SEPTEMBER. 



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THE ROSE EXHIBITIONS. 



Ox Saturday, June 27th, the first of these was held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham; 

 and on Wednesday, July 1st, the National Rose Show was held at South Kensington, in 

 connection with the third great Show of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



Notwithstanding that the dry weather of the spring had made the time for flowering 

 late in some districts, the entries were very numerous, hut some intending exhibitors were 

 unable to put in appearance at the Crystal Palace, owing to the severe storm that visited 

 them a few days previously. 



At the Crystal Palace Mr. J. Mitchell, of Piltdown Nurseries, Maresfield, Sussex, was 

 first with ninety-six varieties, single trusses ; Mr. Turner, of Slough, second ; and Messrs. 

 Paul & Son, third ; Mr. B. R. Cant, of Colchester, was fourth ; and fifth, Mr. J. Cranston, of 

 Hereford. Four days after, and with the same number at South Kensington, Mr, Cant was 

 first ; Messrs. Paul & Son, second ; third, Mr, Mitchell ; and fourth, Mr. John Keynes, 

 Salisbury. In Mr. Cant's stand were splendid hlooms of Hybrid Perpetuak William Griffith, 

 Madame Boll, La Brillante, Madame Boutin, Senateur Vaisse, Madame Paxilino Villot,' 

 Louis XIV., Wilhelm Pfitzer, Francois Lacharme, Alexandre Fontaine, Catherine Guillot, 

 L'Etendart, Madame Furtado, Comtesso Kergorlay, Eugene Appert, Souvenir do Comte 

 Cavour, Madame Vidot, Louis Peyronny, Charles Lefebvro, Clement Maix>t, Triomphe cle 

 Paris, Belle de Bourg-la-Reine, J ohn Waterer, Empereur de Maroc, Comtesse de Chabrillant, 

 Madame Pearson, and Prince Leon; Tea-scented, Devoniensis, Gloire de Dijon, Comte de 

 Paris, Souvenir de l'Elise, Rubens, and Madame Willermoz ; Noisette, Larnarque, and Celine 

 Forestier; Hybrid Bourbon, Paul Bicaut. In Messrs. Paul & Son's collection were fine 

 flowers of the following : — Hybrid, Perpetuate, Monte Christo, Marechal de Vaillant, Madame 

 C. Wood, Baron Rothschild, John Hopper, Jules Margottin, Virginal, Vicomte Vigier, 

 Le Rhone, Lord Canning, Auguste Mie, Aurora, Madame Pauline Villot, Agatoide, Pro- 

 fessor Koch, and William Griffith ; Bourbon, Souvenir de Mahnaison ; Tea-scented, Gloire 

 de Dijon. 



"With forty-eight varieties, three trusses of each, the following awards were made at 

 Sydenham :— First, Mr. Cant ; second, Mr. Turner ; third, Messrs. Paul & Son ; fourth, 

 Mr. D.Spriggings, St. Albans ; and fifth, Mr. Hollamby, Tunbridge "Wells. At the National 

 Show, in an exactly corresponding class, Mr. Turner 'was first ; second, Messrs. Paul and 

 Son ; third, Messrs. Fraser, Lea Bridge Road ; and fourth, Mr. Cant, of Colchester. Mr. 

 Turner's flowers were — Hybrid Perpetuals, Madame Boll, Comtesse de Chabrillant, Francois 

 Arago, Comte de Nanteuil, Lord Raglan, Madame Domage, Madame C. Crapelet, Souvenir' de 

 Comte Cavour, General Jacqueminot, Agatoide, Mathurin Regnier, Duchess of Sutherland, 

 Francois Lacharme, Leon des Combats, Madame Vidot, Baronne Prevost, Louis XIV., 

 Parmentier, Madame de Cambaceres, Madame Furtado, Prince Imperial, Jules Margottin, 

 Jean Bart, Madame Knorr, Pauline Lanzezeur, Turenne, Duchesse d' Orleans, Eveque de 

 Mines, Caroline de Sansal, Madame Place, Anna Alexieff, Geant des Batailles, John 

 Waterer, Madame Hector Jacquin, Victor Verdier, Senateur Vaisse, and Mrs. Rivers ; Tea- 

 scented, Narcisse, Gloire de Dijon, and Devoniensis ; Hybrid Bourbon, Model of Perfection, 

 Paul Ricaut, and Charles Lawson ; Noisette, Celine Forestier ; Galliea, Boula de Nanteuil, 

 and Crested Moss. 



Returning again to the Exhibition at Sydenham, I find that with twenty -four varieties, 

 three trusses of each, Mr. E. P. Francis, of Hertford, was first; second, Messrs. Paul & Son ; 

 third, Mr. Laing, of Twickenham; fourth, Mr. D. Spriggings ; and fifth, Mr. G. Clarke, 

 Brixton Hill. In the competition at South Kensington Mr. Keynes was first ; Mr. Francis, 

 second; third, Mr. Laing; and fourth, Messrs. Paid & Son. Mr. Keynes' flowers were 

 superb, and consisted of Charles Lawson, Leon des Combats, Senateur Vaisse, Madame Vidot, 

 Madame Vigneron, General Jacqueminot, Madame Boll, Caroline de Sansal, Victor Verdier, 

 Francois Lacharme, Prince Leon, Colonel de Rougemont, Madame Standish, Eveque de Nimes, 

 Francois Premier, Due d'Ossuna, Souvenir de Malmaison, Paul Dupuy, Jules Margottin, 

 Comtesse de Chabrillant, La Ville de St. Denis, Pauline Lanzezeur, Olivier Delhomme, and 

 Lord Raglan. Throughout this class the flowers were very fine indeed. 



Twenty-four varieties, one truss of each, were exhibited both at the Crystal Palace and 

 at South Kensington. At the former place, Mr. W. H. T reen, of Rugby, was first ; Mr. W. 

 Stacey, of Dunmow, second; third, Mr. W". H. Davis, Newbury; fourth, Mr. Knight, Hail- 

 sham, Sussex; and fifth, Mr. Laing, Twickenham. At the National but one of these 

 exhibitors was u placed," Mr. Treen being third ; for here Mr. Tinner is first ; Mr. Keynes, 

 second ; and Mr. Cranston, Hereford, extra prize. Mr. Turner had in his boxes, Hybrid 

 Perpetuate, Senateur Vaisse, Jtdes Margottin, Charles Lefebvre, Souvenir de Comte Cavour, 

 Lord Raglan, Anna Alexieff, Madame Boll, General Jacqueminot, Madame Hector Jacquin. 

 Madame C. Wood, Madame Knorr, Victor Verdier, Madame Boutin, Yicomte Vigier, 

 Mathurin Regnier, Madame Charles Crapelet, Anna de Diesbach, Madame Vidot, and 



