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Third, the Rev. E. N. Pochin, Barkby Vicarage, Leicester; fourth, the Rev. 
H. W. Watson, Birkswell. 
In class 11, eighteen distinct, single trusses, five exhibitors, first, Mr. W. 
Narroway, Headington Quarry, Oxon, with Marie Baumann, Madame 
Eugenie Verdier. Duchess of Bedford, Franqois Michelon, Madame Charles 
Wood, Captain Christy. Second row—Baroness Rothschild, Marie Rady, 
Marie Verdier, A. K. Williams, Royal Standard, Rosieriste Jacobs. Front 
row—Dr. Hogg, Madame Noman, Duke of Edinburgh, Auguste Rigotard, 
Auguste Neumann, and Star of India. Second. Mr. G. Taylor, Old Heading- 
ton, Oxon, with clean, even, good blooms. Third, Mr. W. Boys, Milford, 
Derby. Fourth, Mr. R. Ramsden, Chadwick Manor, Knowle. 
Class 12, nine Teas or Noisettes, single trusses, five exhibits. First, 
Mr. W. Narroway, with Comtesse de Nadaillac, Niphetos, Madame Cusin, 
Marechal Niel, Catherine Mermet, Jean Ducher, Souvenir d’un Ami, Inno- 
cente Pirola, and Devoniensis. Second, the Rev. L. Garnet; third, the Rev. 
H. W. Watson. Class 13, twelve distinct Roses, single trusses, five exhi¬ 
bitors. First, Lieut.-Colonel Standish Hore, St. Asaph, with Charles 
Lefebvre, Marquise de Castellane, Dupuy Jamain, Duchesse de Vallom- 
brosa; second row—Marie Finger, Louis Van Houtte, Madame Gabriel 
Lnizet, Alfred Colomh ; third row—Camille Bernardin, Tea Anna Ollivier 
Tuihess of Bedford, and Dr. Andry. Second, Mr. W. R. Bland, Duffield,’ 
Derby; third, Mr. J. Sladden, Badsey, Worcestershire ; fourth, the Rev. 
E. L. Fellowes, Wimpole Rectory, Royston. Class 14, six Roses, single 
trusses. First, the Rev. F. R. Burnside, Chipping Camden, with Merveille 
de Lyon, Etienne Levet, Baroness Rothschild, Reynolds Hole, Duchesse de 
Vallombrosa, and Marquise de Castellane. Second, the Rev. F. S. Taylor, 
Evesham; third, Mr. E. Mawley, Berkhampstead. Class 15, six Teas or 
Noisettes, single trusses, six exhibits. First, the Rev. F. R. Burnside, with 
Catherine Mermet, Madame Bravy, Souvenir d’un Ami, Souvenir de Paul 
Neyron, Madame Cusin, and Innocente Pirola. Second, Mr. J. Sladden ; 
third, Lieut.-Colonel Hore. Class 16, six new Roses, distinct, single trusses, 
offered for the first time in English nurserymen’s lists in the spring of 1884 
and subsequently. First, T. W. Girdlestone, Eiq., with Etendard de Jeanne 
•d’Arc, Grace Darling, Alphonse Soupert, Princess de Bearne, Madame de 
Watteville, and Madame Massicault. Second, Mr. William Boys, with 
Mrs. C. Swailes, Alphonse Soupert (both very fine blooms), Mary Bennett, 
Sunset, Etendard de Jeanne d’Arc, and Grace Darling. 
The following were open classes.—Class 17, twelve new Roses, single 
trusses, offered for the first time in the spring of 1884, first Messrs. George 
Paul & Son, with beautiful blooms—viz., Benoit Comte, very fine ; Madame 
Julie Gontin, Marshal P. Wilder, very fine ; Madame Massicault, fine 
form; Alphonse Soupert, fine; Longfellow, dark velvety crimson; 
Etendard de Jeanne d’Arc. a fine bloom , Directeur Alphand, Pride of Reigate, 
in fine character; Tea Madame de Watteville, Ella Gordon, fine form; 
and Madame Norman Neruda. Two other exhibitors in this class were 
disqualified, as Roses sent out beyond this date were exhibited, such as 
Lady Mary Fitzwilliam and Queen of Roses. 
Class 18, twelve Teas or Noisettes, three trusses of each, first, Mr. B. R. 
Cant, Colchester, with a grand lot—viz., Niphetos, Madame de Watteville, 
Hon. Edith Gifford, Souvenir d’Elise, Marechal Niel, Souvenir d’un Ami. 
Second row—Catherine Mermet, Marie Van Houtte, Madame A. Jacquier, 
very fine : Innocente Pirola, Madame Cusin, and Comtesse de Nadaillac. 
Second Mr. G. Prince, and in this stand Comtesse de Nadaillac, Madame 
Cus'n, and Souvenir d’Elise Vardon were fine. Third Messrs. George Paul 
and Son, this stand containing fine blooms of Madame Angele Jacquier, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, and Madame de Watte¬ 
ville. 
Class 19, twelve single trusses of any yellow Rose. First Mr. B. R. 
