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for the best H.P. last year, and a companion of these two blooms would 
very fitly show the progress made by this most excellent Rose Society, 
■which is just simply to-day what it was at the beginning—a Rose 
Society,” the Committee never having yielded to the temptation to turn 
it into a so-called Horticultural Society, or allowing itself to lose sight of 
the fact that Roses which are looked after by the owner in person afford 
the truest pleasure, and best fulfil the object in view. 
An hour’s leisure before the judging began gave time for a look round, 
and under the guidance of Mr. Stephen Cattley the very lovely garden was 
insp’cted, comprising two herbaceous borders full of choice plants and various 
shrubs (Cornus elegantissima seems a favourite plant) and Conifers, as well 
as the greenhouses alluded to already, and notably a large low Paxton house 
full of Keens’ Seedling Strawberry laden with ripe fruit. 
The Show itself was held in a large tent outside the garden. The extreme 
heat of the day tried the blooms exceedingly. You might almost watch the 
buds expanding. The number of exhibitors was eighteen, and some of the 
classes were not very well represented. But in the principal classes some of 
the blooms were quite up to the mark. One feature of this Show was that 
members not yet known to fame succeeded in winning some of the best 
prizes. Special mention may be made of Mr. A. P. Perkins, who won the 
drawing room decoration with a very tall glass vase most tastefully arranged, 
and Mrs. Wildman Cattley, who won the National Rose Association’s silver 
medal for Lady Mary Fitzwilliam. She won on her simple merits, for there 
was not a leaf to set off her charms, and she was simply put into water on a 
green box without moss. She was a grand bloom for all that. R. A. Cock- 
bum, Esq., also won a prizs for six blooms, and Miss Heath for a drawing 
room decoration. It should be noted that several of the Roses were very 
badly set up. Flattened on the moBS as they were they could not be pro¬ 
perly appreciated. Some were shown without any moss or relief whatever. 
This is a relic of bygone days, a^d the Committee should look to it. 
The decorations were decidedly feeble. The didance must no doubt have 
prevented several well-known ladies from competing. But a very pretty 
feature of the Show was conspicuous by its absence. The Teas were 
thoroughly well shown, as they generally are at Brockham. 
Mr. Appleby of the Box Hill Nurseries, who has a really grand collection 
of plants in his grounds, brought up a multitude of blooms and other flowers 
to help the decoration of the tent, and the box of Allan Richardson that he 
exhibited, not for competition, was a sight. The Committee and Judges 
were entertained at luncheon by the host and hostess, who did their part 
most successfully in mnking every visitor feel at home. The Judges were 
Hubert Bensted, Esq., Hon. Sec. of the Maidstone Rose Club; Rev. A. B. 
Alexander, late Hon. Sec. of the Farnham Rose Association : and Mr. H 
Appleby of the Box Hill Nurseries. 
Tbe following list contains the names of the winners of the prizes : — 
'Twenty-four distinct single trusses.—First Rev. A. Cheales. Varieties, 
Franpois Mich ‘Ion, Dr. Hogg, Gabriel Luizet, Charles Lefebvre, Pierre 
Notting, E. Verdier, Marechal Niel, Madame Victor Verdier, Alfred 
Colomb, Duke of Wellington, Sultan of Zanzibar. Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 
Madame Baumann, La France, Henri Schultheis. Earl of Pembroke, Earl of 
Rosebery, La Havre, Star of Waltham, A. K. Williams, Jean Ducher, Mrs. 
Wood, Dr. Andry, Therese Lsvet. Second prize C. E. Cuthell, Esq., with 
Marguerite de St. Amand, Etienne Levet, Gabriel Luizet, Captain Christy, 
r erdinand de Lesseps, Abel Grand, Marquise de Castellane, Comtesse de 
Serenyi, Mane Rady, Reine Marie Henriette, Marie Finger, Madame 
Hippolyte Jamain, Annie Wood, Jean Ducher, Anna Ollivier, General 
•Jacqueminot, Marie Baumann, La France, Reynolds Hole, Mons. Noman, 
Niphetos, Marechal Niel, Camille B.-rnardin, Franpois Louvet. Extra prize 
awarded to Mr. Mortimer. 
