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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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In the nurserymen’s collections only the leading tdooma can be indicated. 
Mr. B. R. Caut Colchester, secured the premier position in the class for 
seventy-two Roses, distinct, his splendid Teas as usual turning the scale in 
his favour. Of these, the most prominent were Innocente Pirola, Madame 
Bravy, Madame Welch, Nipheros, Marie Van Houite, and Madame de Wat- 
teville. These, with the fine Hybrid Teas Lady Mary Fitzwilliam and La 
France, showed to great advantage amongst the rich colours of Marie 
Baumann, General Jacqueminot, Marguerite Brassac, Duchess of Bedford, 
and Victor Hugo, all of which were admirably represented, the last named 
beiDg especially glowing, and the collection deserved its position. It was, 
however, by no means an easy win, for Messrs. Paul & Son of Cheshunt 
ran it very closely indeed with an exceedingly fresh, even, e'ear, and brieht 
collection. Very fine were Souvenir d’Elise, Lidy Mary Fitzwilliam, Violette 
Bouyer, Due de Wellington, S. Reynolds Hole, Comte de Raimbaud, Marie 
Baumann, and Caroline KuBter. Mr. Frank Cant was award-d the third 
prize with generally heavier blooms, but some a trifle rough and perhaps a 
few hours too old. Yiolette Bouyer, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Countess of 
Rosebery, Rubens, and Lady Mary Fitzwilliam were the most noteworthy 
varieties. Sis collections were staged. The two first-named exhibitors 
occupied the same relative positions in the forty-eight triplet class with 
blooms of the same character as before, and similarly close in point of merit, 
Messrs. Keynes, Williams, & Co., Salisbury, being awarded the remaining 
prize for a generally good collection. Mr. Turner, Slough, well won the 
chief prize in the class for tweny-four triplets of Roses with really fine, 
clean, well-coloured blooms,notably of A K. Williams, Prince Arthur, Etoile 
de Lyon, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, and Madame G. Luizet; Messrs. Cooling 
and Son, Bath, second, and Mr. Rum-ey, Waltham Cross, third, both exhi¬ 
biting well. The contest in the class for twenty-four blooms was extreme y 
close between Mr. Prince, Oxf >rd, and Mr. Turner for first honours, the 
former winning with nearly all Tea9, and fine they were, no'a’dy Princess 
of Wales, exquisite ; Souvenir dE ise, Marie Van Houtte, Etoile de Lyon, 
Hon. E. Giffard, Sunset, Mareehal Niel, aud Madame Cusin, while A. K. 
Williams, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, and Yiolette Bouyer were worthy of their 
company. Mr. Turner’s stand was very rich, Madame Carriere, Due de 
Wellington, Louis Van Houtte, aud A. K. Williams being admirably 
represented, relieved with good blooms of Alba Ro-ea, Lady Mary Fitz¬ 
william, and Mareehal Kiel. The third prize was adjudg d to Mr. Mount, 
Rose Nursery, St. Dunstan’s, Canterbury, with a stand of very good 
blooms indeed. Eleven competitors. In the class for eighteen triplets of 
Teas and Noisettes highly attractive s f ands were placed in comoetition, the 
prizes going respectively to Mr. G. Prince, Mr. G. W. Pipe , Uekfieid, and 
Mr. Turner. The prominent varieties were Alba RoBea, Franijois Kruger, 
Princess of Wales, La Boule d’Or, Niphetos, Catherine M-rmet, Jean 
Ducher, Marie Van Houtte, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Anna Ollivier, Inno¬ 
cente Pirola, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Edith Gifford, Amazone. 
