July 3, 1884. J 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Teas were beautifully shown, mostly of fine substance, clean and fresh. 
Amingst the five exhibitors of eighteen Teas Mr. B. R. Cant was adjudged 
the first prize for admirable blooms of Catherine Mermet, Niphetos, Moire, 
Madame Willerraoz, loose; Marie Van Houtte, Perle des Jardins, Devoniensis, 
Mar6chal Niel, Madame Cusin, very bright and pretty ; Souvenir d’Elise, large; 
Rubens, Madame Catherine Kuster, Madame C. Bravy, Madame Margottin, 
Souvenir d’un Ami, a beautiful bloom ; Innocente Pirola, large but loose ; 
Madame Angele Jacquier, Anna Ollivier. Messrs. Paul & Son were second 
w’ith smaller but neat and fresh examples, particularly good blooms being 
Madame Cusin, Souvenir d’un Ami, Alba Rosea, and Devoniensis. Mr. G. 
Prince, Oxford, was third, a corner bloom of Catherine Mermet being very 
fine in this stand ; and Mr. C. Turner, Slough, was fourth. 
In Division B some of the best Roses in the Show were exhibited, 
especially in the class for forty-eight blooms, of which nine lots were 
staged. Messrs. Curtis, Sanford. & Co , Torquay, won premier honours 
with grandly coloured substantial blooms, which excited the admiration of 
all who saw them. Remarkably good were the following:—FrauQois 
Levet, Alfred Colomb, Madame Lacharme, General Jacqueminot, large and 
brilliant colour; Madame Sophie Fropot, Madame Charles Wood, Capitaine 
Christy, Duchess of Bedford, Marie Verdier, very pretty; Ferdinand de 
Lesseps, Jean Ducher, A. K. Williams, a grand bloom ; Duke of Edinburgh, 
Marie Baumann, Horace Vernet, Beautj^ of Waltham, Duchesse de Morny, 
Star of Waltham, Marie Rady, and Fran 9 ois Michelon. The second-prize 
stand from Mr. F. Cant contained good blooms. Madame Lacharme, 
Catherine Mermet, Dr. Sewell, Madame Ducher, Mons. Noman, Antoine 
Ducher, and Star of Waltham. Mr. J. House, Eastgate, Peterborough, was 
third, and Messrs. J. Jeffries & Sons, Cirencester, fourth, several small and 
rough blooms being notable on both these stands. 
For twenty-four single trusses the competition was very keen, twelve 
exhibitors entering the lists. Messrs. Curtis & Sanford were again the 
most successful with fresh and beautiful blooms of Alfred Dumesnil, Marie 
Baumann, A. K. Williams, Duchesse de Morny, Marie Rady, Reynolds 
Hole, and. Lady Sheffield. Messrs. G. Cooling & Son, Bath, were second 
with substantial blooms of Etienne Levet, La France, Duke of Connaught, 
and Marie Baumann ; the third and fourth prizes being secured by Mr. F. 
Cant and Messrs. Jeffries & Co. In the classes for twelve Teas the blooms 
were also very fine and even, and the seven stands occasioned the Judges a 
little difficulty. Mr. F. R. Cant was first with handsome blooms, of which 
the following were the best :—Souvenir d’un Ami, Marie Van Houtte, 
Moire, Souvenir d’Elise, Madame Welch, Catherine Mermet, Jean Ducher, 
Rubens, Marechal Niel, and Devoniensis. The second prize was accorded 
to Mr. J. Mattock, New Headington, Oxford, for smaller blooms, but Jean 
Ducher, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, and Amazone were fine. Messrs. J. 
Burrell & Co.. Cambridge, and Messrs. J. Jeffries & Sons were third and 
fourth respectively. 
AMATEURS’ CLASSES. 
