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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 8, 1888 
pated, the group arranged by thia firm was a very beautiful one. The space 
to be covered was 100 square feet, and the effect that a mass of Begonias 
of the most varied and brilliant colours, interspersed with Ferns and Palms, 
would make can easily be imagined, and need not be enlarged upon. First 
prize was deservedly awarded. 
Mr. James Douglas, Great Gearies, Ilford, and Mr. Charles Turner were the 
the only competitors for twelve Piootees; the formershowingtwelve seedlings, 
large, symmetrical, and frrsh, and receiving first prize. Mr. Turner received 
the second, his flowers being rather small, and apparently not quite ready. 
The exhibitors named were the only competitors with twelve Carnations, 
but here their positions were revers'd, Mr. Turner occupying premier 
position. He showed excellent blooms of Illuminator, The Queen, Figaro, 
and Harry Matthew's amongst others. There were one or two good blooms 
amongst Mr. Douglas’s twelve seedlings. For twelve Pinks Mr. F. Hooper, 
Vine Nursery, Widcombe Hill, Bath, easily secured first position with a 
splendid stand, eve y bloom being good ; but were they distinct varieties ? 
Mr. H. Catley, 1(1, Claverton Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, and Mr. C. Turner 
were second and third respectively. 
The miscellaneous exhibits were not numerous, but several were much 
much enlarged and improved by the present owner, Wildman Cattley, Esq,, 
who, on leaving his house, Northbrook, near Godaiming, bought it of the 
Duke. The property, consisting of 225 acres, is very attractive and pictur¬ 
esque, no two fields being on the same level, and nearly every field having 
a stream running through it. It is evidently the home of a lover of flowers, 
and it is cbi fly because Mr. Cattley delights in their cultivation, and 
takes the greatest pleasure in encouraging the taste for every kind of flowers, 
that the Bose Show is held this year at Oak Dene. A hearty welcome was 
given to all comers. The Viennese band had been engaged, and played 
under the trees of the garden. A conjuror was also on the spot, and, besides 
a garden party, the children of the parish were entertained at tea. No more 
suitable spot could be well chosen for the twenty-first show. The Associa¬ 
tion is more full of vigour and enthusiasm than ever, and Mr. and Mrs. 
Wildman Cattley are types of those new members who are continually 
bringing into the old Society new life. In 1865 the Association was born, 
and the nnmber of members was seventeen, and the value of the prizes 
given was ,£4. 
The late Mr. Wilson Saunders had much to do with its origin. He 
argued that each neighbourhood ought to have its Rose show, and so this 
Fig. 5. —Reinwakdtia tetkagyxe. (See page 28). 
admired. Messrs. W. Paul & Son showed a beautiful group of Boses in 
pots, with baskets, vases, and boxes of cut blooms. It was a great and 
meritorious diplay, and received an extra prize. Prizes were also awarded 
to Messrs. J. Cheal & Son, Lowfield Nurserhs, Crawley, Sussex, for an 
attractive collection of herbaceous flowers; to Mr. R. W. Proctor, Chester¬ 
field, for Pansies and Pyrethrums ; to Mr. E. Holman, Rockbills, Crystal 
Palace Park, for six fine Petunias ; and to Mr. H. Bennett, Shepperton, for a 
box of cut Boses. 
First-class certificates were awarded to Mr. J. Douglas for Picotees Agnes 
Chambers and Annie Douglas. 
BROCKHAM AMATEUR ROSE ASSOCIATION. 
The Brockham Amateur Rose Association came of age this year, an! 
held its twenty-first show at Oak D.-ne on Saturday the 3rd of July, at 
the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Wildman Cattley. The Holm wood, whrre the 
Show has now been held for six years out of the twenty-one, is a spot 
of great natural beauty, and it would be difficult to find, even in Surrey, 
views to surpass those overlooking Reigate, Westerham, Kent Towers, 
Tunbridge Wells, the Smthdowns, and Leith Hill. The gardens of Oak 
Dene are planted with much taste, the trees are well chosen and beauti¬ 
fully grown, the conservatories are filled with plants in great variety, a 
special feature being a very large and fine collection of Tree Carnations 
and Picotees. 
Oak Dene, which carries its name from a very fine grove of Oaks, is a 
modern Gothic house, built twenty years ago by Mrs. Laboucbere, enlarged 
by the present Duke of Marlborough, to whom it was sold, and subsequently 
Association was started. Mr. Chcales was Secretary. Captain Lang in 
1866 joined the Committee as Treasurer at the request of his sister, Miss 
Lang, who was on the Committee. Mr. F. T. Wollaston was also an 
original founder ; and on the Committee of nine they are still conspicuous, 
age having done but little to mark the ravages of time. A Brockham Show 
without Mr. Cheales and Captain Lang would lose its distinguishing feature. 
Tfie Secretary has every intention of making his Association live long and 
grow prosperous. Each year he turns out his Cabbages and grows more 
Roses. Visit his garden the day before the Show, and you might fancy you 
were in a miniature Wimbledon, nearly every Rose tree having its own 
tent. 
The Treasurer Captain Lang is Treasurer still. The same pleasant 
fancy holds him that the Society will be ruined because the “ Judges will 
give extra prizes.” It gives away now £21 instead of £4, for its members 
number fifty-eight instead of seventeen ; but instead of ruin you may read, 
« Balance in Treasurer’s hands, £16 4s. lOd.” Moreover it gives away the 
gold, silver-gilt, and silver meda’s of the National Rose Society, to which 
the Brockham R.S. was affiliated in 1879. It seems that the more it gives 
the more it has to give. 
Rose-growing and Rose-showing are indeed very different things from 
what they were twenty-one years ago. I well remember that first show in 
the Brockham schoolroom, when the Ladies Legge showed China Roses 
uuder a glass shade, wh-n Coupe d’Hhbh competed for the b’st bloom, and 
the Secretary showed Chenedole and Blairii No. 2, and when the Roses 
were shown in confectionery boxes and without moss ; Lady M. Legge 
won the prize, though, for the best bloom then, and she very nearly won it 