Eighteen distinct single trusses.—First E. Hume, Esq., for Boielldieu 
Cheshunt Hybrid, Marquise de Castellane, Charles Lefebvre, Magna Charta 
La rranee, C. Baltet, Baroness Rothschild, John Hopper, Marbchal Niel 
Duchesse de V allombrosa, Camille Bernardin, Francis Michelon, Madam* 
Margottin, Mane Baumann, Gabriel Luizet, Madame J. Perriere, Madann 
Bravy. The second pnze was secured by Lady Lawrence. Twelve distinc 
a? a nj- rUSS ^ 8 '~"^ 1Mt Hon ' Dudle 7 Ryder, second Mrs. Leopold Seymour 
third Mrs. Benecke. Six distinct Roses, single trusses.—First Mrs. Leopolc 
Seymour, second Hon. H. Dudley Ryder. Four distinct Roses, single trusses 
—hirst Rev. A. Cheales, second, E. Horne, Esq , third Mrs. Mortimer. Sii 
single trusses of any one variety of Tea or Noisette.—First Miss Barclay 
second C. E. Cuthell, Esq., third Mrs. Leopold Seymour. Six single trusses 
fNJ ®£“ r variety.—First;C. E. Cuthell, Esq., for Madame Gabrie 
Luizet, second Mrs. Seymour with La France ; third Rev. A. Cheales for D 
France. An extra prize was awarded to E. Horne, Esq., for his box o 
Madams Gabriel Luizet. The gold medal of the N.R.S. 1 awarded for the 
best box in classes 6 and , was won by Mr. Cuthell in lieu of the first prize. 
Twelve Teas and Noisettes (distinct).—First, E. Horne, Esq., for Mar 
guente de St. Amand, Marshal Niel, Camille Bernardin, Souvenir d’ur 
Ami, Madame Camille, A. Ollivier, Madame Bravy, Catherine Meruit 
Gloirede Dijon, M. Van Houtte, Madame Willermoz, Reve d’Or; second 
Rev. A. Cheales, for Madame Berard, Marechal Niel, Reve d’Or, Belle de Bor 
deaux, Souvenir de Therese Levet, Madame Bravy, A Ollivier, Davoniensis 
Etoile de Lyon, Catherine Mermet, Niphetos, Edith Giffard ; third, Mrs 
Mortimer. Six Teas or Noisettes (distinct).—First, C. E. Cuthell, Esq. 
second, Mrs. Leopold Seymour. * 
Six distinct single trusses, open to members who have never taken ; 
Wn 6 PJ he Tu 01 £ ty V"^ The P xT Z ® for thes 5 Rose3 was taken b ? R- A. Cock 
bum, Esq. The best Tea or Noisette.—The silver medal of the N.R.S. wai 
awarded to Mrs. Mortimer f -r a very fine and perfect Souvenir d’un Ami 
The best bloom or truss (not Tea).—Silver medal of the N.R.S. to Wildmai 
•Cattley, Esq., for a very large specimen of Lady Mary Fitzwilliam. 
second ai M™ ^.^ions (Roses, Ferns, &c.)—First, Mrs. Cuthell 
-T? 1 ^ 0118 ’ Drawing-room decorations (any flowers).- 
A ' F ‘ Pe *, kl /\ s ; second > Miss Heath. Buttonhole bouquet 
^r^kfchon^ 0 in groups of three) - First > Mrs - Cuthe11 
tllp 4r“ et o°^ f °. r distinguishing at a glance the prizes won, introduced bj 
the Hon. Sec., the Rev. Alan Cheales, is worth mentioning. A large star 
f ° r firSt P ^ e ’ b - lue for f econd, red for third, was attached^to th< 
caid announcing the winner. The number of visitors to the Show wai 
very large, and the amount of gate-money sufficient to set even the 
Treasurer’s mind at rest.—A. B. Alexander, Shedfield Vicarage. 
