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will then be laid. A stock of good varieties being secured, the 
only object at present should be to induce free growth. It must 
also be borne in mind that in order to have a good display of 
bloom fresh plants should be raised every year. I venture to say that 
few hardy plants so well repay the trouble taken in their culture 
as these Pansies ; they are easily cultivated, need no artificial heat, 
and have a range of unusual and beautiful colours. I now give 
a list of varieties which I have grown, and which I can recom¬ 
mend as being free bloomers and really good for general purposes. 
All the following are Fancy varieties :—Countess of Strathmore, 
George Vair, Thomas Grainger, Comet, Leith Walk Hero, Vesta, 
David Smith, Mrs. B. Brooke, Mrs. Felton, Buttercup, George 
Wood, Miss Darling.— Vindex. 
ALEXANDRA PALACE ROSE SHOW. 
July 9th. 
some 
there 
for 
years past 
been a 
V/ large and successful exhi- 
y ^ bition of Roses at Muswell 
Hill, but it may be safely 
said that as regards the 
general effect the display 
of the present year has 
never been equalled. In¬ 
deed it is doubtful if a more 
artistic Rose show has been 
witnessed in the neighbourhood 
of the metropolis; certainly 
some of the most experienced rosarian 
exhibitors testified to the fact that it was the 
most beautiful exhibition of Roses they had seen. 
The large and handsome central hall was fully occu¬ 
pied with lines of tables, upon which the competing 
stands in the.amateurs’, nurserymen’s, and open classes 
were placed. Flanking these on each side, forming the 
boundary of the Show, and extending the length of the hall, were 
high sloping stages that bore the contributions to what might 
be not inappropriately termed the gigantic competition of a thou¬ 
sand blooms. These flowers were chiefly arranged in concentric 
semicircular lines, the colours being tastefully disposed and the 
effect very bright and pleasing. There was only one defect in this 
portion of the Exhibition, and that was due to the boarding being 
covered with partially dried grass, which imparted a rather dull 
and unfinished appearance to the stages, as it formed a very unfitting 
background for the blooms. Had fresh moss been employed or the 
grass covered with green baize similar to that surrounding the tables 
a great improvement would have been effected. As an additional 
artistic attraction an ornamental iron arch was placed at each end of 
the central path, and from these were suspended numerous baskets of 
Roses, that only required a few sprays of greenery to have rendered 
them completely charming. Large Tree Ferns, glass trumpet stands, 
and miscellaneous plants were freely employed in suitable positions 
to increase the beauty of the display and furnish an agreeable tone to 
the brilliancy of colour afforded by the Roses. The glass stands were 
particularly noteworthy for the simple yet effective manner in which 
they were decorated. Long sprays of Mock Orange accompanied by 
small branches of the Purple Beech, Fern fronds, and other foliage 
gracefully arranged were the chief materials employed. This very 
successful attempt at an innovation in the mode of holding Rose 
shows deserves to be followed up ; and for a place of public amuse¬ 
ment it is unquestionably well suited, as it renders the exhibition of 
greater interest to those numerous visitors who are not rosarians and 
yet can admire a pretty floral display. 
All the arrangements were well conducted, and the lessees, Messrs. 
Jones & Barber, and their horticultural superintendent, Mr. J. Forsyth 
Johnson, deserve to be complimented upon the admirable results 
achieved. 
Amateurs’ Classes. — Half a dozen classes were provided for 
amateurs, and in nearly all the competition w T as keen, and the blooms 
of good quality. The prizes ranged in value from £5 to the same 
number of shillings, the number of blooms stipulated for being from 
forty-eight to a dozen. The principal class was for forty-eight single 
trusses, and in that five competitors appeared. T. Jowitt, Esq., Old 
Weir, Hereford, was accorded chief honours for a collection of fresh, 
bright, and beautiful blooms, representing the following varieties 
among others :—Star of Waltham, fine ; Marquise de Gibot, Margue¬ 
rite Brassac, Capitaine Christy, good; Duke of Wellington bright ; 
Madame Sophie Fropot, Madame Marie Finger, Madame Victor 
Verdier, Marquise de Castellane, fine; Fisher Holmes, Madame 
Charles Wood, Annie Laxton, excellent; Xavier Olibo, Victor 
Verdier, large and full; Marguerite de St. Arnand, neat, bright ; 
Baronne de Rothschild, Duchess of Bedford, Edouard Morren, 
Duchesse de Moray, Charles Lefebvre, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Mrs. Baker, 
Marie Cointet, Gbndral Jacqueminot, Souvenir d’Eiise Vardon, Expo¬ 
sition de Brie, Princess Beatrice, Prince Arthur, neat, fresh ; Du¬ 
chesse de Vallombrosa, Horace Vernet, Elie Morel, Louis Van Houtte, 
Senateur Vaisse, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Comtesse de Se enye, and 
Dr. Andry. This was a very satisfactory collection, and was greatly 
admired. R. N. G. Baker, Esq., Heavitree, Devon, followed closely 
with very neat blooms, but scarcely so fine as on the preceding 
Saturday at Sydenham. Some of the finest were Senateur Vaisse, 
John Stuart Mill, Madame Sophie Fropot, Sultan of Zanzibar, 
Reynolds Hole, Marie Verdier, Alfred Oolomb, and Marie Rad}'. 
