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Pelargoniums, Begonias, and miscellaneous flowering and fine- 
foliage plants. This contribution added considerably to the beauty 
of the Show, imparting a pleasing relief to the formal lines of boxes. 
All the arrangements were carefully executed, the only defect being 
an unfortunate delay in ihe judging, partially caused by the late 
arrival of an important exhibitor. With this exception everything 
was satisfactory, and it is to be hoped that many years will not elapse 
before Sheffield will witness another Exhibition of the National Rose 
Society. 
Amateurs’ Classes. —In this portion of the schedule ten classes 
were devoted to amateurs, and for the convenience of exhibitors they 
were arranged in three divisions, no competitor being allowed to 
stage in more than one of those sections. Though the competition 
was not remarkably keen in any of the classes, yet several praise¬ 
worthy collections were contributed which for the freshness and good 
form of the blooms they contained have scarcely been excelled at 
either of the metropolitan Rose shows this year. The extreme heat, 
of course, exercised an injurious influence upon the general condition, 
and taking that into consideration with the distance many had 
travelled they were better than could have been expected. In 
Division C the chief class was for thirty-six single trusses, and in 
that Mr. T. Jowitt, Old Weir, Hereford, well won the premier prize 
of a silver cup value ten guineas, given by the Master Cutler of Shef¬ 
field, with blooms of fine quality and admirably representing some of 
the best varieties. Comparatively few weak blooms were observable, 
and the stand was good all round ; but the following Roses were 
especially noteworthy for their substance and colour—Madame 
Charles Wood, Comte de Raimbaud, Lord Macaulay, Dupuy Jamain, 
A. K. Williams, Reynolds Hole, Horace Yernet, Marguerite de Brassac, 
Duchesse de Morny, Lord Herbert, and Duke of Edinburgh. The 
Rev. Canon S. Reynolds Hole, Caunton Manor, Newark, was second, 
being a formidable competitor for Mr. Jowitt, and running him closely 
with bright fresh blooms, the only defect of which was perhaps a 
little want of size and substance. Mr. T. B. Hall, Larch Wood, Rock 
Ferry, Cheshire, was third with small but clean examples. For 
twelve triplets Mr. Jowitt was again to the fore with a similarly hand¬ 
some collection to that which gained the honours in the preceding 
class. Duchesse de Morny, fine; Marie Baumann, A. K. Williams, 
very bright; Louis Yan Houtte, Mens. E. Y. Teas, Le Havre, neat; 
and Horace Vernet, handsome, were some of the most noteworthy 
blooms. The second prize was withheld ; Mr. J. Howe, Nottingham, 
being placed third with a fair collection. In the class for twelve 
Teas or Noisettes the chief prize consisted of five guineas and a silver 
cup, value ten guineas, presented by a member of the National Rose 
Society. This was won by Mr. T. B. Hall with a really handsome 
stand of blooms. The varieties were Souvenir d’un Ami, Madame 
Margottin, Madame Berard, Mons. Furtado, Comte de Paris, Niphetos, 
Catherine Mermet, Marie Van Houtte, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, 
Souvenir d’Elise, Marcelin Rhoda, and Madame Bravy. Canon Hole 
followed closely with a good collection. 
The second division also contained three classes, the principal being 
for two dozen single trusses, in which five collections were staged. 
Mr. E. K. Whitwell, Barton Hill, Darlington, was the most successful 
exhibitor, gaining the five-guinea silver cup offered by the town of 
Sheffield for satisfactory fresh even blooms of the following among 
others—Marie Baumann, very neat and bright; Marguerite de St. 
Amand, full; Alfred Colomb, neat; Thomas Mills, fresh; Madame 
Hippolyte Jamain large, good form ; Mons. E. Y. Teas, Madame 
George Schwartz, Madame Noman, fine ; and Charles Lefebvre. Mr. 
