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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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The tents were pitched in the grounds of the Holly Trees, by kind 
permission of J. Round, Esq., M.P., and the weather was fine, but the 
day before had been terrible. Half a gale of wind with driving rain, 
sometimes quite hearvv, all day was a sad trial to those who were 
anxious to cut good Roses. Cones and protections were blown clean 
away, and it was impossible that really good blooms could be ex¬ 
hibited on the following morning. The weather has been very un¬ 
suitable for Tea Roses, little of hot clear sun, and constant dribbles of 
rain having been the portion of East Anglia for a fortnight or more. 
Nobody from a distance ventured in the only open class, and for 
thirty-six Roses the three Colchester Rose growers held the same 
position which they did at York—First, Mr. B. R. Cant; second, Mr. Frank 
Cant; third, Messrs. Prior & Son. There were, as might be expected, 
no extra good Roses to be noted either in this class or throughout the 
Show. There were only three exhibitors in the amateurs’ principal 
class for twenty-four, and they were placed First, Rev. A. Foster- 
Melliar, Sproughton Rectory, ipswich, and equal second Rev. II. T. 
Frere of Burston Rectory, Diss, and Rev. H. A. Berners, Harkstead 
Rectory, Ipswich. A small but fairly good A. K. Williams in Mr. 
Frere’s stand had the silver medal as the best amateur H.P. For twelve 
Roses Rev. F. Page Roberts of Scole was first, Rev. A. T. Farquharson 
of Gissing Rectory, Diss, second, and Mrs. Egerton Green of Knuts 
ford third. For twelve Teas there were five pretty good stands shown, 
which considering the weather shows how popular this class of Roses is 
becoming, in East Anglia at all events. Mr. Berners was first with a 
good stand, getting also a silver medal for a fine Anna Ollivier as the 
best Tea. Mr. Roberts was second with neat but smaller b'ooms, among 
which was a good Madame Cusin. Mr. Frere was third. For six single 
trusses of any H.P., Mr. Foster-Melliar was first with good Marie 
Verdier, Mrs. Egerton Green second, and Mr. Berners third with 
Gabriel Luizet, which variety as usual was shown by two or three other 
exhibitors. For six blooms of any Tea Mr. Foster-Melliar was again 
well ahead with Marie Yan Houtte, Mr. Orpen of West Bergholt 
second, and Mr. Arthur Cant third. Mr. Orpen had a silver medal 
for the best box of amateur Roses grown within ten miles of Colchester, 
but the local classes did not fill as well as they should do in such a 
neighbourhood. 
In herbaceous flowers Messrs. Burrell of Cambridge and Saltmarsh 
of Chelmsford showed well in the open class, the former leading, but 
not by much. In the amateur class Mr. Page Roberts had not much 
difficulty in winning the first prize. Dinner tables, buttonhole bouquets, 
&c., were fairly good, but might have been better, and probably will 
be another year. The number of visitors was not large, but then the 
sight of grand and good Roses can be nothing new to the good folk of 
Colchester. 
RROCKHAM. 
The Brockham Rose Association was started twenty-five years ago 
as a “ Rose” Society, and as such it has continued, although some of its 
daughters have combined with Roses the exhibition of other things, 
horticultural and vegetarian. The result w r as manifest in the excellent 
Show (one of the best the Association has held) at Bury Hill, near 
Dorking, on Wednesday, July 2nd, by invitation of Robert Barclay, Esq. 
Considering what the weather had been previously, and especially 
the drenching rain, the flowers were remarkable. They must have been 
preserved by a whole forest of umbrellas to bring them up to the mark 
as the Judges viewed them when they went round on their judicial 
errand. On seeing a garden near Farnham, where the Roses were thus 
being preserved against the Shew day, a friend observed to me that she 
thought 1 had a “ garden party ” in an obscure corner of the kitchen 
garden. Another friend thought when collecting the umbrellas and 
parasols that I was going in for the “ old clothes ” line. But what did it 
matter ? The umbrellas answered the purpose. The challenge cup was 
won 1 You can do much with old umbrellas 1 Rose growers and Rose 
show-ers live long. Witness the fact in the present Hon. Sec. of this 
Association. The Rev. A. Cheales is what he was when I knew him 
twenty-five years ago ; just as enthusiastic ; just as keen. He scents 
the battle from afar as much as he did when he showed his 
first box in the school-room at Brockham. He is a trifle grey (“ anno 
Domini,” as my friend J. D. Pawle, a fellow Judge, feelingly remarked, 
“ is bound to te'l as time rolls on”), but his Roses are pre-eminent, and 
he wins more prizes than ever. 