Prizes were offered for collections of Roses under prescribed colours— 
yellow, white, pink, crimson, and velvety crimson. In the yellow class 
five lots were stagi-d, Mr. Prince securing the foremost place with a splendid 
stand. Mareehal Niel was the best variety, Perle des Jardins s cond, and 
Amazone third in point of merit, aud very beautiful though not bright 
yellow were Sunset, Jean Ducher, Etoile de Lyon, Francisca Kruger, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, and Caroline Kuster. Mr. T. Mattock, Headinzton, 
Oxford, was placed second with sixteen varieties, aud Mr. B. R. Cant third 
with better blooms, but only in six varieties—Mareehal Niel, Etoile deLyon, 
Jean Ducher, Anna Ollivier, Marie Van Houtte, and Sunset. It maybe 
stated here that the last-named Rose was in several stands, but in no case 
so bright in colour as represented in catalogues ; it is nevertheless an 
attractive variety. Six stands of wuite Roses were placed in competition, 
Mr. B. R. Cant taking the lead with charming triplets of Madame Bravy, 
Madame Lacharme, Devoni-nsis, Innocente Pirola, Niphetos and Hon. E. 
Giffard; Mr. Prince was second with larger but rome too much expanded 
flowers, the last variety named being the gem of the stand; Mr. Piper, 
Uekfieid, third with neat blooms. Six collections were staged. Eight 
stands of pink Rosts were placed in competition ; Messrs. Paul & Son 
were first with twenty-four vaiieties, the best being Madame Cusin, 
DucheBse de Yallombrosa, Princess Beatrice, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 
Madame Montet, and Madame G. Luizet. Mr. B. R. Cant followed with 
better blooms in six varieties, Madame Cusin, Mirgueriie de Sr. Amand, 
Mons. Noman, La France, Madame G. Lu zet,andDuchessede Vallombrjsa ; 
the third prize failing to Messrs. J. Burrell & Co., Howe House Nursery, 
Cambridge. For crimson Roses Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, B. R. Cant, 
and G. Christy w re first, second, and third in the order nam< d ; and for 
velvety crimson flowers Mr. B. R. Cant was first, Messrs. Paul second, and 
Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Old Nurseries, Maidstone, third. In the crimson 
class the following were the most noteworthy varieties :—A. K. Williams, 
Duke of Edinburgh, Dr. Andry. E. Y. Teas, General Jacqueminot, Duke of 
Teck, Ulrich B'unner, Comte Raimbaud, Marie Rady, Marie Baumann, 
Madame Victor Verdier, and Camille Bei nardin ; and in the velvety crimson 
class Duke of Edinburgh, Fisher Holmes, Prince Arthur, Dr. Sewell, Duke 
of Marlborough, Maurice Bsrnardin, Louis Van Houtte, Prince Arthur, 
Reynolds Hole, and Prince Camille de Rohan were prominent. 
Messrs. B. R. Cant, G. Mount, and J. Grant, Hope End Farm, Ledbury 
were awarded the prizes in tne or er named for eignteen blooms of Mareehal 
Niel, all being good and wonderfully well coloured. For eighteen blooms 
of any Tea or Noisette Rose the Cobme-ter veteran scored again with 
splendid examples of Souvenir d’Eiis \ Mr. Grant being second with Marie 
Van Houtte, perfectly lovely ; and Mr. G. Prince third wi h Comtesse de 
Nadaillao. In ihe class for eighteen blooms of Marie Baumann or similar 
colour, Messrs. Keynes & Co. were first with richly coloured examples of 
Ferdinand de Lesseps, M ssrs. B. R. Cant and G. Bunyard following with 
Marie Baumann. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, secured the first position in 
the Prince Camil e de Rohan elaBS, or varieties of similar colour, with rich 
examples of Abel Carriere , Messrs. Kevnea&Co. second with Xavier Olibo, 
and Mr.B. R. Cant third with Fisher Holmes. In the' 1 Franijois Michelon or 
similar colour” class, Mr. Grant was first with .Marquise de Ca-t-llane ; the 
Cranston Co. second with Mons Noman, and Mr. B. R. Cant third with Johu 
Hopper. Mr. Bennett was fittingly in the premier position in the Lady Ma'y 
Fitzwilliam class (or similar colour) with splendid blooms of that fine variety ; 
Mr. Cant second with the same variety, also excellent; and Mr. T. VV. 
