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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 22, 1686. 
Mary Fitzwilliam, Caroline Kuster. Horace Yernet, and two others. In 
class for twelve blooms, Mr. Alfred Slaughter was first with Horace Yernet, 
Lord Macaulay, Countess of Rosebery, A. K. Williams, Souvenir d’Elise, 
Marie Rady, Duke of Wellington, Camille Bernardin, Marie Baumann, 
Baronne de Rothschild, Marquise de Castellane, La France ; Mr. Bethune 
second, the Rev. Cox Hales third. In class 3for eight trebles, Mr. Girdlestone 
was first with Innocente Pirola, Dr. Andry, Gabriel Luizet, Dr. Baillon, 
Catherine Mermet, Marie Baumann, Eugenie Verdier, and A. K. Williams. 
In class 4 for twelve Teas or Noisettes, Mr. Girdlestone was first with 
Francisca Kruger,Paul Neyron, La Boule d’Or, Madame Margottin, Catherine 
Mermet, Innocente Pirola, Madime de Watteville. Jean Ducher, Madame 
Bravy, Caroline Kuster, and Souvenir d’Elise Vardon. In class 5 for nine 
blooms, Mr. Cuthell was first with Duke of Connaught, Marie Finger, 
Ferdinand de Lesseps, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Francis Louvat, 
Marhchal Yaillant, Marie Rady, and Gabriel Luizet. In class 6 for six 
blooms, Mr. E. Mawley was first with Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Captain 
Christy, Duchess of Vallombrosa, Xavier Olibo, Marie Finger, and Countess 
of Oxford. In class 8 for six Teas, the Rev. A. Cheales was first with 
Souvenir d’un Ami, Reve d’Or, Niphetos, Etoile de Lyon, Gloire de Dijon, 
and Marechal Niel. In class 9, for twelve blooms of any one sort, Mr. 
Girdlestone was first with Duchess of Yallambrosa ; Mr. Cuthell second 
with Captain Christy. In class 10 for six new Roses, Mr. Girdlestone was 
first with Queen of Queens, Princess of Bearn (?), Mrs. Caroline Swailes, 
Lord Frederick Cavendish, Gloire Lyonnaise, and Lord Bacon. The N.R.S. 
silver medal for the best H P. was awarded to Mr. Girdlestone for A. K. 
Williams, and for the best Tea to Mr. Slaughter for Souvenir d’Elise. 
In the local class for the best twelve blooms the first prize was awarded 
to Mr. Foster for Le Havre, La France, Madame Yictor Verdier, Souvenir 
de la Malmaison, Alfred Colomb, Jules Toumay, Duke of Welhngton, 
Captain Christy, Sir Garnet Wolseley, and Marechal Niel. In cla9B 12 
for the best nine, Mr. Hughes was fi^st with Dupuy Jamain. La France, 
Marie Rady, Captain Christy, Star of Waltham, Merveille de Lyon, Baron 
Bonstettin, Belle Lyonnaise, and Jean Cherpin. In class 16, for six blooms 
of one variety, Mr. P. Wate>-er was first with La France. In class 15, for six 
blooms, Mr. Barrett won the ladies’ cup with Alfred Colomb, Gabriel Luizet, 
Captain Christy, Countess of Oxford. Charles Lefebvre, and Marie Rady. 
In the nurserymen’s class Mr. B R. Cant was first for thirty-six blooms 
with Merveille de Lyon, Duke of Edinburgh, Mons. Noman, Etienne Levet, 
Prince of Wales, Fisher Holmes, La France, Star of Waltham, Lady Mary 
Fitzwilliam, Sultan of Zanzibar, Mardchal Niel, Lord Macaulay, Duke of 
Wellington, Madame Marie Cointet, Annie Laxton, Mrs. Baker, Violette 
Bouyer, Madame Marie Verdier, Marchioness of Exeter, Comtesse d’Oxford, 
A. K. Williams, Captain Christy, Antoine Ducber. Souvenir d’Elise, Earl of 
Pembroke, Francois Micbe'on, Pride of Waltham, Madame Angdle Jacquier, 
Reynolds Hole, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Marie Biumann, Madame Eugene 
Verdier, and Madame de Watteville. H ■ was also first for twelve Teas with 
Etoile de Lyon, Madame Cusin, Souvenir d’Elise, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
Catherine Mermet, Innocente Pirola, Marechal Niel, Jean Ducher, Prince of 
Wales, Marie Van Houtte, Ni| hetos, and La Boule d’Or. 
