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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
July 188 
Verdier, Alfred Colomb,and Duchesse de Vallombrosa : thus Mr. Slaughter will 
hold the champion trophy, value sixty guineas, for this year. Mr. Ridout, 
gardener to T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate, was placed 
.second with some very good blooms, one, Frangois Michelon, being awarded 
the silver medal as the best Hybrid Perpetual in the amateur classes. Mr. 
T. W. Girdlestone, Sunningdale, Berks, received the third prize, and Mr. 
Baker, Heavitree, Exeter, the fourth ; Mr. William Harrington, Corbets Tay, 
Romford, Essex, being highly commended. 
Thirteen competitors staged in Class 10, twenty-four varieties. Mr- 
Brown, gardener to A. J. Waterlow, Esq.. Great Doods, Reigate, received 
the highest honours with La France. A. K. Williams, Frangois Michelon, 
Star of Waltham, Capitaine Christy, Henri Ledechaux, Madame G. Luizet, 
Comtesse d’Oxford, Fisher Holmes, Marie Rady, Abel Grand, Edouard 
Morren, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Mrs. Laxton, Baronne de Rothschild, Charles 
Lefebvre, Victor Verdi r, Marechal Vaillant, Marie Cointet, Catherine 
Merrnet, Marie Finger, Etienne Levet, and Clotilde Rouillard. The Rev. 
.Hugh A. Berners, Hawkstead Rectory, Ipswich, was placed second, his b st 
being Frangois Michelon, La France, Catherine Merrnet, and Madame Mar- 
gottin. Mr. A. Slaughter and the Rev. W. H. Jackson, Stagden Vicarage, 
Bedford, was placed third and fourth respectively. 
For twelve distinct, three trusses of each, eleven collections were staged* 
Mr. J. Ridout was again to the front with Marquise de Castellane, Capt* 
Christy, Edward Morren, Madame G. Luizet, Comtesse d’Oxford, Baronne de 
Rothschild, Frangois Michelon, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Etienne Levet, 
Eugenie Verdier, Le Havre, and Madame Lacharme. Mr. Harrington took 
the second position, Madame Margottin being especially good; and Mr. 
R. N. G. Baker, Heavitree, the third. 
In the class for twelve Teas in Division C twelve collections were staged* 
Mr. A. Slaughter was the winner of the piece of plate presented by C. E* 
Cuthell, Esq., with a wonderful collection, including Jean Ducher, Catherine 
Merrnet, Marechal Niel, Souvenir d’un Ami, Niphetos, Madame Lambard, 
Belle Lyonnaise, Madame Van Houtte, Anna Ollivier, Souvenir d’Elise, 
Amazon, and Rubens. Second honours fell to Mr. J. Brown. A magnificent 
bloom of Jean Ducher secured the Society’s silver medal as the best Tea or 
Noisette in the amateur classes. Mr. Charles- Davis, Grammar School, Ayn- 
hoe, Banbury, and George P. Hawtry, Esq., were placed third and fourth in 
the order of their names. 
As many as seventeen exhibitors staged collections in Class 13, Division 
D, twenty-four distinct single trusses. Mr. John Sargeant, Reigate, was 
well ahead with blooms both large and bright and of good form. Duke of 
Wellington, very fine ; Duchess of Bedford, Emily Laxton, Marie Baumann, 
La France, Capitaine Christy, Fisher Holmes, Henri Ledechaux, Madame 
Gabriel Luizet, Duchesse de Moray, Belle Lyonnaise, Baronne de Rothschild, 
Duke of Teck, A. K. Williams, Comtesse de Serenye, Horace Vernet, Marie 
Verdier, Madame Victor Verdier, and Frangois Michelon, Marquise de 
Castellane, Duchesse de Vallombrosa. George Baker, Esq., Holmfels, 
Reigate, secured the second place, having some remarkable flowers, Fran¬ 
gois Michelon, Edouard Morren, Duchess of Bedford, Madame G. Luizet, 
Duke of Edinburgh, La France, and Le Havre being especially fine. The 
Rev J. W. Pemberton, The Round House, Havering-atte-Bower, third with 
a fine lot. W. H. Wakeley, Esq., Mackland.s, Rainham, fourth ; and Mr. W. 