Girdlestone, Sunnirgdale, third, with Yiolette Bouyer, no doubt the best 
stand of that variety hitherto exhibited and beautifullv set up, the deli¬ 
cately tinted blooms contrasting effectively with the atnpl ■ foliage. Other 
varieties in this class were La France and Capitaine Christy. The next 
class was for A. K. Williams, and seven dazzling stands of eighte' n blooms 
each were placed in competition, the prizes going to Me-srs. G. Prince, 
W. J. Grant, and Paul & Son respectivrly. For high avenge excellence 
and uniform richness of colour we do not lemember seeing a better class 
than this. Five beautiful stands of William Allen Richirdson were staged, 
Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering, Romford, well winning the first prize ; 
Mr. Prince the second, and Mr. Atherton, Chatteri-, the third, 'ihe flowers 
were shown in clusters, and the petals of those in the two first-mentioned 
stands clearly edged with white, the combination of colours reminding us 
of the Californian annual Limnanthts Douglasi. Mr. B. R. C.mt and G. W. 
Piper secured the prizes for stands of Niphetos; M-ssrs. Cuofieg (Bath), 
Bunyard, and Prince for Rosa rugosa ; and Messrs. Paul, Prince, aud 
Mount for varieties of Rosa polyantba, the varieties exhibited b. iug S’mplex 
(single, small, and pretty), Anna Maria de Montravel, Mignonette, Parque- 
retce, Madame Brunner, and Perle d'Or. Tney were much adnired, aud 
small well-flowered plants in 5-inch pots are very suitable for de o ative 
purposes in the summer. 
There was plenty of competition in the amateur.-,’ classes, and the blooms, 
thougn rather small, were of good quality. Tlie first class—that for forty- 
eight varieties, distinct—was au excellent one, eight collections being staged. 
Mr. W. J. Grant received the first prize for the following varieties, the names 
bi ing given in the order they were placed from left t-> right. Back row— 
Mona. Noman, Gbnbral Jacqueminot, Niphetos, Alpho- se Souperc, Mareehal 
Niel, Clovis, Lady Mary Fitzwi.liam, Horace Ve net, a flue bloom ; Victor 
Verdier, Duke of Edinburgh, Duch-sse de Vallombrosa, Charles L-febvre, 
Heinrich Sohultheis, Xavier O.ibo, Violette Bouyer, ami Duke of Wellington. 
Middle row—La Rosiere, Rubens, Dr. Andry, Marquise de Castellane, A. K. 
Williams, Souvenir d’un Ami, Ulrich Brunner, Caroline Kuster, Prince 
Arthur, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Constantin Tretiakoff. Souvenir d'Elise 
Vardon, Devtenne Lamy, Madame H ppolyte Jamain. Henri Leiechaux, and 
Sir Garnet Wolseley. Front row—Comte de Nad-iliac, Ma ie Baumann, 
Catherine Mermet, Countess of Rosebery, Marie Van Hoots, Beauty of 
Waltham, Captain Christy, Duchess of Edinburgh. La France, Alfred 
Colomb, Marie Verdier, Sultan of Zanzibar, Bouquet d’Or, Auguste Rigotard, 
Etoile de Lyon, and Marguerite de St. Amand. The fl >.vers vv. te larne ami 
fresh—Mons. Noman, Horace Vernet, Ulrich Brunner, Dr. Andry, and Etoile 
de Lyon being conspicuously good. Mr. George Campbell, gtrdener to 
S. P. Budd, Esq., 8, Gay Street, B .th, was second, showing fair-tried blooms, 
which, however, were not at all frtsh, and the same r mark applies to those 
of the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, who was third. Eight c dlections were also 
staged in the class for twenty-four H.P.’s, and Mr. J. Ridout, gardener to 
T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate, was awarded fir.-t prize 
for the following Back row—Francois M'ctielon, M s. B-iker, Duch sse de 
Caylus, Ville de Lyon, A. K. Williams, Mons. Noman, Xavier Olibo, and 
Madame J. Peri-re. Middle row—J. S. Mill, Duc'iess>- de Vallombrcsi, 
Madame Victor Verdier, Captain Christy, Dnpuv Jamain, Cuarles L-febvre, 
Marie Finger, and Marie Rady. Front row—Mrs. La<ton, A1 free Cjlomb, 
E. Y. Teas, Beauty of Waltham, Madame Lac harme, Duke of Teck, F. do 
Lesseps, and Camille B,-rnardin. Some of the flo-vt rs were a little past their 
best, but A. K. Williams, Beauty of Waltham, M trie Finger, and Madame 
Lacharme were very fine. R. G. West, E-q., R-igate, was second with 
fresh but rather small blooms—Le Havre and Marguerite de St Amu d were 
exceptionaUy good, however. The third prize went to Mr. R. Gray, 
gardener to the Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, Cnevening. Sevei oaks, and 
an extra prize was deservedly adjudged to G. Christy, Esq., Buckku.st 
Lodge, Westerham. 
