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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTIAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 31. 1884. 
eastern town of Grahamstown. Not only does Finns Pinaster show a good 
growth there, whereyer planted, hut in one spot I observed some remark¬ 
able natural reproduction. In a gully was a cluster of planted Pinaster 
I’ines, showing as fine a growth as is usually met with near Cape Town. 
I measured one tree 6 feet in girth and 90 feet high, and not an old tree, 
for it is not much above half a century since the English came and 
planted their trees and houses on the bare hills now occupied by the smiling 
little town of Grahamstown. From these trees in the gully, young trees, 
self-sown, have spread up the grassy hillside. This was at an elevation 
of about 1800 feet, and forty or fifty miles from the southern coast. It 
shows that Pinus Pinaster can be used here for forest purposes, not only on 
the seaboard (as in France), but at moderate elevations inland. The Cape 
Forest Department has now some Pinus Pinasters planted still further 
inland, and at an elevation of 4000 feet. I do not think the climate will 
be too severe even at this elevation. Frosts there are only such as occur 
during night, and snow never lies for more than two or three days; the 
climate is damper than at some parts of the coast, and I anticipate that 
both Pinus Pinaster and Pinus Pinea, especially the latter, will succeed 
there even better than on the coast. 
Pinus Pinea is a rather striking feature in Italian scenery from Brindisi 
upwards. Too often the Italian mountains, bared of forest, and cut to 
pieces by torrents, yield now nothing but the scantiest grazing, and on the 
rare occasions when the peasant enjoys a fire he draws this luxury from 
the loppings of the Pinus Pinea trees in his fields. Pinus Pinea is naturally 
one of the most flat-topped of Pines when old. In Italy this peculiarity is 
exaggerated by lopping, and those umbrella-like trees are sometimes as 
characteristic of Italian pictures as are Palms in paintings of tropical scenery. 
The Pine trees near Cape Town, with their symmetrical trunks, their 
lofty dense covert, and their natural reproduction, recall the Fir forests on 
the sandy plains of Alsace. They are certainly equal to the Spruce and 
Silver Fir, which I had an opportunity of seeing recently in the Vosges.— 
(TAe Indian lor ester.) 
(To be continued.) 
EOSE SHOWS. 
ST. IVES. 
A Rose Show was held on the 24th July in connection with this Society 
in the grounds of H. Goodman, Esq., the popular Vice-President, and one of 
the best supporters of the Society. The arrangements were in the hands of 
Messrs. R. M. Copley and G. Chapman, the Hon. Secretaries, and the exhi¬ 
bitors are much indebted to them for every courtesy and attention. 
Turning to the exhibits, some meritorious stands were staged, and, con¬ 
sidering the lateness of the fixture, the general quality of the flowers was 
good. The leading class was for twenty-four varieties, open to all England, 
and was well won by Messrs J. Burrell & Co. of the Howe House Nurseries, 
Cambridge, with a remarkably level and fresh stand, comprising Maurice 
Bernardin, very fine ; Baronne de Rothschild, large and clean ; Ulrich Brunner, 
Abel Carriere, Comtesse de Serenye, J. S. Mill, Louis Van Houtte, Dupuy 
Jamain, Beauty of Waltham, Xavier Olibo, A. Colomb, bright; Marie Verdier, 
Marie Baumann, Merveille de Lyon, fine ; Countess of Oxford, good ; Annie 
Wood, Duke of Teck, extra fine; Marhchal Niel, Reynolds Hole, A. K. 
Williams, bright; La France, Horace Vernet, Marie Van Houtte, and Charles 
Lefebvre. Mr. B. R. Cant was second with larger, but in some cases rather 
too forward blooms—Marquise de Castellane, A. K. Williams, Alfred Colomb, 
and Duke of Edinburgh were noticeable in this stand. Mr. Frettingham of 
Beeston, near Nottingham, was third Avith a good collection of fresh even 
specimens, which, in the opinion of many of the spectators, might well have 
taken second place. Messrs. Paul & Son of Cheshunt, and Messrs. Atherton 
of Chatteris, were the remaining exhibitors. The first prize in this class was 
£5, presented by W. W. Warner, Esq., the President of the Society. 
In the class for twelve distinct varieties the same competitors contended, 
but the leading positions were reversed, Mr. B. R. Cant being placed first 
with a fine stand containing good specimens of Alfred Colomb, Madame 
Eugene Verdier, Madame Prosper Laugier, Souvenir de Madame Boll, Mer¬ 
veille de Lyon, Ulrich Brunner, Marechal Niel, Duke of Edinburgh, A. K. 
