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set. So that no fewer than twenty-four counties are represented. 
To obviate the difficulties felt by some exhibitors in comparing 
the relative merits of Teas and Noisettes with the other varieties 
of the Eose the two classes have been kept distinct. Note must 
be taken of this, as some of the Koses not of Tea character will 
necessarily rank rather higher than in the election of 1881. 
Thanks to the National Rose Society’s catalogue the few missing 
dates and raisers’ names are now nearly complete, and I think 
these elections may lay claim to the idea of fixing the ages and 
raisers of many of the varieties. 
The table is now well known, and it is only necessary to remind 
our readers that the first, second, and third columns of figures 
under both amateurs and nurserymen mean respectively that 
the votes given represent first twelve, second twelve, and next 
twenty-four. 
Three other Roses received 9 votes, five 8, five 7, six only 6, eight 
were only named five times, six had 4 votes, nine only 3, twenty- 
nine had 2 votes, whilst forty-one only received a single vote ; and 
in summing up, counting the “ too-much-alike ” as a single Rose, 
187 Roses have been named. It will be noticed by those persons 
who possess the catalogue of the National Rose Society that in the 
seventy-five Roses tabulated are two Roses not to be found in the 
catalogue—viz., Constantin Tretiakoff and Mrs. -Jowitt. The 
former is with me very distinct; the latter is thought by some to 
be too much like Marie Rady. Time will show. 
As in the last election, the test of first-class votes only, shows a 
very rapid falling-off ; still, this is not so marked as last year. 
This proves that after all there are but few Roses that command 
universal homage. I give the first-class votes. 
Marie Baumann . 
A. K. Williams. 
Alfred Colomb ) 
Charles Lefebyrej. 
.... 65 
.... 61 
.... 57 
Baronne de Rothschild. 
.... 55 
Etienne Levet. 
.... 39 
Louis Van Houtte. 
Marquise de Castellane. 
Madame G-. Luizet. 
Duke of Edinburgh . 
Marie Rady. 
Capitaine Christy . 
Marie Finger . 
Francois Michelon. 
Horace Vernet . 
Madame Victor Verdier! 
Comtesse d’Oxford > .... 
E. Y. Teas ) 
Marie Verdier 1 , ■, 
Dr. Andry ). 
Dupuy .T,i main. 10 
Marguerite de St. Amand ) s 
Senateur de Vaisse j ...... 
Ferdinand de Lesseps \ 7 
Duchess of Bedford ]. 
Duke of Teck 1 
Countess of Rosebery >. 6 
Star of Waltham ) 
Duchesse de Vallombrosa. 5 
Constantin Tretiakoff 
Xavier Olibo 
Beauty of Waltham 
Annie Wood 
Comtesse de Serenye 
Mrs. Laxton 
In each case of the “ tco much alike” Roses only the highest 
is mentioned. 
It only remains for me to mention the names of the electors, to 
whom we are all indebted for making returns. It is a stereotyped 
phrase that I tender them my sincere thanks, but it is truth ; to 
one and all I tender them, and to not a few I feel grateful for 
their kind appreciation of the work. 
Amateurs. — Miss Bulmer, Broadlands, Hereford; Revs. W. 
Ager, Faringdon ; H. B. Biron, Lympne Vicarage, Hythe ; C .H. 
Bulmer, Credenhill Rectory, Hereford; A. Cheales, Brockham, 
Reigate ; H. H. D’Ombrain, Westwell Vicarage ; E. L, Fellowes, 
Wimpole Rectory, Cambridge ; J. M. Fuller, Bexley Vicarage, 
Kent; L. Garnett, Christleton Rectory, Cheshire ; W. J. Jackson, 
Stagsden Vicarage, Bedford ; F. J. Jenyns, Knebworth Rectory, 
Stevenage ; J. H. Pemberton, The Round House, Havering-atte- 
Bower ; F. Roberts, Scole Rectory, Norfolk. Messrs. G. Baker, 
Holmfels, Reigate ; J. Brown, gardener to G. A. Waterlow, Esq., 
Great Doods, Reigate ; Burnside, Farningham ; Burrell, Heigh- 
ington, Darlington; J. Choyce, Pinwall Grange, Atherstone ; 
Evans, Marston, Oxford ; Fewkes, Tyburn, Erdington, Warwick¬ 
shire ; F. H. Gall, Hope Cottage, Hitchin ; W. J. Grant, Hope 
End, Ledbury ; T. Graveley, Cowfold, Sussex ; T. B. Hall, Larch- 
wood, Rock Ferry ; W. Harrington, Corbels Tay, Romford ; T. B. 