With twenty-four varieties, three trusses, there were again eight com¬ 
petitors, and Mr. Ridout was again to the fore, receiving fi ■s 1 ' prize for a 
fine stand composed of the following varieties :—Back row—A K. Williams, 
very fine ; M. Noman, Franjois Michelon, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, a 
beautiful bloom; Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Ulrich Bminer, La France, 
Countess of Oxford, Capitaine Chri-t/, Madame J. Peri-re, Madame Victor 
Verdier, and Marquise de Castellane. Front ro w—Louise Van Houtte, 
Alfred Colomb, Ht-nri Ledechaux, Marie Finger, Marie Baumann, Madame 
Lacharme. J. S. Mill, Jean Ducher, Madame G. Luizet, Mrs. Baker, Marie 
Rady, and Princess of Wales. The flowers were large, fresh, and clear, 
and Mr. Ridout is to be congratulated for showing two such excellent stands. 
The second and third prizes went respectively to Mr. Grant and Mr. J. 
Brown, gardener to A. J. Waterlow. Esq , Great D-rods, R-igite, the flowers 
of the former being a little too full, and those of the latter small. Both 
stands included many good blooms, however. An extrt prize was awarded 
to Mr. W. H. Wakeley, Macklands, Rainkun. A cap'til c ass was that for 
twelve blooms of H.P.’s. Ttiere were seven comp " itjrs, and Mr Brown 
improved on his position in jhe last class by winnin t i fri-t prize, showing 
moderate-sized but beautifully fresh blooms of Le H vre, La Fra ce 
M irquise de Castellane, and Madame G. Luizet in the back row. Lady -Mary 
Fitzwilliam, Countess of Robbery, Merveilie do Lyon, and Pride of R-igato 
in the middle row ; and A. K. WU iams. Pride of Whit ta u, Sa^b ie Fur.-ke, 
and Duchesse de Vallombrosa in the front. J. S. C arris, Esq., C ratteris, 
Cambs, was a close second, and Mr. J. Bateman, 72, Twisden Road, Hrik- 
gate Road, N.W., third. 
Ten stands wer in competition in the class for twelve Tea and Nois tte 
varieties, three trusses, and the blooms were excellent throughout, being 
very large and freBb. Beautiful blooms of t.b following v.rietieswou the 
first prize for the Rev. E S. King. D.D.. Mndingley V carafe, Cambridge. 
Back row—Jean Ducher, Marecual Niel, Souvenir -’an Ami, and Souvenir 
d'Elise (magnificent). Middle row—Souv -nir de Paul Neyrou. Pr ncess of 
Wales, Madame Cusin, a d Cath line Mermet. Front row—Mad i ta Hip¬ 
polyte Jamain, Innocente Pinva, Frio uphe de R-nu-s, and Mari Van 
Houtte. The Rev. J. H. Pernber ou was second U large b-.it -oiuewiiat 
faded blooms, and Mr. Wakeley third with smaller bu ran h fresher ll rwe.s 
than the second prize box. The competition was very sp li.less, I or Messrs. 
W. Paul & Son’s specal prizes for co ! l-ctions of R->s-s, numb r unini'ed, 
two moderate boxes were staged, Mr. G Muunt-receivii g a ta.rd piize. This 
was the last of the Rose classes. 
A class was provided for a group of Tub-rous Beg- nl is. It on'y produced 
one entrant—Messrs. Laing & Co., of Forest H 11—but, as vouid be an'.ici- 
