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[ July 20, 1882. 
brighter crimson purple hue. Scarlet seifs are very abundant, 
and all are more or less attractive. Magnum Bonum deserves the 
lead for its dark scarlet blooms are not only of great size and 
substance, but they are so abundant that the plants have an 
exceedingly showy appearance. Crimson Pet is distinguished by 
its peculiarly rich colour—dark scarlet maroon. Coroner is a 
brilliant scarlet self, with large well-formed blooms ; Fireman, 
Duke of Wellington, James Wilkins, Dan Godfrey, and Sportsman 
being all scarlet seifs of considerable merit, varying slightly in 
the depth of shade, but similar in substance and quality of 
flowers. 
In the other sections of Carnations the scarlet and purple 
flake varieties are most noteworthy at Chelsea ; for though the 
bizarres are also admirably represented, they are scarcely so 
effective, and that is the point of view in which they are now 
being considered. Of the scarlet flakes Candidate, Adrian, Lord 
Lyons, and William Mellor have large handsome flowers, the last- 
named being particularly fine. The best purple flakes are Earl 
of Stamford, Captain Jinks, Squire Meynell, and Bellerophon, all 
richly coloured. The rose flakes are also very attractive, and they 
are all so good that it is difficult to make a selection ; however, 
the following are noteworthy for their size, substance, and clear 
colours :—Lord Chelmsford, Mrs. Anderson, Lord Beaconsfield, 
and Lady Mandeville. Amongst the scarlet bizarres Rembrandt, 
Douglas, Brilliant, and George Rudd, the last being an extremely 
dark variety, are all meritorious ; while the crimson bizarres 
Rifleman, Isaac Wilkinson, and Albion’s Pride are the leading 
forms in that section. 
Picotees are largely represented, but it is noteworthy that as 
border flowers the most suitable amongst these are the heavy- 
edged varieties, those with the fine margins being very beautiful 
when cut and staged, but their attractiveness is to a great extent 
lost when they are viewed at a distance. Edith Dombrain, a heavy 
rose-edged variety, is one of the most effective, and Elise is 
another good one of the same type. Mrs. A. Chancellor, a heavy 
purple-edged form, is very handsome. Norfolk Beauty is also 
a showy variety of that type. Queen of Summer is a new medium 
crimson-edged Picotee, with neat flowers, the margin very richly 
coloured. Mrs. Brown is a heavy-edge form, of similar colour to 
the above, and very striking. One other fine heavy crimson- 
edged variety need only be noticed—mamely, Coxswain, which 
has large handsome flowers which are produced with great 
freedom. The best of the light-edged forms are the following :— 
Rose and red, Bandmaster, Miss Skinner, and Miss Wood. Purple, 
Cynthia, Her Majesty, and Woodie. 
CHRISTLETON ROSE SHOW. 
Christleton is situated two miles out of Chester. It has a Rose 
Show of growing pretensions, very well managed, easy of access, and 
worth attention on the part of exhibitors. The Show this year was 
held in the rectory grounds on July 11th; and though the afternoon 
turned out wet and diminished the number of visitors, those who 
braved the elements _ found a large tent full of beautiful Roses, 
superior both in quality and quantity to any seen in the neighbour¬ 
hood. 
In Section A, open to all (nurserymen included), the competition 
for thirty-six single blooms was reduced to a match between the two 
Chester firms, Messrs. James Dickson & Sons, and F. & A. Dickson 
and Sons ; the former winning with a good box, the best blooms 
being Xavier Olibo, Le Havre, and Eugdnie Verdier ; the latter showed 
good blooms of Marie Baumann, Madame C. Wood, and Madame 
Ducher. In the same section (twelve blooms of any one light Rose) 
Messrs. James Dickson took first prize for a very fine box of Capi- 
taine Christy, run very closely by the Rev. L. Garnett with beautiful 
blooms of Baronne de Rothschild. The same firm showed (not for 
competition) a grand box of twelve Marie Baumann. 
^ There were two classes (twenty-four and eighteen single blooms) in 
Section B, open to all amateurs, and the competition in both was 
very close. In twenty-fours Mr. C. J. Day was first, closely pressed by 
Mr. T. B. Hall and the Rev. L. Garnett, while Miss Massey was highly 
commended. In eighteens the Rev. L. Garnett was first, Mr. T. B. Hall 
second, Mr. Day third, with Miss Massey placed as before. Mr. 
Day’s best blooms were La France, Louisa Wood, Victor Verdier, 
Dupuy Jamain, Francis Michelon, and Julia Touvais. Mr. Hall 
showed good examples of Marquise de Castellane, A. K. Williams, 
Louis Van Houtte, Marie Van Houtte, General Jacqueminot, and 
Eugenie Verdier. Mr. Garnett had Baronne de Rothschild, Prince 
Camille de Rohan, Etienne Levet, Madame Willermoz, Annie Laxton, 
and Magna Cbarta. Miss Massey showed a good bloom of Marie 
Louise Pernet. Section C, twelve and six single blooms, was in¬ 
tended for the smaller growers, exhibitors in Section B being ex¬ 
cluded. The competition in this section was good, and the Roses 
shown very creditable, though of course inferior to those in Section 
B, which were indeed the best in the Show. For twelve single 
blooms Mr. W. E. Hall won the first prize; Miss Humberston the 
second, and Canon Blomfield third. For six blooms the first prize 
went to Mr. F. N. Garnett, Mr. Hutchings being second, and Canon 
Blomfield third. Some very good blooms were shown by Mr. J. A. 
