JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
July 6, 1882. ] 
upon the surface of the ground. Flowers freely produced, nearly 
or quite 2 inches across; white, and reined externally with yellow. 
Superficially they much resemble miniature white Water Lilies, and 
are produced from May to July. It is a native of the western States 
of North America, where it favours marshy localities, and it thrives 
well under cultivation in very damp situations, and is on that account 
very acceptable owing to its very distinct appearance. It is increased 
by division of the root, but as my knowledge of it is but recent it is 
impossible to give any particulars in that respect.—N. 
A PROLIFEROUS ROSE. 
One of my Rose trees has indulged in the strange freak of 
producing blooms from blooms—that is to say, a shoot issues from 
the centre of a flower and produces another flower ; but what is 
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even mere singular, the small leaves that are produced under the 
second bloom are more or less tinted with pink like the petals. 
All the blooms were not thus proliferous, and the tree is very 
healthy. I am not sure what the name of the Rose is, as the 
variety is very old. I send you an example, and am curious to 
know if anything like it has ever been seen before. Our clergy¬ 
man thinks he has read of something of the kind but cannot 
remember where, but thinks it must have been in the Journal. I 
do not think it can have been during the last six years, as I have 
read it carefully since 1876, and cannot recollect seeing any 
record of a similar case. It is very singular, and I cannot under¬ 
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stand how this second growth and bloom can be produced. Can 
you tell me anything about it ?— James Hebden. 
[We cannot name the Rose, which was much withered. The 
example is almost exactly similar to the one submitted to us by 
Mr. Lee of Clevedon nine years ago. Usually, in fact nearly 
always, the growth terminates in the flower, but in this case there 
has been an abnormal prolongation of the growing axis for which 
we cannot account. The leaves just above the dark part of the 
stem were very small, pinnate, and two or three of the leaflets 
partly rose-coloured. The stem, Rose, and leaves represented in 
our engraving issued from the centre of another Rose, which was 
borne where the letter A is placed.] 
CRYSTAL PALACE ROSE SHOW. 
Brightness of colour and good substance were prevailing charac 
teristics of the Rose blooms which were abundantly staged at the 
Sydenham Exhibition on Saturday last. Of the twenty-one classes 
enumerated in the schedule only one, that for twelve trusses of 
Marhchal Niel, was unrepresented, and in some the competition was 
much keener than was expected considering the close approach of 
the National Rose Society’s Show at Kensington. Two long tables 
were devoted to the stands, the few gaps which occurred thiough the 
non-appearance of exhibitors who had entered various classes being 
filled with small Palms, Ferns, and other suitable plants, others of 
which also formed a central line on the tables between the boxes of 
blooms. 
Nurserymen’s Classes .—In these some very handsome blooms were 
staged, particularly in the class for seventy-two distinct varieties, 
single trusses, six fine collections being contributed. In every re¬ 
spect the best was that from Mr. B. R. Cant of Colchester, who had 
an even beautiful stand of well-formed richly coloured blooms ; in¬ 
deed the first prize had been awarded for it, when it was observed 
that two blooms of Madame Nachury were included—an obvious 
mistake, but according to the terms of the schedule this collection 
had to be disqualified, though very regretfully on the part of the 
Judges, who indicated their appreciation of the exhibit by awarding 
it an extra prize. So many of the best varieties were admirably 
represented in this that the names of the majority may be given— 
Baroness Rothschild, Marie Baumann, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Beauty 
of Waltham, Souvenir d’un Ami, A. K. Williams, Duchesse de Vallom- 
brosa, Marguerite de St. Amand, Duke of Wellington, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Charles Lefebvre, Devoniensis, La France, Duchess of 
Bedford, Marie Van Houtte, Dupuy Jamain, Madame Willermoz, 
Franjois Louvat, Fran(jois Michelon, Reynolds Hole, Rubens, Mdlle. 
Marie Cointet, Capitaine Christy, Duke of Teck, Madame Charles 
Truffaut, Etienne Levet, Madame Ducher, Madame Nachury, Le 
Havre, General Jacqueminot, Fisher Holmes, Marquise de Castellane, 
Madame Bravy, Triomphe de Rennes, Mrs. Baker, Madame Clemence 
Joigneaux, Comtesse de Serenye, John Hopper, Boule d’Or, Auguste 
Rigotard, Senateur Yaisse, Jules Finger, Magna Charta, Abel Grand, 
Elie Morel, Comtesse d’Oxford, Madame Eugenie Verdier, Cheshunt 
Hybrid, Dr. Andry, Annie Laxton, Madame Charles Wood, Princess 
Mary of Cambridge, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Victor Verdier, Prince 
Arthur, Duchesse de Morny, Mr. Harry Turner, and Madame Marie 
Finger. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, were placed first, but though 
their blooms were large and in some cases of good form they were 
generally rougher than the preceding ; the best blooms being Etienne 
Levet, A. K. Williams, Countess of Rosebery, Alfred Colomb, Beauty 
of Waltham, Duchesse de Caylus, Penelope Mayo, and George Moreau. 
Messrs. Cranston & Co., Hereford, were placed second with smaller 
but even and fresh blooms ; Messrs. Curtis, Sandford & Co., Torquay, 
taking the third position with brightly coloured examples of leading 
varieties. 
For forty-eight triplets Messrs. Paul & Son were deservedly ac¬ 
corded the first prize, their collection including some exceedingly 
handsome blooms, and it was evident the firm had concentrated their 
strength on this class. The most noteworthy varieties were Capitaine 
Christy, A. K. Williams, Xavier Olibo, Duchesse de Morny, Ferdinand 
de Lesseps, Alfred Colomb, Exposition de Brie, Souvenir de la Mal- 
maison, Senateur Vaisse, and Abel Carriere. Mr. C. Turner, Slough, 
was a close second with creditable blooms, fresh, bright, and neat; 
Messrs. Cranston & Co. taking the third place. For twenty-four 
triplets and the same number of single trusses Messrs. C. Turner, 
Frank Cant (Colchester), and Cranston were the prizetakers, all show¬ 
ing well. Mr. B. R. Cant had the best twelve Teas and Noisettes, 
comprising fine blooms of Souvenir d’un Ami, Madame Caroline Kuster, 
Souvenir d’Elise, Madame Bravy, Rubens, Madame Ducher, President, 
Marie Van Houtte, Paul Neyron, Devoniensis, Innocente Pirola, and 
M. Jules Margottin. Messrs. Mitchell & Sons, Uckfield, Sussex, fol¬ 
lowed very closely with good examples of Rubens, Devoniensis, Comte 
de Paris, Catherine Mermet, and Belle Lyonnaise. Messrs. Cranston 
were third, Madame Bravy, Perle des Jardins, Jean Ducher, and Cathe¬ 
rine Mermet being noteworthy for their size and good form. 
Amateurs' Classes .—The exhibits in these classes were not charac¬ 
terised by such general merit as in the preceding, and in the majority 
the blooms were rather small, though most of the collections in¬ 
cluded some fine blooms. The leading class was that for forty- 
eight distinct varieties, single trusses, and in this there were six 