Haywood, Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate; Hinton, Warminster ; E. 
Mawley, Lucknow House, Addiscombe, Croydon ; W. Moore, The 
Gardens, Coedriglan, Cardiff ; G. Mount, Harbledown, Canter¬ 
bury ; L. C. Norris, Trumpington, Cambridge; F. C. Pawle, 
Northcote, Reigate ; J. D. Pawle, Wray Park, Reigate ; Ridout, 
Reigate ; A. Slaughter, Jarvis Villa, Steyning ; A. G. Soames, 
Waltham Hall, Grimsby ; Sparke, Rooklands, Torquay ; J. Tranter, 
Upper Assenden, Henley-on-Thames ; W. H. Wakeley, Macklands, 
Rainham ; E. R. Whitwell, Barton Hall, Darlington—forty. 
Nurserymen. —Messrs. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone ; Cant, Col¬ 
chester ; Cranston & Co., Hereford ; Curtis, Torquay ; Davison, 
Hereford ; Dickson & Son, Chester ; Durbin, Englishcombe, Bath ; 
Ewing k Co., Eaton, Norwich ; Farren, Cambridge ; Francis and 
Co., Hertford ; Frettingham, Beeston, Notts ; Keynes & Co., Salis¬ 
bury ; Kinmont & Kidd, Canterbury : Jefferies k Son, Ciren¬ 
cester ; Laing & Son, Forest Hill; Mack & Son, Catterick Bridge ; 
Mitchell k Son, Uckfield ; Merryweather, Southwell, Notts ; Paul 
and Son, Cheshunt; Perkins, Coventry; Piper, Uckfield ; Prince, 
Oxford ; Proctor, Chesterfield ; Rumsey, Waltham Cross ; Tre- 
seder, Cardiff ; and Walton, Exeter—twenty-six. 
Messrs. Cooling of Bath also made a return, but it arrived too 
late—after all the placing was complete—and only their return of 
Teas could be used. Their return scarcely altered the position of 
the leading twelve. The Tea Rose election will be published next 
week.— Joseph Hinton, Warminster. 
NORTHWARDS. 
When we consider that upwards of twenty express trains have 
rushed from the metropolis to Scotland laden with their living freight 
every day for the last two months there is some reason for London 
being what is termed “ empty,” although a stranger would not know 
that it is so, and the great rendezvous of tourists in the north full; 
and when we consider also the wear and tear of London life, and the 
at times stifling murky atmosphere, there is no wonder that all who 
can do so should make their escape from it for a time and enjoy the 
pure breezes of the Heath-clad hills. 
My escape from the “Modern Babylon ” was by the favourite morning 
express from St. Pancras, a choice that left no regrets, as on the new 
Settle route is seen some of the grandest, wildest, loneliest scenery 
that is to be found in England, while at the same time there was no 
lingering, only four minutes of time being lost in the four hundred 
miles between London and Edinburgh. I had thought enough had 
been said about the great Show there, but there appears a disposition 
to say more. I, however, will leave the debatable theme, and record 
a few memories of a northern tour. 
Edinburgh and its nurseries merit a note in these pages, which are 
scanned by many a “ canny Scotbut these nurseries will be described 
by another pen than this, wielded by one to whom the establishments 
are familiar, while I pass on and record brief jottings on the woody 
slopes of ancient Keir, the mountain gorges of the Trossachs, the 
wondrous picture of Grapes at Clovenfords, the grandeur of Drum- 
lanrig, and, to change the theme, a scene of sadness the sick bed of 
one whose writings in this Journal have awakened a large share of 
interest during the past few months—“ Single-handed.” 
That familiar signature has been missed of late by many, but few 
can know the reason of its absence, and all will now regret the cause 
—illness protracted and dangerous. The once_strong man, physically 
and mentally, is stricken down. His gigantic frame is wasted, but 
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