Hodgson in this section, which would undoubtedly have carried off 
the first prize, but owing to an informality of entry they were ex¬ 
cluded from competition. Mr. Hodgson’s Roses were as good as 
anything in the Show. There were several local classes, but the 
competition was disappointing and the Roses moderate. In Section E, 
for Tea Roses, Mr. T. B. Hall easily won first prize with twelve 
beautiful blooms, Mr. Day being second. The competitors in this 
class being excluded from the next (for six blooms), the Rev. L. Gar¬ 
nett here was successful, and Mr. W. E. Hall won the second prize. 
Perhaps the most attractive feature in the Show was a class for 
hardy cut flowers, not more than twenty-four varieties. The Rev. L. 
Garnett won the first prize with a beautiful stand of twenty-four 
varieties, comprising Spirrea palmata, Delphinium Cantab, and Pom¬ 
pon Brilliant, Geranium pratense fl.-pl., Phlox Lord Rosslyn, Lilium 
croceum, Campanula grandis and turbinata, Gladiolus Colvilli The 
Bride, English Iris, Mimulus cupreus Brilliant, Corn Marigold, 
Lychnis chalcedonica, &c. Mr. F. N. Garnett was a good second 
with Phlox Mr. Hunter, Spiraea Aruncus, Alstromeria, Delphinium 
formosum Mr. Jas. Helme and ranunculoides, Centaurea montana, 
Lychnis Haageana, &c. Mr. Townsend Ince was third with a neat 
collection, and Miss Currie highly commended. This part of the 
Show was judged by the Rev. C. Wolley Dod of Edge Hall, Malpas, 
who showed (not for competition) an extensive and most interesting 
collection of herbaceous flowers, chief among them being a most 
magnificent spike of Lilium giganteum, thicker than a man’s wrist, 
bearing twenty-two fully developed flowers. This had been grown 
in the open ground, and judging from the stump which we saw two 
days later must have stood 9 feet high or more. Other showy flowers 
in his collection were Cistus crispus, GUnothera Youngi, Geranium 
armenium, Silene armeria, Francoa rupestris, Centaurea macrocephala 
(greatly admired), Rudbeckia californica, Phlox Lady Napier (a beau¬ 
tiful pure white with very large pips), Armeria cephalotes, Cyananthus 
lobatus, Ononis rotundifolia, Orchis foliosa, Inula hirta and glandu- 
losa, Lychnis dioica fl.-pl., Lilium pardalinum, &c. There is no doubt 
that these collections of hardy flowers, duly labelled and arranged 
for effect, were greatly admired by the visitors, and added much to the 
interest of the Show. Some very good Rose bouquets were exhibited, 
the prizes being adjudged first to Mr. G. O. Day and second to Mr. 
C. V. Lace, Miss Thompson’s being highly commended. Special prizes 
also were offered for a vase or epergne dressed with flowers, the first 
prize being awarded to Miss Garnett, second to Mr. Lace, while Miss 
Yorke and Miss Theo. Lace were highly commended. The general 
verdict upon the Roses was that they were superior to those shown 
last year, and considering the very unfavourable weather most credit¬ 
able to the exhibitors. The arrangements made by the Secretaries, 
Messrs. C. J. Day and S. Earlam, were most complete, and we think 
that both exhibitors and visitors had reason to be well satisfied with 
their reception at Christleton, and are likely to come again. 
We must not omit to notice a collection of decorative plants sent 
by the President of the Rose Society, Arthur Potts, Esq., of Hoole 
Hall. Chief among these were Sari acenia Chelsonii and flava major, 
Dracmna Seaforthii, Croton Warreni and Queen Victoria, Nepenthes 
Hookerii, Begonias in variety, with beautiful Peaches and Tomatoes. 
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PTES-GLEPNGS. 
A Kentish correspondent writes as follows relative to rain 
and insects :—“ The recent rains have not done so much good 
as I hoped they would in the way of diminishing the num¬ 
bers of aphides and some other species that usually dislike rain. 
During the calm and peculiarly dull weather of last week there 
were some curious migrations of aphides, followed by a considerable 
deposition of honcydew. I do not see many ants this season.” 
- Mr. Rivers has sent us from Sawbridgeworth a splendid 
specimen of the Sea Eagle Peach, a variety which is not ex¬ 
tensively known nor generally cultivated. The fruit is very 
large, 11 inches in circumference, and inches in diameter; 
round, with a wide suture, which extends all round the fruit, 
and terminated by a large prominent nipple ; skin with a very 
delicate down, pale yellow, tinged and mottled and speckled 
more or less with rose colour, and with a mottled thin cheek on 
the side next the sun ; stalk very short, embedded all its length 
in a deep cavity ; flesh very delicate and juicy, deep red at the 
stone, the colour extending in rays well into the substance of 