CANTERBURY ROSE SHOW. 
As usual, the old Cathedral City has opened the Rose Show season and 
in a thoroughly successful manner. A fortnight ago its indefatigable Secre¬ 
tary wrote to me, l; I do not know where the Roses are to come from for 
the 29ch to which my reply was, “ Have patience and you will find that 
we shall have weather to bring them in in time and so, in truth, it has 
occurred. We have had for some days past a hot blazing sun with cool 
nights, weather which I look upon for Rose exhibitors, who take the trouble 
of shading their flowers, as about the bsst weather they can have. There 
is no wet, not even heavy dews to discolour the Roses. All light flowers are 
the bitter for it,and dark ones, which when exposed suffer severely from the 
hot sun, develops great richness of colour whan they are carefully shaded. 
Canterbury, being an early place for Roses, felt the full benefit of the change, 
and I am convinced that their Show held to-day was the best that the old city 
has ever seen. Dark and light Roses were alike good, and the Teas were 
especially clean and good. “ Roses must be small,” another friend said; but 
Roses were not small, and, indeed, in many cases if there were any com¬ 
plaint amongst them at all, it was that they were too large. There were 
most certainly fewer indifferent blooms than I have seen in any exhibition 
of its size. Notable, too, was the fact that some exhibitors who have exhibited 
sparingly bsfore cam; out in strong force, and those who had never gained 
a prize before showed boxes that would not have disgraced older exhibitors. 
This must be encouraging to those who have so assiduously worked the 
Society, and who have oftentimes despaired because it was not supported as 
it ought to be in a place surrounded by so many who possess gardens and 
take pleasure in them. Let us hope that the success of to-day may lead to 
greater success in the future. 
As this is especially an amateurs’ Society, it will be better to take their 
classes first, reversing the ordinary rule, when the nurserymen have the 
precedence. 
In class 1, for eighteen varieties, one truss of each, Mr. W. H. Wakeley 
of Rainham was first with one of the most even boxes of Roses I ever saw. 
There was not one flower in it to which a point less than the highest could 
be given ; they were all even and well-coloured, and consisted of Marquise 
de Castellane, Marie Yan Houtte, Mirie Baumann, Jean Ducher, Thomas 
Mills, Baroness Rothschild, a lovely bloom ; Innocente Pirola, Gloire de 
Bourg la Reine, Captain Christy, Marechal Niel, Madame Caroline Kuster, 
A. K. Williams, a grand bloom ; Hon. Edith Giffard, very lovely ; Charles 
Lefebvre, Gabriel Luizet, Mrs. Baker, and Duchess of Yallombrosa. Mr. 
R. E. West was second, and Mr. Warde of West Farleigh third. In class 2, 
for twelve, Mr. Warde was first with a very good box of blooms, containing 
Gabriel Luizet, Franpois Michelon, Marie Van Houtte, Star of Waltham, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Duke of Teck, La France, Prince Arthur, Charles 
Lefebvre, Duke of Edinburgh, and Marechal Niel. Mr. H. Foster of Ashford, 
inventor of the new tube and support for Roses, was second, and the Rev. 
H. B. Biron third. In class 3, for twelve Teas or Noisettes, the Rev. H. B. 
Biron, of Lymprie Vicarage, was first with Belle Lyonnaise, Rubens, Marie 
Yan Houtte, Madame Willermoz, Bouquet d’Or, Innocente Pirola, a mag¬ 
nificent bloom, which also gained the bronze medal for the best bloom in 
the Show ; Souvenir d'un Ami, Marchioness of Conyngham, a Rosa raised at 
Bifrons, near Canterbury, but so like Catherine Mermet as to be undis- 
tinguishable from it, and Madame Cusin. When we consider the difficulties 
under which Mr. Biron labours in gro wing Roses on a cliff this was a most 
creditable exhibit. Mr. Warde was second, and Mr. W. H. Wakley third. 