Sutton always comes out very strong in the classes for table decorations, 
bouquets, sprays, buttonholes, baskets of Roses, <fcc., but they are classes of 
which it is impossible to give any desciiption, and it will be therefore suffi¬ 
cient to say that the principal honours were taken by Mrs. Ernest Wilkins, 
Miss Russell, Miss Shaw, Mrs. Dart, and Miss M. Fisher. A great deal of 
good taste was displayed in many of these exhibits, but after all it must be 
sorrowfully confessed that the Ros > does not lend itself so easily to decora¬ 
tive purposes as many other flowers do. The Exhibition was manag'd in 
its usual excellent manner, ai d its indefatigable and courteous Secretary, 
Mr. Ernest Wilkins, is to be congratulated on the success which has attended 
his and the Committee’s efforts to popularise the Rose at Sutton.—D., 
Beal. 
[Our correspondent accidentally omitted to give the name of the chief 
prizewinner in class 7.] 
HITCHIN. 
I am puzzled to decide whether one gets more enjoyment from visiting 
places where one has beenbefore, meeting old friends, hearing of all their 
doings, roseally and otherwise, or of breaking into fresh ground. However this 
may be, I had a very r< al pleasure in breaking up fresh ground on my visit to 
Hitchin, where indeed I whs sure to meet old friends, but where the place it°elf 
was as yet unknown. And yet what a pleasant spot it is 1 and what a bustling 
place it must have been in the old coaching dayB, when it was one of the 
posting stations on the Great Northern Road, and where the fine old hotel, 
which still retains signs of its forme 1- state, when county magnates did not 
venture to London but were satiBfi d with the milder gaieties of county 
balls, &c.,—now, alas 1 all departed ; but they managed very well in those 
olden days, and in some ways the change of manners and customs is to be 
lamented. London was not then the ail absorbing monster that it is now, 
and county towns Bhone with Borne rtflected lustre which has now all been 
absorbed. 
The Hitchin Rose Show owes its origin to our energetic and cheery 
friend, the Rev. F. H. Gall, who for many years ha9 managed it, and 
who must be pleased to see how it has improv d and increased under bis 
fostering care. As I have ne'er been there b fore I can make no com¬ 
parisons with former years, but I do know that it was a very excellent 
show, and that some very good blooms were exhibited. It was held in the 
grounds of S. Delmd Ratcuffe, Esq., cl se to the town, and, although com¬ 
pared with some shows it was small, yet several very good growers com¬ 
peted; Messrs. Burrell & Co., Merryweather, <fcc., amongst nurserymen; 
Messrs. Lindsell, Fellowes. Jackson. KiDg, Curds, and the worthy Secretary 
amongst amateurs. I have not this season as yet seen a more lovely box 
than the twenty-four set up by Mr. Lindee'l. Some of the blooms were 
magnificent spicimens, and there was little difficulty in picking out the 
premier blooms in it. The other exhibitors named showed well, but Mr. 
Lindsell was facile prinreps. The following is the list of awards :— 
For forty-eight distinct Messrs. J Burrell <fe Co. were first with Madame 
Prosper Laugier, Lacy Mary Fitzwil ban, A. K. Williams, Mons Noman, 
Prince Arthur, La France, Mrs. Baker, Henrich Schultheis, Princ> ss 
Beatrice, Mons. Boncenne, Annie Tiaxton Mr. Harry Turner, Marie 
Baumann, Jean Liabaud, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Depuv Jamam, 
Alphonse Soupert, Marbchal Niel, Louis Van Houtte, Marie Cointet, Dr. 