In the opinion of some experienced rosarians amateurs were not so 
strongly represented as usual, taking the classes generally, but in the smaller 
ones they well maintained their credit, and the Tea varieties were grandly 
shown. There was a noticeable falling-off in the quality of the collections 
in the class for forty-eight, and it appears that this is too large a number for 
amateurs to make up in a satisfactory manner, and it is thought probable 
that the Society will reduce the number to thirty-six again. The challenge 
cup for forty-eight blooms was won by T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch 
Lodge, Reigate (gardener, Mr. T. Ridout), amongst eight competitors, with a 
fresh and pretty collection, but some of the blooms were rather small. The 
varieties were as follows :—Capt. Christy, Mrs. Jowitt, Baronne de Roth¬ 
schild, Etienne Levet, Emily Laxton, Pierre Netting, Eugene Verdier, Horace 
Vernet, large and handsome ; pink sport from Madame C. Joigneaux, Marie 
Baumann, Madame Therese Levet, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Mrs. Baker, Madame G. 
Luizet, Madame Lacharme, Abel Grand, Due de Rohan, Abel Carriere, 
Marquise de Castellane, John Hopper, Anna Ollivier, Pride of Waltham, 
Alfred Colomb, Fisher Holmes, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Duchesse de Morny, 
Louis Van Houtte, A. K. Williams, Edouard Morren, Hippolyte Jamain, La 
France, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Star of Waltham, Francois Michelon, Jean 
Pernet, Dr. Hogg, Marie Rady, Le Havre, Lady Sheffield, Royal Standard, 
Countess of Rosebery, Mrs. Laxton, Countess of Oxford, Duchesse de Val- 
lombrosa, Gdndral Jacqueminot, Mons. Noman, Charles Lefebvre, and Camille 
Bernardin. Rev. Hugh Berners, Harkstead Rectory, Ipswich, secured the 
second place ; T. W. Girdlestone, Esq., Sunningdale, being third with la''ger 
and fuller blooms, which looked exceedingly well until late in the afternoon. 
A. J. Waterlow, Esq., Great Doods, Reigate (gardener, Mr. Brown), was fourth. 
Mr. Ridout had the best twenty-four blooms, a beautiful collection ; T. W. 
Girdlestone, Esq., being second, and Mr. T. B. Hall, Larchwood, Rock Ferry, 
third, amongst five exhibitors. 
As in the other classes the amateurs’ collections of Tea Roses were of 
admirable quality, six good stands of twelve being entered. H. J. Waterlow, 
Esq., Great Doods, Reigate (gardener, Mr. J. Brown), was first with neat 
compact blooms of Jean Ducher, Marie Van Houtte, Catherine Mermet, 
Souvenir d’Elise, Innocente Pirola, Madame Willermoz, Rubens, Souvenir 
d’un Ami, Jean Pernet, Caroline Kuster, Etoile de Lyon, and Alba Rosea. 
The Rev. Hugh Berners, Harkstead Rectory, Ipswich, was second with 
rather larger and fuller blooms. Mr. A. Slaughter, Jarvis Villa, Steyning ; 
and T. W. Girdlestone, Esq., following in that order. 
In division D the leading class was for twenty-four single trusses, and in 
this the competition was very close, twelve stands of nearly equal merit 
being entered. The Rev. J. H. Pemberton was the most successful with 
capital blooms of Marie Finger, Constantin Tretiakoff, Miss Hassard, Louis 
Van Houtte, Annie Laxton, Duke of Edinburgh, La France, A. K. Williams, 
Duchess of I3^dford, Marquise de Castellane, Caroline Kuster, Marie Cointet, 
Beauty of Waltham, Marie Verdier, Horace Vernet, Duchesse de Vallom- 
brosa, E.'tposition de Brie, Souvenir de la Malraaison, Countess of Rosebery, 
Helen Paul, Etienne Levet, Madame Victor Verdier, and Star of Waltham. 