Williams, Baroness Rothschild, C. Lefebvre, and Fran 5 oi 3 Michelon. Messrs. 
Burrell were a close second, their Countess of Oxford, Prince Arthur, and 
Comtesse de Serenye being good. 
In the class for twelve Teas and Noisettes Mr. Cant and Messrs. Burrell 
■wQ^^the only competitors, and were respectively placed first and second. 
The blooms were undersized, and the fine stand sent by the Rev. Page 
Roberts to the Show last year was greatly missed. 
The only open class for amateurs was for twelve varieties, the prizes 
being given by Mr. H. Goodman. The premier position was assigned to Mr. 
E. B. Lindsell of Hitchin for a level stand comprising Marie Rady, Capitaine 
Christy, A. K. Williams, Dr. Andrj-, Marhchal Niel, Beauty of Waltham, 
very fine ; Marie Verdier, C. Lefebvre, Annie Wood, Pierre Netting, Marie 
Baumann, and Marie Van Houtte. Mr. J. L. Curtis of Chatteris was second, 
his box containing, among others, a fine specimen of Ollivier Delhomme. 
The Rev. E. L. Fellowes, the Rev. F. H. Gall, and Mr. LaAvson also exhibited 
in this class. 
A class of twelve varieties was provided for amateur members of the 
Society residing ivithin six miles of St. Ives, and in this we were glad to see 
the first prize awarded to Mr. R. M, Copley, Mr. T. Seekings being placed 
second. 
Some good collections of Roses not for exhibition were staged, a box of 
Meiweille de Lyon from Mr. B. R. Cant’s nurseries being greatly admired.— 
HELENSBURGH. 
As a rule this has been my last Rose show of the season, but this year 
the Committee put their Exhibition forward a week, and so I had a very 
hurried rush from Darlington to Glasgow, and then to Helensburgh, and 
back again the next day to Liverpool in time for the Manchester Exhibition 
of the National Rose Society. Happily the weather was cool, so that 
travelling was not Avhat it had been a week before; still the very rapid 
rushing about is rather too much of a good thing, and it was with consider¬ 
able satisfaction that when I reached my hospitable friends at Larchwood 
my work for the season, as far as judging was concerned, was over; 
and as I had promised to be present at Helensburgh this year I was glad 
to be able to fulfil my promise, and find myself once more amongst the 
kind friends whom I have known now for so many years. 
As I was present in my capacity of Judge at the first exhibition of the 
Society, and have been at every one since held except last year, I have 
been enabled to watch its progress and see the improved character of the 
exhibits that have b°en brought forward, and have also seen a great im¬ 
provement in the method of exhibiting; but they still pensist here in a plan 
which has the merit of being perfectly unique. As I have before now 
explained, Avhen the exhibits are brought they are taken out of the boxes 
and placed in tubes on tables which receive all the exhibits. The idea is 
that it places all exhibitors on the same level. This it does not exactly do, 
for if one chooses to raise up his flowers, and another leaves them flat in 
the tubes, the former makes the better appearance. Then, as the Society 
supplies the moss, and each exhibitor is not put on his mettle to provide 
good green moss, it happens that you may generally say that the Roses are 
shown on hay or something of the same colour. Moreover, it is not quite 
fair on the Judges—there is no opportunity of comparing boxes; and, as it 
happened, two sets in a class where twelve stands were put up at the 
extreme ends came very close to one another, and it is in such a case very 
difficult to carry in one’s mind the two sets. Of course had they been in 
boxes it would have been different. I do hope that they will listen to the 
advice of those who are their true friends, and as they have discarded added 
foliage, so they will conform to the National Rose Society’s rules, that 
Roses are to be shown in boxes “ painted green.” 
The same remark applies to this as to most of the exhibitions of this 
year, that the flowers were not up to their usual quality ; and although, as 
is their wont, the Dicksons from Ulster took the foremost place, even their 
Roses were not up to their usual standard. In the class for forty-eights 
Mr. Alexander Dickson had a good stand, consisting of Magna Charta, 
Madame Nachury, Camille Bernardin, Madame de Ligneris, William 
Koelle, Prince of Wales, Senatenr Vaisse, Bessie Johnson, Star of Waltham, 
Reine Blanche, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Princess Mary of Cambridge, Duke of 
Albany, Baroness Rothschild, Madame Victor Verdier, Madame Eugenie 
Verdier, A. K. Williams, Merveille de Lyon, Le Havre, Marguerite de St. 