Cant, second Mr. Frank Cant, third Messrs. J. Burrell & Co., Cambridge, all 
with Marshal Niels. Two other stands were staged, one of Etoile de Lyon 
the other Gloire de Dijon. Class 20, twelve single trusses of any white 
Roses, seven grand lots of Merveille de Lyon were staged and won great 
admiration. First Mr. George Prince, second the Cranston Nursery Com¬ 
pany, third Messrs. George Paul Son. A stand of La France was also 
staged in this class. Class 21, twelve single trusses of any crimson Rose ; 
these were twelve exhibitors. First Mr. B. R. Cant with A. K. Williams; 
second Mr. Frank Cant with the same variety; third Mr. George Prince with 
Alfred Colomb, who also staged twelve grand blooms of Marie Baumann. 
Class 22, twelve dark velvety crimsons, eight exhibits. First Mr. B. R. Cant 
with a fine lot of Reynolds Hole ; second the Cranston Nursery Company 
with Prince Camille de Rohan ; third Messrs. George Cooling & Son with 
Aavier Olibo. Class 23, twelve single trusses of any Roses, six exhibitors. 
First Mr. B. Cant with Marshal Niel; second Mr. W. J. Grant with Baroness 
Rothschild ; third the Cranston Nursery Company with Prince Arthur. 
Class 24, three trusses of any new seedling Rose ; no entries. 
Class 25, for district grown Roses. First A. H. Griffiths, Esq , Harborne, 
for an excellent lot; second Mr. Wm. Brown, Elmdon Hall Gardens; third 
Mr. Docker, Kings Norton. 
Class 26, six distinct trusses for distinct growers. First Mr. J. Richards, 
Edgbaston ; second Charles Snowell, Esq., Edgbaston. 
Premiers, for best Hybrid Perpetual, A. K. Williams in the Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton’s stand : best Tea or Noisette, MarechalNiel, a grand bloom, 
which also took the premier at Moreton-in-the-Marsh two days previously, 
shown in Mr, Girdlestone’s lot. 
It is very much to be regretted that this superb display throughout could 
not have been seen by the thousands of Rose lovers in this district, and 
could a two-days exhibition have been arranged the reports in the evening 
and morning Birmingham papers would have brought a great attendance on 
the second day. 6 
MAIDSTONE. 
This is one of those exhibitions where the amateurs have it all to them¬ 
selves, and where those who compete are confined, if not to the neighbour¬ 
hood at any rate to the county. They generally come out in good form, 
and one is always sure to find good Roses in the stands; but time works its 
changes, and that which formed always one of the pleasures of the Show—the 
meeting of our veteran Rose grower, always full of cheeriness and enthusiasm 
for his favourite flower, Mr. John Hollingworth—was denied us this time. 
Age and its infirmities kept him at home, and although he is still able to get 
about his own place and bestow his many gifts of kindness to others, he is no 
longer able to enter into the busier scenes of life. He has been and is 
still the mainstay of the Show. He gives as usual his cup to be competed 
for ; and as long as he is spared, at any rate, the Maidstone Rose Club will 
continue to flourish. 
The Exhibition was held this year later than usual. It is generally one 
of the earliest, but it took place this year on the 9th, and did not lo3e by the 
delay. The w'eather had become somewhat cooler, and as the room was cool 
and well ventilated RoseB promised to keep well. I had to leave early, so do 
not know how they looked at the end of the day. 
The principal class was for twenty-four Roses, twelve Teas and twelve 
Hybrid Perpetuals, and in this Mr. Warde of East Farleigh took first with 
an excellent box containing Madame Gabriel Luizet, Marie Baumann, * Jean 
Ducher, * Catherine Mermet, * Souvenir de Paul Neyron, * Marechal Niel, 
very fine, taking also the medal for the best Rose in the Show, Prince 
Camille de Rohan, * Madame Hippolyte Jamain, A. K. Williams, * Souvenir 
d’un Ami, Prince Arthur, Marquise de Castellane, Charles Lefebvre, 
* Triomphe de Rennes, an excellent bloom, Duke of Edinburgh, * Perle de 
Lyon, Eugene Fiirst, Francis Michelon, * Comtesse de Nadaillac, * Madame 
Margottin, Caroline Kuster, Marie Rady, and * Belle Lyonnaise. Those 
marked * being Teas or Noisettes. 
In the class for eighteen a fine box was shown by Mr. H. Foster of Brad¬ 
ford, so good that it obtained the medal of the National Rose Society for 
the best box in the Show, containing Baroness Rothschild, A. K. Williams, 
William Koelle, a flower rarely seen and still more rarely in the beautiful 
form of this bloom; Mabel Morrison, Abel Carriers, Marie Baumann, 
Eugene Fiirst, Marie Verdier, Jean Liabaud, Dupuy Jamain, Baron Haus- 
mann, Marie Rady, Madame Marguerite D’Ombrain, Alfred Colomb, Paul 
Verdier, Red Dragon, a remarkable bloom of a Rose not generally con¬ 
sidered an exhibition Rose ; Hippolyte Jamain, and Duke of Edinburgh. 