Andre, Pri e of Waltham, Alfred Colomb, Jean Soupert, Due de Welling¬ 
ton, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Charles Lefebvre, Queen of Queens, Dr. 
Sewell, Merveille de Lyon, Abel Carriere, Madame Eugdce Verdier 
Franpois Michelon, Marie Rady, Jean Ducher, Comtesse d’Oxford, Madame 
Monte t, Duke of Teck, Marquise de Castellane, Star of Waltham. Beauty of 
Waltbam, Violette Bouyer, Prince Camille de Rohan, Marie Verdier, Queen 
of Waltham, Marguerite de St. Amand, Duchess of Bedford, and Abel 
Grand. Messrs. Merryweather, Southwell were second ; Messrs. Francis and 
Co., Hertford, third ; and Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, taking 
an extra prize. _ _ 
For eighteen Teas, Messrs. Burrell tfe Co. were again first with Jean 
Ducher, Niphetos, Catherine M rmet, Amazone, Princess of Wa’es, La 
Boule d’Or, Souvenir d’un Ami, Reve o’Or, Made Van Houtte, Souvenir 
d’Elise Vardon, Souvenir de Paul Neron, Madame Angele Jacquier, 
Caroline Kuster, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Souvenir de Gabriel Driver, Etoile 
de Lyon, Madame Lambard, Devoniensis. The Rev. W. H. Jackson was 
second ; Messrs. Merryweather, Southwell, third. 
In the class for twenty-four distinct Mr. E. B. Lindsell had a very grand 
box of perfect blooms, containing Souvenir d’ Elise Vardon, Prince Arthur, 
Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Xavier Olibo, Marguerite de St. Amand, Lord 
Macaulay, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Ulrich Brunner, Duchesse de Morny, 
Baroness Ro'hschild, A. K. Williams, La France, Alfred Colomb, Comtesse 
d’Oxford. Alphonse Soupert, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Innocen e Pirola, 
Ho ace Vernet, Madame Lacharme, Heinrich Schultheis. Anna Ollivier, 
Violette Bouyer, Marie Baumann, Marquise de Castellane. In this box were 
the best H.P. Ulrich Brunner and the best Tea Anna Ollivier, and which 
also obtained the silver medal for the best box in the Show. The Rev. 
W. H. Jackson was a good second, and the Rev. E. L. Fellowes, Wimpole, 
third. _ 
Iu eight tr bles Mr. E. B. Lindsell was again first with Alfred Colomb, 
Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Caroline Kuster, La France, A. K. Williims, 
Merveille de Lyon. Dr. Andre, Violette Bouyer. The Rev. W. H. Jackson 
was second, and Mr. L. L. Curtis, Chatteris, third. 
In class 5, for twelve distinct varieties, Mr. S. Tuke was first with Madame 
Charles Wood, MervAUe de Lyon, A. K. Williams, Beauty of Wal'ham, La 
France, Marie Rady, Baroness Ro'hschild, C. Lefebvr-, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Marie Van Houtte, Louis V n Houtte, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam ; the Rev. 
F. Fox Lambert se ond, and Mr. F. Gosling third. In class 6, for four 
trebles, the Rev. F. Gall was first with Marquise de Castellan--, Aba) Carriere, 
Madame Marie Finger, Madame Gabriel Luizet; and the Rev. F. G. Jennyns 
second. 
In class 7, for nine distinct varieties, Mrs. Times was first with Charles 
Lefebvre. A Ifr d Colomb, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Marie Baumann, Emily 
Laxton, Eugdnie Verdier, Queen of Queens, Abel Carriere, Souvenir de Paul 
Neyron ; Mr. John Burton, Sawtry, second ; the Rev. E. T. Cavy third, and 
Mr. G. MonkR extra. In class 8, for six distinct varieties, Miss A. M. Lucas 
was first with Marquise de Castellane, Ulrich Brunner, Mons. Noman, Duke 
of Wellington, La France, Alfred Colomb; the Rev. E. King, Madingley, 
second, Mrs. Times third, and M s Wilson extra. In class 9, for twelve 
Teas, the Rev. W. H. Jackson was first with Jean Ducher, Souvenir d’E ise, 
Souv-nir de Paul Net ron, Madame A. Jacquu-r, Souvenir d’un Ami, Niph> tos, 
Catherine Merme , Triomphe de Rennes, Alba rosea, Madame Lambard, 
Peile des Jardins, Hon. Edith Giffard; the Rev. F. King second, and the 
Rev. C L Fellowes third. 