The remaining prizes were secured by G. P. Hawtrey, Esq., Slough ; 
Mr. John Hollingworth, Maidstone; and Mr. Joseph Davis, Wilton, 
Salisbury. 
In the following class for thirty-six blooms, single trusses, Mr. 
T. Jowitt was again foremost among five exhibitors w th band- 
some blooms of similar varieties to those already enumerated ; but the 
following were unusually fine—Marie Baumann, Mons. E. Y. Teas, 
Marquise de Gibot, Baronne de Rothschild, Senateur Vaisse, Mar¬ 
quise de Castellane, and Charles Lefebvre. Mr. R. N. G. Baker 
again took the second place, showing Alfred Colomb, Marie Rady, 
Devienne Lamy, and Le Havre in excellent form, his other blooms 
being of fair quality. Mr. C. Davies, Aynhoe, Banbury, and Mr. J. 
Hollingworth were third and fourth respectively. For twenty-four 
triplets the Old Weir Roses were again placed in the principal posi¬ 
tion, and as in the previous classes they well deserved the honour. 
Louis Van Houtte, Duchesse de Moray, Princess Beatrice, and Peach 
Blossom were the finest examples in the stand. Still again were the 
Heavitree Roses in the second place, and perhaps even closer than in 
the other classes. Messrs. C. Davies and J. Davis secured the third 
and fourth positions with neat and bright blooms. 
In the class for twenty-four single trusses Mr. Wm. Harrington, 
Corbetstye, Romford, Essex, carried off the first prize with flowers of 
good substance and very bright. Some of the most notable were 
Senateur Vaisse, Beauty of Waltham, Prince Arthur, Exposition de 
Brie, Lord Macaulay, and Dr. Andry. The Rev. J. A. Williams, 
Yardley Wood Vicarage, Birmingham, was a very close and good 
second, staging fine blooms of Prince Camille de Rohan, Marie Bau¬ 
mann, Annie Laxton, Comtesse de Serenve, and Marie Van Houtte. 
J. H. Pemberton, Esq., Havering-atte-Bower, was third. There 
were six entries of twelve single trusses, most of satisfactory quality. 
Mr. Harrington ; Ernest Wilkins, Esq., Lyndtiurst, Sutton, Surrey ; 
Edward Mawley, Esq., Addiscombe, Croydon ; and Mr. J. H. Pem¬ 
berton were the prizetakers in the order named. Teas and Noisettes 
were fairly represented in the class for twelve, seven collections 
being contributed ; and though the ma jority of the blooms were rather 
small, still in the leading stand from Mr. C. Davies flowers of good 
substance were included. Of these the best were MonL Furtado, 
Bouquet d’Or, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Caroline Kuster, Madame 
Lambard, and Madame Hippolyte Jamain. Mr. Hollingworth had 
some fine examples of Souvenir d’un Ami in his second-prize stand ; 
Mr. Harrington showed Niphetos, Madame Sertot, and President well; 
Mr. Mawley having Rubens and Madame Guillot in good form. 
Nurserymen’s Classes. —In the five classes appropriated to nur¬ 
serymen some handsome collections were staged, and the blooms 
generally were more neat and even than at the Sydenham Show. 
Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester, was to the fore with seventy-two single 
trusses, which well merited the position accorded them. It is un¬ 
necessary to enumerate all the varieties, as the stand which gained a 
similar position at the National Society’s Exhibition was from the 
same firm, and the names were then given in full. However, the 
following few deserve notice as being especially fine :—Xavier Olibo, 
Alfred Colomb, Ferdinand de Lesseps, fine ; Boieldieu, neat; Duchesse 
de Moray, full; Abel Oarriere, very rich; Dupuy Jamain, Baron de 
Bonstettin, A. K. Williams, very fine ; Duke of Teck, Victor Verdier, 
Baronne de Rothschild, Horace Vernet, Madame Clemence Joigneaux, 
Pierre Notting, Abel Grand, Annie Wood, Comtesse de Serenve. Inno- 
cente Pirola, Magna Charta, Marguerite de St. Arnand. and Duke of 
Wellington. Cranston’s Nursery and Seed Company, Hereford, fol¬ 
lowed with blooms of fine substance, bright, fresh, and of good varie¬ 
ties—indeed, they were very close to the preceding in merit. Sena¬ 
teur Vaisse, Marquise de Castellane, Horace Vernet, Charles Lefebvre, 
Madame Charles Crapelet, Le Havre, Alfred Colomb, A. K. Williams, 
and Dupuy Jamain were admirable. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 
were third with rather loose and small blooms. 
For forty-eight triplets Mr. B. R. Cant was first among five exhibi¬ 
tors. His best blooms were Countess of Rosebery, Frangms Michelon, 
Dr. Sewell, Comtesse de Serenye, Capitaine Christy, A. K. Williams, 
Ferdinand de Lesseps, Xavier Olibo, Alfred Colomb, Duke of Teck, 
and Reine du Midi. Mr. C. Turner, Slough, secured the second award 
for a neat and pleasing collection, which included Louis Van Houtte, 
Duchesse de Moray, A. K. Williams, Mrs. Turner, Exposition de Brie, 
and Prince Arthur in good form. Messrs. Cranston and Paul &, Son 
followed. Mr. C. Turner had the best twenty-four Hybrid Perpetuals ; 
the varieties being Star of Waltham, John Hopper, Princess B a trice, 
Louis Van Houtte, Dr. Sewell, Madame Lacharme, Duchesse de 