In class 4, for six trebles, Mr. Wakley was first with a beautiful set of blooms, 
consisting of Prince3B of Wales, very beautiful; E'.ienne Levet, A. K. 
Williams, Jean Ducher. Monsieur Noman. a very beautiful treble; and Marie 
Baumann. Mr. John Hollingworth of Turkey Court, Maidstone, was a good 
second, and Mr. R. E. West third. In class 5, for twelve varieties, Mr. 
Peckam of Harbledown Court, was first with B ironess Rothschild, A. K. 
Williams, Marechal Niel, Pieir; Ca r ot, Duke of Wellington, very fine; 
Marie Rady, La France, Marie Baumann, Etienne Levet, Marquise de 
Castellane, and Duke of Edinburgh. Mr. Cooper Wacher was second. In 
class 6, for nine blooms, Mr. Packham was again first with Gabriel Luizet, 
Etienne Levet, Marie Baumann, Charles Lefebvre, A. K. Williams, and 
E. Y. Teas. In class 7, for six Teas or Noisettes, Mr. Etonley was first with 
Madame Caroline Kuster, Marie Van Houtte, Catherine Mermet, Triomphe 
de Rennes, Souvenir d’Elise, and Marechal Niel. The Rev. R. Buchanan of 
Herne was second. In class 8, for three varieties, three trusses of each, 
Miss Walters was first with Captain Christy, A. K. Williams, and La France. 
Mr. Parker was second, and the Rev. R. Buchanan was third. In class 9, 
Miss Hawksworth was first with one of the best boxe3 in the Show, con¬ 
sisting of Marie Van Houtte, A. K. Williams, a large and grand bloom; 
Catherine Mermet, very fine; Innocente Pirola, and Charles Lefebvre. In 
class 10, three varieties, three trusses of each, Miss Hawksworth was again 
first with Comtesse de Nadaillac, La France, and Madame Bravy. In class 11, 
for three Teas or Noisettes, Miss Hawksworth was first with Innocents Pirola, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, and Catherine Mermet. In class 12, for six varieties, 
Mr. Darlington was first, Souvenir de Thdr&se Levet, La France, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Captain Christy, Jule3 Finger, and Princess Mary of Cambridge. 
In class 14, for six blooms of any one variety, Mr. Wakley was first with 
fine blooms of Marechal Niel; Canon Hodgson was second with Innocente 
Pirola ; and Mr. W. Mount third with CuarleB Lefebvre. 
In class 18 for thirty-six varieties, Mr. B. R. Cant of Colchester was first 
with a box of good blooms, but not equal to his usual high standard, in fact he 
and some others were showing at Liverpool to-day, and their best blooms 
were probably there. They consisted of Madame Bravy, Marechal Niel, Inno¬ 
cente Pirola, Charles Lefebvre, Franpois Michelon, Etienne Levet, Gabriel 
Luizet, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Countess of Rosebery, Souvenir d'Elise, Dr. 
Andry, Yiolette Bouyer, Xavier Olibo, Comte de Paris, Constantin Tretiakoff, 
Devoniensis, Comtesse d’Oxford, Madame Ducher, Annie Laxton, Souvenir de 
Paul Neyron, Duke of Edinburgh, La France, Marie Baumann, Souvenir d’un 
Ami, Camille de Rohan, Catherine Mermet, Marie Cointet, Marechal Niel, 
Marquise de Castellane, Madame Curfu, Duehesse de Caylus, General 
Jacqueminot, A. K. Williams, and Marie Van Houtte. 
In class 29, for twelve Teas or Noisettes, Mr. Prince was first. Mr. Mount's 
box contained Comtssse de Nadaillac, Niphetos, Marechal Niel, Madame 
