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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
[ July 17, 1884. 
a large painted window representing St. George and the dragon has been 
put in, which still further denies the light, while the cross lights are very 
trying to Roses, which was a great pity, for a fine collection of Roses, 
both from amateurs and nurserymen, was contributed, and the Exhibition 
altogether was a most excellent one. The tables were wide, and had there 
been a much larger number of people there would still have been ample 
space for walking about. The flowers were staged on two parallel tables 
running down the centre of the room, while a stage under the organ was 
also filled, mainly by exhibits from Mr. Prince of Oxford. The nurserymen’s 
classes were contributed to by Messrs. B. R. Cant, Paul it Son, the Cranston 
Company, Prince, Jefferies & Co., Rumsey, Harkness, &c.; the amateurs by 
Messrs. T. B. Hall, Grant, Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Day, Rev. L. Garret, 
Angus, &c. Mr. Whitwell was unfortunately prevented from coming, and 
his fine stands of Roses were greatly missed. 
In Class 1, for seventy-two, distinct, Messrs. B. R. Cant, Paul »fe Son, 
and the Cranston Company took the prizes in the order named. Mr. Cant’s 
Roses were Horace Vcrnet, Queen of Queens, Duke of Edinburgh, Souvenir 
de Mons. Boll, Baroness Rothschild, seedling, A. K. Williams, Catherine 
Mermet, Alfred Dumesnil, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Reynolds Hole, 
Madame Charles Crapelet, Edouard Morren, Prince de Portia, Madame 
Ducher, Madame Victor Yerdier, Penelope Mayo, La Boule d’Or, Francois 
Louvat, Boieldieu, Alfred Colomb, Ulrich Brunner, Exposition de Brie, 
Madame Eugene Verdier, Abel Carriere, Souvenir d’un Ami, Antoine Ducher, 
Marie Cointet, Xavier Olibo, a magnificent bloom ; Ville de Lyon, John S. 
Mill, Souvenir d’Elise, Dr. Sewell, Mardchal Xiel, Fisher Holmes, Prince 
Arthur, Star of Waltham, Comtesse d’Oxford, Innocente Pirola, Madame 
Prosper Laugier, Duchesse de Morny, a grand bloom of surpassing excel¬ 
lence ; La France, Madame Victor Verdier, Madame Angele Jacquier, 
Beauty of Waltham, Madame Montel, Gabriel Luizet, .John Hopper, Duke 
of Teck, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Senateur Vaisse, Duke of Wellington, 
President, Mrs. Baker, Francois Michelon, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Merveille 
de Ljon, Etienne Levet, Marguerite de St. Amand, Devienne Lamy, 
Countess of Rosebery, Prince Camille de Rohan, Pride of Waltham, Lady 
Sheffield, Princess Beatrice, Marie Rad}’, Charles Lefebvre, Dupuy Jamain 
Marie Van Houtte, Madame Charles Moreau, and Princess Mary of Cam 
bridge. 
In Class 2, for thirty-six trebles, Mr. B. R. Cant was again first with 
Souvenir de Mons. Boll, Alfred Colomb, Madame Victor Verdier, Camille 
de Rohan, Madame Charles Crapelet, an old and good Rose one does not 
often see now ; Reynolds Hole, Catherine Mermet, La Boule d’Or, Marie 
Finger, Prince Arthur, Comte de Paris, John Hopper. Lady Sheffield, Baroness 
Rothschild, Abel Carriere, Pride of Waltham, Frangois Louvat, Marie 
Cointet, Marie Baumann, Countess of Rosebery, General Jacqueminot, 
Mardchal Niel, and Dr. Sewell. The Cranston Company were second, and 
Messrs. Paul it Son third. In Class 3, for thirty-six varieties, not open to 
the previous exhibitors, Mr. George Prince was first with Anna Ollivier, 
Madame Victor Verdier, Dupuy Jamain, A. K. Williams, Alba Rosea, Fisher 
Holmes, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Abel Carriere, Charles Darwin, Marie Van 
Houtte, Prince Arthur, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Duchesse de Morny, 
Horace Vernet, Souvenir d’un Ami, Xavier Olibo, Charles Lefebvre, Madame 
Marie Bianchi, Duke of Teck, Etoile de Lyon, Duke of Connaught, Louis 
Van Houtte, Marie Finger, Souvenir de Mons. Boll, Jean Ducher, Marie 
Baumann, Catherine Mermet, Exposition de Brie, Etienne Levet, Innocente 
Pirola, E. Y. Teas, Merveille de Lyon. Auguste Rigotard, Countess of Rose¬ 
bery, and Marechal Niel. Messrs. Jeflieries it Son, Cirenccster, were second, 
and Mr. Rumsey third. 
In Class 4, for eighteen trebles, Mr. Prince w'as again first with A. K. 
