherry), Olivier Delhomme (rich 

 dark crimson), Alphonse Damazin, Wilhelm Pfitzer (both dark flowers), Souvenir de Lady 

 Cardley (a bright General Jacqueminot), Marechal Vaillant, Due de Rohan (both crimson), 

 Model of Perfection, Duchesse d'Alencon, La Brillante, and Agaterre (all shades of blush). 



Given, one of the Yeddo flower-pots imported by Messrs. Veitch & Son, and the requisite 

 number of Roses, and the success wiR be commensurate with the taste displayed in the 

 arrangement. Taste was not made bankrupt for the run on it made by the exhibitors in this 

 class ; perhaps the best taste Avould have been displayed by the removal of one or two of the 

 designs from public gaze. Fancy £6 being given in three prizes for a collection of new 

 Roses of 1860-61, and the same amount in throe awards for the 30 Roses exhibited as just 

 stated ! Compared with the latter, the former is niggardly estimation indeed ; compared 

 with the former, the latter award is both ridiculous and. wasteful. 



EEV1EW. 



Cranston's Patent Building for Horticulture; or, an Account, loitli Illustrative Sketches, 

 of Cranston's Patent Building as applied to Horticulture. By James Cranston, ArcJiitect. 

 Birmingham. 



This last eighteenpenny pamphlet, on Cranston's principles of erecting horticultural 

 buildings, should be read by every one at all interested in' the subject ; by those about to 

 build garden-houses, and those who have built, for both classes may learn much by its 

 perusal. Not that we mean to assert by this, that the system laid down by Mr. Cranston is 

 perfection. Far from that ; but the work enunciates principles which, the more they are 

 ventilated and thought upon, will tend to point out the real cause of many a failure in 

 growing house fruits and flowers, as well as to show us that bricks and mortar, paint and 

 putty, can be, in the main, dispensed with, and that the ever-recurring expense attending the 

 maintenance of garden structures in repair need not be. Once let us establish a right under- 

 standing on these heads, and we shall have done horticulture a real service. 



Sorry should we be to detract anything which fairly belongs to Mr. Cranston, as the 

 author of the system his work introduces to the public ; and yet Ave are bound to tell him 

 that his principles are not new to us, or to very many horticulturists besides. The question 

 of open laps to the glazing, so as to admit a uniform admission of air over the surface of the 

 roof's of forcing-houses, was advocated so far back as 1831 by one of our then best practical 

 gardeners, and the advantages to be derived from the practice were laid down much in the 

 same language as is now employed. In fact, this subject of ventilation has been constantly 

 on the card for thirty years ; and it must be no small consolation to gardeners, who have 

 been strenuously fighting for a better appreciation of the principle against horticultural 