Grant, Ledbury, commended. For six distinct, three trusses of each, fifteen 
collections were staged, first honours being awarded to the Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton, The Round House, with Comtesse d’Oxford, A. K. Williams, 
Marquise de Castellane, Horace Vernet, La France, and Marechal Niel. Mr. 
Wakeley secured the second position—and, indeed, very close on the first 
prize—with John Bright Madame Gabriel Luizet, Mardchal Niel, Mons. 
Noman, Marie Rady, and Capitaine Christy. George Mount, Esq., took the 
third position, and Miss W. Taylor the fourth. 
For twelve distinct single trusses there were seventeen exhibitors. Miss 
W. Taylor, Manor House, Headington, (gardener Mr. Gurden), was deservedly 
awarded first honours with Madame Gabriel Luizet, Marie Baumann, Duchesse 
de Vallombrosa, A. K. Williams, Marie Verdier, Le Havre, Thdiese Levet, 
Duchesse de Caylus, Marie Cointet, Duke of Wellington, Mardchal Niel, and 
Sultan of Zanzibar. George Mount, Esq., was awarded the second prize; 
Julius Sladden, Esq., Badsey, Evesham, third, with grand blooms of Abel 
Carriere and Mr. A. K. Williams ; A. Evans, Esq., Marston, near Oxford, was 
placed fourth. 
In Class 16, twelve Teas or Noisettes, single trusses, there were fourteen 
competitors. Every collection, in an ordinary way, was worthy of a first 
prize. After this class must indeed have been very hard to judge, so many 
collections running so very close to each other. Equal first prizes fell to the 
Rev. A. Foster Mellairs, Forstock Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds, and the Rev. 
Page Roberts, The Rectory, Scole, Norfolk, whose collection consisted of 
Souvenir d’Elise, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Alba Rosea, Catherine Merrnet, 
Marechal Niel, La Boule d’Or, Hippolyte Jamain, Caroline Kuster, Jean 
Ducher, Marie Guillot, Madame Margottin, and Anna Ollivier. Mr. Foster 
Mellairs had magnificent examples of Souvenir d’Elise, Madame Margottin, 
Niphetos, Madame Bravy, Marie Van Houtte, Moird, Innocente Pirola, Sou¬ 
venir d’un Ami, Caroline Kuster, and Devoniensis. The third award fell to 
Miss W. Taylor, Manor House, Headington; and fourth, Mr. George Mount, 
Harbledown, near Canterbury. 
Class 18, nine distinct single trusses, there were ten competitors. E. 
Mawley, Esq., Addiscombe, Croydon, was first with Etienne Levet, La France, 
Dr. Andry, Baronne de Rothschild, A. K. Williams, Star of Waltham, Marie 
Baumann, Frangois Michelon, and Alfred Colomb, all magnificent. The Rev. 
H. Cecil Fellows; Brighton Rectory, Norwich, second, having good Marie 
Rady and Marie Baumann. J. Tranter, Esq., Upper Assenden, was placed 
third ; and E. Horne, Esq., Park House, Reigate, fourth. 
In Class 19, six distinct single trusses, there were seven competitors, first 
honours falling to J. Burnside, Esq., Farningham, Kent, with fine blooms of 
La France, Mons. Noman, Jules Finger, Marechal Niel, Catherine Merrnet, 
Fisher Holmes. Second honours to the Rev. W. Wilks, Shirley Vicarage, 
Croydon. Third, Miss Alice M. Lucas, Wratten, Hitchin : and fourth, John 
E. Coleby, Esq., Rosenheim, Wimbledon. 
For six Teas or Noisettes F. Burnside, Esq., was awarded the first prize 
with Comtesse de Nadaillac, Marbchal Niel, Catherine Merrnet, Souvenir de 
Paul Neyron, Madame Margottin, and Jules Finger. E. M. Bethens, Esq., 
Denne Park, Horsham (Mr. H. Harris, gardener); Edward Mawley, Esq.; and 
Edward Horne, Esq., Park House, Reigate, were placed second, third, and 
fourth respectively. 