In class 3, for twelve Teas, Mr. Warde was again first with a good box of 
blooms csntaining Madame Margottin, Triomphe de Rennes, Marie Van 
Houtte, Marechal Niel, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Madams Caroline Kuster, 
Jean Ducher, Etoile de Lyon, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Souvenir d’un 
Ami, and Souvenir de Paul Neyron. In class 4, for twelve blooms, Mr. R. E. 
West of Reigate was first with Ulrich Brunner, Alfred Colomb, Reynolds 
Hole, Baroness Rothschild, Duke of Edinburgh, Louis Van Houtte, 
Camille Bernardin, Abel Carriere, Marie Rady, Marie Baumann, Star of 
Waltham, and Merveille de Lyon. In class 5, for eight trebles, Mr. Warde 
was again first with fine blooms of Marie Rady, Prince Arthur, Mons. 
Noman, Duke of Teck, very good; Franqois Michelon, Eugene Fiirst, Alfred 
Colomb, and Louis Van Houtte. In the class for six Teas Mrs. Fuller of 
Bexley Vicarage was first with good blooms of Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
Marie Van Houtte, Hon. Edith Gifford, Marechal Neil, Jean Ducher, and 
Etoile de Lyon. She was also first in the class for six trebles with Charles 
Lefebvre, Gabriel Luizet, Marquise de Castellane, Captain Christy, Duke of 
Edinburgh, and Marie Finger. In the class for nine varieties Messrs. 
Ashunt & Tucker of Farningham were first with Marie Rady, Charles 
Lefebvre, Mons. Noman, Abel Carriere, Captain Christy, Alfred Colomb, 
Etienne Levet, and Baroness Rothschild. In the class for six trebles of Teas 
and Noisettes Mr. F. Warde was again first with Caroline Kuster, Comtesse 
de Nadaillac, La Boule d’Or, Innocente Pirola, and Princess of Wales. In 
class 6, for six of any one variety, Mr. W. H. Wakeley was first with good 
blooms of Marechal Neil, and Mr. F. Warde second with the same variety. 
There are always some good devices, or rather stands of Roses with 
foliage, the first prize going to Miss Bensted with a very light and tasteful 
arrangement of Tea Roses with the Briar and Bramble foliage ; the second 
to Miss Lawrence with blooms of A. K. Richardson and other Roses. In 
buttonholes the first prize was won by Miss Sandley, and in shoulder knot3 
Mrs. Biron displayed her usual taste in one composed of A. K. Richardson. 
I have said that this is solely an amateurs’ show, but Messrs. Geo. 
Bunyard & Co. and Messrs. Frost & Sons contributed many things to 
decorate the room, the former firm sending some Peach tre-s in pots, 
notably Alexander and Waterloo, of Russian origin, which prove themselves 
to be very early bloomers, with fruit of fine quality ; they also sent six boxes 
of Rose blooms, containing most of the leading varieties in good form and 
colour; the dry season has, however, been unfavourable to their soil and 
situation. 
The Society owes much to the energy and courtesy of their excellent 
Secretary, Mr. H. Bensted, under whose fostering care the Society has for 
so many years prospered, and under which all lovers of the Rose hope it 
may for many years continue.—D., Deal. 
SUTTON. 
The enterprising Committee of this flourishing Rose Society made an 
excellent change this year in removing their show from the room which 
was far too small for their exhibits and holding it in a tent in the grounds 
of Sutton Hall, an unfinished mansion close to the town, and as the weathtr 
was brilliant the change was very pleasant. It is true the tent was trying 
enough for the Roses, but it was well ventilated, and in the early part of 
the day the Roses stood it better than might have been expected. The Com¬ 
mittee of the Society have not merely endeavoured to get up a show where 
prizes may be taken, but have also tried, by publishing information and 
other means, to get the lovers of gardens in Sutton and the neighbourhood 
to take an intelligent interest in the culture of the Rose. I have had the 
pleasure of assisting at each of their exhibitions, and while at first it seemed 
as if their efforts would be in vain, the last two years have witnessed an 
advance, and the local exhibits this year showed a most decided improve¬ 
ment both in the manner of setting up and in the qualities of the Roses 
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When such growers as Messrs. Girdlestone, Slaughter, Cheales, Cuthell, 
&c., contend in rivalry, it may be taken for granted that good Roses would be 
staged, and although difference of soil and situation must tell in such 
weather as we have experienced lately, the stands were in every way good. 
Perhaps the flowers were a little small owing to the rapid manner in which 
the hot sun had brought them into bloom. In class 1 for twenty-four blooms, 
Mr. Girdlestone was first with A. K. Williams, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, 
General Jacqueminot, Captain Christy, Mdlle. Mane Rady, Madame Mane 
Finger, Reynolds Hole, Beauty of Waltham, Souvenir d’Elise, Countess of 
Rosebery, Duchess of Bedford, Xavier Olibo, Catherine Mermet, Marie 
Rady, Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur, Annie Laxton, Alfred Colomb, Lady 