The Committee publish each year a fascinating schedule. It is 
worth joining the Association to secure one (1 notice, though, that there 
are only sixty-two members, and there might be seventy). Past suc¬ 
cesses are recorded in it ; Lord Penzance tells how to get a new race of 
Roses ; the Rev. W. Wilks’ remarkable summary in the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s Report of the Rose Conference is still more sum¬ 
marised. Mr. Girdlestone points out the beauties of the single Roses 
that he grows in his delightful garden at Sunningdale. Rosa laxa is 
declared by Otto Froeber to be the coming Rose stock for the future, 
and Mr. G. Paul teaches in masterly fashion the young idea how to 
exhibit and win. Surely no one asks more of a schedule than this. 
Where could a Rose show be more fittingly or happily held than at Bury 
Hill, the home of so many rare plants, of the most delightful scenery, 
where the Deodaras grown from the first cone that came to England are 
now standing in full beauty (planted in 1832), where there is the finest 
Pinus insignis (1840) anywhere to be seen, where Abies Morinda 
(Smithiana) is in its glory, where Sikkim (Himalayan) Rhododendrons are 
plentiful, where A. Douglassi is magnificent and the “ Taxodium,” Crypto- 
meria Lobbi, and the “ Oak Cork Tree ” protected from the grasping 
tourist who is allowed often to visit Bury Hill, and who showed his 
gratitude for the privilege by carrying off the bark bit by bit, are quite 
at home. The estate is extensive, 3000 acres. The wealth of American 
plants, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, &c., is stupendous, and planted as they 
are everywhere, with a background of the finest Coniferac, must in the 
early summer be a sight ever to be remembered. A very large sheet of 
water in front of the house adds to the beauty of the place, and the 
courtesy and hospitality of the owner complete the satisfaction of all 
who have in any way to do with the show. The beautiful band of the 
Buffs played near the house, the Rose tent being some distance further 
removed. The Committee and the Judges (Mr. G. Paul, Mr. J. D. Pawle, 
and the writer of these notes) were hospitably entertained at luncheon 
by Mr. Barclay, and short speeches were made in response to the health 
of the Judges by the “ President of the commission,” Mr. G. Paul, and his 
two assessors. 
It rained heavily for a while in the afternoon, but the Company, in 
spite of the weather, was very large. The Exhibition tent looked mo9t 
attractive as you entered it, being profusely decorated with Caladiums, 
Ferns, Palms, Dracaenas, &c., by Mr. Appleby of the Box Hill Nurseries. 
He also showed magnificent Rose blooms. Close by was Mr. G. Paul’s 
box of new Roses from the “Old” Nurseries, Cheshunt, comprising 
blooms of Caroline d’Arden, Scipion Cochet, John D. Paule, an improved 
Gdn^ral Jacqueminot, easily forced, hardy as iron, resists mildew, and a 
brilliant mixture of crimsons ; Madame Trievoz, Comte H. Rignon,. 
Hybrid Tea ; N. L’Ideal, Paul’s Cheshunt Scarlet, Dowager Duchess of 
Marlborouyh, exquisite scent, new this spring ; Sir Rowland Hill, violet 
crimson H.P.; Comtesse de Blacas, Earl of Dufferin, and above all his 
new Bourbon Rose, Mm Paul, light peach with darker centre and 
paler edges, a seedling from Madame Isaac Pdriere, and of tremendous 
growth. Award of merit Floral Committee R.H.S , first-class certificate 
Royal Botanical Society, first-class certificate Aquarium Rose Show. 
There was a very close contest in the twenty-fours, which formed 
the first class of division A, for which there were three competitors, all¬ 
showing very excellent blooms. Rev. Alan Cheales won the National 
Rose Society’s go ! d medal, which was the first prize, for the following 
fine blooms Silver Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Emilie Hausburg, La 
France, Star of Waltham, Xavier Olibo, Franqois Michelon, A. K. 