For six distinct single trusses, suburban-grown Roses, John Coleby, Esq., 
secured the first prize with Paul Neyron, Capt. Christy, John Hopper, Mare¬ 
chal Niel, Dr. Andry, and Marie Verdier, Equal seconds were awarded to 
Mr. J. Balina, 72, Twisden Road, Highgate, and to Mr. Berry, gardener to the 
Countess of Leven and Melville, Roehampton. E. M. Nelson, Esq., Hanger 
Hill House, was placed fourth. 
EXTRA CLASSES. 
A dlass was provided for baskets of Roses, Hybrid Teas or Noisettes, 
and contributions were tastefully arranged round the centre of the tent. 
Mr. W. Narroway, Headington, Oxford, was adjudged the chief prize for a 
very tasteful combination of light and dark varieties. The Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton was second with a basket of Caroline Kuster; and T. B. Hall, 
Esq., third, with mixed varieties. 
Fourteen competitors entered in the class for six single trusses, open only 
to amateurs who have never won a prize at an exhibition of the National 
Rose Society. The Rev. W. H. Jackson, Stagsden Vicarage, Bedford, was 
placed first with beautiful examples of Comtesse de Serenye, Star of Wal¬ 
tham, Madame de Cointet, Madame C. Luizet, Madame de Montchauveaux, 
and Mons. Noman. Equal second prizes were awarded to W. E. Hall, Esq., 
Birkenhead, and the Rev. C. FeSowes, Brighton Rectory, Acle, Norwich. 
H. French, Esq., Sutton, was fourth. 
For six single trusses of suburban-grown Roses Mr. G. Berry, The Gardens, 
Roehampton House, was awarded the second prize for small blooms of Celine 
Forestier, Gloire de Dijon, Belle Lyonnaise, Souvenir d’un Ami, Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, and Madame Caroline Kuster ; Mr. J. Bateman, Highfield Road, 
following with good blooms of Catherine Merrnet, Alba rosea, and Devoni¬ 
ensis. Three stands of six new Roses were staged. The first positions were 
assigned to the Rev. Alan Cheales for neat blooms of Dr. Hogg, White 
Baroness, Mrs. Jowitt, Helen Paul, Duke of Teck, and Reine Maria Pia. The 
Rev. J. H. Pemberton followed. For six trusses of any Rose the competition 
was very keen, sixteen stands being entered. G. P. Hawtrey, Esq., Slough, 
was first with Marechal Niel. Charles E. Cuthell, Esq., second with Madame 
Gabriel Luizet, very handsome ; and the same variety from Alfred Slaughter, 
Esq., was highly commended. The Rev. J. H. Pemberton, was third with 
Marquise de Castellane ; and E. Horne, Esq., fourth with La France. 
OPEN CLASSES. 
In the class for twelve new Roses not in commerce previous to 1880 the 
chief prize was secured by Messrs. Paul & Son with Archduchesse Elizabeth, 
Pride of Waltham, Comtesse H. Coomber, Violette Bouyer, May Paul, Ulrich 
Brunner, very fine: Merveille de Lyon, George Moreau, Etoile de Lyon, 
Tatiana Onique, Madame Cusin, and Madame Isaac Perriere. Messrs. Curtis, 
Sanford & Co. were second with Madame Montels, Madame Marie Roederer, 
Souvenir de Mons.Drouche, Souvenir de Madame Berthier, Pride of Waltham, 
George Moreau, Madame Isaac Perriere, Red Gauntlet, Violette Bouyer, 
Comte de Flandres, Madame Crosy, and Madame Marthe d’Hulloy. Messrs. 