In the class for nine Teas, Mr. E. B. Lindsell was first with Souvenir 
d'Elise Varr'on, Anna Olliver, Innocente Pirola, Etoile de L-on, Souvenir 
d’un Ami. E ise Snuvage, Grace Darling, Hippolyte Jamain, Jean Ducher ; 
and the Rev. C. T. Jennyns second. In the class for six Teas, the Rev. F. 
Fox Lambert was first with B lie Lyonnaise, Madame Lambard. Marie Van 
Houtte, Anna Ollivier, Hon. Edith Gff i d, Jean Ducher ; the R v. F. H. 
Gall was second, and Mr. H. Ransom third. Mr. E. B. Lind-.ell was first 
with Maiie Van Houtte in the class for six of one sort. 
With tub'e decorations, Miss Tuke and Miss A. M. Lucas were equal 
firsts, Miss L. Littl tree se-ond, Mrs. M. Pryer third, and Mrs. Hutson extra. 
For band bouquet, Miss Grace Lucas was first, Mrs. Pryer second, MiBS 
Florence Lucas third. In class 14 for buttonholes, &c , Miss Jennyns was 
first, and Miss McNeil second, and Miss Baily-Denton third. 
HEREFORD AND WEST OF ENGLAND. 
The twentieth Exhibition of this old Society was held in the Shire Hall, 
Hereford. We regiet to state that neither the competition nor the attend¬ 
ance of the public was up to the average. Perhaps it would hardly be 
light to expect ‘he large Rose growers to compete at such distant, places 
as Hereford during the few important davs of the Rose, exhibition 
campaign, still prizes of large money value are offered in a special class, to 
the exclusion of Herefordshire nurserymen, and in former years ti'is plan 
was found to work most succesi-fully, always two and occasiorally th'ee or 
four of the leading r sarian professionals putting in an appearance against 
the far-famed local Kingacre Nurseries. Your reporter pleasingly remembers 
on one occasion six grand seventy-twos being staged after t ue Nati nal 
Rose Show fashion. May history repeat itself, though from present appear¬ 
ances, this appears hardly likely. 
In the proiessional class the Cranston Company carried all before them, 
and -eldom have this celebrated firm exhibit'd better, there being bar ly an 
inferior bloom staged. Their Beventy-two var eties were as follows :— 
Comtesse de Hi renyi, Exposition de Brie. Merveille de Lyon. Prince Arthur, 
La France, Reynolds Hole, Dr. Andry, Queen of Queens, Marie Baumann, 
Paul Neron, Princess Beatrice, Alfred Colomb, Henrich Scbuhhiee, Louis 
Van ELnut'e, Alfred K. Williams, Mdlle. Eugdnie Verdier, Marqui-e de Castel- 
lain ■, Abel Carriere, Mdlle. Sector, Gdndral Jacqueminot, Mdlle. Marie 
Co nte’, Countess of Oxford, Duchesse de Vallombrosa, Marie Rady, 
Constantin Tretiakoff, Maidehal Niel, Mons. Alfred Dune snil, Eiie Morel, 
Auguste Neumann, Maiguerite de St. Amand, Baroness Rothschild, 
Senateur Vaisse, Devoniensis, Star of Waltham, Prid6 of Waliham, 
La Duchess- de Morny, Madame Vidot, Madame Chas. Crapel-t, M dame 
Lacharme, Thos. Mills, Mdll-. Ha - guerite Manion, Mardchal VaiLant, 
Dineee Conaid, H5g ia. Jeanne Sury, Victor Verdier, Madame Cbarl- s Wood, 
Madame Georges Schwartz, Catherine Mermet, Countess of Rosebery, 