Williams, Alfred Colomb, Madame Berard, Her Majesty, Dr. Hogg, 
Earl Dufferin, Marshal Niel, Reine Maria Pia, Sophie Fropot, Pride of 
Waltham. Le Havre, Leopold Premier, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, 
Gabriel Luizet, Marie Rady, Niphetos, and Duchesse de Caylus. Mr. 
C. E. Cuthell took second prize (National Rose Society’s silver medal) 
with a good box containing Madame Eugene Verdier, Alphonse 
Soupert, Belle Lyonnaise, F. de Lesseps, The Baroness, Etienne Levet, 
Charles Lefebvre, Ulrich Brunner, Souvenir d’Elise, Dupuy Jamain, 
Gabriel Luizet, A. K. Williams, La France, A. Colomb, Marie Van 
Houtte, Mrs. J. Laing, Prince Arthur, Marshal Niel, Madame V. Verdier, 
Grace Darling, Louis Van Houtte, Violet Bouyer, and Xavier Olibo. 
Mr. Wollaston’s box only missed second prize by two points, and looked 
the best box of the three. The Teas are always good at Brockham. Mr. 
Cuthell had first prize for his twelve : Mardchal Niel, Alba Rosea, Marie 
Van Houtte, Souvenir d’Elise, Jules Finger, Caroline Kuster, Madame 
Lambard, Anna Ollivier, Rubens, Catherine Mermfet, Souvenir d’un Ami,. 
Reve d’Or. Next came Rev. A. Cheales with a good box, in which were 
fine blooms of Princess of Wales, Belle Lyonnaise, and Marquis Sanima.. 
For six triplets of any kind Mr. Frank Wollaston came out well with 
Duchesse de Vallombrosa, C. Lefebvre, Duke of Wellington, Gabriel 
Luizet, Duke of Edinburgh, M. de Castellane, and took first prize. Mr. 
Cuthell took second for Baronne de Rothschild, Marquise de C istellane, 
Charles Lefebvre, Merveille de Lyon, Xavier Olibo, and Gabriel LuizeU. 
The twelve of any kind brought out nine competitors, and a new exhibitor 
in A. Tate, Esq., who is likely to prove himself hard to beat. He was 
facile princeps, and took N.R.S.’s good medal with a very fine box 
containing Marie Verdier, Etienne Levet, FranQois Michelon, Ulrich 
Brunner, A. K. Williams, La France, Charles Lefebvre, Merveille de 
Lyon, Eugene Verdier, Xavier Olibo, Madame H. Jamain, and Louis 
Van Houtte. Mr. C. Horne took second prize for a very neat and good 
box, in which Abel Carriere, Marie Baumann, Mrs. G. Paul, and Madame 
Isaac Periere were conspicuous. Mrs. Perkins and the Hon. H. D. 
Ryder took an equal third prize. 
Mr. Tate won first prize for nine Teas, in which there were good 
blooms of Etoile de Lyon, Madame Willermoz, Madame de Watteville, 
C. Mermet, and Comtesse de Nadaillac. Mr. Horne took the second 
prize. There were four other competitors. In the class for four 
triplets Mr. Horne came up again with Marie Baumann, Gabriel Luizet, 
La France, and Charles Lefebvre, and carried off first prize ; while the 
Hon. H. D. Ryder, with the Duke of Edinburgh, La France, Souvenir de 
Malmaison, and Marquise de Castellane took the second. For six of any 
kind Mrs. Hatch won first prize for Princess Mary of Cambridge, 
Dr. Andry, Duchesse de Morny, Duke of Teck, La France, and The- 
Baroness ; a very good box. For four Teas Mrs. Hatch was again to 
the front with Marechal Niel, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, The Bride, and 
Souvenir d’un Ami. In the class for two triplets there was only one 
box, and in it were Sultan of Zanzibar and Comtesse de Nadaillac. 
Mr. Horne won first prize in members’ open classes for six of any one 
Tea with Madame Bravy, and Mr. Cheales the second with Marechal 
Niel, while a third went to Mr. Cuthell for Marie Van Houtte. In the 
open classes for six of the same kind (not Tea) Hon. H. D. Ryder had 1 
first prize for six fine La France ; Lady Lawrence second for six almost 
equally fine Ulrich Brunner ; and Mrs. Leopold Seymour and Mr. 
F. Wollaston divided third prize for La France and Gabriel Luizet 
respectively. 
A very interesting feature of the Show was the class for garden 