Captain Christy, Sidmouth, Devon, was a very close second with large sub¬ 
stantial blooms, especially fine being A. K. Williams, Fran 9 ois Michelon, 
Mrs. Laxton, Etienne Levet, Maurice Bernardin, and a weak Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh. Miss Watson Taylor and Mr. G. Baker, Reigate, were third and 
fourth. A box of blooms from Mr. F. C. Pawle, Nortbeote, was also highly 
commended. Ten competitors also entered in the class for six varieties. 
three trusses of each. Miss Watson Taylor, Manor House, Headington, O.xon 
(gardener, Mr. F. Gurden), leading with handsome blooms of A. K. Williams, 
Marie Van Houtte, Marguerite de St. Amand, Prince Arthur, Duchess of Bed¬ 
ford, and La France. Mr. S. P. Budd, Bath, Rev. J. H. Pemberton, and 
W. H. Wakeley, Esq., followed in the order named. 
The best twelve Teas were from Miss Watson Taylor, the back row 
blooms of Catherine Mermet, Souvenir d’uu Ami, Alba Rosea, and 
Marechal Niel being extremely fine. Amazone, Comtesse de Naidaillac, 
Jean Ducher, Niphetos, Madame Willermoz, Cornelie Bock, Souvenir 
d’Elise, and Marie Van Houtte were similarly good. The Rev. E. L. 
Fellowes was second, showing Souvenir d’Elise, Catherine Mermet, and 
Anna Ollivier in fine condition; W. H. Wakeley, Esq., Tracklands, Rain- 
ham, Kent, and R. L. Knight, Esq., Sittingbomme, taking the other prizes. 
There were eight entries. 
The piece of plate offered as a first prize for twelve Roses in Division E 
was gained by Mr. R. E. West, Reigate, with pretty neat and clean blooms 
of Capitaine Christy, Annie Wood, Baronne de Rothschild, Marie Baumann, 
Francois Michelon, Le Havre, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Madame Victor 
Verdier, Marie Finger, Alfred Colomb, Madame G. Luizet, and Abel 
Carriere. E. M. Bellmore, Esq., Denne Park, Horsham (gardener, Mr. H. 
Harris), was second, having capital examples of Duke of Teck, P'ran 9 ois 
Michelon, substantial and good form ; Mons. Noman, and La France. Mr. 
T. F. Burnaby Atkins, Halstead Place, Sevenoaks, -was third, his A. K. 
Williams and Madame Prosper Laugier being fine ; and the Rev. J. H. L. 
Fellowes, Brighton Rectory, Acle, Norwich, took the fourth place. Thirteen 
collections w'ere staged. 
The best of the ten boxes of nine blooms were staged by Mrs. Fuller, 
Vicarage, Bexley, who had Mons. Noman, fine ; Etienne Levet, beautiful 
and good examples of Charles Lefebvre, Alfred Colomb, A. K. Williams, 
and Xavier Olibo. Rev. R. C. Hales, Woodmancote Rectory, Henfield, 
Sussex (gardener, Mr. H. Simmons), was third, one bloom of A. K. 
Williams in the centre of the stand being remarkably fine. G. G. Stone, 
Esq., Eastcote, Red Hill (gardener, Mr. C. Goode), was third; and fourth 
prizes were awarded to Mr. E. Mawley, Lucknow House, Addiscombe, and 
the Rev. H. B. Biron, Hythe, Kent, the last-named having handsome 
blooms that were really worthy of a higher position. Five boxes of six 
trusses were entered, W. Melles, Esq., Sewardstone Lodge, Chingford, 
Essex (gardener, Mr. T. Turk) being first for good blooms of La France, 
Franqois Levet, Duchess de Vallombrosa, Madame A. Perriere, Jean 
Ducher, and Souvenir de Madame Alfred Vy. Mr. C. E. Cuthell took the 
second place, and the Rev. J. G. Hodgson, Saltwood Rectory, Hythe, was 
fourth. The seventeen exhibitors of six Teas caused the Judges much 
difficulty in making the awards, but after a careful consideration the Rev. 
Page Roberts was placed first with fine blooms of Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, 
Caroline Kuster, Jean Ducher, Niphetos, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, and 
Catherine Mermet. The Rev. R. C. Hales, Woodmancote, Henfield, was 
second, the Rev. T. G. Hodgson third, and Mr. Turk fourth, the last having 
Jean Ducher remarkably fine. 