Williams, Baroness Rothschild, Charles Darwin, Prince Arthur, Souvenir 
d’un Ami, Jean Ducher, Marie Baumann, Madame Victor Verdier. Charles 
Lefebvre, Camille de Rohan, Comtesse d’Oxford, Reynolds Hole, and 
Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Tea. In Class 5, for new Roses, only one stand 
was exhibited by Messrs. Paul & Son, consisting of Henri Schultheis, Madame 
John Townley, Merveille de Lyon, Grandeur of Cheshunt, Duke of Albany, 
Pride of Waliham, Edouard Andre, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Queen of Queens, 
Duchess of Connaught, Etoile de Lyon, and Countess of Pembroke. In 
Class 6, for eighteen Teas and Noisettes, Mr. George Prince was first with 
Catherine Mermet, Anna Ollivier, Marie Van Houtte, Mardchal Niel, Alba 
Rosea, Jean Ducher, Etoile de Lyon, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Niphetos, 
Princess of Wales, Francisca Kruger, Souvenir d’un Ami, Innocente Pirola, 
Perle des Jardins, Marie Sisley, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, and Princess 
Vera. 
The amateur classes were well represented, although, as I have said, we 
missed Mr. Whitwell. There was a sharp competition for the thirty- 
six varieties between Messrs. Pemberton, Grant, Hall, and Garnet, and 
the prizes were alternately awarded in the order named. Mr. Pemberton’s 
flowers were Marquise de Castellane, Duke of Edinburgh, Gabriel Luizet, 
Countess of Rosebery, Marie Cointet, Marie Baumann, Beauty of Waltham, 
Marquise de Gibot, Louis Van Houtte, Niphetos, A. K. Williams, Marie Finger, 
Countess of Rosebery, Marguerite de St. Amand, Horace Vernet, Frangois 
Michelon, Charles Ballet, Madame Victor Verdier, Baronne de Rothschild, 
Star of Waltham. Madame Eugene Verdier, E. Y. Teas, Jean Ducher, 
Charles Lefebvre, Victor Verdier, Ulrich Brunner fils., Duke of Wellington, 
Marie Van Houtte, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Antoine Ducher, Camille 
Bernardin, Pride of Waltham, Marie Rady, and Marie Verdier. In class 8, 
for twenty-four varieties, the Rev. L. Garnet and Mr. S. P. Budd of Bath 
were equal, both stands containing excellent blooms. In Class 9, for twelve 
blooms, A. Tate, Esq., was first with Duke of Teck, Magna Charta, Sir 
Garnet Wolselej, La France, Pierre Netting, Thomas Mills, Beauty of 
Stapleford, Cnarles Lefebvre, Comtesse de Serenye, Souvenir de la Malmaison, 
Devienne Lamy, and John Hopper. There was a sharp contest in Class 20, 
for the National Rose Society’s gold medal, between Mr. J. H. Angus and 
Mr. T. B. Hall, ultimately awarded to the former with Charles Lefebvre, a 
magnificent bloom, which also gained the premier prize for the best bloom 
(H.P.) in the amateur classes. His blooms were Duke of Wellington 
Gabriel Luizet, Annie Laxton, Auguste Neumann, Marie Finger, A. K. 
Williams, Magna Charta, Frangois Michelon, Jean Ducher, Ferdinand de 
Lssseps, Senateur Vaisse, Dupuy Jamain, Etienne Levet, La France, Paul 
Neyron, Capitaine Christy, Marie Baumann, Madame E. Verdier, Louis Van 
Houtte, Rev. J. B. M. Camm, Mrs. Baker, Constantine Tretiakoff, and Fisher 
Holmes. Mr. '1. B. Hall was a good second. In eighteen varieties Mr. T. B. 
Hall was first with excellent blooms of Alfred Colomb, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Gabriel Luizet, Laelia, Prince Arthur, Gdn^ral Jacqueminot, Louis Van 
Houtte, Sophie Fropot, Fisher Holmes, La France, Marie Baumann, Frangois 
Michelon, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Madame H. Jamain, Camille Bernardin, 
Charles Lefebvre, Dr, Andry, and Marie Finger. Mr. Angus was_ second. 
In the class for eighteen varieties A. Tate, Esq., took first prize with good 
blooms of Comtesse d’Oxford, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Pierre Netting, ThomM 
Mills, Capitaine Christy, Gdndral Jacqueminot, Frangois Michelon, Marie 
Baumann, Magna Charta, Charles Lefebvre, Etienne Levet, Fisher Holmes, 
La France, Abel Carriere, Baronne de Rothschild, Mrs. Laxton, Sophie 
Fropot, and Duke of Wellington. In the class for twelve blooms C. J. Day, 
Esq., was first. Rev. J, H. Pemberton second. In six varietifs_ (trebles) 
C. J. Day, Esq., was again first, Mr. Grant second, and Mr. Hall third. For 
the best twelve blooms of any yellow Rose no first prize was given. The 
second was awarded to Mr. 'T. B. Hall with Madame Margottin. For the 
best twelve blooms of any light Rose the first prize was awarded to the 
Rev. Lionel Garnet with Marie Finger, the second by Mr. Hall with 
Baronne de Rothschild, and the third by Mr. S. P. Budd with La France. 