C. Davies, The Grammar School, Aynhoe, Banbury, was an admirable 
second with fresh substantial blooms of Devienne Lamy, Madame 
Charles Crapelet, Madame Prosper Langier, and Horace Vernet 
among others. The Rev. E. N. Pochin, Barkby Vicarage, Leicester, 
and the Rev. J. A. Williams, Yardley Wood Vicarage, Birmingham, 
secured the remaining prizes with blooms that had evidently been of 
fair quality, but which had suffered considerably in travelling. Mr. 
C. Davies had the best eighteen single trusses, followed closely by 
Mr. Whitwell and Mr. J. Radford of Nottingham, the prizetakers 
and the only exhibitors. Two stands of nine Teas or Noisettes were 
shown; Mr. Davies being again successful in obtaining the chief 
honours for neat and'well-formed blooms of Madame Hippolyte Jamain, 
Homere, Smith’s Yellow, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Marbchal Niel, 
Catherine Mermet, Marie Van Houtte, Souvenir d’un Ami, and Alba 
Rosea—a very pretty collection. The Rev. J. A. Williams was second 
with smaller but fresh examples, Marhchal Niel, Celine Forestier, 
and Devoniensis being noteworthy. 
In the third section of the amateurs’ classes the keenest competition 
was for a dozen trusses, eight stands being entered. Mr. E. Loseby, 
Nottingham, secured the premier post of honour with fine blooms of 
Alfred Colomb, Docteur Andry, Madame Charles Wood, Charles 
Lefebvre, Victor Verdier, and Marquise de Castellane, these being 
much the best in the box. The Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering- 
atte-Bower, Essex, was accorded the second position for a collection 
very close to the other in merit; Mr. Julius Sladden, Seward House, 
Badsey, Evesham, and Mr. W. Wallis, Alexander Road, Burton-on- 
Trent, taking the other prizes in that order. The exhibitors and 
prizetakers for six single trusses were Mr. E. Mawley and the Rev. 
Alan Cheales ; and for the same number of Teas or Noisettes the two 
last named were placed equal, preceded by Mr. J. H. Pemberton, all 
staging rather small but neat blooms. In the class for half a dozen 
distinct new Roses not in commerce previous to 1878, Mr. T. Jowitt 
contributed the only collection, and secured the principal prize with 
good representative blooms of Mrs. Laxton, Duchess of Bedford, 
Harrison Weir, A. K. Williams, Penelope Mayo, and a seedling of 
moderately good substance and very bright in colour somewhat re¬ 
sembling A. K. Williams. 
Nurserymen’s Classes. —Owing to a considerable delay in the 
judging of these classes, chiefly due to the reason above named, the 
tent was crowded with visitors holding private view tickets before we 
could obtain the necessary notes, and even securing the names of the 
best blooms in the leading collections was a work of considerable 
difficulty—almost an impossibility. This was especially the case 
with the stands of seventy-two blooms which were near the entrance 
to the marquee. Being the great feature of the Show the visitors 
clustered closely round these, and some of the ardent rosarians were 
so busily engaged in examining and criticising the respective merits 
of the blooms that they very reluctantly made way for others who 
were patiently waiting to obtain a glimpse of the stands. As regards 
quality the majority of the nurserymen’s blooms were very satis¬ 
factory indeed ; in several collections flowers were staged that have 
not been rivalled this season. There was, too, a noticeable difference 
in the relative position of the great Rose-growing firms, some that 
ranked high at the Sydenham and Muswell Hill Shows only taking 
second and third-rate positions at Sheffield, while the converse 
applied to some that had this season hitherto not been in their best 
form. The silver cup given by the Mayor of the town and £5, which 
constituted the principal award in the class for seventy-two blooms, 
were won by Cranston’s Nursery and Seed Company, Hereford, who 
bad a grand collection of fresh substantial blooms representing most 
of the best exhibition varieties in commerce, and well meriting the 
honour accorded for them. A dozen of the most noticeable were 
A. K. Williams, Senateur Vaisse, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Charles Lefebvre, 
Capitaine Christy, Beauty of Waltham, Camille Bernardin, Niphetos, 
Duke of Edinburgh, Madame Gabriel Luizet, and Madame Hippolyte 
Jamain. Messrs. Keynes & Co., Salisbury, followed with even 
and creditable blooms, La Rosiere, Pierre Notting, and Alba Rosea 
being remarkably fine among many others of good quality. Mr. 