Amand, Marie Baumann, Ulrich Brunner, Alfred Colomb, Lady Mary Fitz- 
william, Etienne Levet, La France, Pride of Waltham, Auguste Rigotard, 
Comtesse de Serenyi, Horace Vernet, Henri Schultheis, E. T, Teas, Countess 
of Rosebery, Sultan of Zanzibar, Madame Rivers, Alexander Dickson, 
Lselia, Reynolds Hole, Mardchal Niel, Xavier Olibo, Duchess of Vallambrosa, 
La Rosiere, Triomphe de Rennes, General Jacqueminot, and Capitaine Christy. 
In the class for thirty-six Mr. Hugh Dickson was first with good 
blooms of Beauty of Waltham, Madame Victor Verdier, Duchess of 
Bedford, Lady Sheffield, Comte de Raimbaud, Elie Morel, E. Y. Teas, 
Prince of Wales, Marie Baumann, Sophie Coquerel, Baron Hausman, 
Reine Blanche, Dupuy Jamain, Gloire de Dijon, Senateur Vaisse, 
Comtesse de Serenyi, Dr. Andry, La France, Star of W’^altham, Madame 
Eugenie Verdier, Madame Marie Verdier, Baronness Rothschild, Due de 
Rohan, Etienne Levet, Ulrich Brunner, Merveille de Lyon, Duchess of Edin¬ 
burgh, Ltelia, Triomphe de Caen, Souvenir d’un Ami, .John Stuart Mill, 
Marquise de Castellane, Alfred Colomb, Marie Finger, Thomas Mills, and 
Frangois Michelon. In the class for twelve Teas (open) Messrs. Hugh 
Dickson and Mr. A. Hill Gray were placed equal. The former’s flowers were 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Caroline Kuster, Triomphe de Rennes, Alba Rosea, 
Madame Berard, Perle de Lyon, Bouquet d’Or, Madame Lambard, Marie 
Van Houtte, Anna Ollivier, Rubens, and Souvenir d’un Ami. Mr. Gray’s 
flowers were Catherine Mermet, Sombreuil, Anna Ollivier, Rubens, Souvenir 
d’un Ami, Madame de Tartas, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Amazon, Marie Van 
Houtte, Perle des Jardins, Adam, and Comtesse de Nadaillac. Mr. Gray was 
also first in the class for twelve Teas, amateurs. By-the-by I perceive that 
the Society has not adopted the rule of the National, by which Hybrid Teas 
are not allowed to be shown amongst Tea Roses, as in some stands I saw 
Cheshunt Hybrid and others exhibited. 
The chief prize amongst what we should call amateurs (but this latter 
term in Scotland simply means anyone who does not employ a gardener) was 
won by Mr. W. Parlane, gardener to Colonel Desmaston, Roslea, Row, with 
a good stand of Etienne Levet, Jean Liabaud, Ulrich Brunner, Louis Van 
Houtte, Duchess of Edinburgh, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Mary of Cam¬ 
bridge, La France, Princess de la Tremouille, Madame Lacharme, Comtesse de 
Chabnllant, Frangois Michelon, Madame Charles Wood, Marquise de Castel¬ 
lane, Alfred Colomb, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Mrs. George Paul, Capitaine 
Christy, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Madame Clemence Joigneaux, (Iharles 
Lefebvre, Prince of Wales, Baron Gonella, A. K. Williams, Princess Mary of 
Cambridge, Marie Baumann, Pride of Waltham, John Hopper, Oxonian, Le 
Havre, Duchess of Vallombrosa, Sir Garnet Wolseley, and General Jac¬ 
queminot. 
The various small classes were well contested, and the general quality of 
the blooms was much improved, although the season had been unfavourable, 
and Messrs. Spalding, Tate, and others won well-deserved honours. 
I was somewhat surprised to read the disparaging remarks about A. Iv. 
Williams in the last issue of the Journal, nor can I at all agree with them. It 
may not be a vigorous Rose, but it is not a delicate one, and I have seen at 
Mr. Hall’s at Larchwood plants of it with as strong sturdy shoots as one 
need wish to see. It has been sorely tried in the working of it so rapidly, 
but I believe that the idea that it will not bear transplanting, and must 
be budded in situ, is an erroneous one.—D., Deal, 
COMING FLOWER SHOWS. 
The following are the Exhibitions announced for August and Sep¬ 
tember :— 
August 2nd and 4th.—Liverpool (two days). Southampton (two days). 
„ 12th.—Royal Horticultural Society, Fruit and Floral Committees; 
Cottagers’ Show. 
,) 14th.—Maidenhead. 
16th, 16th.—Cheadle, Cheshire. 
„ 20th.—Shrewsbury (two days). 
„ 21st.—Reading. 