Cranston were third with Ulrich Brunner fils, Guillaume Guillemot, Tatiana 
Onique, Violette Bouyer, Rosieriste Jacobs, Empereur de Brazil, Frangoi3 
Levet, Gloire de Bourg-la-Reine, Souvenir de Mad. Berthier, George Moreau, 
Pride of Waltham, and Comte de Flandres. 
Eleven boxes of twelve trusses of any white Rose were staged. Messrs. 
Paul & Son took the lead with Niphetos, very fine in form and substance. 
Mr. J. Mitchell was second with fine examples of Devoniensis. Mr. E. Cant 
followed with Duchesse de Vallombrosa, good in form and substance. 
For the best twelve trusses of any yellow Rose there were eight entries. 
Mr. B. R. Cant won first honours with Madame Caroline Kuster, very fine 
and beautiful; Mr. C. Turner followed with Madame Margottin, Messrs. 
Cranston & Co. were third with Madame Marie Van Houtte, and Messrs. 
Paul & Son were fourth with Perle des Jardins. 
Eleven stands of twelve crimson Roses were staged. Mr. J. Walters was 
first with A. K. Williams, neat and of good colour. The second-prize stand 
was Duke of Edinburgh, very bright. R. N. G. Baker, Esq., Heavitree, 
Devon, was third with Duke of Wellington, large and richly coloured. 
The competition was remarkably keen in the class for twelve trusses of 
any Rose, twenty-four stands being entered. Mr. A. Bennett, Shepperton, 
well won chief honours with grand examples of the handsome light pink 
variety, Her Majesty. Some of the flowers were over 5 inches in diameter, 
very full, and beautiful in form. The gold medal of the Society for the best 
new seedling Rose was also awarded to Mr. Bennett for the same variety, 
three grand blooms of great size and substance. Mr. Bennett well deserved 
this success, as the blooms were of fine quality. Mr. B. R. Cant secured the 
second prize for handsome blooms of Mons. Noman, of exquisite form and 
substance. Mr. G. W. Piper was third with fine examples of Souvenir d’Elise 
Vardon. Messrs. Paul & Son had a good stand of La France, which was 
highly commended. 
SPECIAL PRIZES. 
The prizes offered by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, for a collection of 
vegetables brought a number of competitors ; Mr. S. Haines, The Gardens, 
Coleshill House, Berks, being an excellent first with Early White Naples 
Onions very fine, Stratagem Peas, Early London Cauliflowers, All the Year 
Round Cabbage Lettuces, Tender and True Cucumbers, Nantes Horn Carrots, 
Early Purple-top Turnip, Hicks’ Hardy Cos Lettuce, and Canadian Wonder 
Beans. Mr. T. Miles, The Gardens, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks, was a very 
close second, his Telephone Peas, Canadian Wonder Beans, and Nantes Horn 
Carrots being extremely good. Mr. W. Meads, gardener to Viscount Bar¬ 
rington, Beckett Park, Shrivenham, was third ; and Mr. A. W. Ward, gar¬ 
dener to the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, Salisbury, was fourth. Six 
collections were staged, all very close in merit. 
Messrs. Suttons’ prizes for a Melon were won by Mr. C. Herrin, The 
Gardens, Chalfont Park, first with a neat fruit of Chalfont Favourite ; Mr. 
Mundell, The Gardens, Moor Park, second with Best of All; and Mr. C. Tyler, 
gardener to the Earl of Wicklow, Arklow, was third with a fine fruit of an 
unnamed variety. There were nine entries. 
Messrs. J. Carter & Co., Holborn, offered several prizes for new Peas, 
twelve competitors entering the lists. Mr. J. Richardson, Boston, Lincoln¬ 
shire, took the first place with Stratagem, Culverwell’s Telegraph, Pride of 
the Market, and Telephone, all magnificent samples. Mr. Ward was a very 