B. R. Cant, Colchester, was third with bright blooms, but slightly 
deficient in substance ; Messrs. G. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, taking the 
fourth position. With forty-eight triplets Messrs. Cranstons were 
again the principal exhibitors, gaining the premier position with 
stands very similar in quality to those in the previous class. Messrs. 
Keynes & Co. also followed the Hereford firm as closely as before, 
staging fine examples of Alfred Colomb, Black Prince, Alfred Du- 
mesnil, Charles Lefebvre, Star of Waltham, Madame Gabriel Luizet, 
Avocat Duvivier, Marie Rady, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Auguste Rigo- 
tard, and Soupert et Notting. Messrs. G. Paul & Son were placed 
third for smaller but neat blooms. Twenty-four triplets were con¬ 
tributed by four exhibitors, Mr. G. Prince of Oxford being selected 
for the chief honours ; his stand included some handsome blooms 
of approved varieties, fresh and of good substance. Messrs. Cran¬ 
ston and G. Paul & Son were second and third respectively. Tea 
and Noisette Roses were represented by three very satisfactory 
stands in the class for eighteen trusses, Mr. G. Prince securing the 
most important award with blooms of the style for which he is 
famous. Some of the best were Amazone, Devoniensis, Clothilde, 
Catherine Mermet, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Niphetos, Souvenir de 
Jean Pernet, Souvenir d’un Ami, Marie Guillot, Marie Van Houtte, 
Madame Nabonnand, and Countess Ouvaroff. Messrs. Paul <fc Son were 
second, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Niphetos, Alba Rosea, and De¬ 
voniensis being good, Messrs. Cranston taking the third position. 
In the three other classes for nurserymen in the second division— 
namely, for thirty-six single blooms, eighteen triplets, and twelve 
Teas, the competition though not exciting was fairly good, the prize- 
takers being Messrs. H. Frettingham, Beeston, Nottingham ; Davison 
and Co., Hereford; C. Turner, Slough ; John Jefferies <& Son, Ciren¬ 
cester ; and Messrs. Cooling &, Son, Bath. 
Open Classes. —The most important of these was for twelve new 
Roses not in commerce previous to 1878. Messrs. Cranston carried 
off the premier prize with fine blooms of Countess of Rosebery. Dr. 
Sewell, Madame Julie Dymonier, Mai-y Pochin, much better and fuller 
than it has yet been shown this season ; Madame Marie Verdier, 
Charles Darwin, Jules Finger, Madame Ducher. Duchess of Connaught, 
Richard Laxton, Souvenir de Madame Robert, and Mrs. Jowitt. 
Messrs. G. Paul & Son secured the second place with even fresh 
examples of Wilhelm Koelle, Comtesse de Choisseul, Ferdinand Chaf- 
folte, Madame Eugenie Verdier, Duke of Teck, May Quennell, Charles 
Darwin, Paul Jamain, Penelope Mayo, and Madame Toucher. Mr. 
H. Frettingham was third, staging similar varieties to those in the 
preceding two, except Constantin Tretiakoff, which was represented 
in the Nottingham stand. The next four classes were devoted to 
collections of a dozen blooms each of light and dark Hybrid Per- 
petuals, Teas, and yellow Roses. The best twelve blooms of a dark 
Hybrid Perpetual Rose among ten stands entered were exhibited by 
Messrs. Cranston, the variety being A. K. Williams, very fine in form, 
substance, and colour. Mr. T. Jowitt was a good second with admir¬ 
able examples of Horace Vernet; Mr. G. Prince taking the third 
place with the same variety nearly equally as fine. In the corre¬ 
sponding class for light Hybrid Perpetuals Messrs. Cranston were 
again first with exquisite blooms of Madame Noman, as even as pos¬ 
sible and of the most symmetrical form imaginable. This stand 
was greatly admired, and deservedly, for rarely has this beautiful 