For twelve blooms of any crimson Rose the first prize was awarded to Mr. 
Angus with Charles Lefebvre, the second to Mr. T. B. Hall with Alfred 
Colomb ; Mr. Hall winning first honours in the prize for twelve blooms of 
any white Rose. 
A word or two about the local exhibitors. Here, as elsewhere, I have 
seen a marked increase in the character of the blooms, the manner of setting 
up, and the naming of the flowers. Some of the blooms shown by Messrs, 
C. K. Hall, Churton, W. E. Hall, Armstrong, Shirley, w'ere excellent, 
especially when one considers how trying the weather has baen to all small 
growers. 
Four stands of Roses with Fern and other foliage were contributed, and 
the first prize was awarded to Miss Hall of Larkwood, whose box was a long 
way ahead of any of the others, and was lightly and elegantly arranged. 
Mr. Prince of Oxford showed some of the Oxford Roses not for competition, 
a box of Comtesse de Nadaillac being greatly and deservedly admired— 
indeed, there is no Tea Rose that I think equals this when it is in good 
form. 
And now comes the most painful part of the tale. The Show was finan¬ 
cially—as, unfortunately, the Wirral Show has always been—a failure. It 
was first held in Birkenhead Park, and people did not come to it there; then 
last year it was taken to St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, and Mr. Hill Grey has 
described in the ‘‘ Rosarian’s Year Book ” the ease with which he was 
enabled to take notes owing to the paucity of the people. It was even 
worse this year, and less was taken at the doors than at many a small pro¬ 
vincial show, and this in the great and flourishing city of Liverpool, and 
with such enthusiastic growers to help it on as Mr. 'T. B. Hall, who has done 
more to encourage and stir up Rose-growers in his neighbourhood than 
anyone I know of anywhere ; but his love and that of others has blinded 
them to the fact, humiliatiiig as it must be, that flowers will not of them¬ 
selves attract the public. I know nowhere that they do so. There must be 
music and the attractions of a promenade. If the National Rose Society’s 
Exhibition at Salisbury had been held in a room instead of in the Palace 
grounds they would not have taken one-third of the money that they did. 
Others do not understand the love of the Rose as an ardent rosarian feels it; 
but if he, and especially she, have the opportunity of hearing good music, of 
seeing and being seen, why then the Rose or any other flower is thrown in 
as a makeweight. If these are absent so are the visitors also, and the Wirral 
Rose Society must weigh these facts before another year.—D., Deal. 
HELENA GLOEDE STRAWBERRY. 
I NOTICE in your issue of the 10th a very glowing account of Helena 
Gloede. On your recommendation that this Strawberry was an excellent 
late one I got some plants from Messrs. Veitch at Exeter, so no doubt 
they were true. Here is my experience. They ripened about a week ago, 
or nearly with the others I have ; they are splendid croppers. The fruit 
varies very much in size, shape, and colour ; some are a light pink, others 
(the large ones generally) colour well on the upper side and remain white 
below. They are very liable to mildew even in this comparatively dry 
season ; and though they are mulched with straw the same as the other 
sorts, the slugs attack them far worse even before they are nearly ripe. I 
do not think their flowering equal to British Queen or Pres dent.—I. E, 
[The slugs appear to bear testimony to the excellence of this Straw¬ 
berry, and they are not bad judges. Strawberries with us are more liable 
to the attacks of mildew in dry than ka wet seasons. With generous 
support the variety in question is as free from mildew as the others. 
There is no better flavoured Strawberry than the British Queen; in our 
opinion it far excels that of President, but tastes differ, and so do Straw¬ 
berries in differing soils.] 
ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The summer Exhibition of this Society was held in the Waverley Market, 
Edinburgh, on the bth and 10th inst., and taken over the whole was hardly 
up to the usual standard of the Edinburgh Shows. From a gardener’s point 
of view the fruit, though limited in quantity was of the most interest, the 
Grapes being particularly good. Vegetables on the other hand were poor in 
quality and meagre in numbers, the drought previous to July having doubt¬ 
less affected them. Cut Roses were not so numerous as usual, and the quality 
bslovv the average. In the nurserymen’s classes there was a keen fight 
between Messrs. Hugh Dickson of Belfast and Mr. Smith of Stranraer—the 
Scotch Roses running those from across the channel very closely, but in all 
cases the Scotch came only second. Of the pot plants, flowering, foliage, 
and Ferns, there was little worthy of comment. Among nurserymen four 
firms entered for a prize offered for the best table of plants 40 feet long by 
10 feet wide, Messrs. Ireland &, Thomson taking the premier position with an 
arrangement much below the average of those with which they have been 
successful at former shows. In the gardeners’ section for a table 2) feet by 
5 feet only one exhibitor staged—Mr. Grossart, Oswald Road. This was a 