EXTRA CLASSE?. 
The prizes, including a piece of plate, for a basket of Tea or Noisette Roses 
only brought two competitors, and that neither of these were of unusual 
merit may be judged from the fact that only a third prize was awarded. In 
the class for eighteen Teas or Noisettes it was, however, very different, six 
collections being entered, and the one selected for the chief honours, from the 
Rev. F. Page Roberts, The Rectory, Scole, Norfolk, well deserved its position, 
for it contained some of the grandest blooms isi the Show. The varieties 
were—Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, very substantial and handsome, was awarded 
the silver medal for the best Tea or Noisette in the amateurs’ classes, Anna 
Ollivier, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Souvenir d’un Ami, Madame Camille, 
Niphetos, Madame Margottin, Perle de Lyon, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, 
Madame Bravy, Marie Guillot, Madame Lambard, Jean Ducher, Catherine 
Mermet, Innocente Pirola, Madame Welche, Caroline Kuster, and Marie Van 
Houtte. Rev. J. H. Pemberton was a good second, the Rev. E. L. Fellowes 
following with a creditable collection. A class was provided for six trusses 
of distinct varieties, open only to those who have never won a prize at the 
National Society’s Show. George Christy, Esq., Buckhurst Lodge, 
Westerham, was the first amongst sixteen competitors, with fine examples of 
Henri Ledechaux, Capitaine Christy, La France, A. K. Williams, Marie Rady, 
and Duchess of Edinburgh. Mr. A. B. Lindsell, Hitchin, Herts, was second, 
his blooms of Marie Rady and Marquise de Castellane being very good ; 
R. E. West, Esq., Reigate, was third ; and the Rev. J. G. Hodgson fourth. 
Five boxes of six new Roses were contributed, but none were of extra 
good quality. T. W. Girdlestone, Esq., was first with Violette Bouyer, 
Comtesse Henriette Coomber, Comtesse de Mailly-Nesle, Princess of Wales, 
Miss Edith Giffard, and Ulrich Brunner. The second place was accorded to 
the Rev. J. H. Pemberton for May Paul, Pride of Waltham, Madame Montet, 
Madame C. Perriere, Helen Paul, and Archduchess Elizabeth. Rev. Alan 
Cheales, Brockham Vicarage, Surrey, followed with Helen Paul, Earl of 
Pembroke, Reine Maria Pia, Princess of Wales, Lord F. Cavendish, and 
May Paul. 
One of the strongest classes in the Exhibition as regards the number of 
exhibitors was that for six trusses of any Rose, no less than twenty boxes 
being staged, and all of considerable merit. The Rev. H. Berners won 
premier honours with magnificent blooms of Jean Ducher ; Lord Brooke, 
Easton Lodge, Dunmow (gardener, Mr. H. Lister), following very closely 
with Charles Lefebvre, large, bright, fresh, and beautiful blooms, kfr. C. 
Cuthell, Chapel Croft, Dorking, was third ; other good varieties being 
Fran 9 ois Michelon, Marie Bairmann, and Madame Lacharme. 
OFEN CLASSES. 
The exhibits in these classes added materially to the beauty of the 
Show, the single variety classes being well filled. Messrs. Paul & Son had 
the best twelve new Roses (not in commerce previous to 1881), the varieties 
being as follows :—H. Schultheis, Merveille de Lyon, Comtesse de Paris, 
Lady M. Fitzwilliam, Grandeur of Cheshunt, Etoile de Lyon, Ulrich 
Brunner, Helen Paul, Madame Melanie Vigneron, Queen of Queens, Baron 
Nathaniel Rothschild, and Pride of Waltham. Messrs. Curtis, Sanford & Co. 
were second, their best blooms being Andre Gill. Ulrich Brunner, and 
Admiral Seymour. Mr. B. R. Ca it was third, also showing Ulrich Brunuer 
in good condition. There were four entries. 
